Coppers Collection

Opening of the Anglesey Hunt
An opening custom of the Anglesey Hunt, whereby hot coppers or small change (heated in a bucket by the fire) are thrown from the balcony of the Bulkeley Arms Hotel following the hunt ball

Australian Gas Light Company Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for The Australian Gas Light Company, the image shows a woman doing household chores in an all-gas home

People working in a soap and candle factory, south London
People working in the B T & W Hawes soap and candle factory on the south bank of the River Thames in London, showing soap-boiling coppers. 1842

Two policemen march in step past Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk Date: 1988

Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum - Kitchen
Staff stand in front of large coppers at Lancaster County Lunatic Asylum

Pre-decimalisation British coinage - Victoria and Edward VII
Christmas Greeting postcards showing pre-decimalisation British coinage from the reign of Queen Victoria and Edward VII. Date: 1906

War Work Policewoman WW1. Policewoman causes quite a stir amongst her male colleagues. Caption - Carrie the Cop Copping Coppers. Date: circa 1917

Scotland Yard 1808
Scotland Yard before the coppers took it over... Date: 1808

Portuguese coins - early 20th century, charting the change from the reign of Carlos I, up to his assassination in 1908, the brief reign of his son Manuel II

Kitchen and inmates, Portland Prison, Dorset
A kitchen or cook-house at Portland Prison, Dorset. Inmates in arrow-patterned uniforms stand in front of a row of large steam-heated cooking coppers

Kitchens, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
Staff and inmate helpers in the kitchens at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London. Kitchen fittings include a large cooking range and two coppers

A Fair Cop by George Ranstead
A humorous play on words as a female police officer leads away a naughty little boy. A cartoon illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead

Interior of kitchen, Strangeways Prison, Manchester
The interior of a prison kitchen, believed to be at Strangeways Prison, Manchester. The room is filled with assorted boilers, coppers, ovens and cooking hobs. Much of the cooking was done using steam

Policemen arrest a drunk
Cartoon postcard by Phil May - The New Licensing Act - two policemen escort a (once) smartly-dressed drunkard for a night in the cells to sober up

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