Excise Collection

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1939
Christmas gift ideas from Herbert Terry exercisers, including steelstrand expander, golfer pocket wrist exerciser, spring grip dumbbells

French Customs officers X-Ray for smuggled goods 1897

18th Century Taxation
Satire on the taxes with which people were burdened in the latter 18th century

Customs, 19th Century
THE CUSTOM HOUSE Searching imported goods and luggage thoroughly

Men in Customs and Excise Training Centre
Men at work in the Customs and Excise Training Centre. 1946

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Licence for a mechanically propelled vehicle, otherwise known as a road tax disc, issued by Surrey County Council and valid until 31 December 1951

Excise Office
The Excise Office in Broad Street. Date: 1830

Excise Office Exchange
Interior of the Excise Office Exchange. Date: 1830s

William Hunt, Exciseman
WILLIAM HUNT Supervisor of excise and author of Guide for the Practical Gauger, 1673. Date: 1645 - 1673+

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1933
Be 21 again this way. You can be as full of vigour to-day as you were at 21. Rut and routine need never grip you. Mornings can find you fresh. Get the urge of the Terry Sculling Exerciser

Thomas Hardy Drama Festival, Dorchester
At the Thomas Hardy Drama Festival in Dorchester, Dorset, this scene shows the Excisemen discovering the concealed barrels under an apple tree

Gresham College 18C
Gresham College as it appeared before it was taken down to build an Excise Office

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