Heath Collection (page 22)

London Fire Brigade decontamination exercise
A London Fire Brigade mass decontamination exercise, Mayday Hospital, Thornton Heath, South London

LFDCA-LFB three Greenwich fire station appliances
Pictured on Blackheath, SE London, the three appliances from Greenwich fire station: two Volvo Saxon dual purpose diesel fire engines (pump-ladder and pump)

GLC-LFB Salvage Tender
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Small Heath Park in Birmingham, on the occasion of the Queens visit. Date: 1887

A Crystal Set-to by William Heath Robinson
A somewhat startling wireless development witnessed on Hampstead Heath during the broadcasting of an interesting dance programme

Hot Dog by William Heath Robinson
An ingenious central heating device for bathing on chilly morning of the early part of the season. A smug and rather rotund gentleman tests out a typically convoluted Heath Robinson invention

McIntyre & Heaths Comedians the epitome of vaudeville McInt
McIntyre & Heaths Comedians the epitome of vaudeville. Date c1899

A Sly Dig by William Heath Robinson
Humorous illustration showing the unfortunate sequence of events due to the energetic trench digging by a little boy on a beach, or, as the captions reads

A Seaside Snap Shot by William Heath Robinson
Ingenious method of overcoming the difficulty of taking ones own photograph by bathing devised by the gadget king, and master of silly ideas, William Heath Robinson. Date: 1927

Epacris Microphylla or Coral Heath, a flowering shrub. 1888

The Christening Party by William Heath Robinson
Charming scene depicting a christening party held in a garden filled with tables around which villagers and friends gather to eat, drink and be merry. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Heath Robinson Drawing for Television
William Heath Robinson (1872 - 1944), artist and illustrator known as the Gadget King, pictured drawing for television in the 1940s. Date: 1947

The Truth About Grown-Ups by William Heath Robinson
A baby, who should really be fast asleep in his cot, instead regales a gathered group of elves and pixies in his bedroom with tall tales about the deeds of his parents

German breaches of the hague convention
Injecting chilblains serum into the feet of the British. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

Building a Marquee

Hampstead Fair 1930S
All thoughts are now on Bank Holiday and preparations are being made everywhere. Here we see men getting the fairground ready on Hampstead Heath, London. Date: early 1930s

The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Heath, London, historic watering hole of the famous, including Dick Turpin & Charles Dickens, who immortalised this pub in his Pickwick Papers. Date: late 16th century

Intimate Sledge Ride
A young couple get close as they share an intimate sledge ride in the snow at Hampstead Heath, north London! Date: 1930s

Jack Straws Castle
This famous public house on the edge of Hampstead Heath, north London, is named after a ringleader in the Peasants Revolt of 1381. Destroyed in World War Two, rebuilt 1960s. Date: 1930s

Queen Elizabeth II with Richard Nixon, 1970
Queen Elizabeth II shakes hands with Mrs Pat Nixon, wife of the United States President, Richard Nixon who watches, along with British Prime Minister, Edward Heath

American Scouts hiking
A group of American Boy Scouts walking through open countryside. circa 1960s

James Whitney seized by a bear while cattle stealing Date: 1680s

James Whitney is caught by a bear
The highwayman, James Whitney is caught by a bear Date: 17th Century

James Whitney
The highwayman, James Whitney, attacks Mr Hull, a money-lender on Hounslow Heath, and ties him backwards on his horse. Date: 1694

General William Heath
General WILLIAM HEATH American military commander Date: 1737 - 1814

James Heath, Engraver
JAMES HEATH Historical engraver to the king (though which king is not indicated...) Date: 1757 - 1834

Benjamin Heath
BENJAMIN HEATH town clerk of Exeter, and writer during the hours of leisure allowed him by his civic duties. Date: 1704 - 1766

Hampstead Heath / 1906
A general view of Hampstead with two small figures strolling together Date: 1906

Boy scouts with van on Hampstead Heath, London
A group of boy scouts holding up a provision van of the Express Dairy Company, on Hampstead Heath, London. Date: 1910

Lear and the Fool on the heath

When the Raider Drops in by Heath Robinson
Hints for householders for when a German raider drops in during World War I. Don t surrender - do sit on him until help arrives

Bethnal Green Military Hospital, East London
Bethnal Green Military Hospital, Cambridge Heath Road, East London. The hospital, designed by Messrs Giles, Gough and Trollope, was opened in 1900 as the Bethnal Green Union infirmary

Incendiary by W. Heath Robinson
Sequential cartoon by Heath Robinson showing some rather over exuberant ARP wardens spraying a hose into the window of a house where they see smoke

Edward Heath - new Tory Leader
Front cover of the Illustrated London News featuring a picture of Edward (Ted) Heath (1916 - 2005), the new Tory leader and later, British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974

A Near Thing by William Heath Robinson
Humorous illustration showing two cars laden with trunks and Christmas parcels stuck in the snow while their two drivers pucker up for a kiss underneath some mistletoe

Young girls ironing in laundry room, Surrey
A group of young girls ironing with flat irons in a laundry room, on a card posted from Thornton Heath, Surrey. Its not clear if the girls are being employed, or are inmates of an institution

The Humorist Summer Number 1939
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Humorist magazine Summer Number by William Heath Robinson featuring a number of bathers paddling and playing about in the sea

Woolwich Union Golden Leigh Homes, Plumstead
The Woolwich Unions " Golden Leigh" cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, south east London, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Car credit payments / W H Robinson
Tunes of merriment emanate from the pub, celebrating the payment of the last instalment - which has presumably taken quite some time to pay off

candle snuffer / W H Robinson
And so to bed. A simple, but typical Heath Robinson design for a candle snuffer. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

Public speaking / W H Robinson
Training to speak well in public. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Pedestrian safety / W H Robinson
Safety for pedestrians at sharp bends, with the help of a dressing table mirror attached to a lampost. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Angling for pigeons / W H Robinson
Angling for pigeons in the courtyard of the British Museum. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Road obsticles / W H Robinson
Kindliness in dealing with an obstinate obstacle. Loud music is piped down one tube to irritate the offending nesting hen and corn is scattered on the opposite side of the road to entice her to move

self-control / W H Robinson
An exercise in self-control. A man and woman, under mistletoe, and a third party behind a screen timing the length of their resistance to kiss

Authority in the young / W H Robinson
Cultivating a sense of authority in the future Empire builders. A roll reversal at school as the pupil heads the lesson and the school masters are taught

Bus request stop / W H Robinson
The permanent signaling umbrella fitted to bus stops, for when one finds ones self without suitable equipment for waving or when the signaling arm is heavily occupied with shopping

Moving staircase / W H Robinson
A more comfortable moving staircase for tubes. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

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