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Fire drill, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkA fire drill at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded
Young men from Marlborough College in OTC camp, FarnboroughYoung men from Marlborough College in an Officers Training Corps camp, Farnborough, August 1910. Albert Auerbach (1894-1918) is 3rd from left, in profile. 1910
Three tabby kittens with a pink bucketUnusual Friends - three tabby kittens with a pink bucket. 1950s
Rubber Factory workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
Mayford School, Woking - FarmyardFarmyard at Mayford School, near Woking, Surrey. Boys with pitchforks work at a haystack. Another carries buckets. Date: circa 1930
Malaysia - tapping rubber trees Date: circa 1920s
The Netherlands - Volendam - Ferry Service & Windmill circa 1910s
Three young children at the seaside - kitsch postcard Date: 1909
Group of people in a street, NetherlandsGroup of people in a street, somewhere in the Netherlands. Shop signs advertise an onion market and a Little Berlin. circa 1910s
Japanese Scene - Labourers take a break in a paddy field. Date: circa 1908
Morecambe Tourist ShopA shop at Morecambe caters for the holiday trade with buckets and baskets, postcards to send Auntie and perambulators for hire, folding chairs and hoops in all diameters... Date: circa 1905
London water carrier in HampsteadA London water carrier in Hampstead. He is carrying two wooden buckets hanging from a yoke across his shoulders. Date: 1850
Advertisement, Improved Earth Closets and CommodesAdvertisement, O Brien, Thomas, & Co, Upper Thames Street, London -- Improved Earth Closets and Commodes (Toilets). 1898
Seaside silhouetteChildren in silhouette playing on the seashore with buckets & spades.Date: circa 1938
Two boys in the harbour, St Ives, CornwallTwo boys paddling in the harbour, St Ives, Cornwall, near a boat called Josephine. Date: 1970s
Family celebrating with birthday cake and champagneFamily of four celebrating with birthday cake and champagne. Date: circa 1980s
Children at the seaside on a New Year card. Two boys in sailor suits play with a large model sailing boat. circa 1890s
Apple Bobbing, Quex House gardenSeven patients are gathered around at least one chair and some buckets. Five amused nurses are watching. The men are apple bobbing - trying to grab, using only their mouths
Children at the seaside on a Christmas cardChildren building a sandcastle at the seaside on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Illustration, Fundevogel -- She did not go once, but many times backwards and forwards to the well. Date: 1909
French Theatre -- Farce du Porteur d EauFarce du Porteur d Eau (Farce of the Water Carrier). A water carrier with two buckets suspended from a metal ring says how much he likes to see pretty girls as he walks along the street. Date: 1632
Scene on a dairy farm, Netherlands. Date: early 20th century
Pumping Well, Findon, SussexPumping Well, Findon, Worthing, Sussex, England. Showing man with Yoke and Buckets Date: 1911
Dromedary a One-humped Camel - being milked (Camelus dromedarius L.). Karahoudan village - in foothills of Kopetdag mountains - Turkmenistan. Spring - April
French boy scout and leader carrying bucketA French boy scout and leader carrying a bucket
Tub manufacturing, Stana, RomaniaMen making wooden buckets or tubs in a shed at Stana (Stina), Romania. Date: circa 1910s
Old fire engine and other equipment in a museum: an ancient fly wheel manual fire engine from Windsor Castle, built by Merryweathers predecessors, Hadley & Simpkin, in 1735; fire apparatus of 1666
Early firefighters wih hosesColour engraving of early firefighters wih hoses, tackling a house fire. Date: circa 1684
Boy and girl on the sea shoreTraditional concept of children with buckets & spades in sailor suits and sun hats. Date: circa 1897
Water cart, Tientsin (Tianjin), China. Date: 1861
Woman war-time window-cleaner, WW1A girl window cleaner dressed in khaki jacket and trousers during the First World War. Date: 1915
British soldier carrying water, Western Front, WW1A British soldier using a yoke to carry two buckets of water on the Western Front during World War One. The man behind him is carrying two cans. Date: circa 1916
Girls from St Chads Home, Leeds, at FileyGirls from St Chads Home, Weetwood Lane, Headingley, Leeds, on the beach with buckets and spades at Filey. The home was opened in 1889 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s
Floods at Hankow (Hankou), China. Date: circa 1890
On the beach 1895Brother and sister sit on the beach filling up their buckets with pebbles. Date: 1895
Two toddlers paddling in the sea, each one with a bucket in hand. The one on the right also carries a small watering can
French WatercarriersFrench water carriers, some with a horse-drawn cart, others with buckets slung from a shoulder-yoke. Date: circa 1845
Japan - Women collecting mussels on the beach at low tide. Date: circa 1910s
Gathering water in the Vietnamese CountrysideVillagers gathering water in the Vietnamese Countryside Date: circa 1910s
Two young Moroccan Girls with buckets on their heads Date: circa 1930s
Washing Day, Shanghai, China - hanging clothes out to dry on a pole at the front of the house. Date: circa 1906
Japan - Woman buying food from a street vendor, possibly rather grateful to be able to rest his heavily-laden yolk of wares. Date: circa 1906
Japan - Women drawing water from a well Date: circa 1906
National Professional School at Armentieres - Fire DrillThe National Professional School at Armentieres in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France. The boys undertaking a fire drill with buckets ladders and a hand pump Date: circa 1908
British Empire Exhibition - St Ivel Cheese - MilkmaidA trade card (featuring a pretty young milkmaid) from the St. Ivel Cheese Company stand at the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley in 1924. Date: 1924
Home Chat front cover by H. L. OakleyFront cover of Home Chat magazine featuring a lovely image by silhouette artist H. L. Oakley of a group of children holding hands as they skip along a beach, buckets and spades at the ready
Sea Scouts bailing out water from boats, Lower ThamesSea Scouts bailing out water from boats on the Lower Thames. circa 1950
Cub scouts washing police car, SurreyCub Scouts washing and cleaning a Police Triumph Herald car in Surrey during Scout Job Week. 1974