Benches Collection (page 6)

County School, Gillingham, Kent - Chemistry laboratory Date: circa 1920s

POND SWANS
Swans at the edge of a park pond, watched by people sitting on benches. Date: 1960s

Vietnam, Hanoi - Embroiderers and draughtsmen
Embroiderers and draughtsmen at work in a textile workshop in Hanoi, Vietnam, surrounded by the glorious results of their labours. Date: circa 1903

North Gate of Bab-ul-Moazzam, Baghdad, Iraq. The Ottoman Turkish flag was, at this point, flying proudly above the gate. Date: circa 1909

Albert Embankment Lamps
Lovely Victorian lamp posts and benches on the terrace of County Hall, Albert Embankment, London. The Embankment was built 1866 - 1869 by Sir Joseph Bazalgette Date: early 1950s

Regents Park 1950S
Visitors to Regents Park, London, chatting and relaxing on benches on a spring day. Date: 1950s

Further Ed / Food Technol
Young men working at their benches at the National College of Food Technology. Date: 1950s

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

Men on benches in a London park
Men sitting on benches in an unidentified London park. A terrace of houses can be seen in the background

Sewing class, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys take part in a sewing class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Church Army emergency accommodation, London
Men try to sleep on narrow benches at a Church Army emergency accommodation shelter in London. The Church Army was founded in 1882 by the Rev Wilson Carlile, an evangelist for the Church of England

Women vagrants sleeping, Spitalfields, East End of London
A group of women vagrants sleeping on benches at the churchyard of Christ Church, Spitalfields, East London

Kitchen of a Common Lodging House
Residents eating and socialising in the kitchen of a common lodging house, location unknown. Such establishments provided cheap accommodation by the night for those of limited means

Living Room of a Rowton House, London
The living room of one of Londons Rowton Houses where the residents can be seen relaxing, reading, and playing draughts. Rowton Houses, of which six were erected around London, were large

Scene at a racecourse in the Far East. A fashionable Western woman in a long coat leads a horse and jockey along, watched by crowds of people

Old women picking oakum in a Casual Ward
The womens casual ward (vagrants ward) of a workhouse, thought to be at Lambeth, south London. Three women in workhouse uniform sit on benches

Italy - Livorno - The Long Sea Walk

Park benches
Lakeside park benches in Autumn. Pastel and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Lourdes - Pilgrims Shelter
Lourdes, France - the interior of the pilgrims shelter. Believers line the interior of the building, seated in bath chairs

Allan Gardens and Sherbourne Street, Toronto, Canada

House of Lords cleaners
Two cleaners in the House of Lords, vacuuming and polishing in preparation for the State Opening of Parliament in a few days time

Titanic Third Class Smoke Room
The Third Class Smoke Room on the ill-fated Titanic, which sank on 15 April 1912

Boys Club breakfast 1932
A group of boys from a Boys Club take their breakfast alfresco. They sit on long benches and eat a boiled egg with bread and a cup of tea

The Pavilion, Bournemouth
A view of the interior of the Pavillion building in the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth

Zoroastrian Boarding School - Devlali, India - The Dining Room at Tea time

Baja, Hungary
Baja - a city in Bacs-Kiskun County, southern Hungary. The Korzo promenade

The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (2 / 2)
The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (2/2). Massage Douche (Shower) Room - Aix System (from Aix-en-Provence, France)

Charterhouse School Room
The School Room at Charterhouse School at the original site in Newgate (the site of a Carthusian Monastery)

Frustrated Teacher
A frustrated French teacher after " three hours of shouting" tells his " naughty children" that they can leave at the midday bell and study again later

Joseph Chamberlain arriving in the House of Commons, 16th Ma
Illustration of Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary (centre with monocle), entering the House of Commons to loud applause from the Government benches, 16 March 1903

On Board a Thames River Steamer, 1874
Engraving showing the passenger deck of a Thames River Steamer, with various passengers seated on benches and two musicians, playing the flute and harp

Mr. Meagher, MP, in the House of Commons, 1906
Illustration of Mr. Meagher, MP for North Kilkenny, shortly after taking his seat in the House of Commons. He was soon in sole possession of the Irish and Labour Benches

Lunch in a Jewish shelter, London, 1904
Engraving showing a group of men, seated on benches around a table having soup for lunch, at the Jewish shelter in the East End of London, 1904

Garden Wall Seats
Two young ladies sit in old seats built into a garden wall in this atmospheric photograph

Autumn Bench
Autumn shadows, an atmospheric scene around benches in St. Annes Well Gardens, Hove, Sussex, England, where the first Autumn leaves have begun to fall

Back view of a horse-drawn ambulance
A back view of a horse-drawn ambulance, with the doors open to reveal the benches inside, providing accommodation for up to three patients

Festival Sea & Ships
The River Walk outside the Sea and Ships exhibition centre, part of the Festival of Britain exhibition on the South Bank, London

Knights St John / Washroom
The washroom of the Knights of St John at Fontana, Gozo, Malta

House of Commons / 1907
The Commons front benches in 1907, as predicted in this cartoon of seven years earlier

Parliament of King Edward I
The parliament of Edward I, King of Britain, consisting of clergy, aristocracy, and other representatives

Altdorf University C1700
Presentation of Doctorates at Altdorf University, Germany

Figure in the Mist
A hunched figure walking away into the mist in a public park or garden, along a path bordered by high hedge trees. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Shakespeare / Grammar Schl
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Grammar School at Stratford-upon-Avon where he studied as a boy

Churchill / Heckling / 1905
WINSTON CHURCHILL Criticising old friends: now a Liberal MP, Churchill heckles his old friends the Conservatives

House of Lords / 1907
The front benches of the House of Lords in 1907, as predicted by this cartoon of seven years earlier

French Classroom 1882
A nun with a class of children at a French infants school

Christs Hospital School
The writing school at Christs Hospital, London, with boys seated in rows

Rugby Schoolroom 1816
The Great School Room at Rugby

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