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Jollity Collection

Background imageJollity Collection: Llandudno, North Wales - two jolly holidaymaking couples

Llandudno, North Wales - two jolly holidaymaking couples walk along the seafront arm in arm. Date: late 1930s

Background imageJollity Collection: British King George VI with Princess Elizabeth - laughter

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

Background imageJollity Collection: Music and jollity at the Guards Boat Club, Maidenhead, Berks

Music and jollity at the Guards Boat Club, Maidenhead, Berkshire. Date: 1932

Background imageJollity Collection: The Happy Man, head and shoulders cartoon

The Happy Man, head and shoulders cartoon Date: circa 1850

Background imageJollity Collection: The General Election - An Enthusiastic Supporter

The General Election - An Enthusiastic Supporter
Comic Postcard series - The General Election - An Enthusiastic Supporter rolling-in after a hearty session of seemingly liquid-based campaigning!! 1908

Background imageJollity Collection: Xmas Greetings - What Cheer

Xmas Greetings - What Cheer
XMAS Greetings - Hurrah we re here. What ho! What Cheer! Date: 1907

Background imageJollity Collection: A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beach

A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beach
A wonderful photograph of a very jolly group (possibly one large extended family) playing with a huge ball on the beach - note the variety of magnificent beachwear on show!

Background imageJollity Collection: WW2 - Patriotic Propaganda - Play on the initials A. R. P

WW2 - Patriotic Propaganda - Play on the initials A. R. P
WW2 - Patriotic Propaganda - A play on the initials A. R. P. as " All - Right - Presently" with a jolly poem painting a rather rosy picture of londoners jauntily doing the Lambeth Walk into

Background imageJollity Collection: Children with snowballs on a Christmas card

Children with snowballs on a Christmas card -- Wishing you fun and jollity. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageJollity Collection: Scene in the local pub somewhere in Cornwall

Scene in the local pub somewhere in Cornwall
Scene of jollity in the local pub somewhere in Cornwall. circa 1980s

Background imageJollity Collection: Topping Time on your Birthday - Happy Boy with a Model Plane

Topping Time on your Birthday - Happy Boy with a Model Plane
A Topping Time on your Birthday - Happy Birthday Boy with his new Model Plane. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageJollity Collection: A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beach

A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beach
A wonderful photograph of a very jolly group (possibly one large extended family) playing with a huge ball on the beach - note the variety of magnificent beachwear on show!

Background imageJollity Collection: Candid Street snap - Three jolly young women walk down road

Candid Street snap - Three jolly young women walk down road Date: circa 1930s

Background imageJollity Collection: Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1

Christmas Festivities in the Shakspere Hut, WW1
A busy scene of festive jollity at the Shakspere Hut, one of numerous YMCA huts erected around London during the First World War to provide rest, food

Background imageJollity Collection: Japanese Geisha laughing

Japanese Geisha laughing Date: circa 1904

Background imageJollity Collection: United we Stand, Devided we fall

United we Stand, Devided we fall! A Sailor, a soldier and a Policeman stagger home arm in arm from the fair. Date: circa 1909

Background imageJollity Collection: Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinking

Old soak yokel in smock claiming not to have been drinking
The Squire Daughter - " Jerry, a little bird told me you had to much to drink yesterday!" Jerry - " Wel, my lady

Background imageJollity Collection: Self portrait of the Engish caricaturist Phil May

Self portrait of the Engish caricaturist Phil May
Self portrait of the English caricaturist Phil May (1864-1903). Date: 1899

Background imageJollity Collection: Lady having fun on a rocking horse

Lady having fun on a rocking horse
Young Lady having fun on a rocking horse I hear you are fond of backing horses, how would you like to have a bit on this one? Date: 1931

Background imageJollity Collection: Programme cover for Jollity at the Trocadero

Programme cover for Jollity at the Trocadero

Background imageJollity Collection: New Year Greetings card

New Year Greetings card
Colourful New Year Greetings card from Germany - featuring two jolly German ladies in bonnets, one playing the trumpet and the other beating a large side drum. Date: 1906

Background imageJollity Collection: DAF Variomatic card

DAF Variomatic card
Promotional card for the DAF Motor Company showing a jolly Dutch family in their smart new Daf motorcar - a Variomatic, a stepless, fully automatic transmission car. Date: circa 1939

Background imageJollity Collection: Tom Tom the Pipers Son

Tom Tom the Pipers Son " Tom with his pipe made such a noise, That he pleased both the girls and boys, And they all stopped to hear him play, Over the hills and far away."

Background imageJollity Collection: Jovial elderly couple

Jovial elderly couple
A jolly elderly couple sit on a pebble-covered hillside by a hut, having a good old chuckle!

Background imageJollity Collection: Five Jolly Africans from Algeria

Five Jolly Africans from Algeria
Five very jolly black Africans from southern Algeria

Background imageJollity Collection: New Year, London, 1914

New Year, London, 1914
Guests see the New Year in with champagne and decorous jollity at the Savoy Hotel, London


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