Drinking Collection (page 39)

Waiting for D Day
British women serve coffee and talk to American Army Ordinancemen waiting to cross the channel to France for the D Day landings in 1944

Street of Book Sellers, Grand Bazaar, Constantinople
A view of the Street of Book Sellers at the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople. In the old days of the Ottoman Empire it was said that the only thing a Gentleman could carry in the street was a watermelon

Promoting fresh milk
Empire Marketing Board board poster proclaiming Take Fresh Milk - And Plenty of It, with a baby and a girl toasting the king with milk: Heres a health unto His Majesty

Picnic by the roadside
Having a picnic by the roadside - tucking into a thermos of hot tea!

Istanbul - Ancient Fountain at Scutari (Uskudar)

Constantinople / Istanbul, Turkey
A view over the rooftops of Constantinople. Mosque and minarets in distance

The Summer Manoeuvres. Route Marching- Fall in
A form of Peace Manoeuvres adopted by armed forces to exercise troops and allow them to make up plans of the countryside that they march in. They march for between 8 and 10 miles in 2 1/2 hours

You Simply Must Save Water by George Studdy
Instead of drinking from his dog bowl, a naughty puppy instead chooses to climb up at a table and help himself to water from a jug

Soldiers toast in 1917
A French and a British Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) sergeant toasting each other at Boesinghe in Belgium on the British front during World War I on 18th August 1917

Water transportation - Baku, Azerbaijan
Water carriers - barrels mounted on mules transporting fresh water through the streets in Baku, Azerbaijan

Barnum & Bailey Chimps
Performing Chimpanzees of the Barnum & Bailey circus in Austria

Bartholomew Fair (1721)
Coloured, semi-circular illustration of Bartholomew Fair (1721), with small text giving the history of the fair, published by J. F. Setchel, London, c1820. HPF/5C/47

In a French bar
A waiter waits patiently for a customer to find the money needed to pay for his glass of wine

Delineator cover, July 1928
Summery front cover illustration for the Delineator magazine featuring a woman with a sleek looking cropped hair style holding a long glass of lemonade, or perhaps a cocktail?

Central London District Schools, Hanwell, Middlesex
Entrance lodge of the Central London District Schools at Hanwell, Middlesex, also known as the Cuckoo Schools. A drinking fountain stands outside the gate

The Tatler Christmas Number front cover 1919
A couple manage to dance energetically on a restaurants dancefloor while simultaneously drinking champagne

Argentina - Hamburger German Bier Halle
Hamburg Beer Hall, probably at Buenos Aires, run by German ex-patriot Augusto Hanning - Argentina. Some Germans enjoy a taste of home!

Bar scene
A man wearing a suit, encourages his female companion to sit down and have a drink with him. A bartender can be seen in the background pouring a drink

Titanic pot and wine glass
A conical shaped white pot bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. An empty wine glass stands beside it

Titanic pot and glass of wine
A conical shaped white pot bearing a design of the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship, which sank on 15 April 1912. A full glass of red wine stands beside it

Drinking by an Austin 7 car on the beach
Two gentleman (one in full-length swimming costume) share champagne in front of an Austin 7 car on a Middle Eastern beach. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Drinking at a picnic - possibly in Iran
A group of British diplomatic (or foreign service) personnel fool about during a picnic, possibly in Iran. Their attendant guard seems totally unfazed by the high jinks

Local and western men in Kashgar, western China
A group of local and western men inside a building in Kashgar, western China. They appear to be handing round drinks, perhaps after a hard days travelling. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Picnic in Iran
Diplomatic staff (both British and Iranian) enjoy a picnic. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Disturbed Nap by William Heath Robinson
Two hikers pause by a ramshackle pub for a drink. Knocking at the door, they are alarmed to find that the entire pub collapses

Titanic launch menu card
A menu card for the luncheon to mark the launch of the RMS Titanic, held on 31 May 1911 at the Grand Central Hotel, Belfast. It is signed by GF Morrell

Filling water jara at a well - Syris
Syria - Three chaps filling up large water jars at a well

Miss Barbara Hore-Ruthven and Mr Victor Hervey socialising together in London. The photograph is part of a montage of images entitled London Town After Dark

White Star Line cup, saucer and plate
A china cup, saucer and plate bearing the White Star Line name and flag

The Happy Bootcleaners
A British soldier has his boots polished by some jolly Egyptian bootblacks

Temperance Friendly Society Postcard - Juvenile Section - savings and assurance benefits for men, women and children

Humourous Russian postcard
Laughing at the Fat Pig - a humourous Russian postcard poking fun at a rotund Russian farmer (possibly having had a vodka too many) who has fallen asleep in the pig sty

The Spirit of our Troops is excellent by Bairnsfather
A Tommy in his trench helps himself to a generous glug of something alcoholic from a stoneware jug

Baby Hyena Drinking 1907
A cute baby hyena drinks with determination from a bottle

Lion Cub Drinks Milk
A lion cub drinks milk from a bottle

Lady Water Carriers, Port Said Egypt

Egypt - Open Air Restaurant and Water Seller
An open Air restaurant in Egypt and a water seller / carrier

Meal Aboard the Cutter
Sailors enjoy a well-deserved meal aboard their boat, with plenty of food and drink for all

Mexico - Water Carriers at Queretaro

Wine, Women and Song
A scene from the interior of a seventeenth century tavern

Friends Gathered at a Bar
Group of friends gathered at a bar

Tophane Cesmesi Fountain, Constantinople, Turkey
The Tophane Cesmesi Fountain - one of the most famous of the baroque street fountains in the city. Built in 1732 by Mahmut I. Has marble walls, covered by floral designs and arabesques

Fountain Recef - Fez, Morocco

Morocco - Tribal Chieftain
A decorated Moroccan tribal chief enjoying a cup of coffee

Constantinople - Water Carrier with donkey

Lear / Nonsense / Vesuvius
There was an Old Man of Vesuvius, who studied the works of Vitruvius; When the flames burnt his book, to drinking he took, that morbid Old Man of Vesuvius

Port Said - Water Carriers
A Water carrier fills up his water skin at a street standpipe in Port Said, Egypt

Walida School and Sibil - Cairo, Egypt. Walida means The Mother and is named after the Khedives Wife. Sibil relates to the public fountain on the left of the shot

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