Closing Collection

Consequences, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Consequences -- How the thoughtlessness of a butterfly seriously affected a bishops corn, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Adam & Eve Driven Out
Closing Time in Eden : the sinful couple have to leave Paradise, driven out by an angel with a red-hot sword

Tower Bridge 1930S
A close-up photograph of Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge and a famous London landmark, closing after a steamship has passed through it

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Offenbach Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The closing scene of the Venetian episode : Hoffmann watches as Guilietta goes off with another lover

Advert for Bensons luminous wrist watch 1915
Bensons active service wristlet watch, fully luminous figures and hands and self closing cover. Date: 1915

Tynemouth Lifeboat
The Tynemouth lifeboat closing on a wrecked ship in a stormy sea off Tynemouth Priory and lighthouse Date: circa 1840

Closing show of 1960 Scouting Jamboree
Flags from countries around the world are paraded at the closing show of the National Jamboree which was to celebrate the 50th anniversary of scouting in the USA

The Allies meet at the closing of the Falaise Pocket, Fran
Photograph showing the meeting between American troops (on right with jeep) and Canadian troops (on left with half-track) to mark the closing of the Falaise Pocket on the road between Falaise

Tom Tower, Christ Church
The Curfew Tower, the Tom Tower of Christ Church, houses Great Tom a bell that sounds the curfew every night as a warning that colleges will shortly be closing their gates Date: 1950s

Westland Whirlwind Series 1 G-ANFH and Bell 47B-3 G-AKFN
Westland Whirlwind Series 1 G-ANFH (msn WA15) at Gatwick. Built 1953 and delivered from Yeovil to Gatwick on 2 November 1954 for British European Airways

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A back cover illustration for an issue of L'Album Les Maitres De La Caricature, portraying a red haired show girl with arms outstretched as if closing down a performance. Date: circa 1901

King William IV proroguing Parliament, House of Lords, April 1831, during the Great Reform crisis - My lords and gentlemen, I have come to meet you for the purpose of proroguing this Parliament'

Prince Henry and Waldemar of Prussia
Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889-1945) with his father, Prince Heinrich (Henry) of Prussia (1862-1929) at Balmoral in the 1890s. Waldemar was the eldest son of Henry and Princess Irene of Hesse

The Mayor of Madrid making a speech; Spanish Civil War 1936
The Mayor of Madrid, Pietro Rico, making a speech to newly enrolled members of the Republican Militia, Madrid, 1936. At the time

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

Sad scenes at Rainbow Corner, the American Red Cross Club in Shaftesbury Avenue, which was the main base for US servicemen in London during the Second World War

Constance Marie de Masirevich, daughter of the recently retired Hungarian ambassador. The Sketch reports, " she has many friends in London and is very Anglophile

Cartoon, No More Closing on Ash Wednesday
Cartoon, No More Theatre Closing on Ash Wednesday - Hooray! 1885

Outbreak of WWII - theatres close down
Covers being drawn over seats in the auditorium of the Palace Theatre in Manchester. All theatres in London and the provinces were initially closed due to a war order concerning places where crowds

WW1 - How Allies reached the North Sea - Battle of the Marne 1914

Mahogany and Deal Painters Easels. circa 1880s

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Comic Postcard - Don t try to enter by the Exit Door or you will get Squeezed! - A smart young Gent is trapped neither within or without this packed rush hour District Line London Underground

Shopkeeper Closes Up Date: 1950

OLYMPICS / 1932 / CLOSING
A display of national flags at the closing ceremony Date: 1932

SALLE DES JACOBINS
The closing of the Salle des Jacobins - an event which to some extent marked the end of the Terror Date: 27/28 July 1794

WW2 - Liberation of Paris - The Barricades
WW2 - Barricades, Liberation of Paris. " Man the barricades!" This cry which rang out on Monday, August 21st, 1944. Date: 1944

Sweetshop and tobacconist in Peckham, London
Taken in the late 1960 s, this sweetshop and tobacconist was run by Mr and Mrs Price. It was on the corner of Sumner Road and Garnies Street in Peckham, London

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Grant and Sherman
THE COUNCIL OF WAR Union generals Grant and Sherman discuss plans during the closing stages of the war between the States. Note Grants open box of cigars !

Advert for Shoolbreds wristwatch 1915
Shoolbreds service wristwatch, with self closing cover. 1915

Lords Day Observance - Sunday shop closing. 1899

Visigothic art. Spain. Pin of bronze. 6th-7th century. From
Visigothic art. Spain. Pin for fastening garments. Bronze. 6th-7th century. From Castile. Episcopal Museum. Vic. Catalonia

Olympics / 1936 / Closing
Closing parade, taking place in the dark with spotlights Date: 1936

Cartoon, Metro Gate Closer, WW1
Cartoon, The Metropolitan Anastasie, a woman working in the Paris Metro during the First World War, taking the place of a man who is away fighting

Demonstration in Trafalgar Square of closing of the War Loan
Crowds gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, on the eve of the closing of the War Loan, attended by the Lord Mayor of London, the Mayors of the London boroughs and the Deans of Westminster and St

WWII - Barricade in the Cite District - Liberation of Paris
" Man the barricades!" This cry which rang out on Monday, August 21st, 1944. This absolutely terrific photograph shows the men manning a barricade in the Cite District manned by some suave

Advert for Wooton Cabinet 1884
The Desk of the Age, hundred-and-ten compartments all under one lock and key. Date: 1884

Jimmys restaurant, Edwardian London
Closing time (12:30am) at Jimmys a fashionable restaurant in London during the Edwardian era, pictured by Tom Browne. Date: 1929

Fairground worker closing lorry before departure
A fairground worker closing the back of the final lorry before departure to a new location. Date: circa 1960s

Marsh Lock, Henley-on-Thames
Famous beauty spot on the outskirts of Henley-on-Thames. complete with lock-keeper Date: circa early 1900s

Closing of the Stock Exchange in London at the start of WWI
The prospect of widespread European war naturally brought down stocks and shares with a run, so to prevent further fall, the London banks urged the closing of the Stock Exchange

Closing Jewel House at Tower of London during 1937 Coronatio
A Yeoman warder pinning up the Lord Chamberlains notice on the Wakefield Tower in the Tower of London, announcing that owing to the removal of the Regalia the place will be closed until May 17

Advert for Asprey cocktail cabinets 1936
Cocktail wagon in walnut and chromium, closing mahogany with chromium mounts, walnut with rising back panel fitted with English cut glass and separate serving tray and limed oak

GAYA, Ramn (1910); MACHADO, Antonio (1875-1939). Spanish poet from the Generation of 1898. First page from the closing

National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Inmates and staff at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Close of the 1948 Olympic Games
Closing the Olympic Games ceremony at Wembley Stadium, London, on the 14th August 1948. The white Tribune of Honour was placed before the Royal box (occupied by the Duke of Edinburgh)

Closing down Sale
A Closing Down Sale at a clothes shop. Date: 1970s

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