Britain Collection (page 250)

Sheffield Uni Library
Students in the Frank Wood Library at the University of Sheffield reading books and articles Date: 1950s

Alexandre Walewski
ALEXANDRE FLORIAN JOSEPH COLONNA, comte WALEWSKI natural son of Napoleon I and countess Walewska : French diplomat, ambassador to Britain

The Scrap of Paper
The neutrality of Belgium is assured by international treaty; in 1914, Germany derides Britain for going to war for a scrap of paper

The Ufton Dole, near Aldermaston, Berkshire, England. A custom dating back to 1583, whereby two pillow slips and one blanket are distributed every 5 years

BURNING OWD BARTLE
Burning Owd Bartle, West Witton, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England, when an effigy stuffed with straw is burnt as thanksgiving to the Harvest God. Date: 24 August

Canal Tow Path & Horse
An industrial narrow boat laden with coal is towed by a horse (encouraged with a feeding nosebag) on the tow path (entering a lock), Grand Union Canal, England

Tate Gallery
The Tate Britain, formerly known as the Tate Gallery, Millbank, London. It was commissioned in 1894 to be a national gallery of British art and opened in 1897

Frys Factory - Creams
Women making creams in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory - Weighing
Women weighing chocolate and filling packets in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory - Pan Room
Part of the chocolate manufacturing process: the pan room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory - Roasting
A roasting room in the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Frys Factory Exterior
The outside of the Frys chocolate factory in Bristol

Holborn Underground
The front of Staples Inn and the entrance to Holborn Underground Station, central London

Warren Hastings Trial
Warren Hastings, governor- general of India, is tried for misconducting his rule: after a 7-year trial in the Lords he will be acquitted, though undoubtedly somewhat guilty

Welshman & Goat
Portrait of a Welshman wearing a hat with a cocked brim trimmed with a leek. He sits with his pipe and port and his goat

Princess Ka-Iulani
PRINCESS KA-IULANI Educated in Britain, the Princess lost her Royal birthright when American interests overthrew the Hawaiian Monarchy in 1893

Seal for Scotland 1656
Cromwells Great Seal for Scotland with his likeness on one side and Scotlands Saint Andrews Cross surmounted by his Paternal Arms on the other. From Simons Medals

Great Seal of C wealth
Great Seal of the Commonwealth showing the house of commons in sitting and a map showing England, Wales & Ireland, the Irish Sea & the British Sea

Fishermen Ashore 1835
The Shore shows fishermen with thier boats. Their womenfolk stand by the shoreline

Fishermen on Shore
A fishing boat on the sands right outside a shore-line cottage, a calm mill-pond sea, a fishermen in his boat & his mate resting on a crab- pot

Campion & Parsons 1581
Edmund Campion (1540-1581) suspected of papist leanings, hanged at Tyburn, shown with fellow Jesuit Robert Parsons whose mission was to reclaim England for catholicism

Volunteer Rifle Corps
RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS from 12 towns, districts or counties showing the range of uniform styles: Shoreditch, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Staffordshire, Winchester, Hon. Artillery

Birmingham Railway 1837
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY: classes of train - each would have had its own engine. First: has a gentlemens barouche! Second: Royal Mail & passengers. Third: Goods & livestock

Chalk Farm Bridge / Rail
BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY An engine & carriages pass under the Chalk Farm Bridge watched intently by onlookers intrigued by the new fangled mode of transport

Mayfair Hotel Interior ?
Possibly one of the general rooms open to guests at the MAYFAIR HOTEL, Berkeley Street. Comfortable chairs & settees are arranged at the edges of the room

Northumberland Harvest
Harvesting on a Northumberland farm, England, where, even in the 1930s, many of the women workers still wore their quaint costumes of many generations past

Marshall Thresher
A rather fashionable young woman photographed on a Marshall box, threshing and bagging oats. Men, farm workers are all around her, Wirral, Cheshire, England

Devils Bridge Station
A platform sign at Devils Bridge railway station, Wales, terminus of the Vale of Rheidol Railway from Aberystwyth

Dining on Oysters
An insolent young man smoking a cigar, puts on his gloves as he makes a parting comment to an affronted older gentleman who is stopped in the act of smashing open an oyster

The Caledonian Train
The Caledonian steam express locomotive which ran from Glasgow to London, photographed here at Euston station. It set up post war record of 6 hours, June 1957

Thatched Roadhouse
Kelsale, a thatched roadhouse hotel in East Suffolk, England, on the main Yarmouth Road at Curlew Green

Girl Fishing
Eve invades the ranks of the sport of patience, competing with the men and boys, doing a spot of fishing with her maggots in a Palm Toffee jar

School Certificate Art
George Percy Carter of the Asylum for Fatherless Children Reedham, Surrey got a " Credit" pass for drawing in Standard VII. He is obviously more of a mathematician than artist!

Prize Winners Bookplate
A prizewinners bookplate issued by Wellington school to R Ls Mansel for winning the mathematics prize. Alas, we shall never which book it was once attached to

Board School Bookplate
A bookplate, once cleaved to a book, which was given to Alice Howard, Standard III of Earl Street School for good attendance

List of School Fees
A memorandum to pupils of the Haberdashers Askes Hatcham Girls School listing tuition fees and term start dates & details of entrance examinations

Convent School Prize
A certificate or bookplate to mark the winning of a prize for passing Cambridge Senior by Marian Ward, VI form, Ursuline Convent, Upton, Essex & St Angelas High School

School Prize 1864
A small prizewinners certificate or bookplate awarded to Charles Cooper for his improvement in Common Things 3rd class in hope that it will spur him on

Flyer for Ladies School
Leaflet for a High Class Ladies School in Filey, Yorkshire with French & German governesses, limited pupil numbers, gym, tennis & special care taken of delicate girls

Taking Bull by Horns
William Gladstone taking the (Irish) bull by the horns

Powder Plot Cellar
Interior of the Crypt or Powder Plot Cellar beneath the old Palace of Westminster looking towards Charing Cross. It was taken down in June 1833

Fireworks after Boyne
Firework display given by the gentry & folk of Covent Garden to commemorate the return of the victorious William III after the Battle of Boyne in Ireland. Bonfires are lit

English Foxhound
No country in Europe can boast of Fox-Hounds equal in swiftness, strength, or agility, to those of Britain, where the utmost attention is paid to their breeding

Cannon St Station 1877
The street facade in the 1870s

Hadrians Travels
Hadrian travels his empire on foot, to ensure it is being properly governed, Britain is on his itinerary in 120, and he builds a wall to keep out hostile northern tribes

Parliament James II
James II presides over Parliament during his brief reign

First Day at School 89
Home again : Willie and Mary tell papa and mama about their first day at school

First Day at School 8
The children are called in for their lessons

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