Dreadful Collection

Spring-Heeled Jack winged monster
Winged man-monster who terrified residents of Blackheath and other London suburbs from 1837 for many years but was never caught Date: 1830s

Hoffmann / Harriet / Matches
THE DREADFUL STORY ABOUT HARRIET & THE MATCHES " She burns all over everywhere"

RAF Halton Ten Tors expedition 1977 - RAF Bedford coach
RAF Halton Apprentices competing in the 1977 Ten Tors cross-country team march. - The ubiquitous RAF Bedford SB3 (43AC42) with Strachans Pacesaver bodywork, used by the 1977 Ten Tors team

Teddy Tail, Duke of Yorks Theatre, London
Teddy Tail, a childrens fantastic musical play by Charles Folkard, music by Frederic Norton, based on the Teddy Tail comic strip in the Daily Mail newspaper, at the Duke of Yorks Theatre

Children playing toy cars Those Dreadful Motorists! by H G C Marsh

Comic postcard, Woman in hotel bedroom Date: 20th century

Australian Road to Passchendaele Marker Stone
The Third Battle of Ypres, generally referred to as Passchendaele began on 31 July 1917 and staggered on in dreadful weather conditions until it floundered in mud and resulted in some 300

The Lambs of Littlecote, a thrilling school story
Penny dreadful story, The Lambs of Littlecote, a thrilling school story, by E H Burrage - four schoolboys enjoy a midnight feast of ham, pickles and pie. circa 1890s

Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid
GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco de (1746-1828). Dreadful events in the front rows of the ring at Madrid

Francois Leschassier
FRANCOIS LESCHASSIER French churchman, superior of the seminary of Saint-Sulpice, defender of orthodoxy against those dreadful Jansenist heretics. Date: ? - 1725

Comic Postcard - Somebodys Darling! (possibly just his Mother?!!) Date: circa 1910s

Rosebery conquers Hugh Price Hughes and Labby Labouchere
The Dreadful Story about Primrose and the Gee-Gee (cont.). Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) - a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister

Rosebery menaced by Hugh Price Hughes and Labby Labouchere
The Dreadful Story about Primrose and the Gee-Gee. Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian (1847-1929) - a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister

A New Seaside Tenor
A new Seaside Tenor launches into his signature tune. It looks as if the audience may just be making use of the extra exit in case of emergency... " Please vacate the aria !!! " Date: 1901

Bell Ringing Accident
A dreadful accident in a church near Fribourg, Switzerland Date: 1909

Chicago Stock Yards
Union stock yards, Chicago, handle 14+ million cattle, hogs, sheep and horses in 1914. Upton Sinclairs The Jungle describes the dreadful conditions. Date: 1916

Kings Cross
Intended as a monument to George IV, this building originally had a statue of him on top, but it was so dreadful that it was removed, as will be the cross itself in 1845

Cody / Penny Dreadful / 1910
Colonel WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY alias Buffalo Bill Confrontation with Wapahoka the White Queen and her Amazon followers - " could he bring himself to shoot these girls?"

French Workers Refusal
French workers, hearing of the dreadful working conditions on the Canal, refuse to leave the ship that has brought them to Panama : the Colon police force them to disembark

Art Deco Style Room
A fine example of how some interiors missed the Art Deco mark! A cumbersome mirror and unattractive pouffe, plus a dreadful drinks trolley which looks like an old pram!

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