Hobbies Collection (page 3)

Miss Isabel Jeans with her greyhound
Isabel Jeans (1891 - 1985), British actress, pictured with her greyhound, Golden Sovereign who, in 1927, had run at several race meetings

Good Things to Know - Woolworths booklet
A booklet produced by high street retailer Woolworths, entitled Good Things to Know and including numerous tips on how to clean your house, save money and of course

Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Fishing
Illustration on the front cover of The Bystander featuring a woman fishing, probably somewhere in the North of England or Scotland

Women doing needlework, Sweden 1920s. Date: 1920s

Motorcycle club
Landskrona Motor Cycle Club has a competion in orienteering, 1951 Date: 1951

Silhouette of a family group
A charming silhouette of a family group a mother and father surrounded by their six children. One plays with a wooden horse on wheels, another with a diabolo

The Queen with her stamp collection
At the window of a room in Buckingham Palace, The Queen, when Princess Elizabeth, with her stamp collection, in 1946, aged 20. Like her father and grandfather, she too had an interest in philately

Princess Elizabeth and Margaret riding
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Margaret on horseback in the ground of Royal Lodge, Windsor c. 1940. Date: c.1940

Princess Elizabeth stroking a pony
Princess Elizabeth of York (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured showing an early interest in horses at an unidentified event in the early 1930s. Date: c.1933

The Queen as a girl with a pony
The Queen standing with a thoroughbred Norwegian Dun pony in the paddock at Windsor Castle in May, 1944 Date: 1944

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Point to Point, Lark
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh watch races from the Box during the United Services Point to Point at Larkhill, near Salisbury in February 1953. Date: 1953

Royal family at Badminton 1961
A candid shot of the royal family at Badminton horse trials in 1961. From left, Lord Snowdon, Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh), Prince Charles, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth II. Date: 1961

Still Sketching by George Ranstead
Drawing on a postcard showing a sailor sketching his comrades on the deck of a ship.The sketch is by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps

Queen Elizabeth II at Badminton Horse Trials
Royal spectators at Badminton. Queen Elizabeth II and the Queen Mother sit on the ground to watch the horse trials on the Duke of Beauforts estate at Badminton House in 1958. Date: 1958

W2KYO Ham Radio Card
The Land of Liberty W2KYO ham radio call card

Worthington Crosswords advertisement
An advertisement for Worthington Ales at the time of the craze for crosswords showing an engrossed crossword puzzler bumping into people and causing chaos in his wake as he walks along

The Missing Link by H. M. Bateman
An engrossed and rather obsessive crossword puzzler looks at his modest collection of dictionaries, reference books and encyclopaedias for inspiration while working in a particularly fiendish puzzle

Squaring the Dance Circles by Reginald Higgins
A stylish 1920s couple are distracted from their dancing by an engrossing crossword puzzle, all the rage in 1925. The caption reads, " A word of five letters, beginning with C

Collection of transport memorabilia
A display of memorabilia and artworks, including model aircraft, a Great Eastern Railway plaque, flying or driving goggles and leather hats, and books and prints

The Hiker & Camper Mag
Front cover of The Hiker and Camper, the magazine advising on one of the premier hobbies of the thirties. Feature an advertisement for Stormgard capes, sou westers, rucksacks

Pedestrian Hobby
THE PEDESTRIAN HOBBIES or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill

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