Muddy Collection

Beagling by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a number of fashionably dressed society folk following foxhounds round in a circle in a ploughed, muddy field. Date: 1930

Welsh women road builders, South Wales
A group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery

Fishing boats in the harbour, Fowey, Cornwall
Fishing boats in the picturesque harbour at Fowey, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Australian soldier with motorcycle and sidecar, WW1
An Australian soldier examining a motorcycle and sidecar, possibly to repair a puncture, on a muddy road during the First World War. Date: 1916

Pulling a field gun stuck in mud, Western Front, WW1
Men pulling and jacking a field gun stuck in the mud during bad weather on the Western Front in Flanders during the First World War. They are trying to get it into a new position for firing

Muddy Soccer Goalie
An amateur game of football played on a very muddy pitch: the goalkeeper catches the ball in mid-air

Motocross Scramblers
Muddy bikers revving up their engines between the starting strings at a Motocross scrambling race. Date: 1980s

Man with mechanical digger in a muddy field
A man working next to a mechanical Hy-Mac digger in a muddy field. Perhaps the digger has got stuck in the mud, and he is trying to dig it out

Farm scene - Painting by Raymond Sheppard
A winding muddy track leading toward a farmyard, barns and farm buildings. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet
Sir Walter Raleigh lays his cloak at Queen Elizabeth Is feet to prevent her from getting muddy feet. The fanciful, romantic tale of the cloak

Gunners in sheepskin coats, Bazentin, France, WW1
Gunners wearing sheepskin coats at Bazentin-le-Petit, northern France, during the First World War. They are sitting on a stack of artillery shells. Date: November 1916

Woman washing clothes in a river
A woman washes clothes in a river, using a washboard

The Cross Country Runner. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1968. Date: 1968

British troops resting after six days fighting, 1944
A group of jocular British soldiers take a rest after six days spent attacking the strongly defended German positions on Mounts Camino and Maggiore, fighting through thick mud and unceasing rain

Motocross Scrambling
An uphill struggle for Motocross scrambler Neil Griffiths! Date: 1980s

Darts Team celebrate with a jug of ale, Walton, Essex
Members of the Pier Hotel Darts Team celebrate their victory with a jug of ale. 1947

English Touring Motorcyclist at Dojran, North Macedonia
An English Touring Motorcyclist - stopped off at Dojran, a city on the west shore of Lake Dojran in the southeast part of North Macedonia. circa 1909

Cattle wade in the River Dee at low water in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The low tide has exposed the muddy banks. A church spire can be seen in silhouette

A Cornish Cowyard
A watercolour painting of a cowyard, comprising of some Cornish farmhouses which are enclosed with a stone wall, the ground is muddy with a large puddle. Date: circa 1919

WW1 poster, Pour le dernier quart d'heure aidez moi! (For the last quarter of an hour help me)
WW1 poster, Pour le dernier quart d'heure... aidez moi! (For the last quarter of an hour... help me!) Les souscriptions a l'Emprunt National (subscriptions to the National War Loan)

Cartoon, EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
Cartoon, a penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality, oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth. Date: 1867

Wilson Barrett as Peter in The Manxman Date: 1890s

Comic postcard, Sewage worker and boss in the street Date: 20th century

England v Wales rugby match at Cardiff Arms Park. A heavy defeat for England explained in this cartoon: to cut the story short, mud - AND the Welsh XV defeated England. Date: 1922

Man chasing his hat down a muddy street in a high wind. Woman with her bonnet flying, maids stealing food off a platter on a mans head, roadsweepers, etc

Boys playing American football. Date: circa 1970s

Horse and cart in a field, Roseland, Cornwall. Date: circa 1960s

Canadian regiment with its colours, WW1
Canadian regiment with its colours during the First World War. 1914-1918

North Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire. circa 1900

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

Protective wear 1886
Humorous illustration for gentlemens protective clothing from the onslaught of mud from the busy traffic. 1886

Farmer with oxen and cart in rural France. Date: circa 1960s

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the rescue team at the top of the cliff, transporting a piece of lifting equipment

Shoes - Pattens 1812
A young woman strides through the muddy London streets in foul weather but her feet are kept clean & dry as she is wearing pattens with iron rings over her shoes. Date: 1812

Lobster fisherman leaves boat and climbs bank of River Dee
At low water, a lobster fisherman leaves his boat tender at the end of a days fishing and climbs the steep muddy bank of the River Dee in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

Cattle beside a port hand buoy in the River Dee at low water
Cattle wade beside a red port hand navigation buoy in the River Dee at low water in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The low tide has exposed the muddy banks

Farmer with horse and cart in a field. Date: circa 1960s

Civil Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
Civil Hospital, Belgaum (Belagavi), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Porthmadog from Belle Vue, Gwynedd, North Wales
Porthmadog (Portmadoc) as seen from Belle Vue, Gwynedd, North Wales, at a time when it was used for the export of slate. 19th century

Cartoon, Holy France! WW1
Cartoon, Holy France! A middle-aged soldier tells his colleague about his son, who is almost grown up at fifteen. He says that if someone in his family has to take a hit

WW1 drawing, soldier in a muddy trench
WW1 drawing of a soldier in a muddy trench at 2am, saying A Happy Easter to Me. Date: 1914-1918

Hawker Typhoon 1b nose over the type of event to be wary of when taxying on muddy (on the ground)

Two soldiers in flooded trench, Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers in a flooded communication trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: 1917

Mule teams in field near Arras, France, WW1
Mule teams crossing a muddy field near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 19 January 1918

Two Serbian soldiers near Mikra, near Salonika, WW1
Two typical Serbian soldiers with their newly issued equipment, near Mikra, Kalamaria, near Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki), Greece, during the First World War. Date: April 1916

Two British soldiers on the Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers on the Western Front during the First World War. Their uniforms are spattered with mud, and they are standing in a graveyard. Date: 1914-1918

Elderly couple in motorbike and sidecar
A elderly man sits on a muddy looking motorbike while his wife smiles from the attached sidecar. Two men, possibly their sons, grin in the background

Hells Half Acre, Yellowstone, 1883
Engraving of Hells Half Acre ; the boiling, muddy springs of Yellowstone National Park, 1883

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