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Still Sketching by George RansteadDrawing 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
Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on a rocking horsePrincess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret photographed on a rocking horse. Date: 1937
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross " Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse; Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
Queen Elizabeth II at Badminton Horse TrialsRoyal 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
Model Yacht & OwnerA man with his model yacht which he is probably preparing to sail Date: 1950s
Steam Motorcycle
Little boy working on his stamp collectionA little boy working on his stamp collection at a table. He has various stamps laid out, and is sticking them carefully into an album
Two girls riding their hobby horsesTwo girls (non-identical twins) riding their hobby horses
W2KYO Ham Radio CardThe Land of Liberty W2KYO ham radio call card
Met Police male voice choir, Ealing, LondonThe Metropolitan Police " T" Division (Ealing) Male Voice Choir, posing for their photograph in uniform on a street in Ealing, west London. Photo by Wakefields of Ealing
Model boatbuilderModel boat builder aholding up a finished example of his craft
Model fishing boat maker, CornwallA model fishing boat maker in his workshop, somewhere in Cornwall. He is in the process of constructing a new boat with two masts
Postcard CollectorsA fabulous French postcard depicting two postcard collectors
Worthington Crosswords advertisementAn 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. BatemanAn 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 HigginsA 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
Young boy and his toy horseA delightful photographic portrait set in an oval, of a young British boy standing outside on a path near a stile, his hand placed protectively on his favourite toy horse
Boy fishing at Beccles, NorfolkCharming photograph depicting a small boy fishing accompanied by some friendly cats at Beccles on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia during the 1930s
Boy and dog go fishingA little boy wearing dungarees fishes patiently, accompanied by his pet dog. Date: 1954
London Central YMCA GymnasiumThe London Central YMCA Gymnasium with a wide variety of athletic training and gymnastic apparatus
The Hiker & Camper, 1933Front cover of The Hiker and Camper, the thirties magazine devoted to outdoor pursuits. Red version
The Hiker & Camper MagFront 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
Amateur Photographers at the Circus, c. 1886Engraving showing a group of amateur photographers, ready to indulge their hobby, at a visiting circus, c.1886
Country Gent & LadyA moustachioed country gentleman and younger lady (his daughter?) in white dress and boater stand close to a thatch-roofed grotto and a childs hobby-horse
Hobby (Morris)HOBBY (Falco subbuteo) characterised by its remarkably long wings
Abbots Bromley HornABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE: Has elements of a mock hunt: 6 deersmen, a fool, a hobby horse, a Maid Marian, 1 boy & crossbow, 1 boy & triangle dance through the town
Twins on Hobby HorsesTwin girls with pony tails riding their hobby horses
Cycling / Draisienne / 1819DRAISIENNE Or the pedestrians accelerator, invented by Baron Von Drais
Boy with Train SetA hobby that lasts a boy for a very long time - trains! He can develop his hobby until he reaches the standard of model railway societies - a lifetime of leisure hours
Cycling / Celerifere / 1818CELERIFERE Celerifere of 1818, first introduced in 1791
Master Robert & HorseMaster Robert Abercromby, son of the present Lady Northbrook, riding his hobby-horse
Learning to Ride HobbyEnglishmen learn to ride Johnsons Pedestrian Hobby Horse at the riding school in the Strand, London; the machine is based on Drais machine, the Draisienne
Hobby Horse / Bone-ShakerThe racer of 1818: ( Dandy or Hobby Horse ) & the racer of 1869: ( Bone-shaker )
Crimean Peace FestivalThe Peace Festival held at Salisbury, Wiltshire, to celebrate the end of the Crimean War. To Abraham Jackson, Esq. Mayor of Salisbury this is inscribed
Lady Mary VereLady MARY VERE - wife (1) of William Hobby, and (2) sir Horace Vere : governess to the dukes of York and Gloucster, and the princess Elizabeth. - with her autograph
Johnsons Hobby HorseJohnsons Pedestrian Hobbyhorse
Ladies HobbyTHE LADIES HOBBY
Pedestrian HobbyTHE PEDESTRIAN HOBBIES or the Difference of Going Up and Down Hill
Ride a Cock-Horse / Kate GRide a Cock-Horse/Kate G