Locals Collection

The wassail bowl
Locals gather round to drink hot mulled cider out of the wassail bowl. Artists: Alan Wright & Vernon Stokes Date: circa 1910

Teenage barmaid, Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall
Teenage barmaid at the Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall. circa 1980s

People sitting on street, Whitechapel, East London
Locals sitting out on the street or chatting with their neighbours. The location is probably at the corner of Old Montague Street and Dunk Street in the Whitechapel area of East London

Locals in the Old Square, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Locals in the Old Square, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands, with the Weigh House behind them. Date: circa 1900s

Old Farm, Brewer Street, near Bletchingley, Surrey, England. It is reputed by some locals to have belonged to a brewer who supplied beer to the nearby Tudor manor house. Date: 1950s

Outside the Pub, 1914
A group of drinkers assemble outside the Carpenters Arms pub for a photograph, bringing their glasses with them

The Nieuwe Toren (New Tower) at Kampen, The Netherlands. Date: 1952

Chinese Market
A painting of a very busy Chinese market street, lined with shops with exterior arrangements of goods for the locals. Date: circa 1915

Port Hamilton, New British Harbour
Various depictions of local life at Port Hamilton, a group of islands off the Korean Peninsula. They became a British base in 1885, but only for 2 years until 1887

Elephants parade through town to publicise circus
A long line of elephants is led through town to publicise the arrival of a circus, attracting much interest from locals. Date: circa 1950s

Welsh National Memorial Dragon, Hagebos - Iron Cross
This fine memorial in Belgium is not only to the 38th Welsh Division, but to all Welsh Forces who fought in the Ypres Salient. It is similar to the dragon at Mametz on the Somme

British troops and Locals Memorial, Sint Michielsgestel
There is much erudite discussion about whether Operation Market Garden was a success or a failure. Certainly, the prime objective - to outflank the German defences along the River Rhine

Collecting firewood
Countryside locals collecting firewood, or possibly looking for birds nests or mushrooms in an old tree trunk, 1890s Date: 1890s

Boat Shed - Astove Island, Cosmoledo Group
Boat Shed - Astove Island, part of the Cosmoledo Group, part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 1, 000 kilometres (620 miles) from Mahe Island

Gang of Labourers - Astove Island, Cosmoledo Group
Gang of Labourers - Astove Island, part of the Cosmoledo Group, part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, lying in the southwest of the island nation, 1

WW1 street shrine, London, 1917
A front cover of The Illustrated London News, showing a woman and two small children leaving a floral tribute at a London street shrine, 1917. Date: January 1917

Queen Mary inspecting tribute to East End patriotism
Queen Mary pictured in Palace Road, South Hackney, chatting to locals and inspecting a local Rolls of Honour, attached to the wall of a house in the street

RUSSIA / 1923 / BATUM RIOT
The Orthodox cathedral of Batum is converted into a cinema. Locals riot and destroy the screen and equipment. Date: 1923

Volos, Greece - Capital of Magnesia - Rue Demetriados
Rue Demetriados, Volos - a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 330km north of Athens and 220km south of Thessaloniki

Town versus Gown fight in Oxford
Town versus Gown brawl in Oxford in the 1850s, with undergraduates fighting locals. Date: 1850s

Customer and barman, Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall
Customer and barman at the Halfway House pub, Rame, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Doctors visit in Aboisso, Ivory Coast
Locals visiting a European doctor in the streets of Aboisso, south-east of Ivory Coast (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1910

Uzbekistan - Samarkand - Smoking a Chillum Pipe
Uzbekistan - Samarkand - Local men sharing a smoke of a Chillum Pipe. Date: circa 1905

Ufos / Hessdalen
This flying saucer landed in the village of Hessdalen, but was snowed in by bad weather, and its occupants had to stay with the locals until the weather cleared Date: 1996

Scene in the Blue Anchor, Helston, Cornwall
Locals enjoying a pint (or a swift half) in the Blue Anchor pub in Helston, Cornwall

Laying of the Foundation Stone for a Religious School. Date: circa 1910

Customer and barmaid, Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall
Customer and barman having a cosy chat at the Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall. circa 1980s

Customer and landlord, King William Inn, Madron, Cornwall
Customer (Cheryl Reader) and landlord (Don Osborne), enjoying a drink at the King William Inn, Madron, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

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

Town and Gown battle interrupted by police
A stand-off in Oxford between town locals and university students is interrupted by the police who attempt to calm everyone down. 1866

Gown and Town row at Oxford, 1845, where a punch up between students and a group of non-university locals is taking place in the street. 1845

European military men with locals in Port Said, Egypt
European military men sitting and enjoying a drink with local gentlemen and ladies as well as a native boy gathered around them in Prince Farouk Street in Port Said

A street, Ghardaia
Locals populate the narrow street outside their houses in Ghardaia, Algeria. Date: circa 1910s

Gathering in Sidi-el-Kebir, Blida
A local gathering in Sidi-el-Kebir, Blida Province. Sidi-el-Kebir is named in the honour of Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, the founder of Blida. Date: circa 1910s

The Gorge and the River, El Kantara, Biskra
The Gorge and the River of the town of El Kantara, Biskra. The river depicted is very dry, but this gorge was once described by locals as the mouth of the desert. Date: circa 1910s

Mahdist War - Sudan Campaign - Hicks Pasha and Staff - Several soldiers on horseback - many locals watching. Part of Box 244 Boswell Collection - Sudan War. Date: 1881 - 1889

Western Norway - (Group) Family at Gjendebod - Locals in national costume. Part of Box 185 Boswell Collection - Western Norway. Date: circa 1900

A Study in Contrasts at Eze by Marcel Poncin
A small group of fashionable holidaymakers encounter a local woman carrying fruit on her head through the narrow streets of Eze, one of the smaller coastal towns near to Nice on the French Riviera

British soldiers (and two sailors) and locals in Istanbul. Date: 1923

At a Country Station
When a train stops at a country station, locals are there to sell the passengers tea from the samovar, and cakes from a basket. Date: 1913

Lejean / Abyssinia
Lejean (1818-1872) accompanied by locals on a raft, looks out over an Abyssinian river

Locals from County Cork, Ireland, in traditional costume. Date: circa 1890

Railway Snacks
Passengers on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad are refreshed when their train stops at Gordonsville, Virginia, by a variety of foods and drinks offered by enterprising locals Date: 1882

Country house and locals, Kamnitz, Czech Republic
Country house and locals, Kamnitz (Ceska Kamenice), Czech Republic. Date: circa 1900s

Locals with cart, Sacandaga Park, New York State, USA
Locals with bullock cart in the Backwoods, Sacandaga Park, Northampton, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908

Locals collecting water at a public spring, Matanzas, Cuba Date: circa 1900

Pueblo Indians and locals, New Mexico, USA
Pueblo Indians and white locals, New Mexico, USA. Date: circa 1910

Christmas day at the Hackney street shrines, London, 1916
Christmas tide at war shrines: gifts for the fighters children, 1916. Father Christmas(aka the Reverend G. C Morrow) distributed gifts with the help of ladies and soldiers home on leave

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