Haste Collection

Race to Gretna / Newhouse
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green in a four horse open top carriage but are pursued by those who wish to stop them

Postcard design artwork - Happy Birthday - a child holding a large bunch of flowers, dashes to greet the intended Birthday recipient, her small white pet dog scampering alongside. Date: circa 1937

Comic postcard, Man rushing to find a toilet Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man in hurry to post a letter and visit the Gents Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy riding a donkey on the beach Date: 20th century

BORDER WEDDING
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green but are pursued by those who wish to stop them Date: circa 1830

Cover of ILN 9th August 1879, Archibald Forbes
Cover of the Illustrated London News, 9th August 1879, featuring the ride of Archibald Forbes, Special Correspondent of the Daily News, from Ulundi in the Zulu War, " bloody with spurring

Comic Postcard - a play on the phrase Bar & Bolt (to secure the door). This gentleman was enjoying a light snack in the Station Buffet when he suddenly realised the time

Father and son studying a snail making its slow progress up a fence. Date: 1859

Whaling / New England
A small whaler makes haste towards its target, in choppy seas off New England, U.S.A. Date: 1890

Suffragettes Attack the House of Commons. Suffragettes waving imbrellas above theeir heads trample policemen in their haste to RUSH the HOUSE of Commons Date: circa 1907

Mary and Elizabeth
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth... and the babe leaped in her womb

Haste to Rescue
Horses pull the lifeboat across the beach to the sea

Runaway couple get married at Gretna Green
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green, literally striking the iron while it is hot. Gretnas runaway marriages began in 1753, following a change in the English law that did not apply in Scotland

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