Delivery Collection

Poster, Night Mail, quoting part of the poem by W H Auden written for and narrated in the documentary film of the same name (1936). circa 1930s

High Street, Ayr
The High Street, Ayr, with a tram, a horse-drawn wagon, a horse-drawn cart and a hand delivery cart

A postman in the Scottish Highlands
A postman delivers a letter on foot in the Scottish Highlands

Postman in the Snow
This stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!

Horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent
Delightful horse-drawn cart for Trumans Brewery in Ashford, Kent. Trumans Brewery (founded in 1666) of Brick Lane in the Spitalfields area of London eventually closed in 1989. Date: circa 1910s

Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Old Towngate, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine

St Georges Square, Pimlico, London - with a coal delivery (from the wagons in the middle distance) in operation

The Arrival of the First Thor Ballistic Missile to RAF Bom
Photograph of the delivery of first Thor Ballistic Missile to an RAF Base in Norfolk, 19th September 1958. Sixty-five feet long

Records of first UK aerial mail service
Thepostmasters official handwrittenrecordsrelatingto thefirst UKaerialmail service from London to Windsor andWindsor to LondoninSeptember1911. 1911

A box of Christmas Eve crackers
A lovely box of Christmas crackers from the 1920s, with the contents intact and the box lid featuring a bright and jolly picture of Father Christmas being helped to cross the road by a policeman

Childbirth in 1513
A midwife discreetly helps to deliver a child, while a friend supports the mother who is seated upright

Christmas parcels for the trenches 1916
Army Post Office in Regents Park, was receiving a rate of half a million parcels for Christmas a day for the soldiers in the trenches

Cuba - First Pan American Airways service
Cuba - The First Pan American Airways (PAN-AM) service between Key West, United States and Havana, Cuba in October 1927. Pan American Airways was founded by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney

Seaplane carrier pigeon, WW1
A carrier pigeon housed on board a seaplane for the delivery of messages during the First World War. This particular bird delivered a message (no)

Women working during the First World War. Above: in a weapons factory, filling shells with explosives. Below: an outdoor scene with a woman bus conductor

French Basque wedding
The delivery of the future spouses furniture to the Bridegrooms house. Date: circa 1908

Fleet Street 1960S
Four Routemaster buses and an Evening Standard delivery van clogging up Fleet Street during the rush hour

Milk boy with three-wheeled cart & cans
A three-wheeled handcart, used to deliver milk in the East End of London. Two deliveries were made every morning and filled bottles

Volkswagens
Flower power on imported Volkswagen to Sweden. Landskrona harbour 1961. Date: 1961

Freight poster
Poster advertising a French freight company for the transportation of containers by rail. A vast railway network ensures swift delivery

Horse pulling coal delivery cart
Horse pulling a coal delivery cart of Joyner and Sons with two tradesmen riding on the cart. Date: 1930s

WW2 birthday card, Postman with black kittens
Birthday card, Postman with black kittens, and a reference to blackout regulations. circa 1940s

Coal Men 1960S
Two coal men, young and old, lift heavy sacks of coal off their lorry. Date: early 1970s

Bakers Delivery Van 1, Malmesbury, Wilts (No livery)
Fred and Elsie Boulton; son and daughter of Richard Boulton stood by the bakery delivery van. Fred drove the delivery van and Elsie worked in the bakery

Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta G-ABTI
Armstrong Whitworth AW15 Atalanta, G-ABTI, after Brackles delivery flight to begin Imperial Airways new service at Cape Town

LCC-LFB Fire engines in the HQ drill yard
Lambeth fire station appliances in the drill yard together with senior officer staff cars, and a lorry delivering stores

de Havilland Canada DHC. 1 Chipmunk T. 10 PK-aJ
Indonesian Air Force - de Havilland Canada DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10 PK-aJ, at Hawarden prior to delivery. Date: circa 1953

United States Air Force - Convair B-36A Peacemaker 44-92015 (msn 12) This aircraft was the first B-36 delivery to an operational unit when it taxied under its own power from Air Force Plant 4 to

NFS - Home Office hose tests at Wimbledon, WW2
London Region NFS/AFS firefighters assisting in Home Office trials to improve water delivery systems to emergency dams and onto fires after the fire service was nationalised in August 1941

Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. In the foreground, the corner of Catherine Street and Tavistock Street. Date: 1947

When the ell is it going to be strawberry?
Old Bill is disappointed to discover that the latest delivery of jam to the trenches on the Western Front during World I is plum and apple yet again! Date: 1915

Front cover of a TSB Christmas Annual 1946, with a very modern Santa Claus choosing to deliver presents by car. Date: 1946

Postman delivers a letter to two children
A postman delivers a letter to two children and their dog. Date: c.1920

Flying Santa Claus on a Christmas card. 1910

Skelton Street, Colne, Lancashire
Skelton Street, Colne, near Nelson, Lancashire, England. Showing Shop-front/Premises and Austin Delivery Van of Brown Bros - Confectioners Date: 1930s

Robinsons Ltd removal vans, Cricklewood, NW London
Two Robinsons Ltd removal vans, Cricklewood, NW London, also at Knolls House, Manchester and Moseley Road, Birmingham, offering a weekly road service. Date: circa 1920s

The Mimosa Daily Mail arrives in Nice
An aeroplane arriving in Nice to deliver copies of the Mimosa Daily Mail, a special Riviera edition of the newspaper for people enjoying some winter sunshine in the fashionable South of France

Delivering Flour to the Queen Mary
Josph Rank Ltd. Millers - delivering Flour to the RMS Queen Mary, then Britains largest ship. She sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Date: 1936

The first English Electric Canberra B2 for Venezuela, 1-A-39, takes-off from Samlesbury on the first stage of its delivery flight

Barge and windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
A picturesque view of a sailing barge and Archers Windmill at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. The Georgiana, a spritsail barge owned by Smeed Dean & Co of Kent

Delivery truck c. 1910
Hearse and Casket Body on Buick m/4 Four Cylinder Commercial Chassis. Photographic post card of a drawing or print of a Buick hearse

A Mazawattee Tea Van

Cadogan Square, London
Cadogan Square - the jewel in the crown of the Cadogan Estate, Chelsea, London. A baker delivers the morning bread from a tricycle with a large wicker basket attached

Milkman Making Delivery
A cheerful milkman puts the requisite number of milk bottles onto the doorstep

Surtout Greatcoat 1907
An American surtout greatcoat: double-breasted with waist seam, full skirts, long lapels & a velvet collar. Worn with a bowler (Derby) hat & half- boots or town boots

Government Aircraft Factories N. 22B Nomad VH-UVE
Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) N.22B Nomad VH-UVE (msn N22B-133, RTAF - 46121), of the Royal Thai Air Force, before delivery. Date: 1982

Dorset Square, NW London. Date: circa 1910

Woman driving a delivery van
A woman driving a delivery van marked Spare Parts, Iron Bridge Service Depot Ltd, Special Delivery, Middx 2606, Day and Night

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