Corrugated Collection

Agatha Christies cottage near River Dart, Devon
Agatha Christies cottage near the River Dart, Devon, with three cars parked in the foreground. Date: circa 1960s

Mailboxes in Takaka, South Island, New Zealand
A row of colourful farm mail boxes at the roadside in Takaka, at the northern end of New Zealands South Island

Advert for Redcliffe Crown Galvanized Iron 1888
Advertisement in a trade book for 1888, Redcliffe Crown, galvanized corrugated iron sheets for roofs. 1888

Public schoolboys at Tidworth Pennings camp
Boys enjoying the camp bath at Tidworth Pennings camp on Salisbury Plain, where four thousand public schoolboys of the Junior Division of the Officers Training Corps were put through their paces by

Hand Grips Pliers Date: 1947

St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London
A terrace of houses in St Agnes Place, Camberwell, south east London, boarded up prior to demolition by Lambeth Council after the eviction of squatters, 19 January 1977

Two working class men enjoying a break from work with a cup of tea. Date: 1920s

WW1 - Metal-roofed trench on the Western Front. 1916

Two men building an Anderson shelter, September 1939
Two men building an Anderson shelter outside a lodge-keepers house in St. James s, London, just after the outbreak of the war. Date: 1939

RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) Eglinton, Derry, Ireland
RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) Eglinton, now Derry (Londonderry) City Airport, Northern Ireland -- De Havilland Sea Hornets on the airfield, April 1948. Date: 1948

Group photo, Epsom Fire Station, Surrey. Date: circa 1910

A woman buys meat from a mobile shop in Neuville Sur Oise, northern France. The van is a Citroen H Van, Type H, H-Type or HY

Doney ears, Ireland
A donkeys ears poke over a corrugated iron fence outside a cottage in Country Clare, Ireland. Date: 1990

Horse-drawn hackney carriage, Gibraltar. Date: circa 1920s

Two men constructing an Anderson shelter in a back garden at the start of the Second World War. Date: circa 1939

A pigeon?s nest at No. 4 Hamilton Place
A pigeon?s nest at No.4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof during construction of the fifth floor in 1960. Date: 1960

No. 4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof
No.4 Hamilton Place with corrugated iron roof during construction of the fifth floor in 1960. Date: 1960

Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, London
A fantastic, rare view of the Torrey & Alexander Mission - Brixton Hall, Brixton, London. As Brixtons population increased rapidly during the 1870s

American Mission in Quessua, Angola, Portuguese West Africa
Group photo, American Mission in Quessua, Angola, Portuguese West Africa. circa 1900s

Princes Dock - Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay) - commissioned in 1880. Date: circa 1910s

WW2 Christmas card, two air raid shelters
WW2 Christmas card (inside), two air raid (Anderson) shelters and their occupants. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, family in air raid shelter
WW2 Christmas card, a family in an air raid (Anderson) shelter in their garden. Date: circa 1942

Boys playing football in a street, Balham, SW London
Four little boys playing a game of football in a Balham street, SW London. One boy is holding the ball close to his chest. Date: circa 1961

WW2 Christmas card, cat in air raid shelter
WW2 Christmas card, showing a black cat in an air raid shelter -- Christmas As Usual. Date: circa 1942

Back to back housing, Llanhilleth, Gwent, South Wales
A view along an alley between back to back terraced housing in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showing walls made of a mixture of brick and stone, and ramshackle corrugated iron roofing

Soldier sitting by a dugout, Northern France, WW1
Soldier (Albert Auerbach) sitting by a dugout in Northern France during the First World War. Date: 1918

RFC crewmen relaxing, Northern France, WW1
Four Royal Flying Corps crewmen relaxing on a pile of sacks outside a corrugated iron hut, somewhere in Northern France during the First World War. Three of them have signed their names on the photo

Inside an RFC hut, Clairmarais, Northern France, WW1
Inside an RFC hut at Clairmarais, Pas de Calais, Northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1918

Interior, Hotel United States, Antilla, Cuba. Date: circa 1908

Motor racing marshals, Goodwood, West Sussex
Motor racing marshals at the Goodwood motor racing circuit, West Sussex, England. circa 1969

Ferreiras Town, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa
Ferreiras Town, first gold mining settlement of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. circa 1890s

Historic house in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. It was here that a treaty was signed in 1806, ceding Cape Colony to the British. Date: circa 1908

A car park sign on a corrugated iron wall in Salford Date: circa 1979

Scene at a stock car race, with cars, spectators, and a man with a Union Jack flag on his back. Date: 1965

Ottoman Empire - Long Live the Sultan - Flag Date: circa 1910

Old man wearing a bobble hat. Date: 1970s

Group photo, munitions factory workers, Hereford, WW1
Group photo of women munitions factory workers in Hereford, together with two early women police officers, including Lilian Maud Newell (back row, towards the right)

Narrow gauge railway with men and skip wagon
Narrow gauge railway with men, tipper skip wagon loaded with rocks, and quarry buildings. Date: circa 1920

Three boys and a dog on wasteland
Three boys and a dog on an area of wasteland. The boys are sitting round an improvised campfire set up on a piece of corrugated iron at the foot of a tree

Old man with dog and pram, Balham, SW London
An old man with a German Shepherd dog and junk in a long line of prams on a street in Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1960s

Traction Engine, Corrugated Iron Houses & Diamond Mine Worki
Traction Engine, Corrugated Iron Houses and Diamond Mine Workings, Roodepoort, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Date: 1900s

Group of children on pavement, Balham, SW London
Group of children on a pavement in Balham, SW London, camping out under a wooden plank and a piece of corrugated iron sheeting. One girl is writing on a pre-printed form. Date: circa 1961

Here They Are, by Bairnsfather
Here They Are " This ere countrys a bit too - corrugated for me, Bert" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander featuring his popular characters Old Bill

British dug-out interior, WW1
A sketch of a dug-out billet behind the lines showing an officer comfortably curled up under the curved corrugated iron roof which forms the main structure of the dug-out

Firefighters in action, Exminster, Devon
Firefighters in action on the roof of a thatched cottage, Exminster, Devon. Date: circa 1970s

Ruined building in Zakynthos, Greece
A ruined building on the island of Zakynthos (Zante), Greece. Many earthquakes hit the island in August 1953, the worst one on 12 August destroying many buildings

German boy scouts marching down Whitehall, London, as part of their attendance at an International Patrol Camp at Gilwell Park, Essex

Scouts outside proposed headquarters, Gambia, West Africa
A working party of scouts outside the proposed new headquarters of the Gambia Scouts Association, Gambia, West Africa

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