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Cooks New Zealand ToursCover illustration for Cooks New Zealand Tours, showing tropical flora and fauna in a landscape. Date: 1897
Poster advertising motor coach tours in Greece, arranged by the National Tourist Organization in cooperation with the travel agencies in Greece
Poster advertising British Eagle flights to the continental sun
Poster advertising French Line to the West IndiesPoster advertising French Line cruises from Southampton to the West Indies. A service of distinction
Poster advertising Pontresina in SwitzerlandPoster advertising Pontresina, an alpine village in the Engadin region of Switzerland, not far from St Moritz
Poster advertising the Orient LinePoster advertising Orient Line cruises to Norway, 13 days from 20 guineas
Poster advertising Cunard from Europe to the USA and CanadaPoster advertising Cunard departures from Cherbourg and Le Havre to the USA and Canada
WW2 Destroyer crew relaxingRelaxations of the lower deck: sailors playing tombola in a destroyer escorting a convoy. One of the rare periods of leisure for the crew of a destroyer; Royal Navy sailors play the game of tombola
Channel Ferry 1882Embarking on a channel steamer at Folkestone harbour
Slipper Pattern 1868A colourful embroidery design for the Victorian lady of leisure for a cashmere slipper based on an original Hindustanee pattern
Cruising Suit Circa 1940A two-piece cruising suit composed of blue trousers and a blazer (double-breasted coat) of striped flannel
Afternoon tea in a fashionable French home
Western passengers on a Nile steamerA group of western passengers on a Nile steamer, listening to a young woman play the piano
Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with CooksCover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a West Country scene with people playing on a sandy beach, fishing nets and seagulls
Steeple Chase, horse racing board game. 20th century
The Roof Garden of Downs Hotel, HassocksThe Roof Garden of the Downs Hotel, Hassocks, fitted up like an ocean liner. Beyond are seen the undulating Sussex Downs. The hotel was one of a number of venues in the south
The Cats Half Holiday by Louis Wain
Poster, Healthful Hartlepool, seaside resort in County Durham, natural beauties unsurpassed. Date: circa 1910
RMS Berengaria, formerly SS Imperator, ocean linerRMS Berengaria of the Cunard Line, formerly SS Imperator, transatlantic ocean liner, seen here at Southampton. Date: circa 1925
Young men ogle contestants in Miss Wet T-Shirt contestYoung men ogle contestants in a Miss Wet T-Shirt contest in a Manchester pub. Date: circa 1979
Advertisement for the famous Ace of Spades road house, the progenitor of a number of road houses that attracted fun-seeking motorists during the inter-war years
Advert for the Lagoon, swimming pool, Orpingon 1933Advertisement for The Lagoon in Orpington, Kent, an outdoor swimming pool measuring 200 feet by 75 feet and opened in 1933
Advert for Ace of Spades road house 1933Advertisement for The Ace of Spades road-house on the Kingston by-pass, considered the first of its kind. Road-houses sprang up along arterial roads leading out of London
Lido on the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias), Israel, with Mount Hermon in the far distance. Date: circa 1940s
Zazel Valses, by Charles DuboisPromotional music sheet for Zazel Valses of 1877 by Charles Dubois. One of these waltzes was used to accompany her act which included being fired from a cannon
The Boy Wot Visits The Palace, by James BrutonPromotional music sheet for The Boy Wot Visits The Palace song by James Bruton. A boy, known at the time as The boy Jones intruded into Buckingham Palace in 1838 and 1840
Fare you well Daisy Bell, by Harry DacrePromotional music sheet for Fare You Well Daisy Bell, written by Harry Dacre and sung by Lady Mansel and Miss Nora Gordon. Written in 1894, this was the sequel to the very famous Daisy Bell
Quite Too Utterly Utter by Robert CootePromotional music sheet for Quite Utterly Utter, a New Aesthetic Roundelay by Robert Coote. Poking fun at the aesthetic movement, it shows a stylish young man with sunflowers
Women playing with a Yoyo on a beach near Dieppe, FranceWomen playing with a Yoyo, the craze of 1932, on a beach near Dieppe, France. Date: 1932
People playing Mahjong by swimming pool, USAPeople playing the Chinese board game Mahjong (Mah Jong), by the swimming pool of the Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City, USA, April 1924. 1924
Man leaning on a fence in the countryside. Date: circa early 1920s
Grand Hotel Belmonte, Funchal, Madeira. Date: circa 1930
TSS Largs Bay, steamship of the Australian Commonwealth Line. Date: circa 1922
Victorian scrap, Fairground roundabout. 19th century
Rinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - When Awkwardness is useful!. DateRinking - Roller Skating fun for all ages - " When Awkwardness is useful!". Date: circa 1905
Promenade, Salthill, Galway Bay, Republic of Ireland. circa 1960s
High tide and splash point, Eastbourne, East SussexHigh tide and splash point in front of the Queens Hotel, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Date: circa 1910
East Promenade, Cromer, Norfolk. Date: circa 1900
Promenade and sea front, Weston-Super-Mare, SomersetPromenade and sea front, Birnbeck Road, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, with holidaymakers. Date: circa 1920s
Donkeys on the beach at Southport, Cheshire (Merseyside)Boy with five donkeys on the beach at Southport, Cheshire (Merseyside). Date: 1920
Woman sleeping on deck chair on Tenby Beach, WalesA woman holidaymaker wearing a floppy sun hat sleeps in a deck chair behind a windbreak on the sandy beach at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. A man lies on an inflatable sunbed next to her
Two young women in bikinis sunbathe - Tenby Harbour, WalesTwo young women in bikinis sunbathe on the small sandy beach outside St Julians Church in Tenby Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: 1988
Two Edwardian women with their bicycles in a garden. Date: circa 1907
Singapore - The Great World Amusement Park - note the seperate entrances for Gents and Ladies and the film poster for The Man in the Iron Mask (1939). Date: 1939
Carpet bowlsOne of five glazed earthenware bowls in a set of carpet bowls. Painted with intersecting stripes in various colours on a white ground, thought to date c.1850-1900. Date: 1850-1900
Police officers socialising at a Section House, LondonPolice officers, male and female, socialising in a sitting room at a Met Police Section House in London. By the fireplace on the left is WPC Doreen Lyess
Boating at Hampton Court London in 1910
Beginning of World War Two, where sailors are relaxing in a destroyer escorting a Convoy. Date: 1939
