Break Collection (page 8)

School caretaker and odd-jobs man

Scout on lunch break
A Scout on emergency duty at a telephone post near London having a sandwich break; he has a flask with him as well. circa 1940

Events / Syria / Massacre
Continual harassment of Christian Maronites by Druses leads to their taking refuge in the French Consulate at Damascus, but the Druses break in and massacre them Date: summer 1860

Firefighters playing chess during a break

LCC-LFB Shop fire in Paul Street EC2
Vast crowds gather at the scene of a large shop fire in Paul Street, City of London. The work of the Brigade always drew people to watch it at work, though this crowd is perhaps an extreme example

LCC-LFB Canteen van at Colonial Wharf fire
Hungry and thirsty firefighters gathering for refreshments at the Brigades canteen van following a major fire at Colonial Wharf

AFS Mobile kitchen in use after major exercise
AFS staff collecting refreshments from a mobile kitchen after taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

Browns Fire Alarm: Break Glass, Pull Knob, Wait For Engine

Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2
Blitz in London -- a mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, firefighters. These vehicles were donated to Britains fire services for the war effort by the Canadian Red Cross

Blitz in London -- tea break for AFS firefighter, WW2
Blitz in London -- an AFS woman in a canteen van pours a cup of tea for her male opposite number

NFS sub-station mess hall, WW2
NFS firefighters taking a meal break in a sub-station mess hall

Bunk beds at New Cross LFB sub-station, London, WW2
Firemen and bunk beds put up in the basement from salvaged materials, at New Cross sub-station, Monson Road, SE London. The men were getting what sleep was possible during the hectic days

Schoolboys 1904
Schoolboys, 1904 Date: 1904

Tea poster
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, And We ll All Have Tea, two elderly women drinking tea at teatime Date: 1927-1933

Family drinking coffee at breakfast
A Fragrant Cup. The truly blest are those, Who scorning drinks pernicious, May here refresh their souls, With Coffee so delicious. Family drinking coffee at breakfast Date: 1884

Metropolitan Police B Division officers playing draughts
Officers of the Metropolitan Police B Division playing draughts during a rest break at the station. Two men are sitting at a table playing, with four men standing and watching. Date: circa 1930s

Silhouette, Back at 12. 30
Silhouette of a man walking away, entitled Back at 12.30. No doubt a notice which H. L. Oakley displayed during his lunch breaks!

Third Republic 1
Red Republicans break into the council chamber where the provisional government is inaugurating the Third Republic, protesting Thiers conservative policies. Date: 4 September 1870

Andre Morell and Joan Greenwood, Chichester Festival Theatre
Actor Andre Morell and his actress wife Joan Greenwood on a tea break between rehearsals at Chichester Festival Theatre. Joan Greenwood is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette

Breaking in Ponies
Miss Hutchinson, the owner of a 100 acre pony farm on a moor at Beaulieu, New Forest, Hampshire, England, teaches her lady pupils to round up and break in young ponies. Date: 1933

New Zealand troops at Battle of Flers, France, WW1
New Zealand troops of the 2nd Canterbury Battalion resting in a shell hole near Flers during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Western Front in northern France during the First World War

American gunners and transport near St Mihiel, France, WW1
American gunners and transport making a stop on a road near St Mihiel, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: September 1918

Brtish troops breaking stones, Flanders, WW1
British troops breaking stones for road making around the time of the Battle of Broodseinde, Flanders, during the First World War. circa 1917

Disabled tank near Premont, Battle of Cambrai, France, WW1
Men of the 20th Manchesters resting by a tank which has been disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment, near Premont, during the Battle of Cambrai, France, First World War

Close of Play by Harold Earnshaw
Family going to the railway station after a tiring holiday. Date: 1927

BELL X-1A
American jet fighter which will break speed records Date: circa 1950

Sporting Angler
Sporting angler and the communal fisherman. This trout fisherman fishes without a spool. He pulls the fishing line, which cannot break, and which has a severe hook. 1930s

Boating Tea Break
A jolly young woman, wearing a beret, offers a cup and saucer of tea from the deck of her moored boat to another young woman wearing a box pleated skirt beside a tree trunk! Date: 1930s

Horses at a Ford
A Welcome Drink. Three horses and their riders take a welcome break at Barwick Ford, near Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Doggy Coffee Break
One clever dog pours the other one a cup of coffee from a stylish metal coffee pot! Date: early 1930s

Girls Reading War News
Schoolgirls reading the latest war news (World War Two) in their common room during their break in between lessons. Date: early 1940s

Victoria Tower Gardens
People relaxing in Victoria Tower Gardens, at the foot of Lambeth Bridge, with the the Houses of Parliament beyond, on a warm Sunday afternoon, London, England. Date: 1950s

Autumn in the Park
A park keeper sits on a park bench, taking a break from his work to enjoy the Autumn sunshine, his wheelbarrow and broom behind him. Date: 1950s

Mending a Puncture

Smoking Cyclists
Four cycling club boys take a break from their healthy exercise - one of them has a drink, while the other three smoke pipes! Date: 1930s

Carding Mill Valley
A family take a break beside their car in the dramatic Carding Mill Valley, near Church Stretton, Shropshire, England. Date: 1950s

American troops on a training exercise, France, WW1
American troops on a training exercise in France during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

A meeting of the High Court
The President breaks the ceremonial cup by throwing it violently onto the floor whilst the members, right arm raised, say Amen. Date: 1890s

Brtish troops returning from fighting, France, WW1
British troops returning to a French town by bus for a rest after heavy fighting on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Serbian troops relaxing, WW1
Serbian troops relaxing during a break from fighting, First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Pierre Simplin, the strangler
Pierre Simplon enters his victims room through the window; she is startled and afraid, as well she might be

Irish Scouts at a wayside cross
Irish Scouts, on a hike with rucksacks, stopped at a wayside cross in Glencree, County Wicklow, Ireland. 1960s

Girls on road trip in a Jowett Jupiter
Just about to start in their Jowett Jupiter car, these girls are dressed by Simpsons of Piccadilly. The girl on the left pointing at the map wears a double-breasted three-quarter coat of Donegal

Air Scouts saluting flags
Portsmouth Air Scouts standing in a field saluting a large pole flying the Union Jack and other flags at Flag Break. circa 1950s

A group of Swedish scouts taking a refreshment break 80s eighties 1980s

Noton luggage advertisement, 1953
Advertisement for Noton fine, luxury luggage, showing an elegant group at a train station. Date: 1953

Policemen & Corsets
Hello, hello, what are these three policemen doing outside a corset shop? Date: 1960s

Washing in Dew
The fair maid who, the first of May, goes to the fields at break of day, and washes in dew from the hawthorn tree, will ever after handsome be

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