Custom Collection (page 7)

Couple taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Karen and Kevin Moseley, a couple taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall, photographed on bank premises. Date: circa 1970s

Woman in Helston Floral Dance costume, Cornwall
Woman in her special dress and hat for the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall, sitting on grass by a pond. Date: circa 1970s

Two women in Helston Floral Dance costume, Cornwall
Two women in their special dresses for the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Children taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Children dressed in white in the street, taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Lead Dancers in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
Two Lead Dancers in the street, taking part in the Midday Dance of the annual Helston Floral Day, Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Post Office and Custom House, Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908

Cornish Gorsedd, Sword of Arthur, Cornwall
The Cornish Gorsedd, a community of modern-day bards, taking part in the Sword of Arthur ceremony at St Just in Cornwall. The Gorseth Kernow (Gorsedd of Cornwall)

Winston Churchill in folk parade
Winston Churchill riding on a carriage in a folk or mummers parade of some sort, a custom in some English towns. Date: C.1930s

Custom House and Post Office, Pensacola, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1910

Postcard views of Memphis, Tennessee, USA, showing the Custom House, River Front, Cossitt Library and Court Square. Date: late 1890s

Two toddlers under the mistletoe at a Christmas party -- a little boy kisses a little girl on the cheek. Date: circa 1960s

OConnell Bridge & Quays, Dublin, County Dublin
O Connell Bridge & Quays, Dublin, County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. View looking down the Liffey to Custom House Date: 1900s

Greetings from Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Greetings card from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with various scenes: Mount Royal Station, New Custom House, Watson Monument, Druid Hill Park, Teakle Wallis Monument, Cathedral, City Hall

Mardi Gras Pageant, Canal Street, New Orleans, USA
Mardi Gras Pageant taking place in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1904

Jewish Torah scroll
A Jewish Torah scroll. Date: 1920s

Madeira, The Custom House
Lantern slide of Madeira, The Custom House. Part of Box 126, Canary and Madeira, slide no.29 Date: circa 1890s

The Melbourne Custom House
Slide showing a black and white photograph of the Melbourne Custom House in the city of Melbourne in Australia. In this building customs officers recorded all goods entering or leaving Victoria;

People at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

People taking part in Helston Floral Dance, Cornwall
People taking part in the annual Helston Floral Dance, Helston, Cornwall. circa 1970s

Young woman in Mustang at Custom Car Show
Young woman in a Boss Mustang 302 at the Custom Car Show, held by the Hayle Surf Cruisers Club, Cornwall

Native Feast / Throwing the Spear - Maori, New Zealand
A Native Feast at Mata-Ta, with Mount Edgecumbe in the distance (above) and Throwing the Spear, the Mode of Salutation (below) - Maori, New Zealand

Decking the halls: Christmas decorations, 1871
Women decorate the interior of a house at Christmas with festive greenery. A stags head is being festooned with garlands, whilst a ball of mistletoe hangs from the light. Date: 1871

Traditional Christmas custom
18th century scene depicting a girl in a basket being pulled through a snowbound street. Date: circa 1912

Festival Car on a road in India, as part of the Hindu Ratha-Yatra or Roth Jatra or Chariot Festival Date: circa 1890s

Bound foot, China
Two photographs of a womans bound foot, China. Date: circa 1890

Proclamation of King George VIs accession
Scene at the Royal Exchange, London, on Saturday 12th December 1936, as the Garter Principal King-at-Arms proclaims King George VIs accession to the throne following the abdication of his elder

Under the Green-wood - kissing under the mistletoe, 1879
A whiskered Captain tries to tempt a seasonal kiss " according to ancient custom" from a young lady under a bouquet of mistletoe. They are spyed on from behind a door by a cheeky boy. 1879

Crowd of people with Festival Car, India
A crowd of people with a Festival Car, India, as part of the Hindu Ratha-Yatra or Roth Jatra or Chariot Festival. Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card with cherubs watering heart flowers
Christmas and New Year card featuring a jolly scene as winged cherubim water heart flowers with green watering cans. Date: circa 1910s

Silhouette Calendar -- February, Saint Valentines Day. Showing a little boy handing a heart shape (perhaps a box of chocolates) to a girl. Date: 20th century

Silhouette Calendar -- December, Christmas Parties. Showing a little boy running away from a girl who is standing expectantly under the mistletoe. Date: 20th century

Club Day - Bledington, Gloucestershire Date: 1905

Thames at the Custom Hse
The crowded Thames looking eastward from London Bridge, with the Custom House on the left and the Tower beyond. Date: circa 1840

Thames at Custom House
A paddle steamer passes the Custom House. Date: circa 1840

Custom House, London
The new Custom House, fronting the Thames, viewed from Billingsgate. Date: 1828

Mincing Lane - Hall
Commercial Hall in Mincing Lane, now used as a Custom House. Date: 1814

Sweeps procession on May Day
A chimney sweeps procession in celebration of May Day with a Jack in the Green covered in foliage. Date: 1855

Jack in the Green
Villagers enjoy a May Day celebration as a Jack in the Green, a Lord of the May, and other foliage-clad figures cavort and dance. Date: 1843

Chimney Sweepers on May Day
May Day celebrations of the chimney sweeps. The text with the picture gives some interesting information about Jack in the Green and the Lord and Lady

Javanese Dancers
Seated dancers performing an artistic number for the middle class audience, Java, Indonesia. Date: 1930s

Mowing the Cocks Head
73 Year-old Sam Bennett demonstrates the old Warwickshire custom of Mowing the Cocks Head. Blindfolded, he tries to cut off the top of a clump of grass. Date: 1930s

Feet Washing Custom
A crowd at the Holy Sepulcre in Jerusalem, Israel for the feet washing custom, traditionally held on Good Friday, when Jesus washed the feet of his twelve disciples. Date: early 1930s

Yokohama Pier, Yokohama, Japan - Customs Office
Yokohama Pier, Yokohama, Japan - The brick building in the back housed the Yokohama Customs Office Inspection Bureau - built in 1894 and designed by Japanese architect Yorinaka Tsumaki

Hong Kong - China - Chinese Couple just married - The bride does not uncover her face until the very last minute, when the groom sees her for the first time. circa 1906

Shanghai, China - Custom House Date: circa 1909

Festival at Arapli, near Thessaloniki - A group of jolly men dancing and getingt stuck in to some serious drinking. Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki, Greece - Harbour exit and Greek Custom House Date: circa 1910

Turkey - Custom House, View of Izmir - Zeybeks Date: 1898

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