Joke Collection

Harvey Nichols advertisement, 1953
Two friends, wearing extremely similar check cotton dresses in Horrockses fabric, share a joke. Date: 1953

The Bright Young People - mock Rayner-Ponsonby wedding
A group of Bright Young Things indulging in one of their many silly pranks, in this case a mock wedding where Elizabeth Ponsonby married John Rayner. The best man was Robert Byron

Mytton Rides Bear
JOHN MYTTON English eccentric decides to enliven a dinner party by riding a bear into the dining -room. The bear bit him on the calf & the doctor was called

Anglo-Saxon by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
" You re comin along with me, my lad, as soon as this is over!" (Hermann feels he DOES know a better ole). Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander magazine showing his famous

King George VI and Princess Elizabeth
King George VI (1896 - 1952) shares a joke with his elder daughter, Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II). Date: 1946

Classic Tight Scotsman Joke - Lured by six beauties
Classic Tight Scotsman Joke - A stereotype Jock doesn t hang on long to his tight purse strings as six pretty girls required a drink! " It wasn t long here till bang went saxpence

Two frogs with insect on a greetings card
Two frogs with an insect on a greetings card -- Happy be thy dreams. Date: circa 1890s

Hard lines on the hard court by George Studdy
Hard lines on the hard court -- the Bonzolines dig in their search for the ball, which Bonzo is holding in his mouth. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Comic postcard, Flowers in the park Date: 20th century

Humorous postcard, British soldier in Salonika, WW1
Humorous postcard, British soldier in Salonika -- Finish Johnny! Christmas 1918, 8th Field Survey Company Royal Engineers. Date: 1918

A horrible business - Butchers shop, 1851
Humourous scene from a butchers shop, 1851. Master Butcher: " Did you take old Major Dumbledores ribs to No. 12?" Boy: " Yes

Sketches of Cricket in India, 1890
A series of sketches by an English Cavalry Officer of a game of cricket played between an Indian College and British Officers, in India, 1890

Milk order tag -- 2 Extra Please
Milk order tag to fit over the neck of an empty bottle - 2 Extra Please, I m not getting enough. circa 1970s

Milk order tag -- 1 Extra Please
Milk order tag to fit over the neck of an empty bottle - 1 Extra Please, I m not getting enough. circa 1970s

Family / Dancing / Baby Joke
Do you like dancing? Get married, and you ll go to a BAWL every night!

Couple Take Tea 1875
A young couple take an evening cup of tea together while the cat sleeps contendedly on the mat

British King George VI with Princess Elizabeth - laughter
British Royal Family. British King George VI, sharing a joke with Future British Queen Princess Elizabeth at the Royal Lodge, Windsor, England. Date: 1946

Comic postcard, Vicar and drunk woman in park Date: 20th century

Comic Postcard - Golfing Humour - One Down
Comic Postcard - " Wasn t I two up at the last hole, Caddie?" " Yes, but yer one down now, Lady!" circa 1930s

Comic Postcard - Greyhound Racing - The hares run by electricity, Bill Is it? I wish they d give the blinkin dorg I backed a few shocks then!. Date: 1926

Farmers laugh outside cafe Bury St. Edmunds cattle market
Farmers laugh and joke while sitting outside a cafe at Bury St. Edmunds cattle market, Suffolk, England Date: 1988

Cornwall, England - Porth Joke, Crantock. Date: circa 1970s

Allegory of the French Revolution. French citizen blindfolded trying to take the liberty, equality and fraternity, which mocked by exposing him to trip over rocks, fall, or meet with death

Enfield 8000 Electric Car at a petrol station
An Enfield 8000 Electric Car at a petrol station, where a woman holds out an electric plug to the puzzled pump attendant. The battery-operated city car was manufactured between 1973 and 1977

Denis Healey, Labour politician, with colleague
Denis Healey (Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, b 1917), British Labour politician, served as Secretary of State for Defence 1964-1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1974-1979

Comic postcard, Two neighbours chatting Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women near phone box - Button B Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple discussing fur coat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman chats with sailor Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two drunkards chatting Date: 20th century

Ally Sloper Award of Merit, mock certificate made out to Joseph Hurst, Box Office Manager at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Date: 1894

Street scene with two village constables
Street scene with two village police constables who share a joke with a local man. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Woman talking about marriage. He said it would be like the Garden of Eden when we were married. So it is - nothing to wear and expecting to get kicked out any minute

Comic postcard, best man at the wedding Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, woman on mans lap Date: 20th century

Joke money, Five Halfpence, Fort Montague Bank
Joke money banknote for five halfpence, Fort Montague Bank. 1827

Joke notice, Lost Hours
Joke notice, Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, Two Golden Hours, each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No Reward is offered, for they are Lost For Ever. early 19th century

Man and woman in reflective clothing, September 1939
Man and woman in reflective clothing, suitable for wear in a blackout, The Sphere describes this as " a humorous effort towards a safe night-walking garb" but wearing white or high-vis was

Little Women - Mrs March and Jo read a letter
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Mrs March and Jo read a letter, purporting to be a love letter to Meg from John Brooke, but actually a practical joke and forgery. 1880

St Valentines Day bank note from the Bank of Love, Temple of Hymen, promising to pay the entire love of the suppliant, signed by the Governor of the bank, Cupid. Date: 1867

Christmas cheque from the Happiness Bank (postcard), delivered by Santa Claus. Date: circa 1900s

Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1
The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!

Comic Postcard - A Windy problem
Comic Postcard - " I m afraid you ll be troubed with wind outside, Lady!" " Well, you be thankful you re not troubled with it inside, thats all!" circa 1930s

DICKENS / THE BROKERS MAN
The Brokers Man Date: 1830s

MYTTON AS HWAYMAN
JOHN MYTTON After dining at Halston House the doctor & clergyman are held-up at gun-point by Mytton disguised as a smock-wearing highwayman. What a lark! Date: 1796 - 1834

Cartoon, Brown entertains his friends wi a haggis
Brown entertains his friends wi a haggis by stabbing it and splattering them all as they sit around the table on Burns Night ! Date: 1859

Engineers Sitting on a Trailer with a Power Jet W-1 Engine Date: 1940s

Avro 504B
Crashed Royal Flying Corp Avro 504B Upide-Down in Water with a Man on the Aircraft Date: 1910s

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