Wassailing Apple TreesIn Devon and Somerset, apple growers wassail orchards on 17 January, with songs and a bucket of hot cider; a tree is lightly sprinkled, then the wassailers drink the rest
Keep a Pig posterPoster from the Small Pig Keepers Council encouraging the keeping of pigs during wartime - save waste and make food - illustrated by a man in cardigan and hat with a bucket of slops for the pig
Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail barA flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne
Advertisement for Morses distemper with a decorator lying flat while painting the walls. Date: c.1924
Llewellin Churn Works, Haverfordwest, South WalesA group of employees, mostly women, of the Llewellin Churn Works at North Gate, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Lyme Regis PromenadeAn old man with a bucket over his arm walks along the sea front at Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
Sand Pies by Muriel DawsonA small blonde girl in a sunsuit and sun bonnet studiously mixes sand in a bucket
Young Uyghur Girl - Kashgar, XinjiangYoung indigenous Uyghur girl of Kashgar. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts
Children / Paddling 1922Three children paddling in the sea; one carries a bucket, another inspects a toy boat
Range of bakery tools and ingredientsA range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour
Advert / Calverts CarboliCALVERTs CARBOLIC SOAP for floors
Stunt woman rides through flames on motorbikeSue, 23, one of a team of stunt women, rides her motorbike through a twenty-foot long tunnel of burning hay bales. Wearing only a T-shirt and hot pants she entered the tunnel at 60 mph
Buckets and spades at the seasideTwo little girls on the beach at an unidentified British seaside resort, carrying their buckets and spades. Date: 1950s
Comic postcard, Little girl at the seaside, marooned on a pile of sand. Date: 20th century
Women Window CleanersA group of newly trained Georginas set off for their first job, carrying their ladders and buckets. Date: 1940s
Cottage on Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, ScotlandA cottage on the island of Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, northern Scotland, with inhabitants and cattle. Date: 1936
Prams on Brighton BeachA mother and her young children play on the pebbled beach at Brighton, almost hidden behind three large prams Date: Early 1960s
Poster advertising Norway, showing a pretty milkmaid with a yoke and two buckets. 20th century
Scrubing Doorstep / 1920SA Charwoman, who goes to work in her motorcycle and side car, kneels whilst scrubbing the steps of no. 47
Children Play at SeasideRather than entrust their boat to the waves which might sweep it away, these children construct an inshore pool where it will be safe though its voyages will be short
Ritemp Washing MachineA housewife prepares to drain her English Electric Ritemp washing machine, simply and rapidly, into bucket or drain, according to the instruction book
Shelling Mussels / 1906Shelling mussels, Cromasty, Scotland Date: 1906
Shire horse and foal, Trewey Farm, Zennor, CornwallShire horse Bluebell with her week-old foal at Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall
English Village WellA mother and child fetch a pail of water from the well in the village of Old Basing, Hampshire. England. Date: 1930s
Pembrokeshire fisherman and familyA Pembrokeshire fisherman and his family outside their cottage. The woman on the left is washing clothes in a wooden bucket
Opening of the Anglesey HuntAn opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball
English Royalists 1640-9English Royalist soldiers: doublet & breeches, lace falling collars, lace-edged boot hose tops, bucket-top boots, plumed hats, cloak
Girl and goose on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Frontispiece illustration, Peter, the fox terrier. Date: 1912
Off to the Sea by Muriel Dawson -- a little child ready for the summer holidays. Date: 1940
Children Run on SandTwo children and their dog scamper across the sand, carrying their spade and bucket. Date: 1913
Cleaning Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl wields a mop, while a little boy kneels down and scrubs the floor
Elephant Washing AldinAn elephant washing itself with water from a bucket
Beach DressA perfect outfit for the seaside: sleeveless dress with fitted bodice, bow detail, 3/4 length skirt with contrasting fringing, strappy sandals, straw hat & bucket bag
Woman Feeds ChickensAn older woman in a long dress and wide-brimmed hat throws handfuls of chicken feed on to the ground for the chickens to peck at and scratch in the straw
Couple / Pink ChampagnePassion and pink champagne: a heady mixture
Children on Beach 1 of 4Four children on the beach, wanting to make friends but feeling a bit shy
Christmas card in the shape of a boy in a sailor suit with bucket and spade. Date: circa 1890s
Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century
Young girl preparing chips - Fish & Chip Shop, MorecambeA young girl (likely the daughter of the shop owner) prepares chips at a Fish & Chip Shop in Morecambe Lancashire. Note the wonderful chipper machine on the counter
Rubber Plantation - Malaysia - Overseer and Coolies. Date: circa 1910s
White Star Line, Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucketWhite Star Line, First Class Goldsmiths silver plated champagne bucket with flag logo. 6ins
White Star Line, crystal ice bucket with logoWhite Star Line, rare crystal ice bucket with house logo. 6ins. 7ins
Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucketOCEAN LINERS: Mappin and Webb Orient Line ice bucket. 5ins
WW2 Home Front Window CleanerThis illustration portrays a woman who working as a window cleaner during WW2, she is carrying a ladder over her shoulder and a bucket in her hand. Date: circa 1941
Carry On Kiddies!An illustration of a little boy dressed in the uniform of a British Army WW2 soldier, he is washing his hands in a bucket outside his tent. Date: circa 1940s
Milk maid with a cowVictorian milkmaid with bucket, ready to milk the cow. Date: circa 1890s
The SuitorAn illustration of a gentleman looking confidently casual as he speaks with a woman leaning forwards to pick up a bucket from the well. Date: circa 1901
