Customer Collection

Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine
Two Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro

The Shop Assistant who Lost his Temper by H. M. Bateman
A shop assistant finally loses the plot after bringing out roll upon roll of material for a demanding customer to choose from. 1929

Old man in Stoke pub -1
An elderly man sits in the bar of a working class pub in Staffordshire. He has a half pint of mild ale. It is early doors and there is a portrait of the Queen on the wall - 1 Date: 1987

Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, office and factory -- trade design. 1920

Silhouette of barmaid and customer in a pub
The best drink is the last drink -- scene at 10pm in The Crown, Harrogate, with a barmaid, a customer and his dog

In a Butchers Shop
THE MAN OF TASTE - a butchers customer orders two ounces of Boiled Beef, Cut with a Ham y Knife to give it a Relish

Mental Cruelty by H. M. Bateman
A banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter

London Tram 1952
The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952

Bath Chair at Eastbourne
An attendant with a bath chair for hire waits for a customer whom he will pull along the sea front at Eastbourne

Busy tailors workshop
A busy tailors workshop, with a gentleman being fitted for a new suit

Old man in Stoke pub - 2
An elderly man sits in the bar of a working class pub in Staffordshire. He has a half pint of mild ale. It is early doors and there is a portrait of the Queen on the wall - 2 Date: 1987

Advert, Spears Sausages of Bath - Oh, Good! no preservative! 1927

Barmaid in Smoky Pub
A barmaid serves a customer in a smokey London pub. On the back wall is a fine selection of spirits while in the foreground, punters chat among themselves

London Trade Card - James Wheeley, Paper Hanging warehouse, opposite the church in Little Britain. 18th century

Cartoon, Waitress, WW1
Cartoon, Waitress, showing a pretty young woman in a white apron serving a beer to a French soldier in uniform. Date: 1915

A Barber Distracted
THE RED-HOT POLITICIAN A barber is more absorbed in the latest political gossip than his hot curling tongs, with painful results for his singed customer

Butcher & Customer 1867
B - for the butcher who had a great dog

Wine Seller & Customer
A vintner (wine seller) fills a customers glass from his portable barrel

Lyons Girl with Tea Pot
A pot of tea is brought to a customer by a waitress in one of Lyons teashops which at this time were found throughout London

C16 CHEMISTs SHOP
MEDICINES WHILE YOU WAIT: a druggist of the 16th century prepares a medicament, pounding the ingredients with pestle and mortar while two customers wait with their dog. Date: circa 1570

Antwerp Exhibition
A selection of handmade laces are shown by a local manufacturer at the Antwerp Exhibition, (Exposition Internationale Coloniale), Belgium

Wallpapers and Decorations, John Gilkes, Brighton
Advertising poster, Wallpapers and Decorations, John Gilkes & Sons, North Street, Brighton. circa 1920

Dornier Do-J Do-16 Wal
A Dornier Wal Parked at the Waters Edge with People Waiting on Shore. the Norwegian Arctic Explorer Roald Amundsen Used Two Dornier Seaplane in His Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach the North Pole in

Liore et Olivier LEO-213
Amy Johnson and Jim Mollison Boarding an Air Union, France Liore Et Olivier Leo-213, the Aircraft Door Has The Golden Ray Written on It. Date: 1930s

Douglas R4D-8 50772
United States Navy - Douglas R4D-8 50772 (MSN 43337) (ex USAAF 43-49092 / 14908/26353). Modified to R4D-8 with new MSN 43337 and operated as JM 772 from September 1952 to June 1954

Georgian cartoon, What a Treat! by Henry Heath Date: 1829

In the Flower Market at Nice, France by J Touchet. Showing two flower sellers under umbrella at stall, with customer in cloche hat. Jacques Touchet (1887-1949), French illustrator, artist and author

Silhouette - Food Stall, Seller, Street Vendor. Date: 20th century

Jessica Mitford at a book signing event
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Rational Gadgets For Your Coupons by William Heath Robinson
Customers are put on scales to determine how much butter they are entitled to, the heavier the person is, the more butter they are given. Date: 1940

A customer plays an automatic bridge-playing slot machine Date: circa 1937

Horse Cab, Paris 1879
A customer pays the cab's driver in the rain in Paris. Date: 1879

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1 XX162
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1 XX162 (msn 009/312009), at the 1976 SBAC Farnborough Airshow from 5-12 September 1976. prior to customer delivery. Date: 1976

Comic postcard, Woman at cafe counter, short of money Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman complains about dress size Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Dissatisfied customer in fish shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, French guest and hotel porter Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man visits fortune teller Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying underwear in a shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman complains to hotel manager Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with female shop assistant Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman buying material in a shop Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman in a pub - Baby Polly (perhaps a hint at Babycham) Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bitter and port in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guests complaint Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest on the phone Date: 20th century

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