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Metro-Land HouseA middle class home on the cover of a guide to the residential area north-west of London
Social / Croquet in GardenElegant men and women play croquet in the garden
Living Room, Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, LondonLiving Room of 221B Baker Street, part of a Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London, reconstructed by Michael Weight. Details included are Holmess pipe and his violin. Date: 1951
Bookbinding WorkshopA bookbinders workshop, with the finished products in a domestic scene over on the right
Irish CottageIrish cottage, Achill Island
One of the Famly - a horse joins a family mealOne of the Family by Frederick George Cotman (original in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool). Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames
DOLLY TUBA laundry worker using a dolly stock and tub to clean clothes, prior to the invention of the washing machine
Poster advertising Sunlight Soap -- for rest and leisure. Date: early 20th century
Female Type / Maid 1935Pretty young French maid with a revealing neckline: " Sir has the flu, so I m going to try and raise his morale." Date: 1935
Front Room, Islington High Street, oil on canvas, in a plain gold painted frame, by Frank Stanton, signed and dated 1968. Date: 1968
Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas cardA family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s
Welsh woman with spinning wheel, WalesWelsh woman outside a cottage with a spinning wheel, Wales. Date: late 19th century
Latest 1950S KitchenWoman enjoys cooking in her new kitchen fitted with all the latest mod-cons
Highland CroftOutside a highland croft in Argyllshire, a woman feeds some chickens
Birthday Greetings postcard - A family of Cats at home, sitting and playing around the fire. Date: circa 1922
THE CAT HOUSEThe Cat House a curious thatched cottage decorated with cat motifs, Henfield, Sussex, England. Date: 1950s
Shibden HallThe splendid half-timbered porch of Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England. Date: 15th century
Living Room, Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, LondonLiving Room of 221B Baker Street, part of a Sherlock Holmes Exhibition, London, reconstructed by Michael Weight. A dummy version of the man himself can be seen in the far window. Date: 1951
BLACK CATCHAMPION BLACK CAT This large, fluffy cat lies comfortably. Owned by Captain St Barbe. Date: 1935
Manchester RooftopsManchester skyline - an urban cityscape of rooftops and chimney stacks, the air grey with industrial smog
Maesycrugiau Manor, Carmarthen, Wales with its balustraded terrace, designed by Arnold Mitchell
Lama pacos, alpacaAlpaca. Llama Alpaca, 1884. Hand coloured lithograph of a drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins from Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall; Hoofed Quadrupeds, 1850
Dog, cat and HorseA sentimental art postcard, featuring a reproduction of a painting os a small pet dog, cat and horse waering a bridle. Date: circa 1910s
Young woman washing clothes at a sinkA young woman at a kitchen sink washing clothes using a washboard. There is a stack of four dinner plates waiting to be washed up, a kettle, and a tin of One-O-One which cleans without scratching
Art Deco BathroomLuxury Art Deco en suite bathroom in various types of marble, with a built-in bathroom cabinet, heated towel rail and stylish taps and fittings
Baddesley Clinton HallThe moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton Hall in Solihull, Midlands; the building dates from the 15th century
Art Deco Bathroom SuiteA stylish, typically geometrical Art Deco bathroom suite, where even the weighing scales are made to match
Jesus, Mary and MarthaJesus talks with Mary while Martha does housework
Chillington Manor, now part of the Museum at Maidstone, Kent, England. Date: built 1562
Poster advertising Pettijohns breakfast food, showing Red Riding Hood -- or is it Goldilocks? -- and a family of bears sharing an outdoor breakfast together in the woods
Dutch Rabbits 1905Three black and white Dutch domestic rabbits
Peabody Buildings / 1866Residential housing: flats in the Peabody Buildings in Spitalfields, London Date: 1866
Returning home
Drawing Room at Thomas Hardys home, Max GateView of the Drawing Room at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset, the home of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet. Hardy designed the house
MUSIC ROOM / 1933A colourful music room designed by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell
Bathing Belle ParadeThree disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too!
Turncock (Petherick)A London turncock, employed by the water company to turn on or off the cocks whereby water is channelled from the mains to domestic supply pipes
Modern Style HomeA suburban home in the modern style - a visitor arrives for dinner
Swedish Peasant InteriorSwedish peasant interior, with tapestries, ornamental crockery, decorated chests, a loom, a grandfather clock and a cat
Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, at Max GateThomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, outside his home at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset. Hardy designed the house, and his brother built it -- Hardy and his first wife Emma moved there in 1885
Yorkshire Farmhouse IntA Yorkshire farmers wife makes oatcakes in her kitchen
Cover design, Ovaltine ABC Rhyme Book - a happy family with a giant Ovaltine tin. Date: early 20th century
Welsh CottagesTypical traditional Welsh cottages beside the River Dovey, near Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Date: 1950s
Cinderella by Arthur RackhamElla, aka Cinderella, sitting in rags with a broom in her hand. Date: 1919
Lin-Can advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Lin-Can tinned fruits and vegetables manufactured by Lincolnshire Canners of Boston, Lincolnshire, featuring two excitable housewives keen to demonstrate the endless possibilities
Council Flats, SheffieldBoys play on a climbing frame outside blocks of council flats on the Parkhill Estate, Sheffield
Advertisement for the Western Electric vacuum cleaner with a women patiently cleaning the carpet around her snoozing husband. Lets hope that cigarette falls into his lap and wakes him up. Date: c.1924
Two cats sit on a rooftop gazing at the full moonA black and white cat sit on a rooftop gazing at the full moon; I don t know what they say to each other but I have often heard them talking. Date: circa 1912