Fashioned Collection

Harrys New York bar in Paris. Patrons attempting to break the world record for drinking two litres of beer in seventeen seconds. C. 1947

A windjammer looming over a London street
Harboured in Dockland - a windjammer looming over a street in by Millwall Dock, London. In the foreground, a woman hangs out washing to dry in a back yard

Bryant and May safety match matchbox label
Bryant and May special safety match matchbox label with prize medals and stating protection from fire and are not poisonous Date: c. 1910s

Coach and horses in the snow on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1910s

Old Japanese Matchbox label of a cat playing with a lion made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s

A tube a train at a london underground platform at Euston. Northern line. The train is for Tooting via Bank. Date: c. 1930s

LFB horse drawn steamer at modern LFB review
Lambeth, headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, hosted annual displays and regular reviews of the Brigade. A popular feature was the inclusion of the working Victorian Shand Mason horse drawn steam

Ealing Fire Brigade with horse-drawn appliance
Firefighters of the Ealing Fire Brigade, West London, with a horse-drawn appliance, and a policeman standing alongside

Aviation in 1908, the aeroplane of M. Wilbur Wright

Old Fashioned Hotel
Cooden Hotel, a lovely old fashioned hotel, near Bexhill- on-Sea, Sussex, England

Paddington Station, platform 5 and 6 - London. Date: early 1930s

Kensington High Street, West London. Streetscape showing old fashioned shop fronts. circa 1905

GLC-LFB Centenary Royal Review at Lambeth HQ
To celebrate the 100 years of the London Fire Brigade, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip reviewed the London Fire Brigade at Lambeth headquarters

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a camel made by Tokushima-Seisuisho in Japan Date: c. 1910s

Cartoon, Mr William Creswick, English actor
Cartoon, Mr William Creswick (1813-1888), English actor - One of the good old-fashioned sort. 1885

A London tram overtaking a trolleybus

View of St Pauls Cathedral. From Fleet Street, London. Ye old Cheshire Cheese pub is seen on the left. A man can be seen removing horse excrement from the street on the right

The old city bellman, Norwich
Photograph of an old city bellman in Norwich, UK 1905

LCC-LFB Bayswater fire station, Paddington
Opened in 1904 and located in Pickering Place, Bayswater fire station closed in the early 1920s. The adoption of motorised fire engines by the London Fire Brigade led to a reduction in the number of

LCC- MFB motorised senior officers car
At the turn of the century motorised transport was making its presence felt in Londons fire brigade, Seen here is Superintendent Cs Egerton

LCC-LFB in action at warehouse blaze
Two turntable ladders brought into action at a major warehouse fire with an LCC ambulance standing by in the foreground

Albert Baker and Co.s Toilet Salon. Hair salon
Albert Baker and Co.s Toilet Salon on 25 Oxford Street. An old fashioned hair salon

A long line of telephone switchboards with female operators

Zenith of Surrealism
The surrealist artist, Salvador Dali (1904-1989), surprised even guests to his house at Port Lligat in Spain, when he appeared wearing a magnificent tricorne hat - fashioned out of pastry

Old Japanese Matchbox label with a sailing boat made by Meikousha in Hiogo (Hyogo) in Japan for the Swedish market Date: c. 1910s

Woman on the telephone, postcard
" Hello, are you there?" An early example of cold calling by telemarketers

Exterior view of Westminster Hospital, London

Spanish Police arrest a smuggler. Behobia, Basque Country, Spain

Souvenir of the Tottenham Outrage. January 23rd 1909. The Tottenham outrage was an armed robbery and double murder which took place in Tottenham, North London and Walthamstow, Essex

Dagenham Police station on Shafter Road

Using typewriter
The Lion, a pharmacy at Landskrona, Sweden, 1953. Date: 1953

Old Fashioned Farmyard
An old-fashioned farmyard

Advertisement for Kerrs thread, Newark, New Jersey, USA
An advertisement for Kerr & Co thread of Newark, New Jersey, USA. Keep your eye on Kerrs Thread. Sure to Please. Showing a young lady sitting on a giant reel of thread

Mumbles Pier old lady
An old lady in elegant dress and hat, sits on a wooden bench on Mumbles Pier, South Wales. The Mumbles lighthouse is in the background. First published in The Sunday Times Date: circa 1992

Two Women with parasols
Interesting reverse silhouette card from The Netherlands - this card set within a decorative border showing two identical women with parasols greeting each other. Date: circa 1910s

Advert, Women's dresses, Fresh as a Daisy Frock Co Ltd - fashioned for Spring Date: 1955

Old Fashioned Group
A group portrait watercolour painting, with minimal detail on facial expression, of some older gentleman in a fine house interior. Date: circa 1920

The Dublin Derby Sweep Draw, Imagined in 1066
Cartoon by Heath Robinson, depicting the draw for the Dublin Derby Sweep as it might have happened in 1066. Date: 1933

Tennis Rackets
Images showing the differing constructions of tennis rackets through the ages. From the museum of F. H. Ayres, sports outfitters. Date: circa 1924

A display of bound, illustrated volumes. Date: circa 1954

HELPING LADY FROM CAR
Ladies frequently encounter difficulty in emerging gracefully from an automobile, so it's nice to have a gentleman on hand to assist one Date: 1927

View of The Chop Room fireplace inside the atmospheric Old Cheshire Cheese pub just off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884

The Chop Room inside the Old Cheshire Cheese pub off Londons Fleet Street. Date: 1884

The Lamplighter, Watchman and Link-boy. London lamplighter with ladder and fuse lighting streetlamps 55, watchman in great coat with lantern and rattle 56

Just an old-fashioned girl - skirt lengths go down in 1930
Cartoon commenting on the sudden change in hemlines in 1930, which went down to the floor once more. Suddenly, the modern flapper girl of the mid-1920s with her short skirts looks rather

Willesden Local Board Fire Brigade turnout, with horse-drawn vehicles and ladders. Date: circa 1890s

CHILDREN SKATING
Three children skate, dressed in old-fashioned costume Date: circa 1905

Red English Post Box in a brick wall in Cambridge, England

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