Amusing Collection (page 10)

When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1
A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart. Ideas for what to do with old war machinery

Accustoming our Lads by Degrees to Sleep Under a Roof
Untraining the Army - another idea from William Heath Robinson for ensuring soldiers become accustomed once more to civilian life

The Fine Art of Making a War-Film by Heath Robinson, WW1
Preparing the Popular Film of a Taube soaring over Rheims Cathedral. Makeshift scenery and a camera man aloft with the help of a pulley system over a bed help to recreate a scene from the First World

War-Time Economies Saving Breath, WW1 Heath Robinson
War-Time Economies from Heath Robinson - to Save Your Breath. The Penny-in-the-Slot machine for blowing out candles. Wartime savings taken to ridiculous lengths by William Heath Robinson who suggests

A Daring Frontal Attack on a Bomb Dropper, WW1
Humorous cartoon by William Heath Robinson showing an attempt by the British to mount an aerial attack upon a German airship. Date: 1915

Encyclopaedia of Sport - Tickling the Dugong
VII. Tickling for Dugong on the plains of Oudh. Another unusual and fanciful sport from the imagination of William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914

Encyclopaedia of Sport - Luring Wild Lap-Dogs
IV - Luring wild lap-dogs by the Mull of Cantire. Another wacky sport from the imagination of William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914

Encyclopedia of Sport by William Heath Robinson
1. Vacuuming white mice on the Scottish moors. One in a series of crack pot sports imagined by William Heath Robinson in The Sketch magazine. Date: 1914

How I Saw the Gold Cup by Tony Sarg, Ascot humour
A vertically-challenged gentleman with binoculars at the ready struggles to get any sort of view of the Gold Cup at Ascot. Date: 1914

A Bit Off by H. M. Bateman
A Bit Off! The Chiropodist Who Dropped Her Knife. An alarmed podiatrist tries to calm her patient, a blustering, Colonel-type typical of H. M

Bystander masthead 1929, playing with train set
Bystander masthead illustrated by Alfred Leete showing a mother and father rather taking over a little boys train set. Date: 1929

Bottlenose Dolphin amusing the crowd with a tail dance (Tursiops truncatus)

Action and Reaction by H. M. Bateman
Colonel X in 1918 - - And in 1920 A retired Army commander, who once showed unflappability in battle, is not quite so confident on the golf course when a ball whizzes past his head. Date: 1920

Reconstruction in the Outer Hebrides by Heath Robinson, WW1
Settling a Scottish soldier on the land. A lone Scottish soldier is left alone on a tiny island with a barrel of turnip seed at the end of First World War. Date: 1919

Reconstruction by William Heath Robinson, WW1 cartoon
Afforestation - a good beginning in the provinces. A town rather over-compensates for all the felling of trees that took place during the First World War by placing planted flower pots in every

Demobilisation by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Owing to demobilisation not exactly synchronising with the taking back of the Hotel Terrific by the management, General Sir Claude Cumbersome has to deal with a lot of returns under most impossible

At the Brewery Baths by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" You chuck another sardine at me, my lad, and you ll hear from my solicitors." High jinks in a brewery on the Western Front utilised as a baths for British soldiers

A Visit to the Alpini - 19? by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1
The war was over some time ago, but this man hasn t heard about it yet, and nobody can get up to tell him. His sniping is therefore very annoying to that Austrian village in the valley

Bairnsfather with the American Army, WW1 cartoon
" I know we re fightin for Democracy, but the next time the Colonel comes around, salute, you ______ son of a ______!" An American sergeant disciplines Date: 1918

New Fashions for 1918 by William Heath Robinson, WW1
New Fashions for 1918 - designed to meet the shortage of tweeds. A series of revealing menswear outfits suggested by Heath Robinson during the First World War. Date: 1918

1960 by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
A cartoon drawn by H. M. Bateman in The Bystander in 1918, imagining what a member of the Royal Navy would be like in 1960

A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Alpini Mountain Home Nearly there: the last 200 metres on foot. The woods seem full of eyes, and the forest echoes that one accusing cry " Inglesi

C3 (crossed out) CC, The Last Man by Bruce Bairnsfather
The silhouette of Charlie Chaplin appears on the horizon on the Western Front, watched in awe by two British soldiers on the Western Front. Date: 1918

Through Mud to Victory by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Private 90045 Gerrard, after three-quarters of a mile of this, sincerely hopes it won t be a dud. A private British soldier struggles through the mud

Lead Kindly Light by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Yes, I know the roads rotten; but I m sure this habit of Sec.-Lieut. Smiths of finding his way back to billets with his private repeating Verey pistol (that his aunt sent him)

The Limit, WW1 cartoon by Heath Robinson
Mrs Blennernuggit: " Well, now, I DO call that rude! And so many aeroplanes about, too!" A lady in her bath is surprised by a sudden air raid during the First World War. Date: 1918

Hut Life Illustrated, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon showing the soporific atmosphere in a Y.M.C.A hut recreation room somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War, where soldiers can spend their leisure time reading magazines

The Gentle Adjutant by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Its the Noise that really matters. A fierce and fearsome looking commanding officer on horseback uses his considerable lung power to make his commands known. Date: 1917

Colonel de Barrage and his armour, Bairnsfather cartoon, WW1
Colonel de Barrage feels convinced that armours the thing under modern conditions. " Did you mend that puncture in his left hind leg, Smith

A German Old Bill
A German prisoner of war, working on a farm near Shortwick, Chester, is identified as being a dead ringer for Old Bill, the cartoon soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The

A Wetter Ole by Bruce Bairnsfather
" Well, we knows of a better olevitch, and we re blinkin well goin to it!" Old Bill and his comrade find themselves in a similar ole to the one they originally made famous in Captain Bruce

Bruce Bairnsfather releases - WW1 film cartoon
The Military Cross a pulsating military drama in two reels. Humorous pictorial trailer for a possible war film imagined by Bystander cartoonist, Captain Bruce Bairnsfather. Date: 1917

The Channel Tunnel - hints to Aldermen, Heath Robinson
A well-known magnate of the Port of Dover laying the foundation stone of the tunnel in the Channel. An amusing scene envisaged by William Heath Robinson showing various dignitaries observing

With the Army by Denis Cowles, WW1 cartoon
With the Army - 1. Teaching recruits to " carry the left foot about 12 inches to the left." " Infantry Training 1914." Something of a misinterpretation of infantry training

A Misinterpretation by C. Frampton, WW1 cartoon
A potentially disastrous case of Chinese Whispers in a front line trench. A message of Sedn reinforcements - we are about to advance, changes to, Send three and fourpence - we are going to a dance

A Hint to Speculators, trench humour, WW1
" Joe, as it ever struck you that this would be one of the places where Tubes would pay?" Two Tommies wading through a water-logged trench ruminate on the advantages of an underground

WW1 knitting postcard
A small girl presents a pair of mis-shapen hand knitted khaki socks to a soldier and expresses the hope that they fit. He doesn t look convinced

WW1 cartoon - Family Knitting
Great-Grandmama (ferociously to the family circle). " When I think of all the trouble that that Kaiser has brought into Europe, I could box his ears

Knitting humour, WW1
The Sentimentalist (who has received socks from England). " She loves me; she loves me not. A British soldier, on receiving a pair of badly made socks from a sweetheart in England proceeds to

Early experiment in aerial gunnery by Heath Robinson
Another Mystery Revealed - An Early Experiment in Aerial Gunnery - now illustrated for the first time. A rather Heath Robinson attempt at a flying gun for aerial dogfights

WW1 cartoon - The Super-Patriot - knitting
A biddable gentleman is disturbed from his armchair nap and used by two ladies of the house to wind wool. Knitting comforts for troops was a nationwide activity during the First World War

Spy - WWI Round Card Game made by Valentines Games
Spy - The Amusing and Topical First World War Round Card Game - made by Valentines Games. Contains cutouts of German targets and card pack, with instructions and within original box. Puzzles & Games

Drawing Red Herrings by Heath Robinson
Heath Robinsons Encyclopaedia of Sport - IX. Drawing red herrings across the sands of Dee. Another crazy idea for a new sport from the inventive mind of William Heath Robinson. Date: 1914

A Mesmeric Barrage by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 4. A mesmeric barrage crumpling up an enemy attack. Date: 1918

Enemy Observation Posts Removed by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field 3. Enemy observation-posts removed with despatch. Date: 1918

America in the Field by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 2. Barb-pants - to enable infantry to get out of barbed wire. Date: 1918

The Tank by William Heath Robinson, WW1
Mrs. Jones: Whats wrong wi the dorg, Garg? Garge: W y, the old thiefs been an swallered my War Bonds; so I ve got to pay im into the bank Humorous First World War illustration by William Heath

Billeting soldiers, WW1 humour
Maid to mistress: If yer please, mem, theres a hofficer at the door, and e wants to know if you can FILLET two sojers. A maid rather misunderstands the request of a billeting officer at a house

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