Diary Collection

The Pooters
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pooter and their son Lupin

Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), diarist and Naval administrator. Date: 1666

Fox hunter is thrown and falls on his head
A fox hunter is thrown when his horse refuses a fence, and he lands on his head in the next field

Samuel Pepys
SAMUEL PEPYS statesman, secretary to the Admiralty, kept a diary. with his autograph

Diary of a Nobody
The Griffin Boys made faces through the windows

Horse-drawn milk cart with driver. Churn on the cart
The milkman is from Malvern Worcs Link Farm Diary and his name is E Betteridge - both texts visible of the cart. Date: circa 1905

WW1 - Trench map from a soldiers war diary showing the Somme Battlefield with information gleaned from captured German Prisoners

Lady Cynthia Colville with David, Philip and Jock
Lady Cynthia Colville, wife of the Hon. George Colville, younger son of the late Lord Colville of Culross pictured with her three sons, David, Phillip and Jock

The Laurels, Brickfield Terrace, Holloway, home to the Pooters

Geese unhappy at the arrival of Michaelmas
A gaggle of geese are unhappy to read a notice that the season of Michaelmas has begun. Eating goose at Michaelmas was thought to bring good luck, but that did not apply to geese

Man riding out of town on a Bank Holiday
A man rides his skinny white horse out of a smoky town on a Bank Holiday

Hardy Patent Pick Co. mining tools 1890s
Selection of solid steel mining hand tools made by Hardy Patent Pick Co, in Sheffield. Date: 1890s

Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI
The Varsity Cricket Match of 1911 - The Oxford University XI (1 player short!)

Scott's Antarctic Expedition Captain Scott's last words in his diary March 1912

Scott's last words in his diary

Siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589
Diary and relation of the siege of Corunna by the English Armada, 1589, by Captain Juan Varela. Manuscript, facsimile of the 19th century. From the Royal Galician Academy. Maria Pita House Museum

Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina
Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase - The Royal Yacht, HMS Medina, 1911-1912 Coronation Expedition to India for the Durbar. Designed and made for Her Majesty by Waring and Gillow

Harland & Wolff - rare diary with handwritten entries, written by a member of the drawing office describing the events in the yard in 1880

Diary
Leaf from a diary, paper. Dated December (1644) to February 1645. Has a foolscap (jester's head) watermark. Date: 1644 - 1645

Title page design, Mr Punch's Pocket Book 1871 Date: 1871

Caricature illustration of flustered Cook and assertive Housemaid, by Stan Terry. Captioned, Facts are Stranger than Fiction'

The front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine from June 1954. Date: 1954

Title page, Mr. Punch's Pocket Book, 1867 Date: 1867

Title page, Punch's Pocket Book, 1846 Date: 1846

DIARY OF A NOBODY: BATH
My first thought was that I was bleeding to death Charles Pooter in the bath. Date: First published: 1892

National Mourning 1910
The Boudoir - Dame Fashion's Diary in a commemorative issue to mark the death of Edward VII in 1910, showing appropriate mourning clothes, available from Konski's of Conduit Street, London

A page from Opal's precocious childhood diary which backs her claim to be a French princess who had emigrated to the U.S. : though truly extraordinary, not all believed it. Date: 1920

Opal Whiteley (1897 -1992), mysterious diarist, repairing her diary which was damaged by a foster sister Date: 1920

Comic postcard, Young woman on board ship. The Diary of a Cruise! Date: 20th century

Jamaica House, Bermondsey
Views of Jamaica House from original drawings of 1826. Jamaica House stood in Cherry Gardens, a pleasure garden. In 1664 Samuel Pepys visited it

Illuminated calendar for August 1846
Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for July 1846
Calendar for July with figures of Sophomas and St. Philip, quote from Colossians, disciples, lion, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for June 1846
Calendar for June with figures of Amos and St. James the Less, quote from Philippians, disciples, crab, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for May 1846
Calendar for May with figures of Olee and St. Thomas, quote from Ephesians, disciples, Adam and Eve, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for April 1846
Calendar for April with figures of Zechariah and St. John the Evangelist, quote from Galatians, disciples, castles, bull, birds and foliage. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou

Illuminated calendar for March 1846
Calendar for March with figures of Elias and St. James the Greater, quote from Corinthians, disciples, lamb, castles, birds and foliage. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for February 1846
Calendar for February with figures of David and St. Andrew, quote from Romans, disciples, birds, fish and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Title page from illuminated calendar for 1846
Title page with calligraphy and decorative design with foliage, birds. angel and mythical creature with lance and shield. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for December 1846
Calendar for December with figures of Daniel and St. Matthew, quote from Epistle to the Hebrews, disciples, man slaying a boar with an axe, goat, dog, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for November 1846
Calendar for November with figures of Ezekiel and St. Jude, quote from Epistle to Philemon, disciple, centaur with bow, birds, foliage and castles

Illuminated calendar for October 1846
Calendar for October with figures of Malachi and St. Simon, quote from Tyrus, disciples, boar, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Illuminated calendar for January 1846
Calendar for January with figures of Jeremias and St. Petrus, quote from Paul, musicians, disciples, mythical creatures and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou. 1380

Tree carnation varieties, Dianthus caryophyllus: Ariadne 1, Beauty 2, Garibaldi 3, Perfection 4, Queen of Whites 5, Queen of Yellows 6

Captain Woodward, 1st Australian Tunneling Company
Captain Oliver Woodward was one of the heroes of the underground war at Hill 60. He had trained as a mining engineer and during his military career won the MC and two bars

A Bad Boys Diary, by Oswald Allen & Vincent Davies
Promotional music sheet for A Bad Boys Diary, song by Oswald Allen & Vincent Davies. The illustration by Alfred Concanen shows (presumably)

Fashion page, White Stripes on a Red Wool Blouse, modelled by Mrs Constant Lambert (Florence Kaye), first wife of the composer. The blouse is by Jaeger, from their Autumn Collection. Date: 1933

Cover page, The Sketch Diary of Fashion - Grey and Red with a Chinese Hat - woman in a garden, modelling a grey suit in English jersey by Shiaparelli

Diary Calendar for 1947, Birmingham Society for the Care of Invalid and Nervous Children. Date: 1947

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