Hankie Collection

RWF Willie Poole - shrimping
Fat man with big bum shrimping in rock pools on a beach, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, England. This is RWF Willy Poole 1940-2017. Writer, countryman, humourist, master of foxhounds

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll knot forget
Churchills message on the back is There is still a lot to do. The senders message is I don t have to tie a knot in my hankie to remember you. The puppy is called Rufus

Edward VIII Coronation handkerchief
A silk handkerchief commemorating the Coronation of King Edward VIII, planned for 15 May 1937 but in fact, never staged due to the Kings Abdication in December 1936. Date: 1936

How Betty can make a Christmas hankie for mother, page of instructions in a brochure, Dy-o-la Dyes. Date: 1920s

Gay Words, Aching Heart - WW1 farewell
A woman wipes away a tear as she waves farewell to soldiers, departing for the Front at Christmas time. Date: 1915

Clement in Stage Role
Mademoiselle Clement, in the role of Nina Vernon in La petite ville, is grieved at the behaviour of her beloved and flourishes her hankie in despair

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