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No Gypsies on Epson Downs 1929Romany Folk whose presence was forbidden on Epom Downs even on Derby Day. A group of gipsy women and children peg-making Date: 1929
Visit to Madeira - Road to the HotelBlack and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection
Start of a Cock Fight Date: circa 1906
RMS Lusitania - propaganda medal, leaflet and other itemsRMS Lusitania - Carlton ware model 6.5 inches, together with German propaganda medal, leaflet, and other items. The bronze German Lusitania medal was designed by Karl Goetz
Oliver Tambo, South African anti-apartheid politicianOliver Reginald Tambo (1917-1993), South African anti-apartheid politician and prominent member of the African National Congress (ANC)
Tony Benn banned from Labour Party conferenceTony Benn (Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, 1925-2014), Labour politician, former Cabinet Minister and currently President of the Stop the War Coalition
Doseh Ceremony, Cairo, Egypt c. 1880The Khedive would ride his horse over the bodies of the prostrate faithful; this can be seen happening lower right. The ceremony was banned in the late 1880 s
Taming the CharlestonMr E. Scott-Atkinson, professional tango champion, and Miss Dorothy Cole, the worlds tango champion demonstrate the old way to dance the Charleston - with legs and feet kicking outwards (bottom row)
When the tango is banned in Germany, Halle police get ballet master Crugeri to demonstrate, so they will know it when they see it and be able to put a stop to it. Date: 1913
Hardelot Plage, Normandy, FranceA man wearing a black hat walks from the beach bathing area at Hardelot Plage, Normandy, France. A bicycle leans on a restrictions notice banning wind surfers, motor cycles
Lazarillo De TormesThe authorship of this picaresque novel, telling the story of a colourful rogue, remains a mystery, but it has become a classic though banned by the Inquisition. Date: first published 1554
Visit to Madeira - A Basket Bullock CarroBlack and white lantern slide of three women seated in a ox drawn sledge (carro de bois) - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection
Ferenc MolnarFERENC MOLNAR Hungarian playwright, whose works were banned by the communists. Date: 1878 - 1952
Football in the Streets of London, 16th centuryIllustration showing a game of football, played a group of apprentices, in the streets of London, 16th century. Football, then a game with no rules, had been banned by Elizabeth I
Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime, WW1Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime. A man says that if planes fly over his house again tonight, he won t be looking out of the window. Why, did you get bombed? No, I got a stiff neck. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime, WW1Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime. A writer welcomes the white spaces in his article, saying that if there were no spaces, nobody would want to read it. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday, WW1Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday. A sign says No Fishing, but a man sits with his rod and line, determined to catch and eat fish, just to annoy the authorities
Suffragette Wild Women at Greyfriars Magnet Library. Suffragettes wreak havoc at Greyfriars School in a screamingly funny complete school story of Harry Wharton & Co
The Joy Ride Lady - a theatre poster banned on the TubeA poster, designed by William Barribal, for the show, The Joy Ride Lady at the New Theatre, St. Martins Lane. Though passed by the Bill Posters Censorship Committee
Billiards Illustrated - Spot BarredA relaxing Vicar, just about to don his tripey bathing suit and take a dip at a likelt spot, is thwarted by a zealous landowner
Scene from banned play, La Vierge Folle
Listening to the Banned by KippaHumorous illustration by Kippa featuring a group seated ready for after dinner evening entertainment, only to be shocked by a young woman reading aloud from a scandalous novel
Victoria / Cocorico / AdvertAn advertisement banned by the Paris police because it ridiculed Queen Victoria; nevertheless it was reproduced as an advertisement for Dr Trabants little pills
Jules VallesJULES VALLES - French left- wing journalist, periodically imprisoned or banned, enthusiastic but moderate in his views; supported Commune, then in exile in England