Community Collection (page 27)

Lamington Village Well
The old village well in the village of Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Date: 1960s

The Maharajahs Well, Stoke Row, Oxfordshire, England, was presented by the Maharajah of Banares, India, when he learned of the difficulties of the local water supply. Date: 1864

Charlwood Water Pump
The old water pump built into the churchyard wall at Charlwood, Surrey, England. Date: 1930s

Straw on a Water Pump
When winter comes in the village of Long Stanton, Cambridgeshire, England, the wise villagers cover their water pump with straw, so that their supply does not freeze! Date: 1950s

River Wharfe Weir
A weir on the River Wharfe, at Wetherby, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1950s

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

Adoption Society Bath
A National Adoption Society little girls helps a nurse to give her younger brother a bath. Date: 1930s

The Netherlands - Veere - Scottish House
An elderly couple in the garden of a Scottish House in Veere, a city in the southwestern Netherlands, on Walcheren island in the province of Zeeland

Fiesta in Los Angeles
Fun in the street - The hispanic community dancing in a street in Los Angeles. Date: circa 1930s

Alexander the Great plans Alexandria
Alexander the Great laying out the city of Alexandria. Could it be Dinocrates, his architect, holding the plan? Date: 331BC

French Fountain 18th C
Front view of a fountain designed by J.F. Blondel, architect for Louis XV. Date: Circa 1760

Water Carrier, Palestine
A little girl water carrier with the water jar on her head, Palestine. Date: early 1930s

OLD PEOPLEs HOME 1970S
Old people entering their home Date: 1970s

Virgins Well, Bethlehem
Children water carriers with jars on their heads at the Virgins Well, Bethlehem. Date: early 1930s

Pensioners Tea Party
A pensioners tea party Date: 1970s

Fields and Housing
A spacious field with a cow lying in the foreground and a housing development in the background. Date: circa 1960

Dr Barnardos Homes
DOCTOR BARNARDOs VILLAGE HOMES for girls, near Ilford, Essex : tea on the lawn of Queen Victoria House. Date: circa 1904

Charity / Lodging House
Interior of kitchen in Victoria Home Lodging House, Whitechapel Date: 1900

Bournville Houses 1905
Streets and houses at Bournville, a suburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, originally designed for workers in Cadburys chocolate factory. Date: 1905

Population Postcard 1930
French postcard encouraging population growth - If France is to live, join the Alliance against depopulation... Date: 1930s

Jews House, Lincoln
The Jews House, a rare example of domestic Norman architecture, and a reminder of the Jewish community that flourished in medieval Lincoln Date: 12th century

West End Visits East
The West End visits the East End of London - a party of slummers are welcomed by some, but the barefoot children are scared and the sick creature in bed sees them as monsters. Date: circa 1890

High Level Sewer Built
The Metropolitan High-Level Sewer : work commences near Victoria Park in northeast London. Date: 1859

Old and New Charity
Bestowing charity; old and new ways Date: 1830

Taking the census on board ship 1861
Taking the census on board ship in the West India Docks Date: 1861

Ungemach Cite Jardin
La place du Bocage in the cite-jardin of Ungemach, near Strasbourg, France. Date: 1929

Outside the Soup Kitchen
The poor and distressed throng the entrance to a soup kitchen : well-to-do passers- by look apprehensive as they are assailed by beggars Date: 1871

Smoke and Dirt
SMOKE AND DIRT Date: 1911

Town Crier / Contest
A contestant from St. Columb, Cornwall at the Town Criers Contest held in Southampton, Hampshire. Date: 1950s

Halfpenny Dinners
Halfpenny dinners are provided for poor children in the East End of London. Date: 1870

Healthcare Visitor
A health visitor on a visit to a farmers wife and her baby on a farm near Colchester, Essex Date: 1950s

Returning medicine bottle at the Grocers Shop
An elderly gentleman Mr W. Hitchman delivers his bottle of medicine for collection and replacement at his local Grocers Shop

Large monastic villa in Mid or South Wales
A large monastic villa in Mid or South Wales, with a monk in dark robes standing in front

Girl pouring water from a tin into a bucket
A girl in a summer dress pouring water from a large tin into a plastic bucket

Italy - Lago Scaffajolo
Lago Scaffajolo, Italy - located in the town of Fanano in the province of Modena in the mountain community of Frignano

Building project in Czechoslovakia
A housing project in Czechoslovakia - the whole community is seemingly getting involved in the construction project. To the left is a warning sign in Czech and German

Jewish immigrants in Whitechapel
Members of the Jewish immigrant community gather outside their homes in Whitechapel, East London

Croatia - Dalmatian National Costumes - a couple form the coast

Childrens entertainment
A large group of children sitting on the floor, watching some kind of entertainment. Some are smiling, others looking up in shock or wonder, or just concentrating hard

A community Christmas tea party, with adults and children. Decorations and garlands hang from the ceiling, and there are three long tables with plates of sandwiches and glasses

Road sweeper with his cart
A road sweeper with his cart, containing various brushes and a spade. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Road sweeper at work
A road sweeper sweeping dirt from the gutter, dwarfed by a huge curving brick wall. He probably works for the St Marylebone Borough Council in London

Hosing down a street
A workman photographed from above, standing on a pavement hosing down a street

Sidi Ukba, Algeria
A street in Sidi Ukba (Okba) in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD

Penmon Priory and Dovecote, Beaumaris, Wales. Penmon is a promontory, parish and community on the south-east tip of Anglesey, North Wales, about three miles east of the town of Beaumaris

King and Queen at a Communal Centre during the war
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured visiting a communal centre established in South London during the Blitz to provide meals for people who had been bombed out of their homes by German air

Los Angeles firemen in new lifesaving suits
Los Angeles Harbour sea-going firemen of the LA City No.2 testing out new lifesaving suits in the water

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