Licence Collection (page 2)

Liars License Card, from The Ancient, Reckless & Independent Order of Prevaricators, entitling the recipient to lie for a whole year, to be signed by U. R. A. Nother, Secretary of State

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, inspector counting hounds
Illustration by Cecil Aldin -- an excise officer counting hounds in the days when dog licences were required. Not surprisingly, he is having difficulty counting sixty couples who keep moving around

Licence for a mechanically propelled vehicle, otherwise known as a road tax disc, issued by Surrey County Council and valid until 31 December 1951

All That Was Taxed was His Ingenuity by Heath Robinson, WW1
An intelligent young pup disguised as a parakeet to avoid the increased licence duty - raised on pet dogs in Britain in 1917. 1917

WWIBritish RFC / Royal Naval Air Service flechette
A World War One period British Royal Flying Corps./Royal Naval Air Service flechette. This is a rare example of the flechette pattern made under licence from the Bristol Company. Firearms & Equipment

New Blocks of Flats with Off Licence
Picture of Eamont Cout flats, Eamont Street, London, NW7 8DG, including off licence and pub Date: 1930s

Eye Wash in the Pub
An eye wash in the bar of a London pub, built over a well with medieval properties. It was a condition of the licence that they should give free eye treatment. Date: early 1930s

Morane-Saulnier MS236 built under licence by SABCA for t?
Morane-Saulnier MS236 built under licence by SABCA for the Belgian Air Force

Griffith Brewer, the first Englishman to ride in an aero?
Griffith Brewer, the first Englishman to ride in an aeroplane (1908) after obtaining his Pilot?s ?A? Licence in 1930 at the age of 63

de Havilland Vampire FB5 10042
de Havilland Vampire FB5, 10042, built under licence in France

de Havilland Vampire FB5 10041
de Havilland Vampire FB5, 10041, built under licence in France

Napier Culverin six-cylinder diesel, a Junkers Jumo 204 built under licence (3/4 front view view)

Young woman protesting against licensing bill
A bill to licence drinking places meets with vigorous disapproval from a young woman in Kennington Road, London. She is so incensed that she climbs up a lamppost. Date: 1871

American Valentines Day card - Marriage licence
Dear Valentine Just say the word and I ll trot right down for the license Marriage Licenses are required prior to obtaining the right to maary in the USA - some states also require a blood test to

Off licence
Before the opening of the liquor shop. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

Hurunui Hotel, Hurunui, South Island, New Zealand
View of the historic Hurunui Hotel in Hurunui, South Island, New Zealand. The Hurunui Hotel is famous in New Zealand for its liquor licence, which it has held continuously since 1860

From Spain to Brazil
Italian aviator Ramon Franco and his crew fly from Spain to Pernambuco, Brazil, in a German-designed Dornier Wal flying boat, made under licence in Italy

Bishops Palace
The drawbridge of the Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset. The palace dates from the early 13th century, when Bishop Jocelin Trotman received a crown licence to build it

Beadle and Trader
A Beadle dressed in his official uniform overturns the stall of a street seller, trading without a licence

Advertisement for L Stringer, fish, game and poultry dealer
Advertisement for L Stringer, Lock-Up Yard, Derby, Market Hall Entrance, Fish, Game and Poultry Dealer, Rabbit Salesman, Fresh Fish Daily

Licence for Servant
A LICENCE FOR ONE MALE SERVANT Issued by the Inland Revenue at Castle Cary, Somerset, 14 January 1891

Driving Licence
Early driving licences (the spelling here is incorrect !) were issued by the County for a period of a year

Gretna Green - too Late
A Gretna Green wedding - until 1856, runaway couples could be married at Gretna, Dumfries- shire (Scotland) without banns licence, or priest, by black- smith, landlord or tollkeeper

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