Enactment Collection

Cans of Spam 1940S
Canned Spam luncheon meat, priced at 1 4D (one shilling and four pence in old money), on a shelf in a grocery store

Boy Admires Spitfire
Spitfire Summer: A little boy wearing shorts and braces admires a Spitfire on the runway at Biggin Hill, Kent, England

Woman Smoking 1940S
A young housewife exhales a stream of smoke as she takes a break from her household tasks. By the end of World War Two, nearly half of the women in Britain had a smoking habit

Exhausted Footman
An exhausted footman, reflected in a dressing table mirror, rests his weary head in his hands and ruminates on the lot of an Edwardian servant

Doing Laundry 1940S
A housewife uses a kind of dolly leg with a rubber plunger on the end of it to wash her clothes in a metal tub. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

14th Hussars - Colonel Brown Victoria Cross Re-enactment
Victoria Cross Re-enactment of the bravery of Colonel Edward Douglas Brown (Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson VC) (18611940) of the 14th Hussars - who

A typical living room or front reception room, with a picture rail, tapestry firescreen, Bakelite radio, display cabinet and three piece suit. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Gregory IX (1170-1241). Pope of the Catholic Church (1227-1241). Gregory IX receiving the Decretals compiled by Saint Raymond of Penafort

Men, women and children wearing costume of the 1815 Napoleonic period at the Lichfield Pageant, Staffordshire, England: Coffin Barrow and Townswomen. Date: early 1800s (re-enactment)

Men, women and children wearing costume of the 1815 Napoleonic period at the Lichfield Pageant, Staffordshire, England. Date: early 1800s (re-enactment)

American Civil War re-enactment
A re-enactment of a battle during the American Civil War, taking place in a cabbage field in the UK in 1962. 1860s (re-enactment)

Two overcoats and a feather duster, hanging from three hooks behind a bedroom door. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

A housewife with a mouthful of clothes pegs strikes a pose as she hangs out the washing! Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

GRANDPARENTS 1940S
A grandmother gives her young grandson a comforting hug, during the uncertainty of the war years. Grandfather carries on reading his book, regardless. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Suitcase 1940s
A typical 1940s brown leather suitcase, belonging to the Hymers family and destined for The 1940s House in West Wickham, Kent. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Shaving the Master
The Edwardian butler (Mr. Edgar), in his role as valet, gives the Master of the house (Sir John Olliff-Cooper) his morning shave, using a cut- throat razor. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

BEDROOM 1930S / 1940S
A typical 1930s or 1940s bedroom, with twin beds covered in shiny quilted bedspreads, picture rail and blue tiled Art Deco style fireplace. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Bloomers on Clothes Line
Three pairs of bloomers pegged out on a clothes line!

Union of South Africa historical pageant, a re-enactment of a meeting between President Hoffman (1807-1879) and the Basotho (Lesotho) King Moshesh (Moshoeshoe I, c1786-1870) in 1854

Boy on a Bicycle
An upper class Edwardian boy riding his bicycle. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Scrubbing Board 1940S
A housewife, wearing black rubber gloves, uses a scrubbing board, soap and a metal tub to wash clothes. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Dining Room 1940S
A typical 1940s dining room, decorated in a dark green colour. Note the picture rail, Art Deco style fireplace, radiogram, sideboard, table with tablecloth, vase, etc. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Roman naumachia, naval battle in the colosseum

Edwardian Picnic Basket
An Edwardian picnic basket. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Edwardian Living Room
An attractive blonde Edwardian upper class lady, standing proudly next to the marble fireplace of her beautifully furnished living room

Edwardian Evening Dress
An upper class Edwardian family on the staircase of their house, the men in dinner suits and the women in silver and pink silk evening dresses

Two Handsome Footmen
Two handsome Edwardian footmen in their livery

Men in historical military costume, Lucerne, Switzerland
Men wearing historical military costume, marching through a street.in Lucerne, Switzerland. circa 1957

Couple in period costume
A couple dressed in period costume, asleep on a bench in a cobbled courtyard. circa 1967

Child in period costume
Young child in period costume eating an apple, his toy gun on the ground in front of him. circa 1967

People in historical military costume, part of a re-enactment. circa 1967

Young man in three-cornered hat, possibly part of a naval re-enactment in Portsmouth. circa 1967

Re-enactment using ship gun, Portsmouth
Historic re-enactment using a ship gun, Portsmouth, England. circa 1967

WW2 military re-enactment, Hampshire, England
WW2 military re-enactment in Hampshire, England. circa 1968

American Civil War re-enactment
A re-enactment of a battle during the American Civil War, taking place in a cabbage field in the UK in 1962. Date: 1860s (re-enactment)

Battle of Hastings re-enactment. With cross-gartered jeans and dyed sackcloth doublets, the students of Kent and Sussex Universities re-enact the battle 900 years later. Date: 14 October 1066

Edwardian Bottles
A selection of bottles with corks, screwtops and stoppers, one of them containing red liquid with preserved fruit or pickes in it. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Going to School 1940S
A young mother in a red overcoat walks her two sons (in their uniforms) to school. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Maid with Tray
An Edwardian housemaid hurries along the vast hallway of an Edwardian Country House carrying a tray of edibles for her masters. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Dusting a Staircase
An Edwardian housemaid dusts the elaborate balustrade of a huge staircase. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Going Downstairs
An Edwardian Ladys Maid rushes downstairs at her mistresss beck and call. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Using a Mangle
Two women putting wet clothes through a mangle to wring them out before hanging them out to dry in the garden. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Man Reading 1940S
Grandfather sits in his armchair reading a copy of the Beckenham Journal, keeping up with the wartime news. Lots of public information leaflets, etc. are to hand. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Peeling Potatoes 1940S
A housewife with painted red fingernails peels potatoes into an enamel bowl in the kitchen sink. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Boy Keeping a Diary
A ten-year-old English boy keeps a wartime diary during World War Two. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808), showing Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander at the time of their peace treaty, together with ladies of the theatre in what looks like a theatrical re-enactment. Date: 1808

Winston Churchill on Revenge, Earls Court, 1912
Winston Churchill at the Shakespeares England exhibition at Earls Court, west London in 1912. He is seen here on board a replica of the Elizabethan ship Revenge. Date: 1912

Barking Fair - The Stocks, Barking, Essex
Barking Fair - The Stocks, Barking, near East Ham, Essex, England. Re-enactment Date: 1920s

Group of Saxon Women, Barking, Essex
Group of Saxon Women, Barking, near East Ham, Essex, England. Re-enactment Date: 1920s

Lady Leicester Received by the Magistrate of Barking, Barking, near East Ham, Essex, England. Re-enactment Date: 1920s

An Incident in Great Barking Fair (1746), Barking, Essex
An Incident in Great Barking Fair (1746), Barking, near East Ham, Essex, England. Re-enactment Date: 1920s

Scenes & Incidents in Barking Pageant, Barking, Essex
Scenes & Incidents in Barking Pageant, Barking, near East Ham, Essex, England. Re-enactment Date: 1920s

The Pageant, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. Showing historical re-enactment Date: 1907

Elizabethan Pageant, Olympia, London
Elizabethan Pageant in the Royal Naval & Military Tournament at Olympia, London. The Call to Arms, a display showing the uniforms and accoutrements of the age of Queen Bess. Date: 1912

Re-enactment at Royal Tournament, Olympia, London
A re-enactment of the Invasion of Britain by the Romans, at the Royal Tournament, Olympia, London. Date: 1921

Chester Pageant re-enactment
An exciting incident during the Chester Pageant of 1910. As King James I passes a pillory, a puritan shouts " clear your Court of Painted Jezebels"

Royal visit to Kensington Olympia, 1887
The visit of Queen Victoria to Olympia, London: royalty watching a re-enactment of a Roman chariot race from a dais. Date: March 1887

Re-enactment of Roman crucifixion of Christ, Easter Date: 2011

English Gable Hood
A model wearing a Gable Hood or an English Hood, a popular Tudor head-dress, made famous by the wives of King Henry VIII of England. Date: 16th century (re-enactment)

Israel - Bible scene reconstruction - The Field of Boaz
Reconstruction of a Biblical scene (from the Book of Ruth) in a real Israeli field

Battle Re-Enactment
Members of the Southern Skirmish Association charge across the turnip fields of Kent, firing antique muskets and wearing home-made uniforms. Date: 1960s

York Folk Museum
A re-created early 19th century cobbled street scene, with coach and dummy horseman outside a haberdashery. York Folk Museum, York, Yorkshire, England. Date: 19th century (re-enactment)

Initiation of the Private Secretary
Ceremonial initiation consisting of the enactment of a heated discussion between two Brothers pretending to be Salomon and the King of Tyr. 1890s

Servant Guidelines
Servants, be obedient to them that are your Masters, according to the flesh, with fear and trembling in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Boys with Womenfolk
Two young boys with their mother and grandmother (in her WVS uniform) in England during World War Two, when most fathers were on active service away from home. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Waltz of the Toreadores
A passionate couple dance the Waltz of the Toreadores during an unspecified theatrical performance! 1900 (re-enactment)

Edwardian Gent Fishing
An Edwardian gentleman enjoys a days fishing at his leisure. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Mother & Children 1940S
A grandmother (in WVS uniform), mother and her two sons, take a walk together. During World War Two, when men were on active service, women often had to cope alone. Date: 1940s (re-enactment)

Servants in Love
An Edwardian Scullery Maid falls for the Hall Boy as he chops firewood. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Maid Packs her Bags
Unable to cope with the drudgery of being an Edwardian servant, the scullery maid packs her bags in her bedroom. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Edwardian Classes
An Edwardian aristocratic family, standing in the ornate entrance hallway of their country mansion, with their many servants lined up behind them. Date: early 1900s (re-enactment)

Lady in Fine Fancy Dress
A lady dressed for a party or performance in medieval costume with flowing robes and a veil. She poses against the large wall of a grand garden beneath the ivy and holds a card

Lady and Ladys Maid
An Edwardian Lady gives her Ladys Maid a disdainful look for failing to tie her hat on properly

Edwardian Lavatory
A late Victorian or Edwardian latrine, boxed into a room decorated with patterned yellow wallpaper

Edwardian City Gent
Profile of a young upper class gentleman, dressed in a three- piece pin-striped suit and bowler hat, ready to go off to his job in the City

Edwardian Dressmaker
An Edwardian dressmaker, standing beside the pink silk dress she is in the process of making by hand

Butler & Groom
An Edwardian butler explains something to the coachman, while one of the footmen stands by his side

Edwardian Housemaids
Three pretty young Edwardian housemaids larking about during a rare rest period

Teddy on the Bed
A lovely old Edwardian teddy bear takes pride of place on a little boys brass bed

Edwardian Tutor
The private tutor of an Edwardian Country House, sitting at the desk of his classroom, with a blackboard behind him and a globe of the world by his side

Edwardian Upper Classes
The wealthy Edwardian upper classes enjoy strolling around the gardens of their country estate, while their servants are lined up outside the mansion in the background

Servants Talking
An Edwardian kitchen maid chats up one of the footmen!

Proud Mother & Son
An Edwardian Lady wearing a fur stole, looks proud of her grown-up son in his pin- striped suit, overcoat and bowler hat, ready for his new job in the City

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