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Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill car mascot - Bairnsfatherware

Old Bill car mascot - Bairnsfatherware
Old Bill car mascot. Produced by Louis Lejeune (Mascots) Ltd. c.1919, on a metal plinth, which is on a wooden socle. Copyright No. R2669204. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Milk jug with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware

Milk jug with ornate border - Bairnsfatherware
Milk jug with ornate border. Inscribed on one side - When the ell is it goin to be strawberry And inscribed on the other side - What time do they feed the sea-lions, Alf Very good condition

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Plate - WWI humour

Plate - WWI humour
Plate - Here with a loaf of bread beneath the row. A muttered curse, but neer a whine. And thou - beside me, singing in the wilderness. The wilderness is paradise enow. Good condition

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar

Plate - Give it a good ard un Bert. - Bairnsfatherwar
Plate. Inscribed - Give it a good ard un Bert. You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Plate - What time do they feed the sea-lions, Alf

Plate - What time do they feed the sea-lions, Alf Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Plate - When the ell is it goin to be strawberry

Plate - When the ell is it goin to be strawberry Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bairnsfather Ware - Bruce Bairnsfather

Bairnsfather Ware - Bruce Bairnsfather
Bairnsfather Ware wall plaque with ornate border. Well if you knows. A Memento of the Great War on reverse. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert

Plate - Give it a good ard un, Bert
Plate inscribed Give it a good ard un, Bert: You can generally ear em fizzing a bit first if they are agoin to explode. Inscribed on reverse Made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter of

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Flying Colours, Hippodrome Theatre, London

Flying Colours, Hippodrome Theatre, London
Flying Colours, a revue at the Hippodrome Theatre, London, an Albert de Courville production

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Situation Shortly Vacant by Bairnsfather

Situation Shortly Vacant by Bairnsfather
Humours from the Front - No 32 Situation Shortly Vacant In an old-established house in France an opening will shortly occur for a young man

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill at Madame Cheerios, by Bairnsfather

Old Bill at Madame Cheerios, by Bairnsfather
Old Bill at Madame Cheerios " You are shortly going on a journey across a field; an ugly man with a square head will cross your path; you will then hear a loud noise

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: A Murmansk Murmur by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

A Murmansk Murmur by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Don t that make ye blinkin well wild, Bert?" Old Bill, the soldier character created by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander, together with his old pal Bert

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Those Medals! by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

Those Medals! by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Sad, but true, and apparently unavoidable. A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather published in The Bystander commenting that while acts of bravery during war often went unrecognised

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Can-Tankerous by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

Can-Tankerous by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" Ere! Where the ell are ye comin with that Turkish bath o yours?" Old Bill, the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander receives a frosty reception from soldiers

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Coxs by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

Coxs by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
When one feels rather in favour of floating a War Loan of ones own. A British officer visits his bank to find out hes rather overdrawn. Date: 1917

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill car mascot

Old Bill car mascot. Produced by Louis Lejeune (Mascots) Ltd. c.1919, stamped copywright, on a black painted metal rounded plinth. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill car mascot on a metal plinth, WW1

Old Bill car mascot on a metal plinth, WW1
Old Bill car mascot. Produced by Louis Lejeune (Mascots) Ltd, on a metal plinth. Copyright No. R2669204. Bairnsfather Ware. Date: circa 1919

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: WW1 tank teapot, manufactured by Sadler

WW1 tank teapot, manufactured by Sadler. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill and Co by Bruce Bairnsfather

Old Bill and Co by Bruce Bairnsfather
An ARP warden stands on a rooftop during a very lively air raid and looks down a chimney pot with his binoculars telling those hiding inside, I said, I reckon its time you went to the shelter. 1940

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather Ware by Grimwades

Bruce Bairnsfather Ware by Grimwades
A selection of pottery manufactured by the firm Grimwades of Staffordshire, featuring the designs of Bruce Bairnsfather, the artist whose cartoons featured in The Bystander during World War I

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill and Co. October 1940

Old Bill and Co. October 1940
" I ll let yet get away with it this time, but remember! I got a front door, h and a knocker!" Bruce Bairnsfather jokes that the damage inflicted on homes by German air raids has made it

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather in his Sunbeam with Old Bill mascot

Bruce Bairnsfather in his Sunbeam with Old Bill mascot
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, famous for his cartoons of trench humour in The Bystander during the First World War seen at the wheel of his Sunbeam car with an aluminium car mascot in the shape of

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Christmas Truce by Bruce Bairnsfather

Christmas Truce by Bruce Bairnsfather
A memory of Christmas, 1914: " Look at this blokes buttons, arry. I should reckon e as a maid to dress im." A picture by the famous wartime Bystander cartoonist and creator of Old Bill

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Saws and New Meanings, by Bairnsfather

Old Saws and New Meanings, by Bairnsfather
Old Saws and New Meanings There is certainly a lot of truth in that Napoleonic maxim, " An army moves on its stomach" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, in The Bystander 1916

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Birds of Ill Omen, by Bairnsfather

Birds of Ill Omen, by Bairnsfather
Birds of Ill Omen " Theres evidently goin to be an offensive around ere, Bert" Sombre looking senior officers in a trench

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Advertisement for Old Bill car mascot, 1920

Advertisement for Old Bill car mascot, 1920
Advertisement for the " Old Bill" car mascot, exclusively sold by Smith of Motor Accessories fame. Old Bill was the soldier character created by the cartoonist Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: The Spook Suspected by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

The Spook Suspected by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Old Bill has always felt that there was something reminiscent of Bert about the way he got that nasty crack over the head from a tambourine at that little bit of a seance they had theother night

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Billisation by Bruce Bairnsfather

Old Billisation by Bruce Bairnsfather
Old Bill got very severely checked the other day for anticipating demobilisation by wearing some mufti that he had sent out to him from home

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: More Entanglements by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon

More Entanglements by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Bathing at Casse Les Bains is going to be rotten again this year. Two stereotypically grouchy looking Germans in bathing costumes do their best to enjoy a seaside holiday despite the barbed wire

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill car mascot - Bairnsfatherware

Old Bill car mascot - Bairnsfatherware
Old Bill car mascot. Produced by Louis Lejeune (Mascots) Ltd. c.1919, on a metal plinth, which is on a wooden socle. Copyright No. R2669204. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather Old Bill mascot doll

Bruce Bairnsfather Old Bill mascot doll. Registered No. 662457. Commemorative Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: The Fatalist

The Fatalist
THE FATALIST. I m sure they ll ear this damn thing squeakin.. Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, 1St Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959)

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill Pink glazed money box in the form of a WW1 tank

Old Bill Pink glazed money box in the form of a WW1 tank
An Old Bill Pink glazed money box in the form a WW1 tank, inscribed Wheres that blinkin Kaiser. Bairnsfather Ware

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce Bairnsfather

Down at the Ration Dump by Bruce Bairnsfather
Down at the Ration Dump " Call me a Tank again, my lad, and I ll knock yer - - ead off!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1917

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: The Glorious Fifth by Bruce Bairnsfather

The Glorious Fifth by Bruce Bairnsfather
" Ere, Guy Fawkes - buzz off!" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, a soldier is admonished by one of his fellows for carrying around enough explosives to Guy Fawkes jealous. Date: 1916

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: The Candid Friend by Bruce Bairnsfather

The Candid Friend by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Candid Friend " Well, yer know, I like the photo of you in your gas mask best" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: The Communication Trench by Bruce Bairnsfather

The Communication Trench by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Communication Trench PROBLEM - Whether to walk along the top and risk it, or do another mile of this A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill

Bystander masthead featuring Old Bill
Masthead design for a post-war edition of the Bystander magazine featuring one of its main stars the cartoon character created by Bruce Bairnsfather

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at work

Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at work
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather (1888-1959), British soldier, artist and cartoonist, famous for his curmudgeonly creation, Ole Bill - a typical British Tommy - during the First World War for The Bystander

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather

His Christmas Goose by Bruce Bairnsfather
Illustration by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing a soldier on sentry duty looking hungrily at a goose, with the caption, You wait till I comes off dooty

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Asquith & Lloyd George in the boxing ring by Bairnsfather

Asquith & Lloyd George in the boxing ring by Bairnsfather
Humorous satirical illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather showing the politicians, Asquith and Lloyd George, both of whom served as Prime Minister during World War I, in a boxing ring facing each other

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill and Co. July 1940

Old Bill and Co. July 1940
Old Bill prepares a shield wall of defences to protect the English coast from German invasion: " Thats enough about ow Arold did it at Astings. I m doing it now!" 1940

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill and Co

Old Bill and Co
As Old Bill looks ready to fend off a German invasion, an officious old woman asks, " Shouldn t a great, grown, hulking man like you be doing something towards the defence of his country

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Old Bill and Co. September 1940

Old Bill and Co. September 1940
" No, you were wrong, Bill! That wasn t another warnin you eard." Bruce Bairnsfathers cartoon makes light of the repeated air-raid warnings civilians were subjected to during the Battle of

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: The Better Ole, by Bairnsfather and Eliot, WW1

The Better Ole, by Bairnsfather and Eliot, WW1
The Better Ole, by Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Eliot. First produced by Charles B Cochran at the Oxford Music Hall, London, August 1917

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather Fragments from France exhibition, 1916

Bruce Bairnsfather Fragments from France exhibition, 1916
Advertisement in The Graphic for an exhibition of drawings by the popular soldier cartoonist Bruce Bairnsfather. The pictures were exhibited at the Graphic Galleries, 190 Strand

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Bruce Bairnsfather, The Herald of the Dawn

Bruce Bairnsfather, The Herald of the Dawn. 1914-1918

Background imageBairnsfather Collection: Photo of Carry on, Sergeant by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather

Photo of Carry on, Sergeant by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather
Black and white photographs in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing cast members from Carry on, Sergeant



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