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Fuel for domestic appliances by G. H. DavisYour fuel target: details that will help in planning economy during the Second World War, so that fuel rationing can be avoided
Bonzos bath night by George StuddyBonzos bath night -- as bath night approaches he gets more and more nervous and jumps at every little sound. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo
Corner of a large tiled kitchen, showing a gas cooker (right) and a large stove with doors for the coal (in a scuttle at the side), and a flue. There are pots and pans on a tall stand (left)
Dolls, teddy and rabbit enjoying a tea partyFour dolls, a teddy bear with a parasol, and a rabbit, enjoying a tea party. The table is set with miniature cups, saucers, teapot and kettle, a vase of flowers, and some cakes and biscuits
Woman filling kettle from outdoor tap, Newhaven, SussexA woman filling a kettle from an outdoor tap at Newhaven, East Sussex. Date: 1920s
Russian Communal KitchenSeven women busying themselves around a stone work top adorned with an array of large tins and pots in a 1920s Russian communal kitchen. Date: 1920 s
Nursery Rhymes -- Jack and Jill, Polly FlindersNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- Jack and Jill falling down the hill. Below -- Little Polly Flinders sitting among the cinders. Date: early 20th century
Trade catalogue for Kettles and Stands 1911Trade catalogue for Harrords department store, showing a variety of brass kettles and urns for use on the tea-table. Date: 1911
Lavenham / Market PlaceA view through the window of one of the perfectly preserved Tudor houses on Market Place, Lavenham looking out to the village cross Date: 1950s
English Country InteriorThis picturesque interior at Amberley, Surrey, England, was formerly a bakery and has now been converted into a little cafe. Date: 1950s
Two young Moroccan Girls with buckets on their heads Date: circa 1930s
Interior of a Northern Irish Cabin Date: circa 1903
The Balloon Kettle as it stood in St GeorgePlate showing The Balloon Kettle, as it stood in St Georges Fields about 1790
Cat cooking a pie
Camping in a tentPeople You See. Camping in a tent. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)
Breakfast timePeople You See. Breakfast time. From Teddy Bear (10 October 1970)
Farmhouse ShopPeople You See. From Teddy Bear (9 April 1966)
Welcome Home SnowyVALUE!
Santa Clauss toy factory
Woman with farm animals
Watt as a Boy (Stone)JAMES WATT engineer, as a boy, discerning possibilities in a kettle Date: 1736 - 1819
LCC-LFB - Safety in the home, fire prevention campaignA photograph from the Brigades fire prevention campaign. The hazards of drying cloths and teatowels over a lit gas cooker are highlighted, showing how this could lead to fires
LFB Iron Ration Cupboard (Metal Specimen)An example of an Iron Ration Cupboard for the London Fire Brigade(Metal Specimen)
Badger tea kettle
Utah. The giant club and kettle, Green River. Date between 1898 and 1905
Calor Gas Window display, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexWindow display promoting Calor Gas and other products at a hardware ironmongers shop in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 1956
Electric devices 1913Modern electrical devices from 1913: A lady fries herself some eggs for her breakfast in an electric frying pan. A nurse heats some water in a hot water cup
Arabian Tableware and dining scene. Date: 1904
Kettle holder maker - West End, LondonLady who makes kettle holders in the West End. These holders were small round pieces of thick cloth used to hold over a metal kettle handle to prevent burning ones fingers! Date: 1908
coventry, anti, apartheid, demo
Blitz on Clydeside, 1941Women and children waiting on a street with the few possesions left to them after a nights bombing on Clydeside. Date: 1941
Scouts in NorfolkWashing-up is not such a chore for these cubs and scouts, part of a jamboree at Salhouse Broad, Norfolk. 2000 scouts met Prince George (Duke of Kent) and Lord Baden Powell. Date: early 1930s
Girl Minds Baby C1900A little girl minds the baby. Date: circa 1900
Interior of traditional cottage at Niarbyl, Isle of ManView of the interior of a traditional cottage at Niarbyl, on the south west coast of the Isle of Man. A kettle sits on the open coal fire, and a pair of bellows hang from a hook on the left
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Pot and KettleThe pot calling the kettle black. A coal-man and chimney sweep stop to chat in the street. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow
Cauldron and kettle at a gipsy encampmentA cauldron and a kettle heating over a log fire in the open air at a gipsy encampment
For discouragement of the cocktail habitIllustration by William Heath Robinson. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library
Inside a traditional miners cottage, Lands End, CornwallScene inside a traditional miners cottage at Lands End, Cornwall. There is a copper kettle by the fireplace, a spinning wheel, two clocks, various pictures, and patterned wallpaper
A selection of kitchen sundriesA selection of kitchen equipment including kettles, flour sifters, towel airers, vegetable racks and meat safes
An assortment of aluminium cooking utensilsA selection of pure cast aluminium cooking utensils, polished inside and out
Brewing tea on a motorbike tripArriving at a campsite, a pair of motorcyclists are helped to boil a kettle for a cup of tea by some helpful girls
Boys Club, food preparation 1932Two older boys from a Boys Club help with food preparation. Big pots of food need to be heated and stirred over an open fire whilst a kettle comes to the boil
Aden, Yemen - Chieftains CamelAn Arabian Chieftains camel and drummer boy with his kettle drums - Aden, Yemen
Lur Tribesmen in felt coats. Lurs (also Lors, Lori) are an Iranian people living mostly in the south-west of the country
An itinerant lemonade seller from Izmir (Smyrna)An itinernat Turkish lemonade seller from Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey
Egypt - Kettle Drum players riding on camelsTwo kettle drum players - their drums mounted onto the flanks of camels. They are ceremonial players, providing music for traditional social or religious corteges, parades or processions
The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store
Interior of a mud cabin in Kildare, IrelandA woman and young girl indoors in a mud cabin in Kildare. They sit next to the fire over which a kettle hangs on a chain. This is a poor ramshackle dwelling with the door nearly falling apart