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St Boniface / Sacred OakSAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) Bishop of Mainz, missionary and martyr in Germany, destroying the sacred oak of an ancient German god
Female LumberjacksTwo young women, female lumberjacks, chopping wood with huge axes on a college farm in Finchley, north London, England
The Butchers Shop. A young girl in red dress and bonnet looks at the variety of cuts of meat available at the Butchers Shop
Advert for Follows & Bates winding machines 1900sVarious machines from the late 19th Century early 20th century, advertised in The Ironmonger Diary and Text Book, for Follows & Bates in Manchester. Circa 1900
17th Century WoodcutterA woodcutter has felled a tree and is now chopping it up into logs
Chopping FirewoodA lady goes out into the snow with her axe to chop wood for the fire
German KitchenA maid in a simple kitchen with stove, sink, racks, chopping block, tub and saucepans
Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakesTwo craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakesTwo craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Hereford Industrial School Wood-choppingBoys chopping firewood in a shed at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: 1899
(Goat) Meat Stall - New Market, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal state, India. The two gentleman on the right are clearly Muslim and therefore practising Halal Butchery. Date: circa 1910s
Boeing B-52E Stratofortress 57-0015United States Air Force - Boeing B-52E-90-BO Stratofortress 57-0015 (msn 17409), at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, on celebrity Row, temporarily escaping the treaty chopping blade. Date: circa 1970
Cartoon, The Washington HatchetAmerican design for a Japanese screen. It is announced that the Anglo-Japanese Alliance is to be terminated in favour of an understanding between the Four Great Powers that have interests in
Champion Australian axemen at the London HippodromePeter McClaren, the champion axeman of Australia) and Harry H. Jackson, giving an exhibition of tree cutting at the London Hippodrome in 1907. Date: 1907
Tunisia - a trader in a shops in the medina of TunisTunisia - a fantastic photographic portrait of a trader in a shop in the medina of Tunis. Possibly a fruit seller? Date: circa 1908
Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Legionnaires in the front of the Sierra chopping pines and filling sandbags to make barricades against the enemy aviation
Cartoon, John Bull and William Gladstone - Now, William, if you don t get on a little faster, I shall have to put somebody else on the job
Woodcutter at work, Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, FranceWoodcutter at work in the hunting forest at Chambord, Loir-et-Cher, France, near the famous Chateau de Chambord, built for King Francis I in the 16th century. Date: 1922
Interior of Court of Exchequer Chamber, showing the ancient ceremony of chopping sticks and counting horse-shoes and hob-nails, this tradition was abolition in 1882. Date: 1844
Halal butcher, KashmirHalal Muslim butcher cuts pieces of meat in his butchers shop in Srinagar, Kashmir. He squats beside his butchers block, holds a large cleaver and looks directly at the camera Date: 1986
A chopping log stump with embedded axe circa 1890s
Waifs and Strays Society Lincoln - Chopping FirewoodBoys chopping firewood at the Waifs and Strays Society Home, Lincoln Date: 1896
Christmas card in the shape of a man holding a fish -- I Fish you a Merry Christmas. Date: circa 1890s
Presentation of the new Sheriffs of London at WestminsterAncient ceremony of chopping sticks, and counting horse-shoes and hob-nails, in the Court of the Exchequer. Date: 1844
Woman at work in a Flemish kitchen. 19th century
Christmas card in the shape of a chopping log, with axe and holly. circa 1890s
Kay Snap - Mr Chop the Butcher. 1930s
Happy Familes Playing Cards - Mr Bone the Butcher. circa 1935
Chopping Off a Fish HeadChopping off a fish head. Date: 1930s
Felling TreesTwo men tackle a difficult tree that is leaning over. Their aim is to get the saw as close to the base as possible Date: 1930s
Gnomes shop down Christmas treeTwo gnomes chop down a Christmas tree Date: circa 1900
French scouts on a training course, with woodcraft and cooking going on
Firewood Receipt, Settle Union, YorkshireA receipt issued by the Settle Union for a payment for firewood. Chopping wood for firewood was a common task given to workhouse inmates. Date: 1912
GIPSY GIRLA pretty little gipsy girl chopping logs with an axe, Penshurst, Kent, England. Date: 1973
Japan - A Japanese Cook. Date: circa 1910s
Japan - Women preparing food including chopping a daikonJapan - Women preparing food including a Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes and another woman grinding foodstuffs using a pestle
Washington and the cherry treePostcard celebrating Washingtons birthday - USA. Apocryphal stories about Washingtons childhood include the story that he chopped down his fathers cherry tree and admitted the deed when questioned
Christmas card in the shape of a chopping log with axe and seascape. Date: circa 1890s
Winter, 18th century French School (possibly by Francois Octavien, 1695-1736). Showing people keeping warm inside with a blazing fire (left), a pigs carcase being cut up outside, wood being chopped
Memoirs sur le Termes, 1786
Chopping SaladeA woman cuts up some tomatoes. Date: late 1960s
Three lobster soldiers, two with picks chopping up the ground and the third is standing on the wall of a fort. Date 1904 or 1905
White Plains (vicinity), Georgia. Mrs. Leroy Dunn chopping cotton in a field. Date 1941 May
Rural scene near Swithland, LeicestershireA rural scene near Swithland, Leicestershire, showing men chopping wood by a stream, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859
How to make a Cornish Pasty: " Bake n well an dish n up vor dinner" !! A large family-size pasty produced for the whole family for dinner Date: 1910
Japan - Geisha girl preparing daikonJapan - Geisha girl preparing (cutting) daikon (white radish), possibly for takuan or bettarazuke dishes. Date: circa 1910s
Manipur butchers near Arras, France, WW1Allied Manipur butchers (from Burma) at work preparing meat near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 20 October 1917
Butcher prepares meatA 15th century butcher prepares cuts of meat, including ribs and hooves. Date: 15th century
Lithuanian Scouts cookingA group of Lithuanian Boy Scouts stop during a hike in a coniferous forest to cook some food by chopping down trees and making a small fire. circa 1951
Chopping wood, Inebriates Reformatory, Guiltcross, NorfolkInmates chopping wood at the Eastern Counties or East Harling Inebriates Reformatory, Norfolk. Housed in the former Guiltcross Union workhouse
Boys chop wood, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys chopping and sawing wood at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
Little boy with garden shearsA little boy crouches down with a pair of garden shears and chops off a few flower heads
Wood Vendors, ConstantinopleWood vendors - Constantinople with a view of the port and the Galata Tower in the distance
Carpenters saw a large logA team of carpenters use a long two-person saw to split a large trunk log into planks. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Sawing a large plankTwo carpenters use a large upright saw to split a large wooden plank. A colleague is signalling a break with the arrival of a cup of tea, whilst two boys look on with keen interest
Seasons / December / TreesChopping down trees with an axe and sawing timber into logs
General Stuarts Headquarters; American Civil War, 1864Illustration showing General Stuarts headquarters on the Rapidan River; a thickly wooded scene, with soldiers cutting down trees and chopping logs
Building Operations 1882Men build a house while two children play on a seesaw
Chopping OnionsChopping onions for a ragout
Chopping VegetabelsA housewife chops up vegetables for that nights dinner
Chopping down TreesFelling trees in a French wood
The Enchanted WreathThe girl chopping wood in the forest is watched by the knight
Men Chop WoodMen chopping wood in the workhouse
Gladstone Fells a TreeGladstone was renowned for his fondness for felling trees : psychiatrists would no doubt get to the roots of this and and show why it drove him to branch out into politics
