Fours Collection (page 3)

Petits Fours Glace spread. Date: 1936

Middle-aged couple in a garden
A middle-aged, well-dressed couple standing in a garden. He is in plus fours and golfing socks, and is filling his pipe from a pouch

Two men in plus fours, holding parasols
Two men in plus fours and golfing socks, holding parasols, balancing on a stone

Man with two children and a toy pram
A man with two little children - a boy and girl - and a toy pram in a well-kept garden. Date: C.1926

Man on country lane with two motorbikes
Man standing on a country lane with two motorbikes. Date: (insert)

Cyclist in Plus Fours
A cyclist wearing plus fours, stops to read the inscription on the sundial monument to daylight saving campaigner William Willet, Petts Wood, Chislehurst, Kent, England. Date: 1939

Wife despairs at Husbands awful choice of attire and colour - " Strike me pink!" Date: circa 1940s

A Yorkshireman at the Folies Bergere Show, Paris, France
A Yorkshireman in Paris Mr Watson (thro Leeds) - " Whats this ere Polly Burgesses like?" Date: 1894

Actors discuss rates of pay
First Budding Actor (to second budding actor) - " Oh yes, you hear about those salaries of Twenty-five and thirty shillings, but you never get em." Date: 1901

A portly Landowner enjoying a puff. Date: 1895

Sportswear 1933
Fashionable golf clothing for men and women including plus- fours, knitted vest, a waistcoat with wide revers, diagonal check socks & co- respondent shoes. 1933

Silhouette of a golfing scene, showing two men and a caddy on the green. The golfer on the right has just teed off

Silhouette of a couple taking the waters
7-9am Taking the Waters -- a couple stand facing each other, probably in a spa resort. They both have walking sticks, and the man on the left is holding a glass in his hand

The King of Cambodia - Sisowath (reigned 1904-1927) (lived 1840-1927) Date: circa 1910s

Woman in masculine costume
A woman in a rather masculine looking costume, possibly for a stage performance. Date: circa 1920s

Derbyshire Rambler 1930S
The slopes of Dovedale, where a rambler in plus-fours takes in the glorious Derbyshire scenery, England. Date: 1930s

Petits Fours
A tempting plate of petits fours cakes. Date: 1980

England / Eynsford
England/Eynsford

Initiation of the Grand Master of Architecture
Down on all fours, the recipient is obliged to kiss the letter G of the Mysterious Star. Date: 1890s

Prince of Wales playing golf at Biarritz
The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor), dressed in an outfit of plus fours and beret which his father would most certainly not have approved of

Prince of Wales at Porthcawl Golf Club
Prince of Wales (1894 - 1971), later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, pictured standing near the seventeenth hole on the links at Porthcawl Golf Club. Date: 1931

Edward VIII, as Prince of Wales, in golfing attire
Edward VIII, as Prince of Wales, in natty knitted golfing attire complete with plus-fours. Date: C.1930

Golfers
The runners-up and the winners in the Edinburgh golf tournament. From left to right: Duddingston team (runners-up), W B C Miller, A C Glennie, A P Mitchell, J Inches; Dalmahoy team (winners)

Dapper Rambling Fellow
A dapper rambler pauses on his way to admire the countryside. He wears a flat cap, plus- fours with wool socks, carrying a stout walking stick. Date: 1930s

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

The spirit of England at work: railway and dock volunteers
Volunteers on the railways during the General Strike. The ILN reports that Nothing was more remarkable during the General Strike than the skill and efficiency with which the railways were carried

Four people with two pet dogs, Scotland
Four people pose outside a front door with two pet dogs, somewhere in Scotland. The young man on the right is wearing plus fours

Andrew Carnegie reading
Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919) reading in front of a rather splendid bookcase, almost camouflaged by his full tartan suit!

Bai Jove by George Ranstead
Pen and ink drawing on a postcard showing a caricature of a typical British officer, complete with puttees, cane and eye glass

What to Wear for Winter Sports
An ideal outfit for skiing in 1935 from Army and Navy Stores consisting of black and white check plus fours in proofed serge

Winter in Poland poster for the Polish tourist office with a tanned cross-country skier dressed in plus fours skiing along a ridge looking down on mountain huts

Lost Ball by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall depicting a grumpy looking golfer searching for a lost ball in a rather stoney and sandy bunker, along with his caddy

A Lie by John Hassall
A puzzled and perplexed golfer is confounded by the lie of his ball at an awkward angle upon a rock on the green. Hes dropped his pipe

A Mans A Man For A That by Lindsay Cable
Two women dressed in masculine outfits of shirts, ties, flat shoes and, in the case of one, knickerbockers or plus-fours, smoke cigarettes and comment on a passing gentleman wearing a kilt

The Great Golf Question
Cartoon lampooning the flamboyant and outlandish golf fashions of the day. Golfers featured include James Braid, J.H. Taylor, George Duncan, Fred Robson, Archie

European Travel
With todays modern transport links as fast as they are, Paris is literally one step away from London for this well turned out (British?) traveller

Macdonald / Ramsay / 1924 Ph
JAMES RAMSAY MACDONALD British politician (Labour party)

Bustle & Plus Fours
A rather incongrous scene as old meets new and a man wearing plus fours and Argyll socks steps out with a lady wearing a bustle!

England / Eynesford
Boys fishing for tiddlers, watched by a cyclist in plus fours in the village of Eynsford, in the Darent Valley, Kent, England

Fancy Pastries
Types of Small Fancy Pastries - including Hazelnut Pyramids, Cherry Domes, Maraschino Rolls, Angora Tartlets, Chocolate Arches and Lulus (front row, pink) !

Grouse Shooting C1960
Three men, wearing patterned tweed outfits, confer before starting a grouse shoot

Taking Photo of Friends
A group of young people pose on a fallen tree to have their photograph taken by their friend.. who is in turn photographed!

Artful Cards
A gullible looking young man in plus fours and flat cap is encouraged to bet on a three card trick by a group of Jewish touts

Aj Balfour / Sambourne
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour British politician, Conservative MP, enjoying a game of golf

Plus Fours, Argyll Socks
A gentleman wears a window- pane check suit of PLUS-FOURS, waistcoat & jacket with Argyll socks, as he stands, smoking his pipe, in the garden of Harrowcliffe, Teignmouth

Golf Player / Sepia Photo
A gentleman in his plus-fours ready to play a game of golf

Model Aircraft Club
Men (some wearing plus fours) and boys, members of Brighton District Model Aircraft Club, England

Balfour / Golf / Sambourne
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour, British politician and Conservative MP, enjoying a game of golf in snazzy attire

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