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British Country FareFeast your eyes on this spread of country food and drink: Fish, pasties, pies, rounds of cheese, fine wines, rolled butter, scones, bread, cakes, fruit, rabbit and pheasant &c! Date: 1970s
Too Talkative - Distracted lady driverToo Talkative - A distracted lady horse cab driver, deep in conversation with her smartly-dressed male fare, forgets where she is heading and mounts a kerb - Place de la Concorde, Paris, France
Advertisement for Home & Colonial Stores Ltd, 268-270 Edgware Road, London W2, offering Xmas Fare. An apprehensive-looking turkey stands in a snowy village landscape
A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver
Boarding a Motor CabA gentleman asks the London cabbie how much the fare will be, while the two posh Edwardian ladies with him prepare to get in the motor cab with their pooch. Date: early 1900s
World War Two Rationing - Christmas Dinner in pill form - rather meagre Fare. Date: circa 1941
One seated Bullock Ekka (Taxi)A one-seated Bullock ekka in India - a ype of carriage used in India, usually pulled by horses. Ekkas (the word is Hindi in origin) were commonly used as cabs, or private hire vehicles
Old man shopping in supermarket, BristolElderly man shopping in a Bristol Fine Fare supermarket. Date: 1968
Penny train arriving, Victoria Station, Central LondonThe workmens penny train arrives at Victoria Station, Central London, just before 6am each workday. Date: 1865
A fare comment. By Charles CrombieSuffragette: " Holloway! Whats the fare?" Conductor:" Same as you ad before, miss-bread and water!
Orient Line tripsOrient Line poster advertising boomerang trips and first class fares to Australia and back from 230
Constantinople Tram TicketThe front and the back of an Ottoman tram ticket from Constantinople written in Ottoman and English. The route taken (here between Matchka and Eminonu) is drawn in blue crayon
Needy at Xmas 17CThe needy are invited into the manor to enjoy Christmas fare
Roman Banquet / WinterA Roman soldier, on guard duty on a cold winters day, watches as festive fare is carried to the banqueting hall
Charon (Moreau)Charon, the ferryman of the Styx, refuses to carry anyone who doesn t pay the fare; those who arrive without the necessary coin are left to gibber on the bank
Social / Hansom Fare 1898A handsome fare gives a handsome tip to the handsome driver of a hansom cab
Christmas Fare 1935A wonderful spread of Christmas fare, including turkey, pudding, cake and of course, the most modern cooker of the day
Christmas Fayre 1930SA festive spread of Christmas fare, including strawberry cream, orange souffle and turkey and sweet corn salad
Social / Cabdriver DisputeA cab driver disputes the fare with a passenger
Footman in HallThe footman turns up his nose at the plain fare provided in the servants hall