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Fougasse Collection

Background imageFougasse Collection: Judging a Restaurant by Fougasse

Judging a Restaurant by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a couple waiting with increasing frustration to be noticed by the maitre d in a restaurant

Background imageFougasse Collection: Wartime poster for conserving of clothes and food

Wartime poster for conserving of clothes and food
Second World War poster by Fougasse, encouraging people not to throw away clothing or food

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, The blackout

WW2 poster, The blackout
WW2 poster by Fougasse, The blackout -- why not wear something white instead? Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Get used to the blackout

WW2 poster, Get used to the blackout
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Some day I really will try waiting for a few minutes to get used to the blackout... if only I m still here

Background imageFougasse Collection: Girls on Magazine Covers

Girls on Magazine Covers
The Typical Magazine Through the seasons with the magazine cover - the record of a years endeavour Date: 1924

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Take Great Care of your Tyres - if 90% of the worlds rubber is in enemy

WW2 poster, Take Great Care of your Tyres - if 90% of the worlds rubber is in enemy hands, and the remaining 10% is needed for the Forces, whats going to happen when your present tyres wear out?

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2, Army Exercise Instruction hanging cards, three double-sided for Monday to Saturday

WW2, Army Exercise Instruction hanging cards, three double-sided for Monday to Saturday (visible here are Thursday, Friday and Saturday). Date: circa 1940

Background imageFougasse Collection: Poster advertising the NSPCC, Diamond Jubilee Year Appeal - In 60 years the NSPCC has

Poster advertising the NSPCC, Diamond Jubilee Year Appeal - In 60 years the NSPCC has come to the rescue of 5.5 million children - please help us, if you can. Date: circa 1944

Background imageFougasse Collection: Cricket team in blazers by Fougasse

Cricket team in blazers by Fougasse
" This is the photograph of our cricket eleven, but I cannot think it really - does us justice." A cricket team suddenly look very different when a colour image reveals the rainbow spectrum

Background imageFougasse Collection: Fougasse

Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). (1887 - 1965). Best known for editorship of Punch magazine and World War II propaganda posters. Date: 1924

Background imageFougasse Collection: On a Strip of Shore by Fougasse

On a Strip of Shore by Fougasse
A couple, wrapped in gowns and beach towels, look around them aghast at the beach at the (presumably) scantily clad people. Eventually they themselves strip down to the bare minimum. Date: 1931

Background imageFougasse Collection: Cricket Blazers by Fougasse

Cricket Blazers by Fougasse
This is the photograph of our cricket eleven; but I cannot think it really...does us justice. A world of colour neglected by black

Background imageFougasse Collection: Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird)

Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird). 1887-1965. Best known for editorship of Punch magazine and World War I propaganda posters Date: circa 1928

Background imageFougasse Collection: Old-Fashioned Country Cottages by Fougasse

Old-Fashioned Country Cottages by Fougasse
Sequential cartoon by Fougasse (Kenneth Cyril Bird) showing a man staying at a funny little country cottage only to find its comforts lacking to the point that he eventually makes his escape

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, British Rail catering information

WW2 poster, British Rail catering information, with a cartoon by Fougasse. Food was rationed for British Rail, as for everyone else, and Refreshment Baskets were discontinued. circa 1940s

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Quick -- you re gaining on him

WW2 poster, Quick -- you re gaining on him
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Quick -- you re gaining on him!! Date: 1940s

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, request for salvage

WW2 poster, request for salvage
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Please put out all your paper, metal, bones, rags and rubber for salvage, as they can help make tanks, munitions, tyres and planes. Date: circa 1940

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, And please don t throw FOOD away either

WW2 poster, And please don t throw FOOD away either
Second world war poster by Fougasse, encouraging people not to waste clothing or food. A sailor on board ship throws his trousers to the winds

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 Christmas card, LCC Ambulance service

WW2 Christmas card, LCC Ambulance service
WW2 Christmas card, London County Council Ambulance service, design by Fougasse. Date: 1941

Background imageFougasse Collection: Front cover for Punch Coronation Number 1953

Front cover for Punch Coronation Number 1953
Punch Coronation front cover for 1953 with a montage of flowers in the shape of a crown. Date: 1953

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Scrap Heap

WW2 poster, Scrap Heap
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Scrap Heap -- When you scrap a job, you scrap all the labour thats gone on it. Please don t add to the heap! Date: circa 1942

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, One way of finding out if the bus is moving

WW2 poster, One way of finding out if the bus is moving
WW2 poster by Fougasse, One way of finding out if the bus is moving is to step straight off it: a better way is to find out first

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Don t shine your torch on the driver

WW2 poster, Don t shine your torch on the driver
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Don t shine your torch on the driver -- shine it on yourself! Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, We don t play games in the road

WW2 poster, We don t play games in the road
WW2 poster by Fougasse, We don t play games in the road -- so why do we let our children? Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, This is one way to hail a bus

WW2 poster, This is one way to hail a bus
WW2 poster by Fougasse, This is one way to hail a bus -- this is another. Please queue up at a fixed stopping point. Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Yes, theres just time to get across

WW2 poster, Yes, theres just time to get across
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Yes, theres just time to get across -- very nearly! Please don t take chances. Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd. Date: 1940s

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, I do wish our working hours were staggered

WW2 poster, I do wish our working hours were staggered
WW2 poster by Fougasse, I do wish our working hours were staggered! Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd. Date: 1940s

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, The conductress

WW2 poster, The conductress
WW2 poster by Fougasse, The conductress -- Give her a big hand -- with (if possible) the exact fare in it! Issued in support of the Ministry of War Transports Road Safety Campaign by The Bristol

Background imageFougasse Collection: WW2 poster, Although your bus fare might have gone up

WW2 poster, Although your bus fare might have gone up
WW2 poster by Fougasse, Although your bus fare might have gone up, it hasn t -- so what about investing the amount it hasn t gone up in War Savings Certificates? Lend to Defend

Background imageFougasse Collection: Scrum Back Chat, by Fougasse

Scrum Back Chat, by Fougasse
Put the ball down, blast you, Sir! I haven t got it, blast you, Sir! Well, you had it last, blast you, Sir! Full colour humorous illustration by Fougasse aka Cyril Kenneth Bird (1887-1965)

Background imageFougasse Collection: Meeting their Match by Fougasse

Meeting their Match by Fougasse
Humorous illustration by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) showing a group ins small touring car hemmed in a traffic jam between large coaches and buses ferrying spectators to a match

Background imageFougasse Collection: Community singing

Community singing
The man who sang the words of the wrong verse. Date: 1928

Background imageFougasse Collection: Proudest Moment by Fougasse

Proudest Moment by Fougasse
The Proudest Moment of his Life by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird 1887-1965). A small man, profoundly embarrassed, sits at the head of a table at a company or club dinner in his honour as everyone

Background imageFougasse Collection: But, Please, I was told to mark him by Fougasse

But, Please, I was told to mark him by Fougasse
Humorous colour illustration by Kenneth Cyril Bird (pseudonym: Fougasse), showing an overly large rugby player being admonished by the referee for (accidentally) hurting another player

Background imageFougasse Collection: Oh; but I insist! by Fougasse

Oh; but I insist! by Fougasse
Humorous illustration by Fougasse (aka Cyril Kenneth Bird) depicting a man on a Tube train offering his seat to a woman


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