Blues Collection (page 2)

Four hospital patients ready for croquet
Four Imperial VAD hospital patients ready for a game of croquet in the garden at Quex Park. The men are are in shirtsleeves and wearing the trousers of the patients uniform hospital blues

The Birth of the Blues
THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES...and from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail, and they played that as part of the blues... Date: 1926

Patients in the Mess, Quex Park VAD Hospital
A group of patients gathered in the Mess of the Quex Park VAD Hospital. The Mess was sited in the Winter Garden, a large conservatory between Quex House and the Museum buildings

Group of hospital patients, Quex Park. There are twenty men in the group. They are outside the front door of Quex House. All are wearing hospital blues the uniform of military hospital patients

Military patients at Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, Surrey
The Grove Hospital, Tooting Grove, during the First World War when it became the Grove Military Hospital. Here, military patients, some wearing the hospital blues uniform

Imperial Patients, Quex Park VAD Hospital
Imperial Patients of Quex Park VAD Hospital in the garden of Quex House. Twenty patients are in the foreground of the photograph

Staff & patients in C Ward of Quex Park VAD Hospital. The patients are all wearing hospital blues with the exception of one man who is a Belgian solder (holding a tray with glasses)

Five Imperial patients, Winter Garden, Quex Park
Five Imperial patients outside the front of the Winter Garden, Quex Park. They are wearing hospital blues the uniform worn by patients who were in the Imperial forces

Ambulance taking discharged patients
One of the Quex ambulances is parked outside the door of Quex House. A group of patients in hospital blues and nurses are gathered around

Poster, the Moody Blues new disc, Go Now
Poster in strip cartoon style, advertising the Moody Blues new disc, Go Now. Released in late 1964, it reached the top of the charts in late January 1965. Date: circa 1964

Miss Dorothy Ward & son with teddy in khaki
Miss Dorothy Ward, actress, pictured in The Tatler at the time she was playing the lead part in Light Blues which ran at the Princes Theatre, Manchester and later at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London

Blinded soldier wearing his hospital blues
A blinded soldier wearing his hospital blues and being comforted by a loving border collie.. English School

Oxford Blues who had joined up, WW1
Spread of 76 portraits and key showing sporting Blues from Oxford University who had joined up during the First World War

Cambridge University sportsmen during WW1
A spread from The Sketch magazine featuring 76 portraits of Cambridge Blues who had joined up during the First World War. The Sketch comments that

George Melly - English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer and lecturer (1926-2007). A Bon Viveur, renowned for his zoot suits, jaunty fedoras and outrageous ties! Date: circa early 1950s

Howards sure cure for the blues in three prescriptions and 180 pleasant doses for direction see below : secure seats for The doctors warm reception at the Opera House, office hours, 8-to-10:30 p.m

Charles and Robert Sweeny
American brothers Charles (right) and Robert Sweeny, given their golf Blues for Oxford University. Charles Sweeny married Margaret Whigham, later the Duchess of Argyll. Date: 1931

Latest dance records, 1923
An advertisement for the latest 10 inch, double sided records from the Gramophone Company. Date: 1923

Merlin blues by Merlin Enabnit
Blonde pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit, posing coquettishly behind a midnight blue blanket. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Oxford Blues
OXFORD BLUES Showing the uniform when viewed from the front and in reverse. One of the soldiers is shown mounted on his horse

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