Activity Collection (page 22)

Summertime in Hyde Park
A lovely scene, showing people relaxing in Hyde Park, London, on a summers day. Date: 1950s

Turkey - Hierapolis - Temple ruins
Entrance to the Temple (ruins) at Hierapolis. Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness, WW1
Bank Holiday mobilisation activity at Sheerness at the start of the First World War. British civilians watch the warships with interest from the deck of the Princess of Wales, Rochester

Tatler front cover - Early Spring Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler featuring an illustration depicting an idyllic Springtime scene - a London park with children riding horses and smaller babie and toddlers being walked out by their nannies

Polish Scouts carrying turf. circa 1930s

Air Scouts aeromodelling
Air Scouts of London Airport Group pore over instructions on a table to build a model aeroplane. circa 1950s

Cubs painting lines on ship
Four Cub Scouts being shown how to paint lines on a Royal Navy ship in Aden, Yemen. 1968

Seychelles Scouts Dancing
Seychelles Scouts dancing a local native dance. circa 1920s-30s

Seychelles Scouts Boxing
Seychelles Scouts boxing. circa 1920s-30s

Swedish Beaver Scout Leader circa 1980s

Scout Leader and her Troop
Leader Mariana Sandberg & her troop in Falkoping. 1980s

Swedish Beaver Scouts and Leaders
Swedish Beaver Scouts and leaders playing a game. One of the leaders waves at the camera. circa 1892

Rock Climbing in Lakeland The Man above (pointing to the aeroplane): " Reckless Beggar! Thats what I call asking for it ". !! circa 1920s

Little Artist by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration showing a small child getting creative with paints and paper

Little Coppernob by Muriel Dawson
A sweet little girl with glowing red hair gets creative with some paints and paper

Model boat sailing club, near Pontypool, South Wales
A Sunday model boat sailing club, meeting at Furnace Pond near Pontypool in South Wales

Morning drill, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Morning drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded

Emergency pump, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, Norfolk
Inmates work the emergency water pump at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse

Five boys swinging on a rope, having a great time

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd
Cover illustration for Walking Holidays Abroad, Thomas Cook & Son Ltd. It depicts three walkers in silhouette against an alpine scene, with trees and snow-covered mountains in the background

The Star Turn by Muriel Dawson
A small child in red dungarees blows bubbles from a bubble pipe watched with interest by a pet dog and a toy teddy bear

See-Saw by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Four children play together on a rudimentary see-saw, although one little girl seems to have fallen off one end

Pick-a-Back by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Three children enjoy themselves playing piggy back or pick a back

On the Swing by Susan Beatrice Pearse
A little girl sails through the air on a tree swing, pointing her feet to the clouds, while her friend watches from the ground

Flying kites by Susan Beatrice Pearse
Two children run up a hill to fly their jolly looking kites

Skating by John Hassall
A group of boys enjoy some rough and tumble while sledging and skating in the snow

Seaside frolics by John Hassall
A group of children enjoy themselves at the seaside. Some dig in the sand, build sandcastles and play games on the beach, while some others splash around in the shallows using a plank of old wood as

Sliding
A Victorian little girl, dressed in a fancy coordinating frilled coat and bonnet slides on some ice

India - Native wrestlers
Native wrestlers practising in India

Activity on the waterfront at Gdansk, Poland
Activity on the waterfront at Gdansk (Danzig), Poland

Basle - Switzerland - Barfusserplatz
Barfusserplatz in Basle (Basel), Switzerland - town on the border with France and Germany

The Interrupted Seance by Arthur Watts
Complete demoralisation of psychical research party on arrival of a real ghost. Humorous illustration by Arthur Watts poking fun at the growth of interest in the existence (or not)

Boy and dog go fishing
A little boy wearing dungarees fishes patiently, accompanied by his pet dog. Date: 1954

The Cuckoo by Alfred Bestall
Series of humorous illustrations showing a young girl, full of energy and optimism as she models her new hiking outfit, and then chatting to neighbours as she passes on her walk

Kestos advertisement
Advertisement for Kestos brassieres giving reassuring and firm support under the most revealing of bathing and beach suits in 1933

Mozambique - Harbour Scenes - Maputo
Multi-view postcard showing scenes of Harbour / Port / Trade activity on the coast of Mazambique at Maputo. Formerly Lourenco Marques / Lourenzo Marques

Pamukkale - Turkey
Pamukkale, meaning " cotton castle" in Turkish, is a natural site and attraction in south-western Turkey in the Denizli Province

Sketches of the evictions in Ireland
These sketches show scenes of evictions, trial, and Irish Land League activity in south west of Ireland. In the first sketch, the special artist of this publication is misunderstood by the crowd

British Observation Post; Second World War, 1940
Drawing showing an advanced Observation Post in the British sector of the Maginot line, March 1940. This observer, using a telescope

Cyprus / Larnaca
The Bazaar at Larnaca : a priest wonders whether to buy a pot, a donkey approaches, but its too hot for very much activity

Krippner Experiment 2
A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity

Krippner Experiment 1
Dr Stanley Krippner, at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) monitors a DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT, recording brain activity and reading emotional activity

Krippner Experiment 3
A subject in Krippners DREAM TELEPATHY EXPERIMENT at the Maimonides Laboratory, Brooklyn (New York) : EEG and polygraph record her brain and emotional activity

German submarines getting supplies
An illustration by H. W. Koekkoek to suggest how German submarines re-fuelled. With increased activity by German submarines, there was some speculation about this matter

The peak of Ngaurrhoe, New Zealands only active volcano
Volcanic activity within eighty miles of Napier earthquake area. The peaks of Ngaurhoe in the Tongariro National Park giving off a spectacular display of smoke

(Strutt) Saxon Rustics
Three Saxon rustics engaged in the kind of activity you d expect Saxon rustics to be doing

Emile Henry Arrested
Police arrest anarchist Emile Henry, responsible for the Cafe Terminus bomb attack

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