Cheshire Collection (page 11)

THE ROMPING DONKEY
The inn sign of the Romping Donkey public house, Hassal Green, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Sandbach Crosses
In the market square of Sandbach, Cheshire, are these two Anglian Crosses, completed in the 9th century to commemorate the advent of Christianity in 653 A.D. Date: early 1940s

Marabou Storks
A couple of Marabou Storks at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

THE JOLLY TAR
The inn sign of the Jolly Tar public house at Barbridge, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Cheshire Countryside
The peaceful countryside of Cheshire, England. Date: 1950s

Modern Municipal Offices at Bebbington, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Smoke Pollution
Smoke pollution over Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Hartlaubs Touroco at Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Dr Syntax visits Eaton Hall, Cheshire
Dr Syntax is being shown a grand painting in a large rooom of Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Date: 1820

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, London
The Chop Room in Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Pub, in Fleet Street, London c. 1920

Machine gun carrier with Vickers gun, WW1
Machine gun carrier no. 2 with a Vickers machine gun, belonging to the 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment, during the First World War. Seen here on a parade ground. Date: 1914-1918

Alice: cats Head in Cloud
The Cheshire Cats head appears in the sky Date: First published: 1865

Park Road Schools, Port Sunlight, Cheshire. Date: late 19th century

Crewe Railway Station electric signal box, Cheshire
View inside an electric signal box near Crewe Railway Station, Crewe, Cheshire

School Beagles - Mostyn House School
Mostyn House School - Parkgate, Cheshire. The current Head of this Preparatory School, Suzi Grenfell is the sixth generation of her family to lead Mostyn House. Picture of the school beagles!

Cheshire Hunt at Combermere Abbey
A fashionable meet of the Cheshire Hunt at Combermere Abbey, the home of Katherine, Duchess of Westminster. The Cheshire Hunt was founded in 1763

Hounds of the Cheshire Hunt
The hounds of the Cheshire Hunt lined up ready for the start of the hunting season. The Cheshire Hunt was founded in 1763

Sandbach, Cheshire
The Saxon crosses in the market place of Sandbach, Cheshire

EATON HALL
Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the seat of the duke of Westminster

Combermere Abbey, Cheshire where the Empress of Austria is now staying. We also have a fine photograph of a ghost who showed up here on the occasion of a funeral

CHESTER
Chester Cathedral, Cheshire

Pier and beach - New Brighton
The Pier and beach - New Brighton, Cheshire

Northwich Viaduct - 1893
Northwich Viaduct River Weaver Cheshire

Chester City Walls, Cheshire, England, which uniquely has a complete circuit of ancient walls, almost 2 miles long and affording splendid views of this historic city

Chester City Steps 1930S
The Wishing Steps, Chester, Cheshire, England. If you want to make a wish, you must run up the whole flight of steps, then down and then up again, all in one breath!

Goblin Tower, Chester
Goblin Tower, once called Pembertons Parlour, after a ropemaker whose works were once beneath the city walls at Chester, Cheshire, England

King Charles Tower at the Northgate, Chester, Cheshire. It was from this tower that the ill-fated King Charles I saw his Royalists defeated at the battle of Rowton Moor

Stained Glass Cheshire
Window depicting the earls of Mercia and Cheshire : regrettably the source indicates neither the location nor when it was done, but Chester cathedral is likely

Electric Street Lamp
An old electric street lamp at Chester, Cheshire, England

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub, Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London, was rebuilt in 1667 (after the Great Fire of 1666) and was one of Dr. Samuel Johnsons haunts

Milk Churns
A study of milk churns, awaiting collection at a farm at Barnston, The Wirral, Cheshire, England

Salt Mines 1814
A scene in a salt mine, possible in Cheshire, England

Molten Brass Furnace
Withdrawing a pot of molten brass from a furnace at a Birkenhead Brass Foundry, Cheshire

Carroll / Alice & Duchess
ALICE & THE DUCHESS In the kitchen with the duchess who is holding a baby

James Bruce / Cheshire
JAMES BRUCE Scottish explorer in Africa

Cheshire Oat Harvest
Collecting and carting oat stocks in the Wirral, Cheshire

Combermere Abbey / Cheshir
Combermere Abbey, Cheshire

Rolling Potatoes / C. 1950
A tractor rolling potatoes in Cheshire

Modern Haymaking / 1950
Haymaking with a modern haycart. Using a motor van for gathering and transporting a fine crop of hay in the Wirral, Cheshire

Various Inn Signs
Inn signs showing; Three Squirrels, Hand & Star, Cheshire Cheese, Kings Porter & Dwarf, and Royal Oak

Elephants at Chester
At Chester Zoo, Cheshire, England, a keeper throws a bucket of water over the elephants, who enjoy a splash in the bath like the rest of us

Floods in Cheshire
When Northwich, Cheshire, is inundated, the streets are full of boats - even a sailing boat ! - rescuing people from their homes, while others are evacuated on piggy-back

Cycling Cats Good Night
A ginger tom with a Cheshire cat grin whizzes by on a penny farthing with 3 kittens in tow as he wishes us Good Night from a banner. Probably the final slide of the evening

Bramhall House, Cheshire, a fine example of a half- timbered stately home

Registry Office Wedding
A small wedding party wait outside a registry office in Cheshire, England, presumably waiting for the bride and groom to turn up

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

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