Cobbles Collection

Robin Hoods Bay
A boy runs ahead of his grandparents to the beach at Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire, a charming old town from whence, legend has it, Robin Hood escaped by sea

Christmas Steps, Bristol
A rainy day on Christmas Steps, Bristol, England. This old thoroughfare probably took its name from a Christmas charity, which was formerly dispensed from here

Serbia - Belgrade - Terazije Square - The central square of the Serbian capital. Date: circa 1910s

Berwick High Street
The High Street and Town Hall at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, looking very appealing, with few cars and not too busy

Turkey / Izmir / Street / C19
A man leads his donkey and camels along a narrow street in Izmir. Date: 19th century

The Bakers Arms Public House, Leyton, London
A wonderful colour postcard of the suburbs of London in the early 1900s - a tram approaches The Bakers Arms Public House in Leyton

St Austell, Cornwall
Street scene in Saint Austell, Cornwall, with the church tower rising above the other buildings

East Croydon Railway Station Date: 1905

Boy and Bicycle by the River Severn
A boy and his bicycle on the banks of the River Severn at Bewdley Bridge, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Shire horse drawn dray
Shire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Paris Cafe Ext. 1928
Customers enjoying themselves reading newpapers and drinking glasses of red wine outside a typical Paris Cafe

Man and Woman of Friesland (Holland). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Clepington Road, Dundee, Scotland Date: circa 1910

Bosnia & Herzegovina - Mostar - taking coffee
Women taking coffee sat on the cobbles in Mostar, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Shoe shine Lisbon, Portugal
A young shoe shine man reads a newspaper while waiting for his next customer in a Lisbon street Portugal. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Hann. Munden, Germany - Parsonage
Hann. Munden (short for Hannoversch Munden) - a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located in the district of Gottingen at the confluence of the Fulda and Werra rivers

Bayeux, Normandy, France - 14th century wooden house (Maison de Bois) on La Rue des Cuisiniers. Date: circa 1910s

Visit to Madeira - Road to the Hotel
Black and white lantern slide of a sledge/carriage (carro de bois) being pulled up a hill by a pair of oxen - Visit to Madeira. Part of Box 125 - Madeira. Boswell Collection

Fabulous Arab Doorway - Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
An absolutely fabulous Arab Doorway in the port town of Sidi Bou Said Tunisia, with a pair of knockers for the main decorated wooden doors (for ease of knocking when on a camel or on horseback)

Bronnums Cafe - Copenhagen, Denmark. Date: 1908

Houses on Cobbled Street
A woman waits outside a terraced house on a cobbled street in Warrington, Cheshire Date: circa 1960

French Cafe and Garage - Paris
Scene of local people standing outside a Paris Cafe, positioned next to a garage offering cars for hire. The smart cafe waiter stands alongside a rather lovely (and rather huge) dog

Joseph Yates Ltd - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road
Joseph Yates Ltd - Timber Merchant - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, London

Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. Date: circa 1910s

The Korenbeurs of Groningen, The Netherlands
The Korenbeurs of Groningen (The Netherlands) is a beautiful building on the west side of the fish market (Vismarkt). With its striking neoclassical facade

Connecting up a hosepipe during the Blitz
Fireman, A.R.P men and volunteers move to quickly attach a hose to the nearest pavement hydrant close to a fire caused by the German bombing campaign over the Capital throughout 1940

England / Lenham
A corner of the old and picturesque Market Square at Lenham, Kent, England, with its quaint old shop fronts

Shoot for Kamella - children's clothes brand
Client: Stonehouse Advertising - shoot for Kamella children's clothes brand - young girl in raincoat, sou'wester hat and wellington boots Date: circa 1967

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Old women walking togther down the street, 1920s
Two old ladies walk down the street arm in arm, wearing winter coats and carrying hand bags, c. 1920s. Date: c. 1920s

Nell Gwyns House Antiques Shop, Windsor - 1977
Nell Gwyns House Antiques Shop, Church Street, Castle Hill, Windsor, Berkshire. Date: 1977

Cutting setts, Rubislaw Quarry early 1900s

An avenue in the West of Madrid after bombardment by the Nationalist airforce and artillery, November 1936. A barricade made of cobbles and bricks can be seen on the right of the photograph

Glasgow, Scotland - Jamaica Bridge. Date: circa 1906

Algiers, Algeria - Narrow Street in the Casbah
Algiers, Algeria - Narrow Street in the The Casbah (of Al Qasbah, the Citadel ). Date: circa late 1940s

Dress maker strolling in the Tuileries, 1802
strolling in the Tuileries, below the river terrace, 1802. She wears a bonnet with ribbons, dress and apron, and carries a hat box and bolts of fabric. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

British King Lud and his sons Angrogeus and Theomantius (Temantius), repairer of the walls of Trinovantum, later Caer Lud or Luds Town, 66AD

Sir Paul Pinders Lodge in Half Moon Alley. The facade decorated with plasterwork designs. Was the keepers lodge to the park beloning to merchant Sir Paul Pindar (1565-1650)

Shopfront with an overhanging balcony, Pompeii. Chromolithograph and illustration by G. Autoriello from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii: Essaies et Restaurations)

View of a street and fountain of Mercury, Pompeii
View of a street and fountain of Mercury, VI.8.24, Pompeii. Chromolithograph and illustration by G. Autoriello from Antonio Niccolinis Pompeii: Views and Restorations (Pompeii)

Cornish Waits
Musicians playing Christmas carols in a Cornish harbour village. Date: 1936

Aleppo, Syria - al-Safahiyeh Mosque and Street scene. It is unclear whether this wonderful structure is still standing... Date: circa 1920s

A fine pattern study of granite cobbled stone sets on an unspecified British sea front. Date: 1950s

POLICEMAN ON MOTORBIKE
A policeman on a motorcycle takes a call on his walkie- talkie and gets ready to respond to an emergency. Date: 1960s

GERMAN TRAFFIC POLICE
Traffic in Berlin, with a policeman directing the traffic from a central control box. Date: early 1930s

MUFFIN SELLER / PETHERICK
A muffin man with a tray of muffins balanced on his head rings a handbell to let people know of the fresh muffins for sale Date: circa 1880

SOCIAL SCENE / WAPPING
Working class children playing in a cobbled street in Wapping, east London. Date: 1933

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