Lads Collection (page 2)

Come lassies & lads
Come lassies and lads a traditional dance at the May Queen festivities. Date: circa 1904

Advert for J. W. Jacksons Lancashire Lads and Jackson Girls
Advert for J.W. Jacksons Lancashire Lads (at the Moulin Rouge) and Jackson Girls dancing troupes, 1926 Date: 1926

Three young men on the top deck of a bus, Eccles
Three young men on the top deck of a bus, as it stops at a bus stop opposite the Talk of The North Club in Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1981

Accustoming our Lads by Degrees to Sleep Under a Roof
Untraining the Army - another idea from William Heath Robinson for ensuring soldiers become accustomed once more to civilian life

WW1 Naval Artillery Training
World War 1 Naval Artillery Training, England. Captioned: Where the lads are taught to shoot. Date: 1910s

Come lasses and lads. Traditional English song. Date: circa 1904

Church Lads Brigade presentation cup. The Church Lads Brigade boys wore military uniform at this time and were affiliated to the Kings Royal Rifle Corps

Two young lads check out de Havilland DH90A Dragonfly, G?
Two young lads check out de Havilland DH90A Dragonfly, G-AEWZ, of Silver City Airways at the 1956 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Wisley on 15 July

WW1 - Group of British Sea Scouts - with flags of the Allies
WW1 era - Group of British Sea Scouts - pose in formation with flags of the Allies Date: circa 1910

Two Naughty boys taking a drill to an unfortunate front door
Two little boys from Northern Italy up to no good, Here they are taking a drill to the door of a less-favoured relative (possibly a Battleaxe Aunt)

Six Young Lebanese Boys pose for a photograph Date: circa 1903

Circular discussion concerning the catch of the day
" Did yer Father cotch ony fish?" " yes." " Was they Biggins?" " They was bigger than the Little uns." " How big was the Little uns

A rather tall tale of the largest fish ever caught
" My Father e once caught a fishas big -as our street!" " Well, then, it must ave bin a Whale." " Garn, e were baitin wi Whales!" Date: 1901

Result of losing a game of Buttons
The Game of Buttons - a philosophical response from victor to loser. Winner (to the ruined one) - " Well, dash it all, old man

A couple of Cockney Loafers. Date: circa 1890s

Scottish piper: Its the Soldiers of the Queen my lads - sent around the time o the victory in the 2nd Boer War (1902). Date: 1902

Silhouettes of soldiers in wartime
Some of our lads -- silhouettes of soldiers in wartime. Including a piper playing the bagpipes, men standing on guard or chatting, a drummer, men carrying tools and materials for trench digging

Reservoir Anglers
Lads angling on the banks of the glistening waters of Aldenham Reservoir, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1950s

Cartoon - Boys playing at soldiers

Cartoon - Two lads having a joke about their Fathers
Two young lads trade insults, each one trying to belittle each others Father. " Your Father couldn t pass the Doctor!" " Garn, yours can t pass a pub." Date: circa 1915

Cartoon - Joke about Officer - WW1 era
Teacher: " No Pencil again? What would you think of a soldier who went into battle without his gun?" Bobby: " I d think he was an officer." circa 1915

Sussex University Lads
Young men, students, at the main entrance to Sussex University, England. Date: 1962

Paradise Street Football
Working class lads playing street football on Paradise Street, a rough (but now regenerated) area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Date: 1950s

The Darling Boys of the Coptic Seminary, Cairo, Egypt
The Darling Jewish Boys of the Coptic Seminary, Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1910s

Two young Polish Scouts, circa 30s thirties 1930s circa 1930s

Egypt - Three Shoeblacks ( at ease )
Egypt - Three Shoeblacks (" at ease" ) Date: circa 1910s

FISH & CHIPS 1967
Two teenage lads, still in their school uniforms, scoff down fish and chips wrapped in newspapers, after building up healthy appetites playing a round of golf after school. Date: 1967

Boys Smoking Ciggies
One boy lights the cigarette of another in a Liverpool street Date: 1960s

Lads Build Meccano
Three young lads build a complicated wheeled vehicle with a splendid set of Meccano, a small spanner, a small screwdriver and lots of patience! Date: mid 1960s

Swank - postcard by Lawson Wood
Two young lads show off! Sadly their attempts to be grand and sopisticated have resulted in feeling rather ill...!

More Work For The Navy - postcard by Lawson Wood
More Work For The Navy - A young boy climbs up on the rail of the pier and tries to catch the attention of a submarine captain with the words: " I, Jellicoe, if you re goin down ag in

Faroe Islands, Denmark - Thorshavn
A typical town on the Faroe Islands - Thorshavn - with wooden boarded houses and a couple of cheeky chappies always to be found in shot around the world when a photograph is being taken

Cairo, Egypt - Mobile street hot food vendor
A mobile hot food vendor sells his steaming wares in Cairo, Egypt

Street Hawkers - Algeria
Young street hawkers and porters - Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Children by an ornate doorway
Five children sitting and standing beside an ornate doorway - Algeria

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (2 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Austin A40 - boys in the boot
Two young boys sit in the open Austin A40 in Devon

Early convertible on a car ferry
An early convertible car on a car ferry alongsode a large cart/wagon and a couple of lads with a bicycle

Ford Model T Open Truck
Four young chaps sitting (and standing on) a Ford Model T Open Truck

Unusual small car and chaps
Three lads with a bizarre-looking small vehicle, possibly a toy car or kit car?

Carpenters saw a large log
A team of carpenters use a long two-person saw to split a large trunk log into planks. Watercolour Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Dancing on village green
Traditional country dancing on the village green to the music of a fiddle player standing at a maypole

Twisting the Night Away
Dance floor fashions include winklepickers, suits and liberal amounts of brilliantine, bouffants, stilettos, chain belts & abstract print frocks

Youth Club Dance
Teenage lads dancing at a Youth Club disco, probably to Status Quo

Likely Lads Drinking
Three " likely lads" enjoying a pint and chat outside a pub on a sunny day

Fishing at Bewdley, Worcestershire
Two young boys fishing in the river at Bewdley, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Boys with bikes by Bewdley Bridge
Three boys with their bikes admire the still river in the clear evening light at Bewdley Bridge, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Recruiting Village Lads
A Recruiting Sergeant and village lads. The instant he becomes the Sergeants care, his pupil and his torment, and his jest

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