Crowd Collection (page 5)

A grand cricket match at Brighton
A grand cricket match was being hosted at brightons cricket ground, lot of spectators gathered to watch. Date: 1844

London pre-war tension
In Whitehall, London, police protect a man trying to distribute peace pamphlets to the crowd which had gathered on the Bank Holiday Monday

Titanic - Memorial Service at St. Pauls Cathedral
Page from the Illustrated London News showing crowds gathered outside St. Pauls Cathedral in the City of London after a memorial service for the victims of the Titanic disaster. Date: 1912

Petticoat Lane - Jews Free School
Petticoat Lane, London - Jews Free School, Middlesex Street. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street

Winston Churchill on the Coronation route, 1953
Sir Winston Churchills carriage was held up outside Canada House, and in order to pass it the State Coach had to make a difficult turn. The crowd applauded Churchill for his unruffled reaction. 1953

Front cover, Derby Supplement
The front cover of the Derby Supplement, with vignettes of Lady James Douglas and Lord Woolavington at the top, and a reproduction of a painting by Alfred Munnings

Edward VII at Aintree
The King, Edward VII, in the paddock at Aintree Racecourse for the 1905 Grand National. A horse and jockey are led past the crowd

PUNCH & JUDY / 1885
A Punch and Judy show entertains a happy crowd of people at the seaside

Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Scene outside the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London. The theatre, designed by architect Walter Emden was opened on 10 September 1892 although it started life as the Trafalgar Square Theatre

Unruly Oval cricket crowd
Impatient cricket spectators gather near the square at the Oval during an interruption in play in the match between Surrey and Yorkshire

LCC-LFB in Lord Mayors Show, City of London
London firefighters and Auxiliary firefighters with appliances taking part in the annual Lord Mayors Show through the City of London. A Bedford heavy pump unit with crew leads the LFB contingent

Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery
Children (mostly working boys) watching a Punch & Judy Show before the National Portrait Gallery, London. There is a statue of the famous actor Sir Henry Irving in the background. Date: circa 1910s

Liverpool Philharmonic Hall exterior, 1849
The exterior of the then-new Liverpool Philharmonic Concert Hall, at the time of the Liverpool Music Festival, 1849. The style is described by The Illustrated London News as " Roman-Italian

New Zealand - Bowling Green at Te Aroha, opened in 1903 Date: circa 1908

Petticoat Lane - Polly Nathans Fish Shop
Petticoat Lane, London - Polly Nathans Fish Shop. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Anglo-Russian Festival
A Russian sailor watching part of the huge crowd waiting to get on board the Soviet ships during the Portsmouth Festival of Friendship. Date: April 1956

Russians Visit Oxford
Crowd control police on motorbikes during a visit of Soviet leaders to Oxford, England. Date: April 1956

Queen Elizabeth II - Royal Tour of Australia - Adelaide
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip leave Victoria Park racecourse, Adelaide, after a choir of 3000 children sang Australian songs. Another 70, 000 children attended the occasion. Date: 1963

Cycle racing event
A cycle racing event, watched by a crowd of spectators. circa 1940s

The Epsom Derby
Photograph of the Epsom Derby, used by W. P. Frith for his famous painting, The Derby Day. Date: 1856

Royal Box in the Grandstand at Goodwood
The Royal Box in the Grandstand at the Goodwood Racecourse

Nice Carnival - a decorated float
Nice Carnival, France - a decorated float depicting a clown riding a dragon

The Stratford-on-Avon Mops
The two Statute of Mop Fairs in Stratford-on-Avon are held on the day after Michaelmas Day and the second Friday in October - their institution dates back to the days of Richard I

The Woman Who Called It A Tennis Bat At Wimbledon! By Alfr
A humorous illustration in the style of H. M. Bateman of a lady making a social faux pas whilst watching a game of tennis at Wimbledon

David Lloyd-George (1863-1945) speaking in Rochdale, 1923
Photograph of David Lloyd-George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Welsh Liberal statesman, addressing a large crowd at Rochdale during the election campaign of 1923

Olympics / 1912 / Football
Football final between England and Denmark

Social / Charing X Pillory
Two offenders stand in the pillory at Charing Cross, London, where a crowd - even some carriage folk - gather to see them exposed to public humiliation

Street Acrobats
Street acrobats performing before a London crowd

A Day at the Races
3 To 1, - Bar Two The singer Miss Annie Adams is pictured in the foreground enjoying champagne and lobsters from her Fortnum and Mason hamper

Goodwood: before Start
Preparing to start a race at Goodwood

Workers - May Day 1936
Workers organisations May Day celebrations in Hyde Park - London

Paris Strong Man
A strong man entertains the crowd in a Paris street

Punch at Blackpool
A crowd gather to watch a Punch and Judy show in Blackpool

Demonstration against the toll on Chelsea Bridge, London
A demonstration against the charging of a toll on the new Chelsea Bridge, London

Commune / Raid on Dealers
A raid on the provision dealers of Les Halles by hungry hoards during the Paris Commune Date: 1871

OLYMPICS / 1912 / 200M FINAL
200 metre final: 1st - Craig, USA 2nd - Lippincott, USA 3rd - Applegarth, UK

Charlemont V Driscoll
French fighter Charlemont introduces a little Gallic flair to the boxing ring. Driscoll maintains a stiff upper lip

Broome V Hannan 1841
Broome and Hannan box at New Park Farm near Bicester

Spa / France / Vichy / 1919
Vichy; La Grande Grille; waitresses in red & white striped uniforms, serve water to a gathering crowd

Strong Man at a Fair
A man plays a fanfare on a cornet to herald the great feat of strength being performed by a strong man at a fair, while a few people stand looking on

Roll Up, Roll Up / Fair
A large crowd gathers round to look at the sideshows

Lincoln Inauguration
Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States at Washington, in front of the partly completed Capitol building

Egan / Life in London / 1821
Corinthian Tom, Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. & Bob Logic, make the most of an evening at Vauxhall Gardens

Spurgeon at Crystal Pal
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON delivers his Humiliation-Day sermon at the Crystal Palace

Borough Market 1853
Christmas eve in the market

Petticoat Lane 1930S
A busy day on Middlesex Street, part of the famous Petticoat Lane market, east London

January Sales 1980S
People queueing outside Hamleys toy shop and the sportswear shop next door, during the January sales, central London

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