Break Collection (page 3)

Neighborly Coffee Break Date: 1950

Truckers Leave Diner Date: 1950

Sailors relax on the deck of a British destroyer 1916
Stokers, Sailors and Gunners, have a cigarette break - and shelter from the sun - lying on the wooden decks of a British destroyer

HOUSEWIFES TEA BREAK
A tired housewife in an apron sits on a chair, frowning. Is she not entitled to a tea break? Date: late 1960s

US CIVIL WAR FOOTBALL
The rules of the game are overlooked by soldiers during a brutal game in camp, as fights break out everywhere and the ball is ignored. Date: 1865

FRANCE / ALPS / SACCONAY
French Alps: Mont Blanc, glacier de Sacconay, where Tissay, the chief guide, is hauled to safety after slipping through a break in the ice Date: 1855

BLACKSMITHS DRINKING
Two French blacksmiths take a wine-break Date: 1885

PLOUGHMANS LUNCH
Ploughmans Lunch; farmworkers break at mid-day on the Wiltshire Downs Date: 1937

Cuckoo Clock
Three children break off from their game of battledore and shuttlecock to admire the cuckoo clock Date: circa 1880

Backstage scene during a Mystery Play
A backstage scene in a town square, showing people taking a break for dinner during the performance of a Mystery Play

French soldiers relaxing
NAPOLEONIC ERA French soldiers relaxing Date: CIRCA 1800

A rest by the wayside - A poor English rural family take a break from their travels on foot and by donkey. Date: circa 1905

Four friends by the beach at Letreport, France Date: circa 1910s

On the lawns of Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Four young office workers and a white swan sit in the lawns of Abbey Gardens Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and enjoy their lunch break Date: 1988

Workers tea break beside the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal
Two male factory workers take a tea break on the banks of the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal at Tinsley Locks, Sheffield, England. Date: 1996

Staffordshire farmer in farmyard
A Staffordshire farmer carries buckets of water through his farmyard for the cattle on a cold winter day. First published The Times Date: 1990

Staffordshire farmer with cup of tea
A Staffordshire farmer prepares to feed his calves after breakfast, he is holding a mug of tea while looking out through the door of a farm building. Animal feed buckets are at his feet

Stallholder, Stafford market
A mature woman stallholder sits for a tea break at her bedding stall in Stafford, England. Date: 1987

We re Here For Our Annual (Holiday) - smart young folk playing on the edge of the lido pool Date: 1930

Picnic on the summit of a Swiss Alpine peak. Date: circa 1910s

Pattern 1897 Japanese arisaka bayonet sword, used in both World Wars; single edged blade, mark of Kokura arsenal. The bayonet incorporated a quillon designed to catch and break an opponent

Breaker boy eating during a food break at a coal mine in Kingston, Pennsylvania, USA Date: circa 1900

Dum-dum bullets used during WW1
Dum-dum bullets used during the First World War. As Dr Haydn Brown explains, the bullet breaks up or mushrooms on entering the human target, and causes maximum damage as a result. Date: October 1914

WW2 - Bomb Damage to Houses of Parliament, London
In the course of the German bombing of London during the Second World War, the Palace of Westminster was hit by bombs on fourteen separate occasions

Bunny Coffee Break
A rabbit has a cup of coffee. Date: early 1930s

Police Tea Break
A Metropolitan Police officer drinking a cup of tea break on Derby Day. In 1947 over 16 million cups of tea were drunk by the Metropolitan Police

Anti-Suffrage Cartoon Votes for Women
A girl sneaks in to the offices of the militant suffragettes to see piles of newspapers, hammers, whips and stones. All part of the W.S.P.Us arsenal

Men sitting on their veteran motorcycles drinking beer
Four men on their veteran motorcycles drinking beer circa 1910

Stone-breaking cell in a workhouse
Illustration showing a workhouse stone-breaking cell. Tramps and vagrants broke stones in return for a nights accommodation Date: circa 1909

Four people in a car outside a Post Office
Four people sitting inside a car outside a Post Office with their picnic things set out. Date: circa 1930s

WW1 cartoon on postcard - munition worker
Expecting a rise shortly. Humorous, First World War postcard depicting a female munition worker jauntily sitting on a barrel of dynamite with a cigarette. A health and safety nightmare. Date: c.1916

Combermere Scout Troop (1st Barbados) having a rest while on a hike

Edirne, Turkey - Bulgarian Soldiers during the Balkan War of 1912/13. Date: circa 1913

Blitz in London -- a welcome tea break, WW2
London Auxiliary firefighters enjoy a welcome cup of tea from a grateful resident in Crawford Street, Camberwell, SE London

Womens Voluntary Service (WVS) canteen van, WW2
Women from the WVS providing refreshments to National Fire Service London firefighters. The canteen van was presented to the London Region by the township of Inchfawn Bar Harbour, USA

AFS women resting in bunks, Southwark Fire Station, WW2
AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) women resting in bunks at Southwark Fire Station (Station 60), Southwark Bridge Road, SE1, during the Second World War

Metropolitan Police officers in the station canteen
A group of Metropolitan Police officers relaxing in the canteen at West End Central police station during a tea break. Included in the photograph are PCs Ian Fletcher, John Foxley, Arthur Webb

Family of Hop Pickers
A family of hop pickers, including a baby, children, adults and grandmother, stop work for a break and something to eat and drink

Parkhurst Prison - Refreshment Break
Inmates of Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, take a rest from their labour for refreshment. Date: circa 1900

The Kitchen of The George
Kitchen of a busy hotel or public house showing the staff sitting around a large table for a tea break and spot of lunch. Date: 1932

Taking a break from the tennis
Three women enjoy a drink and a picnic while taking a break from playing tennis. 1927

A stout, jolly housewifes enjoys a mid-morning cup of tea and a chat with her cat before getting on with her daily chores

British gunners take a break during bombardment of Zonnebeke
Photograph: British gunners take a break during the bombardment of Zonnebeke. From an album of 76 official photographs, 1916-1917. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

?Welcome Coffee?, a coffee break, November 1916.Lantern slide from a box of 80 lantern slides associated with the Western Front, 1916 (c).Canadian soldiers, several of whom are wearing trench waders

Group of motorcyclists with their motorcycle combinations ro
Group of motorcyclists having a break at the roadside beside their vintage motorcycles & sidecars in the 1950s

Football game at Bura Camp, Kenya, WW1
Staff take time off for relaxation -- a football game at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1916

Break time at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, for Evans, Burke, Styles, Webb and Dr Jewell, during WW1. 1916

Ploughing in Western Canada - Farmer and son take a break Date: 1919

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