Alley Collection

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, Fleet Street, London. Date: circa 1935

London Trade Card - William Johnson, Wig Maker
London Trade Card - William Johnson, Peruke (Wig) Maker, in Castle Alley near Royal Exchange. Wigs for men and women. 18th century

Garraways Coffee-House
The exterior of Garraways coffee house in Change Alley, London, rebuilt after a fire in 1748, one of the first to sell tea in the 17th century

New Lloyds Coffee House
The New Lloyds Coffee House, Popes Head Alley, London - the recognised meeting-place for marine insurers

Old Leadenhall Market, London, c. 1880
Series of views of the Old Leadenhall Market, London, c.1880. The images show (clockwise from top left): Market entrance from Gracechurch Street; Half Moon Passage; Half Moon Corner; Old Poulterers

Bowling in Chicago
Belles of the Bowling Alley - the Athletic Diversions of an Association of Dashing Damsels in their Club Rooms in Chicago

Gentleman bowling at a skittles alley in a German Beer Hall Date: circa 1905

Black and white cat in backstreet, Bradford, Yorkshire
A black and white cat sits on the flagstones in a back street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Cat in hot street, Almaria, Spain
In the heat of the midday sun, a cool cat sits in the shade on an alley corner in Almeria, Andalusia, Spain. Demonstration of the Rule of Thirds Date: 1986

Alley & Maclellan Engineers - Promotional Card
Promotional Card for Alley & Maclellan Engineers of 139 Grosvenor Road, Pimlico, London. Engineers, Iron & Brass Founders and Shipbuilders

Grope Lane, Shrewsbury
Grope Lane, a quaint medieval alley off the High Street at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

Nuns in Venice, Italy
Nuns walking along a narrow passageway in Venice, Italy. circa 1969

Cruikshank / Bowling Alley
The bowling alley at Worcester

Flowers and Path

Garraways Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, London
Garraways Coffee House, Change Alley, Cornhill, City of London. 18th century

WW2 - The Motor Launches of E-Boat Alley. (2/2) Date: 1942

Terraced housing back alley, probably 1940s

An alley in Ilfracome, Devon, early 1900s

Whitby or Whitstable artist early 1900s

Town Bridge
This painting shows a quaint little stone arch bridge which crosses a shadowy alley in a town, which pedestrians are walking along. Date: circa 1916

Town Alley
A painting of a town alley in which numerous people are walking down the narrow road, two colourful green and red striped pillars stand on the right. Date: circa 1915

Mabel Poulton in film, The Alley Cat
British & Foreign Films, Mabel Poulton in The Alley Cat, directed by Hans Steinhoff Date: 1929

Men playing Skittles inside in the East End, London pub. Date: 1903

The exterior of Garraway's coffee house in Change Alley, London, rebuilt after a fire in 1748, one of the first to sell tea in the 17th century

Comic postcard, The saint and the sinner Date: early 20th century

Vintage 19th century photograph: cloth, fabric, bazar, bazaar, probably Tunis, Tunisia

Ouled Nail street, Biskra, Algeria
Vintage 19th century photograph: Algeria, c.1890 - the Ouled Nail street, Biskra

Street scene, probably Algiers, Algeria
19th century vintage photograph: street scene, probably Algiers, Algeria, image c.1890 s

Street in the old city of Nice, France
Vintage 19th century photograph - street in the old city of Nice, France

Entrance to the historic pub, the Old Cheshire Cheese in Wine Office Court, just off Fleet Street. Date: 1884

Narrow street, working class district, Venice, Italy, childr
Vintage 19th century photograph: Narrow street in a working class district of Venice, Italy children with bare feet

St Olaves School
View of the Grammar School of St Olaves in 1810. At that time the school was housed in the old Vestry Hall of the church and its adjoining premises (on the west side of Churchyard Alley)

Colonel Bloods house in Bowling Alley, Westminster. Colonel Thomas Blood (1618-1680) was an Anglo-Irish officer and self-styled colonel best known for his attempt to steal the Crown Jewels of England

Tombs in Westminster Abbey, Westminster Hall and Westminster Bridge. Young man pointing to a Latin inscription on a stone tomb in Westminster Abbey 52

St Dunstans Church, Postman, Letter Carrier and Knife-Grinder. Clock with figures striking bells at St Dunstans Church in Fleet Street 42

Sir Paul Pinders Lodge in Half Moon Alley. The facade decorated with plasterwork designs. Was the keepers lodge to the park beloning to merchant Sir Paul Pindar (1565-1650)

Barber Surgeons Hall, Monkwell Street. Copperplate engraving by John Thomas Smith after original drawings by members of the Society of Antiquaries from his J.T

George Court, looking towards The Strand, 1924
The picturesque George Court, looking towards The Strand, London, 1924, showing the Old George pub with an aviary within, now occupied by the Retro Bar (2020). Date: 1924

Four street urchins skipping rope in an alley, 18th century
Four street urchins skipping rope in an alley. From an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Albin, 18th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

PLAYROOM FOR THE POOR
An early example of a Boys Club - a playroom for the poor in Islington, north London, with gymnasium and skittle alley. Date: 1887

STOCK EXCHANGE / JONATHANS
Jonathans Coffee House, Change Alley, London, the informal venue for commercial transactions that became the London Stock Exchange Date: 18th century

NEW YORK / DOUBLE ALLEY
New York: Double Alley, Gotham Court Date: 1889

BATTLE OF STREETS
THE BATTLE OF THE STREETS The old, narrow streets defend themselves against the attack of the wider thoroughfares - We shall soon be without a lane or an alley in London Date: 1845

New Lloyds Coffee House
The New Lloyds Coffee House, Popes Head Alley, London - the recognised meeting-place for marine insurers Date: after 1769

Ivy Bridge Lane
An alley (long demolished) leading from the Strand to the Ivy Bridge or pier on the River Thames, a drop-off point for river passengers

Figure in Panier Alley
This statue still stands in Panier Ally, close to Paternoster Row. Its origin is unknown. Date: 19th century

Cat and kitten sit in the middle of an alleyway, Ciutedella
A black cat and her kitten sit in the middle of an alleyway in an old quarter of Ciutedella, Menorca, Spain Date: 2008

Narrow Arab Street in Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1930s

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