Jack Collection (#31)

Kingham, Oxfordshire - The Fete at the Tennis Courts Date: 1915

The Vicars Shooting Party
The Vicar, the Curate, the Organist and the Verger pop out for a spot of rabbit shooting on Saturday afternoon, accompanied by their Jack Russell terriers. Date: circa 1910

Jack & Jill Windmills
Two landmark windmills, known as Jack and Jill, at Clayton, Sussex. Jack is the tall black tower mill and Jill, built in Brighton in 1821, was dragged here by oxen. Date: early 19th century

Jack Sparrow looking for moths in the ivy on the back garden wall. Date: 1937

Funeral of a British soldier, Estaires, France, WW1
Funeral of a British soldier (a private in the 2nd Scots Guards), at Estaires, northern France, during the First World War. Date: December 1914

Little Patriotic Girl astride a cavalry horse, holding a Union Flag and playing a side drum. Her feet are nowhere close to reaching the stirrups! Date: circa 1914

Koko the Pekinese dog with Jack Sparrow -- unfortunately Kokos bowl is empty. Date: 1937

Portrait of Kitchener before Union Flag
A striking portrait of Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850-1916), British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman. Date: circa 1916

Two sparrows collecting grass seeds
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, collecting grass seeds to feed their five chicks. Date: 1937

Jack and Jennie Sparrow on the roof above their nest, discussing the problem of the cat preventing them from getting to the crust. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow sitting on the garden wall, ready to hop down for crumbs. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow asks the tame raven for help
Jack Sparrow asks the tame raven (who is an excellent mimic) for help -- if he can make a sound like milk being poured into a saucer, he might be able to get the cat to move away from the crust

Jack Sparrow asking the horse for a few grains of corn. Unfortunately he is too late -- there is nothing left in the bag. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow sitting on the ivy growing on the garden wall. He looks down to find that the crust is no longer there. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow, Jennie and the chicks are reunited, in the knowledge that there will be more crumbs later. Date: 1937

Koko squeezes under the gate on his way to find the cat. Jack Sparrow perches on top. Date: 1937

Woman wearing telephonic fancy dress
A woman wearing telephonic fancy dress. The telephone is balanced on her head, and her closely-fitting dress is made up of draped telephone cables. Date: circa 1895

The Donkeys of Carisbrooke Castle
The water drawers - two donkeys called Ned and Jack - at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight. The well house and wheel are still operated by donkeys to this day and prove a huge tourist attraction

JILL WINDMILL
Jill one of two windmills, fondly known as Jack and Jill, Clayton, Sussex. Jill was built in Brighton in 1821 and dragged to Clayton by Oxen. Date: 1930s

Union Jack Club
The Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, Waterloo, London SE1, was founded in 1904 as a National Memorial to commemorate the bravery of the troops in the Boer War. Date: founded 1904

Empire Day Flags 1930S
British women making Union Jack flags for Empire Day, when the British Empire was celebrated in Britain and the Commonwealth. Date: early 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

Elephants and sandwich boards - Jack Legs Diamond
Elephants carrying sandwich boards to advertise the exhibition of the $20, 000 Killer Car ( Direct from New York ) of American Gangster and Bootlegger Jack Legs Diamond (1897-1931)

Child leaves toy horse to chase Jack Sparrow
The child leaves the toy horse to chase Jack Sparrow, who is far more interesting. Jack hopes the child will frighten the cat away. Date: 1937

Koko runs between two cyclists
Koko runs across the road between two cyclists, with Jack Sparrow flying above. Date: 1937

Two sparrows perched on a branch at night
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, perched on a branch at night. Jennie is wide awake, worrying about where they should build their nest. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow and the horse
Jack Sparrow tells the horse about the cat, and the horse offers to come and frighten her away. Date: 1937

Boys try to reach Jack Sparrow on top of lamp post
The boys try to reach Jack Sparrow, who has their cricket score in his beak, perched on top of a lamp post. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow tells his troubles to a tame raven. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow perched on the horse, directing him towards the cat. Unfortunately, Dobbin cannot fly over walls, and the passageway is too narrow for his van. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow finds Jennie and the chicks on Mrs Bobbitys bedroom window sill. In his absence Mrs B has shooed away the cat, Jennie has retrieved the crust, and the babies have eaten it. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow perched at the top of a page, deciding what to do next. Date: 1937

Sparrow chirping on Mrs Bobbitys window ledge
Jack Sparrow chirping on Mrs Bobbitys window ledge, wanting her to get up so that he can gather crumbs for his growing family

The boys recover their cricket score sheet
Jack Sparrow opens his beak to speak, and the boys recover their cricket score sheet. Jack flies off. Date: 1937

Jennie Sparrow calling to Jack from the eaves, to warn him of a cat. Date: 1937

Two sparrows perched at the top of the first page
Two sparrows, Jack and Jennie, perched at the top of the first page of the story. Date: 1937

Birmingham Botanic garden, 1851
Birmingham and the Great Exhibition-a fete champetre at the Botanic Garden in 1851. Royal commissioners and other officers of the Great Exhibition visited Birmingham to see its " manufacturing

Jack Sparrow listening to Jennies warning
Jack Sparrow sitting on an ivy branch, listening to Jennies warning about the cat. Date: 1937

Two sparrows and their nest
Two sparrows (Jack and Jennie) and their nest, which contains their five chicks. They have built their nest under the eaves of Mrs Bobbitys cottage. Date: 1937

Sparrow perched on page border
A single sparrow perched on a page border. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow shocked to find the nest empty
Jack Sparrow returns to the nest, and is shocked to find it empty. Date: 1937

Jack Sparrow flies off with cricket score sheet
Jack Sparrow flies off with the cricket score sheet, causing the boys to chase him. Date: 1937

The British Bulldog. Artist: Eileen Hood. A bulldog sits in front of a Union Jack Date: circa 1915

Label, Hotel La Pace, Pisa, Italy
Luggage label from the Hotel La Pace, Pisa, Italy, featuring the Leaning Tower. 20th century

Scots Highlander - WWI Patriotic Postcard - Union Flag
Scots Highlander soldier from the First World War on this patriotic postcard, bearing the caption Do or Die. He stands, a wound on his brow bandaged

British BE2B biplane captured by Germans, WW1
A British BE2B bomber biplane captured by the Germans during the First World War. It had a 70hp Renault engine. Date: 1914-1918

John Jack Travers Cornwell, heroic sailor, WW1
John Jack Travers Cornwell (1900-1916), heroic young sailor posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery on HMS Chester during the Battle of Jutland

British ship with four funnels, WW1
A British ship with four funnels, possibly HMS Aboukir, sunk at the beginning of the First World War. Date: early 20th century

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