Mended Collection

Our Soldiers: how they are Made and Mended
A series of intricate images by silhouette artist, H. L. Oakley showing scenes on the Western Front in a mounted regiment followed by the transportation of an injured officer to hospital

GIRL WITH BROKEN DOLL
This little girl is on her way to get her dolls mended to be ready for Christmas. The Dolls Hospital gives new life to dead toys, so that they can be given to poor children. Date: 4 December 1929

The fabulous gateway entrance to Chepstow Castle, Wales - lattice-work doors showing the repairs of age... Date: circa 1906

MENDING A WRISTWATCH
A man looks on as his watch is being mended Date: 1930s

Boys playing with bottle, Balham, SW London
A group of boys sitting in a circle, playing with an empty milk bottle, on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Dog with Broken Leg
This dog, here with his nurse, broke his leg and the broken bones were mended with the aid of a metal pin. When the bandages come off he will be able to use his leg as before. Date: late 1960s

Lear / Nonsense / Nepaul
There was an Old Man of Nepaul, from his horse had a terrible fall; But, though split quite in two, by some very strong glue, they mended that Man of Nepaul

Buoys and Grapnels used in recovering the Atlantic Telegraph
Engraving showing the buoys and grapnels that were used to recover an Atlantic Telegraph Cable, September 1866. The telegraph cable, which was laid in 1865 by the Great Eastern

Playing Diabolo while the motor gets mended 1907
Photograph showing ladies playing Diabolo whilst the car is mended. Motorists on the continent carry a set with them to pass the time in event of breakdown

Tinker Returns Pot / 1867
A tinker returns a mended pot to a grateful maid

Pots and Kettles to Mend
Pots and kettles to mend? : a rather coarse woman brings a pan to the repair man to be mended

Endeavour being Mended
Repairs being carried out on Cooks ship the Endeavour

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