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Land Girls WWIILand Girls working as milkmaids milking cows on a farm in Tooting during World War II. Miss Ivy Baldwin (on the left) was a mulitple shop worker)
Land Girls WWIILand Girls, Mrs. Gosden, Miss Peggy Rose and Miss Ivy Baldwin, with a horse and hay cart farming on a farm in Tooting during World War II
Land Girls WWIIA Land Girl working picking strawberries on a farm during World War II
Save Food Poster / WwiPoster depicting a British soldier encouraging those on the home front to save food in response to food shortages due to German U-boat targeting of British merchant ships
Don t Waste Bread WwiPoster advising the public to eat less bread, and save two thick slices a day to defeat the U-boats during WWI. Thats a dangerous way to cut bread!
Douglas-Home / AlecSIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME British Prime Minister (Conservative) 1963-4
Immanuel Kant / HomeIMMANUEL KANT German philosopher: his home at Konigsberg, Germany
Baddesley Clinton HallThe moated manor house of Baddesley Clinton Hall in Solihull, Midlands; the building dates from the 15th century
England / Ludlow 1930SThe ancient Shropshire town of Ludlow. Broad Gate, situated on one of its steepest streets, is the last of the seven gates of the old city walls
Ww2 Gas MaskA man demonstrates how to put on a gas mask
Diogenes (412-323 BC), Greek philosopher in his home
Air Raid Drills at the Windmill TheatreAt the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940
Hereford Industrial School SchoolroomBoys sit at desks in a classroom at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
Hereford Industrial School Basket MakingBoys sitting making baskets at the Hereford Industrial School. Date: early 1900s
St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, SussexInmates of the St Mary in the Fields Childrens Colony, Mayfield, Sussex Date: circa 1924
Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, EssexA general view of the childrens cottages at Barnardos Girls Village Home, Barkingside, Essex. Girls sit on benches while a nurse pushes a pram. Date: early 1900s
Admiral Philip Louis VianA portrait of Admiral Philip Louis Vian, Commander-in-Chief, Royal Navy Home Fleet. Born in 1864, Vian had served on several Royal Navy ships during World War I
St Martins Waifs and Strays Home, Surbiton - PlaygroundSt Martins Waifs and Strays Society Home, Surbiton. Boys play on a swing, while another holds a cat
Joan of Arc - French heroines home at Domremy, FranceJoan of Arc - French heroines home/birthplace (on 12th January 1412) at Domremy-la-Pucelle, Vosges, Lorraine, France and a statue of her. Date: circa 1910s
Childrens Exercise Drill at Cleevedon Toddlers Home, SouthStaff take young children through an exercise drill at the Cleevedon Toddlers Home, South Norwood, run by the Reformatory and Rescue Union (later known as the Childrens Aid Society)
Ramsbury Manor, WiltshireSheep graze in the grounds of Ramsbury Manor, Wiltshire Date: early 19th century
Long Drawn Out! by William Heath RobinsonA simple home cure for warts. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans
Cooks ExcursionistBrochure front cover for Cooks Excursionist and Home and Foreign Tourist Advertiser
Thomas Hardy / LibraryTHOMAS HARDY Thomas Hardys home at Max Gate - the Library
Tennis / Mixed DoublesMixed doubles in the grounds of a stately home
Evacuees on a TrainIts goodbye to the little tots who are bound for new homes with new parents in the safe country districts of Britain - evacuees looking out of the window of a train
Darwins Study, DownCHARLES DARWINs HOME The study in which he wrote On The Origin Of Species
Houses of Commons / LordsLord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons (top) A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords (bottom)
King Henry VIII at HeverHENRY VIII arrives at Hever Castle, Kent, the family home of his mistress, Anne Boleyn, circa 1530
Suffragettes WSPU Wimbledon BannerMembers of the Wimbledon branch of the Womens Social and Political Union, with their banner displayed. Probably taken at an at home meeting in the garden of Rose Lamartine-Yates house - Dorset Hall
Home of a Spitalfields weaverInterior of a Huguenot silk weavers home in Spitalfields, London, showing the weaver hard at work at his loom, while other members of the family work on frames and spools
Book of patterns: Women & War - How to knit and crochetBook of patterns: Women & War- How to knit and crochet, articles neccesary to the Health and Comfort of our Soldiers and Sailors. Associated with World War One, Home Front (1914-1918). Date: 1918
WW2 - Recycling cans to aid war effort in East Ham, LondonWW2 - Recycling tin cans to aid the war effort in East Ham, London - April, 1940. Date: 1940
Returning home
Drawing Room at Thomas Hardys home, Max GateView of the Drawing Room at Max Gate in Dorchester, Dorset, the home of Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet. Hardy designed the house
Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing CrossBlitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941
Chilean Indian Woman weaving a blanket on a frame set against the thatched roof of her house Date: circa 1904
An Afternoon At Home at a Modern Flying Club by JohnsRepresentative types of British light aeroplanes flying over a typical modern aerodrome. The green monoplane on the left is a Westland Widgeon
Wartime postcard for soldiers to send home, with options to delete or retain. For example: I am quite well, I have been admitted into hospital, I am being sent down to the base
Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, LondonThe Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, designed by Samuel Daukes, opened in 1850. In around 1896, after a new smallpox hospital opened at South Mimms
Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks posterWorld War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort
Navin Park, DetroitNavin Park Baseball Stadium, home of the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Michigan, America. The Detroit American League Club Home was located on Trumbull and Michigan Avenue
1950s living roomAn up-to-date interior from a home in the 1950s, where all the items of furniture harmonise with each other (according to the writer of the accompanying article)
Morden CollegeBuilt by sir John Morden, a Turkey merchant, circa 1700, to house decayed merchants and still providing a home for people in unfortunate circumstances
Japanese home bathJapanese ladies washing and cleansing themselves; one is in a bath tub with water heated by a fire
Knole / Green Court WestImposing mediaeval, Kentish ragstone house, home of the Sackville family from the 16th century. This view shows the Green Court with its magnificent gatehouse
Monticello / West FrontThomas Jeffersons home at Monticello - the West Front
Eviction in County Kerry, IrelandA poor family are evicted from their home in County Kerry, Ireland