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They say cleanliness is next to Godliness - but I say its next to impossible. A young child fails to clean their grimy knees no matter how hard they scrub! Date: 1933
Immovable - 2 young boys fail to get a beach donkey to moveImmovable - two young boys fail to get a beach donkey to move! As stubborn as a mule... Date: 1907
Advert in Harness Eye Battery 1886Harness Eye Battery promises to cure weak eyes and restore failing sight. Date: 1886
LeVier Cosmic Wind G-ARUL BallerinaAfter failing to win races in the US, LeVier Cosmic Wind G-ARUL Ballerina, was exported to the UK, where it performed well, winning the 1964 Kings cup Air Race at Shoreham on 1 August 1964
Travelling Salesman failing to keep his expenses downA travelling Salesman (for Sweatem, Grand & Co.) is spectacularly failing to keep his expenses down! He is piling through the whiskey, occupying a private room
Angelique CottinANGELIQUE COTTIN, electric girl of Bouvigny, is tested by Arago at the Observatoire de Paris; though her powers are failing, he is impressed Date: 1846
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REGULUS RETURNSAfter failing to agree peace terms in Rome, Roman ambassador Atilius Regulus returns to Carthage as he promised, though this means certain death. Date: 255 BCE
COLLISION IN A TUNNELThree die when the Bale express collides with a local train in the Pommeraie tunnel, failing to see lights warning that a single-track system is in operation Date: 9 May 1898
Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso A G-PBYA Miss Pick Up (msn CV-283), seen flying in the colours of Canadian Vickers OA-10A Catalina 44-33915
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tearsThe rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home FrontThe Caption is The Home Front. WW2 was the first war in which all the people back at home were directly involved. Bombing raids brought death and destruction
WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For the love of MikeThe caption is For the love of mike. The expression probably originates from a 1932 film of the same name directed by Frank Capra
Man and two women failing to close a packed trunk in a hotel room while a servant looks on. Miseries of Travelling. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed
German holding up the other Central PowersRussian caricature from WWI era showing Germany struggling to support the failing efforts of their allies, the other Central Powers, The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria (?). Date: circa 1917
An awkward position - true love never did run smooth circa early 19th century
Council House InteriorThe living room of a council house, with gas fire, armchairs and coffee table, striving to be modern, but sadly failing to be stylish! Date: 1964
Kaiser Wilhelm falling through the air and droppedNo. 8/15. Kaiser Wilhelm falling through the air and failing to be caught in a sheet held by the Allied soldiers. Leon
Cardinal Manning & PopeHENRY EDWARD MANNING - Cardinal and Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, failing to receive a suitably large Cardinals hat from the Pope. Date: 1808 - 1892
Cakestands EtcNo tea-table is complete without a cake-stand on which to stand the cake(s) : you will also need a gong to summon your guests, or failing that, a bell... Date: 1930
Fish SupperA fisherman stops off to buy his dinner after failing to catch anything Date: 1930s
Ballad / Hynd HornHYND HORN The kings daughter gives the beggar a drink, failing to recognise her erstwhile lover, Hynd Horn, but all will end well, I promise you. Date: traditional
Spur to a guilty conscience - not writing to friendsAll these write regularly - Why the Devil don t you? Spur to a guilty conscience - not writing to friends! This card illustrates those individuals who will oft communicate with the written word
Windy Weather 1918When windy weather blows a good coat, shawl or fur wrap will protect a girl from the cold. Failing that a passing soldier will do just as well
Aid to Russia fails to helpDespite these wonderful crutches that my Samaritan friends have given me, I still can t make any progress. Satirical comment on American
Admiral Sir John R. JellicoePhotograph of Admiral John R. Jellicoe (1859-1935), supreme commander of the British fleets in 1914. Although criticised at the time of the Battle of Jutland for failing to categorically defeat
Lady and Ladys MaidAn Edwardian Lady gives her Ladys Maid a disdainful look for failing to tie her hat on properly
Gambling Story 3 of 4THROUGH STORM TO SUNLIGHT Our hero is arrested at the race course, for failing to pay his debts (Third of four tableaux)
Spion Kop - AnonAt SPION KOP, the British are initially successful, but are compelled to retreat from the hilltop they have captured, failing to break through the Boer lines