Berets Collection

Scottish Curling 1885
Soop her up! Two Scottish curlers brush vigourously to melt the top of the ice, and allow the curling stone to slide correctly

Major Metcalfe, Mrs F. Cripps, and Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (16 January 1887 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, officer in the British Indian Army, a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII

Summer Holiday Fashions
Nautical holiday outfits from 1932, including palazzo pants and berets

Berets by Rose Valois
Two hats by Rose Valois described as berets. Both are close-fitting and brimless

Old men, Bermeo, Spain
Old men - three with traditional Basque berets - sit on a park bench in Bermeo, Biscay, Spain. Date: 1990

Captured Republican Troops near Bilbao; Spanish Civil War, 1
Photograph showing a group of captured Nationalist troops, wearing dark berets, roped together at the wrist being, interrogated by a Nationalist officer, near Bilbao, 1936

Two women in fashionable holiday outfits pose for their photograph outside their chalet in Jaywick. Date: 1931

Joe Carstairs in her motor boat, 1925
Canvas and power: Miss M B Carstairs in her racing motor-boat, part of the Women in Sport series in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

French reservists enjoying lunch in London, September 1939
French reservists enjoying their lunch and wine under the cover of the trees of Bedford Square as they wait to register for service

French women signing up for war work, September 1939
A group of Frenchwomen engaged in signing up for Passive Defence and Red Cross work shortly after the outbreak of war in September 1939. Date: September 1939

Bar at the Chambre D Amour, Biarritz
Beach bar at the Chambre D Amour, Biarritz. Note the picture of the pelato player behind the bar, the traditional game of the Basque region. Date: 1934

Front cover portrait, Lady Moira Combe -- In a Bowl of Chrysanthemums. Date: 1930

Campo Voltantin, near Salve Bridge, Bilbao, Spain. circa 1905

Amusements in Biarritz by Bryan de Grineau
Sketches recording life in Biarritz as pictured by the artist Bryan de Grineau in 1931. Holidaymakers are trying out the Basque sport of pelota - wearing a beret of course

Waiter wearing beret and Oxford bags, 1926
Will it ever come to this? The President of the National Federation of Merchant Taylors is responsible for this awful suggestion

Two stylish ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach
A stylish jovial pair of ladies sat in deckchairs on the beach beneath a pretty oriental paper parasol. circa 1930s

Two women stroll along the seafront
Two stylish women strolling along the seafront. The weather is likely a little breezy as long overcoats, scarves and berets on show... Date: circa 1920s

Frenchmen in berets, Sarlat, Dordogne, France
Frenchmen wearing berets at a farmers market, Sarlat, Dordogne, France. circa 1966

Scouts at Georgetown (Janjanbureh), Gambia, West Africa
Scouts and cubs of the 1st Georgetown Group at Georgetown (now Janjanbureh), Gambia, West Africa, April 1948. With them are Scout Master A An Jie and visiting ACC, J Sanger-Davies. Date: 1948

Three young women on a yacht at Cowes, Isle of Wight
Three young women standing on the deck of Mr Inglebys yacht Esperance in the Solent during the Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight, dressed in almost identical outfits

Paignton, Devon - Group of young folk at the seaside
Paignton, Devon - " Myself and Eadie at the front, Doris, Ernie and Arthur at the back" - superb shot showing the party, each in their raincoats

Two female friends, 1930s
Two female friends pose together during an excursion to Littlehampton. Date: c.1935

WW2 - Free French troops parading with their Colours Date: circa 1944

Three boys with motorbike
Three boys with a motorbike, the youngest one in cadet uniform. Date: 1970s

Cricket game photo
A group photo after playing a game of cricket on the village green Date: circa 1930

A group of six ladies
A group of six British ladies (of a variety of ages), photographed on 3rd July 1939, 59 days before the outbreak of WW2. Date: 1939

Beret covered in lilac flowers
Model wearing an Easter beret covered in lilac flowers. Worn with make-up by Max Factor. Date: 1966

Four women and a dog on holiday
Four women and a spaniel dog on a seaside holiday. Date: circa 1930s

Scout of 3rd Bathurst Troop, Gambia, West Africa
Scout Momadu Jallow of the 3rd Bathurst Troop, Gambia, West Africa. Date: 1948

Scouts in Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa
Group photo of scouts in Bathurst, Gambia, West Africa, taking part in the ZD3D Radio Jamboree. Date: 1968

Cub scouts from two packs, Banjul, Gambia, West Africa
Cub scouts from two packs with leaders in Banjul, Gambia, West Africa

Two scouts outside headquarters, Gambia, West Africa
Two scouts, Christian and Moslem, bound together by the Brotherhood of Scouts. Seen here shaking hands outside the headquarters of the Gambia Scouts Association, Gambia, West Africa

Two girl scouts, Gambia, West Africa
Two smiling girl scouts, Gambia, West Africa

Children queueing up for a ride on the swings, probably at a seaside resort in France

The French Resistance - WWII (3 / 3)
German prisoners, captured off a train by the French resisitance, are gathered together prior to interrogation. Date: circa 1944

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (3 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Group of Guides - Pyrenees, France
France, Pyrenees - the local guides. At Luchon - famed for its thermal springs

Group of Middle Eastern men
An unidentified group of seven Middle Eastern men pose for their photograph. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ramblers with Baby
A couple of ramblers in berets, carrying their baby girl in a rucksack

Fancy Hats for 1919
Five styles of cap for the summer resembling bathing caps, berets and turbans. Ornamented with bows large & small, a rose or a pom-pon they are very becoming

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