Buns Collection

Northern Scandinavian girl in traditional costume, lisening to the sound of the sea in a conch shell. Possibly a young member of the Sami People. circa 1910s

Bath Buns Shop
Fortts Original Bath Buns shop, also famous for its Oliver Biscuits and incorporating the Green St. Cafe, Bath, Somerset

Cute Puppies: Hot Cross Buns

Uncrossing the Crosses on a Hot + Bun
A contraption for removing the cross on a hot cross bun left over from Easter. Date: 1922

Comic postcard, Man enjoying a picnic on the beach Date: 20th century

Sally Lunns Bakery Shop, Bath - inventor of the Bath Bun

Hot-cross buns for poor children in the East-end of London
Some 500 children were given a feast of hot-cross buns on Good Friday at the Salmon Lane Mission, Limehouse Fields. Date: 1910

Interior of the Chelsea Bun House in 1839, originator of the Chelsea bun and patronised by Hanoverian royalty, Kings George II and III. The shop was on the main road from Pimlico to Chelsea

The Chelsea Bun House in 1839, originator of the Chelsea bun and patronised by Hanoverian royalty, Kings George II and III. The shop was on the main road from Pimlico to Chelsea. Date: 1839

MACKERELS IN SAUCE
Mackerels in sauce served with fresh bread. Date: 1960s

BAKERY WINDOW 1970S
The window of a bakery displaying loaves of bread and cakes Date: 1970s

GIRL AND DOG IN WIND
The wind has carried her bonnet away, causing her to drop her basketful of buns : will her faithful dog fetch her hat, or just stop and eat his windfall of buns ? Date: 1889

Selling Hot Cross Buns
An old woman comes to the front door on Good Friday, selling HOT CROSS BUNS to the children of the house and a maidservant Date: circa 1880

MIRACLE / CLARES BREAD
When Saint Clare of Assisi, Italy, blesses the convent bread before eating, a cross miraculously appears on the rolls, like hot cross buns Date: circa 1250

The Chelsea Bun House in 1810, originator of the Chelsea bun and patronised by Hanoverian royalty, Kings George II and III. The shop was on the main road from Pimlico to Chelsea. Date: 1810

Two men having a Turkish breakfast of yogurt and buns
Two well-to-do men having a Turkish breakfast of yogurt and buns Date: 1821

Barefoot Girl / Bread 1905
A generous girl gives a poor street girl some bread outside a bakers shop

London Trade Card - Bun House at Chelsea
London Trade Card - a perspective view of David Loudons Bun House (shop) at Chelsea, by Royal Appointment. They sold Chelsea buns and hot cross buns. circa 1750

Advert for B Henry hairpieces 1908
Pre-made small wiglets, curls and false buns to be incorporated into the womens hairstyles. 1908

Occupations 1882 - Hot Cross Buns Seller. 1882

Florence Upton playing cards - The Bun Cart. circa 1900s

Happy Familes Playing Cards - Master Dough. circa 1935

George Ernest Studdy, Bonzo rides an elephant, who snatches away his bun in payment. Artwork for a story, Taking the bun, originally published in The New Bonzo Book (Partridge, London). Date: 1927

Lilac Tunic Dress 1914
Brimless hat with feathers, mink scarf & muff, tunic dress & jacket with flaring skirt, short cape & collar, split tunic & military trim. Girl: gaiters & D-B coat with capes Date: 1914

Fuellings Baker, 10 Paddington Street, London W1. Newspaper article about the shop serving beer as well as bread and buns. Date: circa 1950s

Manchester Warehousemen and Clerks Orphan Schools, Cheadle Hulme - dining hall laid out with a meal buns and bread and butter. Staff stand at the rear. Date: early 1900s

A Leningrad Bakery - 1925
An early 20th century Leningrad Bakery, its shelves heavily laden with an intriguing assortment of breads including the usual the downright unusual. Date: 1925

Cornish Traditional Food featuring pasties, buns and tea! The caption reads: Zet Down To Wance An Aye A Dish A Tay A Bit A Pasty An A Saffron Bun. Date: circa 1909

Bakers delivery man
People You See. Bakers delivery man. From Teddy Bear (5 April (year unknown))

Afternoon Tea & Cakes
A table beautifully set for a typical English afternoon tea, rock cakes, currants and almond buns, etc. Fine bone China cups and saucers, metal teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl. Date: 1950s

Lots of Bread
Bread in some its many forms : Bread buns, wholemeal sliced loaf, wholemeal tin loaf, white tin loaf, bloomers, etc. etc.! Date: 1980

Fattening Foods
Five plates of fattening foods, full of calories, including pies, bread and buns, biscuits, doughnuts and eclairs and uncooked sausages. Date: 1970s

Dog Hot Cross Bun Seller
A dog selling hot cross buns in a barrow. Date: early 1930s

Coronation Tea Party (advertisement)
As part of an advertisement for Bowater Paper Corporation Limited, artist Illingworth previews the typical scene in British villages during Coronation week. Date: 1953

Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns! Old woman runs! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns! Date: 1913

Double page spread in a diary for 20-25 April
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 20-25 April. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Tea party for a bear and his friends
A tea party for a bear and his friends. The bear carries a pot of jam and some buns on a tray, towards a table where a squirrel, a frog and two other animals are sitting

Boys Eating, Training Ship, Exmouth, Grays, Essex
Boys eating buns on the Training Ship Exmouth, operated from 1876 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the Thames off Grays, Essex

Egypt - Open Air Restaurant and Water Seller
An open Air restaurant in Egypt and a water seller / carrier

The Confectioners Shop. A little girl in red dress and bonnet holds onto both her umbrella and a large paper bag, stuffed to the rim with cakes

Lear / Nonsense / Apulia
There was an Old Man of Apulia, whose conduct was very peculiar; He fed twenty sons, upon nothing but buns, that whimsical Man of Apulia

Good Friday
Front cover engraving from The Illustrated London News showing a well-dressed young girl carrying a bag of Hot Cross buns gives one to two impoverished children

Waifs and Strays Fed
Ragged English waifs and strays, some with no shoes to their feet, are fed with soup and buns. Date: 1885

Selling Hot Cross Buns
An old woman comes to the front door on Good Friday, selling HOT CROSS BUNS to the children of the house and a maidservant

Boy Feeding a Bear
A little boy feeds buns to a baby bear

Cries O London / Hot X Bns
Hot Cross Buns A woman selling hot cross buns from a basket is surrounded by hungry children

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