Break Collection (page 6)

Firefighters playing tennis during a break, London
Firefighters playing tennis outside their fire station during a break, London

Firefighters outside canteen van
Firefighters outside a canteen van with mugs of tea. Date: 1933

LFB firefighters grab a mug of tea from Brigade Canteen Van
LFB firefighters take a break and grab a cup of tea from the Brigade Canteen Van Date: circa late 1920s

Cricket Bowling an Off-Break
A bowler bowls an Off-Break ball hoping to get a wicket. Date: 1886

Scouts in Antigua at flag break

Scouts of the 4th Durban Troop, South Africa
Scouts of the 4th Durban (St Thomas) Troop, South Africa, at flag break

Attempt of Prussian Guard to break British line round Ypres
Desperate attempt of the famous Prussian Guard to break the protecting British line round Ypres in Flanders in November 1914. The British infantry repulsed the Germans with heavy losses

Harrogate advertisement, 1918
Advertisement for Harrogate in North Yorkshire, the spa on the moors, which enjoyed something of a revival during the First World War when the German spas previously frequented by smart society were

Tea break, Baden Powell House, London
A tea break at Baden Powell House, Queens Gate, South Kensington, London. The building was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1961. Date: circa 1960s

Poppette Ginnette breaking in horses for the Army, WW1
A war worker, Miss Poppette Ginnette, who was formerly a circus rider, seen with a lasso, in her role helping her father break in Army horses in London suburb during the First World War. Date: 1916

Travelling chair resting, Japan
Passengers and attendants with a travelling chair resting on their journey, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Bonzo is hoist with his own petard! by George Studdy
Bonzo is hoist with his own petard! He pulls at the tablecloth, and manages to break a plate and cover his bone with some kind of sauce or custard. Date: 1924

The Tale of the Stubborn Mount by J. H. Dowd
Down the Row He Would Not Go. Sketches made by J. H. Dowd (or the Artists Rifles), of an army officer trying to break in a spirited horse during the First World War. Date: 1915

British and French cavalry with horses, Western Front, WW1
British and French cavalry grazing their horses after action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British gunners snowballing, Western Front, WW1
British anti-aircraft gunners snowballing during a rest break on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers in the snow, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers in the snow, near divisional baths on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Black Watch colonel during sports break, WW1
A colonel of the Black Watch chatting to a colleague during a rest break for sports, on the Western Front, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers breaking down German strong point, WW1
British soldiers breaking down a German strong point on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British officers resting after Arras, Western Front, WW1
British cavalry officers resting after fighting at Arras on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British cavalrymen with grazing horses, Western Front, WW1
British cavalrymen with grazing horses on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British cavalrymen with grazing horse, Western Front, WW1
British cavalrymen with a grazing horse on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers boating during rest break, WW1
British soldiers boating on a river during a rest break on the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers in water during rest break, WW1
British soldiers in water during a rest break on the Western Front in France during World War One. Their improvised boat has just sunk. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers having fun in a boat, WW1
British soldiers having fun in a boat during a rest break on the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British troops away from front line, Western Front, WW1
British troops taking a break away from the front line, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers outside dugout, Western Front, WW1
Two British soldiers outside their dugout on the Western Front in France during World War One. One of them is playing a small banjo. Date: circa 1916

American soldiers relaxing, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers relaxing on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1917-1918

Chinese troops in France, Western Front, WW1
Chinese troops near the Western Front in France during World War One, taking a break to watch a dragon fight. Date: circa 1916

Chinese actors in France, Western Front, WW1
Chinese actors entertaining British troops near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldier relaxing on a stretcher, Somme, WW1
A British soldier relaxing and reading the news on an abandoned German stretcher on the Somme, Western Front, during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers swimming during a break, WW1
British soldiers relaxing and swimming during a break in fighting, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Black Watch soldiers taking a break, WW1
Black Watch soldiers taking a break on the Western Front during World War One. The man at the centre is holding a rifle grenade. Date: circa 1916

British soldier fishing with bayoneted rifle, WW1
A British soldier fishing in a canal with his bayoneted rifle after fighting at Mons, Belgium, in the early days of the First World War. Date: 1914

Belgian troops in Termonde, WW1
Belgian troops in Termonde (Dendermonde), Belgium, during the early stages of the First World War. The town had been badly damaged during a German attempt to advance

Dinner time out West. American frontiersmen enjoying a well earned break on their travels. The midday dinner is variable as to time

Lusitania anti-German riots
Chrisp Street anti-German Lusitania riots and break in at A. Schoenfelds tobacco and cigar store, Poplar, east end of London. Date: 1915

British soldiers returning after fighting, Western Front, WW
British soldiers returning for a rest after fighting on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British and French troops grazing horses, WW1
British and French troops grazing their horses together after an engagement on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Police eating lunch at the Epsom Coronation Derby, 1911. 1911

Portrait of a German soldier, WW1
Portrait of a German soldier during the First World War. He is sitting with his backpack and helmet between his feet, and his rifle resting against his arm. Date: April 1918

Tatler front cover - Life in the lunch hour
Front cover of The Tatler in 1960 featuring a young woman under the dryer in a hairdressing salon, Simon of Knightsbridge, where they guaranteed a hairdo in under an hour

Village Gathering - Dutch Treat
A getthering in a Dutch village after the " Horrors of the Spanish War" (part of the Dutch Revolt). Date: circa 1610s

Social Co-operative, Leningrad
A Leningrad Socil Co-operative centre from the 1920s with the slogan on one wall that reads He who is not abel to rest is he who is not able to work. Date: 1927 - 1928

Buick and Western-Mott Motor Car Factories, USA
Noon-hour at the Buick and Western-Mott Factories, Industrial Avenue, Flint, Michigan, USA. Date: circa 1910

Womens Royal Air Force -- Dopers Tea
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women painters and dopers having a tea break, while one toasts a slice of bread at the open door of a hot stove

Womens Royal Air Force -- Lunch Time
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women during Lunch Time in the WRAF Hut. Date: 1919-1920

Nursery Rhymes -- Tom the Pipers Son. Tom with his pipe did play with such skill, that those who heard him could never keep still; as soon as he played they began for to dance

Workman in a factory - lead works - ww1
A workman in a factory, having a break from his work. The factory produced lead shrapnel for us in artillery shells - WW1 era Date: circa 1915

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