50 Collection

Bartlett Cycle Champion
C H Bartlett, British cycle champion of the 50-mile contest. Date: 1911

Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH
A suffragette board game called Pank-A-Squith which was first advertised in the pages of Votes for Women, October 1909. It was described as a highly artistic TABLE GAME that helps to spread

GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact Pump
Introduced into London in the mid-1970s, this narrow wheel base pump was not a dual purpose fire engine. It could only carry an extension ladder and not the 50 foot wheeled escape

Members of No20 Squadron RAF
Members of No20 Squadron, RAF, pictured with some of their Hawker Hunter F6s at RAF Tengah, Singapore to celebrate the squadrons 50th anniversary

LCC-LFB Serious house fire in Notting Hill
Firefighters using the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder to gain access to the upper floors of this terraced house affected by a serious blaze in Notting Hill, West London

Bratislava, Slovakia
aka Presburg, about 50 km from Vienna : on the Danube

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised fire pump and crew
The introduction of the Dennis fire appliances would see the creation of dual-purpose fire engines capable of carrying either the 50 foot wheeled escape or, as here, adapted as a pump

Butterick Jubilee
The Butterick Building in New York, jubilee celebrations - 50 years of fashion supremacy

George Ii / Players / 38 / 50
GEORGE II, KING OF ENGLAND Reigned 1727 - 1760

George Iv / Players / 42 / 50
KING GEORGE IV OF ENGLAND In ceremonial military dress

Goddess Kali
The Goddess Kali, the malevolent aspect of Shivas wife Parvati. she wears a necklace of 50 human skulls & frequents cremation grounds

Hudsons Dry Soap
Hudsons dry soap advert Date: 1900s

Dickens / D. Copperfield
David arrives at the home of his aunt, Betsy Trotwood

Edward Iv / Players / 16 / 50
KING EDWARD IV Reigned 1461 - 1483

Charles Ii / Players / 31 / 50
CHARLES II British Royalty

Ufos / Adamski
Cigar-shaped Venusian interplanetary carrier photographed through a 6" telescope over Palomar Gardens, California; it was 50 km distant at the time

David Copperfield / Phiz
David Copperfield frontispiece

Henry Iii / Players / 8 / 50
HENRY III Reigned 1216 - 1272

GLC-LFB ERF diesel pump-escape fire engine
The ERF pump escape attached to Millwall fire station, the latest addition to the Brigades appliance fleet. It was a dual-purpose appliance that could carry either the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder

Toilet Services, Real Wedgwood Ware, Plate 50, showing patterned washing bowls, jugs, soap dishes, and a slop pail far too nice to put slops in. Date: circa 1880s

Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladder
Regular training continued at all London fire stations during WW2, though it was unusual for a sub-station to have a drill tower

Henry Viii / Players / 21 / 50
KING HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND Reigned 1509 - 1547

LCC-LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump-escape
The Dennis dual-purpose pump-escape from D66 station Brixton (Gresham Road, SW4), pictured on Lambeth Bridge. The hose-reel tubing

Taylorcraft DC-65 XK-ATY (msn 0-4247. built as an L-2A ), at Mangere, NZ. (The aircraft and pilot Alexander N. Clark went missing on 23 November 1956, and were found in the bush 30 months later)

Specimens of type, Leadenhall Press, London
Specimens of type from The Leadenhall Press, Ltd, 50 Leadenhall Street, London EC. circa 1900

LCC-LFB Recruit firemen training at Brigade HQ, SE1
During the 1950s recruit firefighters were trained at the Brigade Headquarters, Lambeth. Here the recruit squad are rescuing by carrying down on the 50 foot wheeled escape ladder pitched to the third

Gustav V / Sweden / Beagles
GUSTAV V King of Sweden (1907-50) with his wife Victoria, Princess of Baden

Monoceros Etc Constell
The constellation of Monoceros - a unicorn - and Canis Minor - a small dog

Lapland Reindeer
A herd of Lapland reindeer. They move in enormous herds, the record being claimed for a herd of 50, 000. The only type of deer where both males and females have antlers

Dassault Falcon 50 N96CE (msn 139), of Whirlpool Leasing Services Inc. at Luton Airport in July 1987 Date: 1987

Stock Share Certificate - The Anaconda Company, 50 shares. 1970

Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - Swimming Bath
Boys in the swimming bath at Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham. The pool measured 50 feet by 20 feet. Date: circa 1903

LFDCA-LFB Vintage fire engine in a Clapham street
A former Middlesex Fire Brigade pump escape which was visiting Clapham fire station. Middlesex was absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade in 1965 with the creation of the Greater London

David & the Micawbers
A young David Copperfield is presented by Mr Micawber to Mrs Micawber who clutches a baby Date: First published: 1849-50

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Balance for Bar Silver
Engraving of fine weighing scales for bars of silver, with a bar of silver on one side of the scales and the weights on the other

Edward V / Players / 17 / 50
EDWARD V Reigned from April to June 1483

ELIZ I / PLAYERS / 27 / 50
QUEEN ELIZABETH I Reigned 1558-1603

Copperfield / Mr Micawber
The inimitable Mr Micawber

Copperfield / Micawber
The inimitable Mr Micawber standing jauntily in a street with Georgian houses behind him

Cannae Battlefield
19th century view of the battlefield of Cannae, where Hannibal routed the Romans : they lost 50, 000, he lost only 5700 though greatly outnumbered

Box lid design, Football game manufactured by Krakpol, Poland Date: circa 1950

Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K. 2 XH561
Royal Air Force - Avro Vulcan K.2 XH561 of No.50 Squadron at RAF Wildenrath for an air display. After the Falklands conflict, the Victor K.2 fleet was fast approaching their fatigue limits

Night Action Between The Leander, 50 Guns, And ?
Night Action Between The Leander, 50 Guns, And A French Three Decker

Wolseley 4-50
Wolseley 4/50 Date: circa 1960

de Havilland DH. 112 Venom FB. 50 G-DHVM - WR470
de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.50 G-DHVM / WR470 (msn 752), in spurious RAF markings. Date: circa 2005

de Havilland DH. 112 Venom FB. 50 G-GONE - J-1542
de Havilland DH.112 Venom FB.50 G-GONE / J-1542 (msn 752), ex Swiss Air Force, at RAF Fairford on 18 July 1987 for the Royal International Air Tattoo. Date: 1987

Fokker 50 U-05
Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Fokker 50 U-05 (msn 20253), of 334 Squadron. (Koninklijke Luchtmacht - Royal Netherlands Air Force). Date: circa 2000

HMS Courageous 50
Royal Navy - HMS Courageous 50, an aircraft carrier, seen in July 1936, (formerly a battle-cruiser). HMS Courageous was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping