Chat Collection (page 9)

Advertisement for National Derv transport fuel -- group of bus conductors and drivers enjoying a tea break. 1959

Meeting at the Crossroads - Slavonia, Croatia
Peasant folk meet for a chat at the Crossroads in Slavonia, a historical region in eastern Croatia. Date: circa 1917

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Here is the News! Three women gossip over a mid-morning cup of tea. Lets hope secrets of national importance are not being flagrantly shared! Date: circa 1942

Communication - Far easier for the younger generation, even in 1903! The little girl: " Grandmother, Dad said he did not want to kiss you, by phone" - the response is a miserable Granny

Suicide - the last thng he did
" So Poor Old Mike committed suicide." " Yes." " That was the LAST thing I thought he d do." " Which it were, Sorr." Date: 1894

The honesty of an Elderly Irish Woman - Mortality
Mrs Murphy - " Shure its goin to be a moighty hard winter, Father dear; there ll be a moighty lot av us owld Folks Nipped in the BUd, oi m thinking." Date: circa 1890s

Two Racehorse Trainers share an in-joke
The Long Un - " I think I shall go an see my Osses To-Morrow." The Short Un - " Yes? Where do you keep em - Attenborough s

Racegoers - Mr Jo Leigh, J. Watt and Captain Mitchell
Mr Jo Leigh, J. Watt and Captain Mitchell - three well-known racing types in the 1890s standing around having a chat. Date: circa 1890s

Completely bizarre conversation concerning identification
Completely bizarre conversation between two cabbies concerning identification - at least the participants seem to understand one another. Overheard on a Cab Rank

Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinking
The Squire Daughter - " Jerry, a little bird told me you had to much to drink yesterday!" Jerry - " Wel, my lady

Sisters discussing their much-hated Stepmother
Ethel to Maud (discussing their much-hated Stepmother) - " Never mind, we only have her in the da-time. Think of poor Pa - he has her all night as well!" Date: 1892

Two scruffy street boys discuss lowering of income tax
Joyful News. " Ow, I sy Billie, Fader says there ll be a penny off de income-tax nex Year." Date: 1895

Mistaken translation of saying difficult English surnames Overheard on an Atlantic Liner Colonel Moses R. Hankey - " Theres one thing I kaant understand about your English way of spelling names

Widow in conversation with a French Count
Mrs Willson-Blobbs (widow of a wealthy pork butcher) - " My Dear Count, when you come to England, you must come and see me at Blobbs Court

Waiter at the Chat Noir - Paris, France
Waiter at the Chat Noir a nineteenth-century entertainment establishment, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris. Date: circa 1890s

A French Gentleman enquires after the health of an idiot
A smart French Gentleman enquires after the health of an obvious idiot. " Vat as been ze mattare? Zey tell me you af not ad ze good ealths

Acting conversation at the bar - former colleagues reminisce. She - " Dear me: I haven t seen you since we played in Romeo and Juliet You ARE looking well!" He - " Think so

Actors discuss rates of pay
First Budding Actor (to second budding actor) - " Oh yes, you hear about those salaries of Twenty-five and thirty shillings, but you never get em." Date: 1901

Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish woman
Mistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900

Coachman talking with the Landlord of the pub
A Coachman talking with the Landlord of the pub. Date: 1895

Phil May having a funny chat to an actor - Off for a drink
Phil May (on the right): " By the Way, when does your American Tour come off?" Famous Actor: " Oh not for about a year"

Ladies complaining od bad language from the pub
It must have been awful. Mrs Baggs: (after receiving a tornado of abuse from over the road) " Well, I never eard sich langwidge in all my life.I never was called such names before

Two ragged street women disgust respectability
In the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting two poor ragged street women disgusting another who they describe, with no hint of the obvious irony, as " not respectable"

Two Cockney Costers having a jovial chat: " Wots th row up the Court, Bill?" " Bob Smith was kissing my Missus, and is Old Woman caught im!" Date: 1892

Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life
Two Cockney ladies discuss their romantic life - cartoon by Phil May. There appears to have been a muddle up between the word clandestine and the word incandescent

British Servicemen at Piccadilly Circus, London - WWII
British Servicemen (Army and Navy) at Piccadilly Circus, London during World War Two Date: circa 1943

Mrs Caudles Curtain Lectures - Mr Caudle late to bed
" Pretty Time of night to come to bed Mr Caudle. Ugh! Enough to give any woman her death. I m sure." (Mrs Caudles Lectures) First published in " Punch" in 1845

Cossyphra caffra, cape robin-chat
Ff. 147a. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turdus phoenicurus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Myrmecocichla nigra, sooty chat
Plate 68, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Icteria virens, yellow-breasted Chat
Plate 50, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby

Pericriotus cinnamomeus, small minivet
Ff. 147b. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Turuds sordidulus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Scrum Back Chat, by Fougasse
Put the ball down, blast you, Sir! I haven t got it, blast you, Sir! Well, you had it last, blast you, Sir! Full colour humorous illustration by Fougasse aka Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965)

Home Chat front cover by H. L. Oakley
Front 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

David Wright Home Chat calendar 1950 featuring dachshund
Front cover of a giveaway calendar incorporated into Home Chat magazine, featuring a dachshund hopefully holding his lead in his mouth, an unusual subject for David Wright

Girls on the telephone
Fabulous illustration showing a number of teenage girls, all wearing 1950s style checked capri pants and boat neck sweaters while lounging around chatting on the phone. Date: 1950s

Merry Katie Emmett in Chat, an American boy. Date c1895

European lady attended by a servant using a hand punkah
A European lady and guests attended by a servant using a hand punkah (or fan). (Plate 16 of 20). Date: 1813

Three Kurdish chiefs talking
A group of three Kurdish chiefs talking. One of them holds a spear, another has a sword and two pistols at his side. 1818

Tales out of School by Webster Murray
A young flapper with a feather fan enjoys a conversation with a parrot. Date: 1927

Scouting and Sea Scout leaders, London

Art deco sketches by Fish - a social dilemma: what to do with a husband? Date: 1922

Advertisement for Selfridges tobacco products

Metropolitan Police officers with boys on slide
A Metropolitan Police officer chats with three boys who are sitting at the top of a playground slide. Date: circa 1980s

Two men at a door
A frail man extends his hat in the hope that a stranger on his doorstep may have pity on him and offer a few pennies. 1925

Enjoying Handel, 1868
Ingenuous Young Lady: " I like the chorsuses best, because they make such a noise that we can talk as much as we like without anyone noticing." A gentleman with a top hat

Metropolitan Police officer in school playground
A Metropolitan Police officer chats with girls and boys in a school playground. Date: circa 1980s

Normandy, France - Elderly couple chatting
An elderly couple having a chat on a set of steps, Normandy, France. The old lady carries a large water or milk jar/pail, whilst the straw boater-wearing gentleman carries an umbrella

Butchers boy and bakers boy
A butchers boy and a bakers boy having a chat. first published 1879

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