Meal Collection (page 15)

Bulgarian prisoners in Macedonia, captured during the repulse of Bulgarian attacks into the region during the Second Balkan War, which broke out on 16th June 1913

Sixties Meal
Urgh - whats that? A young husband strains to see what his experimental wife has conconcted for their evening meal! Date: 1960s

Camping Couples
Three happy couples enjoy a meal on a campsite at Tylers Causeway, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Outback Camping Snooze
Bushwalkers sleeping off an 18 mile walk in the cool of the evening. Soon camp fires will be lighted and these hungry walkers will have a well- earned meal! Date: 1940s

Gipsy Encampment Meal
Mother gets the fire ready to cook the food in huge pots at a gipsy encampment, while the menfolk mind the children on the caravan steps, England. Date: 1930s

Camping Beans

Town mice and country mice
Two couples eating at a restaurant at separate tables, one couple looking smug dressed up in the latest attire with their wine and bowl of fruit

Belgian soldiers eating dinner, northern France, WW1
Belgian soldiers eating their dinner in the open air in northern France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Mrs Bobbity cooking her dinner -- potato pie with a flaky crust, with bread and cheese, so there will be plenty of crumbs for the birds. Date: 1937

Mrs Bobbity sitting at the breakfast table, putting a lump of sugar in her teacup. Date: 1937

American soldiers at Citroen Munitions, France, WW1
American soldiers lunching at Citroen Munitions in France during the First World War. Date: August 1918

Black. Good King Arthur. Charles Folkard. c. 1923. jpg
When good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a goodly King. He stole three pecks of barley-meal, To make a bag pudding. A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuffed it well with plums

The Colonel - Christmas Pudding by H. M. Bateman
Humorous illustration by master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, entitled, The Colonel Who Found Nothing in his Christmas Pudding

American soldiers relaxing in a trench, WW1
American soldiers relaxing over a meal in a trench on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Dr Syntax dining with a Lord
Dr Syntax enjoys a meal at the behest of a Lord. Several bottles of wine are visible whilst Dr Syntax is talking animatedly. The walls of the room are crammed with framed paintings

France - Striking Clockmakers
A group of striking clockmakers at Charquemont eat a communal meal at a girls school. Date: 1909

Edward, Prince of Wales, at the American Officers Club
Edward, Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII), at the American Officers Club, having lunch with Sir Harry Brittain (Club Chairman, centre) and others during the First World War

Kaiser Wilhelm II at lunch in the field, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor (centre), with army officers, eating lunch in the field during a visit to the Western Front, First World War. Date: June 1918

Dr Chaim Weizmann speaking at Rishon LeZion, WW1
Dr Chaim Azriel Weizmann (1874-1952), member of the Zionist Commission in Palestine, who later became the first President of the State of Israel

Scout cooking at camp
Picture shows a Scout frying up his meal over an altar fire. Camp time also allows for strange new hat fashions to develop. 1966

Polish Scouts cooking
Polish Scouts crowding around to receive food cooked and served by other scouts. 1930s

New Years Eve in the Workhouse
An illustration by J Barnard Davis of New Years Eve in an unnamed workhouse. At Christmas time, workhouses were decorated and the inmates given treats

Picnic by the seaside
A couple have a picnic by the seaside, using a fishing boat as a shelter from the stiff breeze (possibly!)... Date: circa 1940s

Tommy Tucker song
The music and words (correct version) to the song of Little Tom (Tommy) Tucker, who had to sing for his supper. Date: 1931

Christmas dinner carried in by four children dressed in medieval costume. There is a large turkey, glasses of steaming punch, a large round pudding, and a plate of fruit. early 20th century

Poor school meal
Poor children are served free meal at the refectory of Albano school, Landskrona, 1906. Date: 1906

Picking up provisions - Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
A small steam-powered sardine fishing boat picks up provisions for the fishermen crew from a beach at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, South west France. Date: 1906

Hospital Meals
The Senior Nurse gets the plates ready whilst the junior nurses begin to dish up a meal from metal tureens at Queen Marys Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, England. Date: 1960s

16th Century Inn
The house of rest - A traveller enjoys a meal served by the landlady by the fireside of a country inn, while the dog hopes for scraps. Date: 2nd century

Christmas Cooking
Preparing the Christmas dinner - cook and servants busy in the kitchen Date: early 19th century

School Dinners 1969
Pupils eating their school dinners in the Refectory at Manor High School. Date: 1969

Man at a Road Sign
A walker contemplates the signpost, unable to decide whether to make for a meal at Middleton or settle for a snack at Straitford. Date: 1893

Two girls taking tea on the lawn. first published 1879

Going in to Dinner
The Squire leads the way in to the Christmas dinner in a country house Date: early 19th century

Xmas Dinner 1975
A traditional Christmas meal with the mother and father and two young boys in tank tops, turkey, wine and all the trimmings. Date: 1975

School dinner at Marlborough School
Pupils and teachers pass round the custard jug to pour over their prunes during a school dinner at Marlborough School. Date: 1962

Marlboro School Meal
Meal at Marlborough School Date: 1962

Dining Room, Rowton House, Hammersmith, London
View inside the dining room of a Rowton House in Hammersmith, West London, with male inmates eating at tables and queueing to be served

Dining Hall, Lambeth Schools, West Norwood, London
View of the Dining Hall at the Lambeth Schools for workhouse children on Elder Road, West Norwood, South London, with boys and girls segregated at separate tables. Each table seated 10 boys or girls

British Ballad, The Twa Corbies
THE TWA CORBIES (Two Ravens or Two Crows) being a derivative of The Three Ravens with a cynical twist. A brave knight lies dead while the two scavengers (ravens)

Gipsy carrying a plate of cooked meat
A gipsy carrying a plate of meat which has just been cooked, and is steaming hot

Dinner of the British Medical Association in the hall of Christ Church College, Oxford

German Family at Table
The family of a German burgher share a meal together round a table. The son of the family says grace while one of the smaller children appears to be sitting dangerously close to a roaring fire

Tea party for a bear and his friends
A tea party for a bear and his friends. The bear carries a pot of jam and some buns on a tray, towards a table where a squirrel, a frog and two other animals are sitting

Hero Worship - postcard by Lawson Wood
Hero Worship - a postcard by Lawson Wood showing a housewife doting on her portly husband (bursting out of his uniform), having served him a meal and provided him with an ale and a comfy chair

Church Army meal for applicants to a London workhouse
A number of elderly men and women awaiting admission to one of Londons workhouses are provided with a meal by the Church Army

Salvation Army Food Depot, London
Men queuing at one of the food depots set up in London by the Salvation Army in the 1890s. The depots provided low cost food and meals for down and outs

Vagrants Food Ticket, Hinckley Union, Leicestershire
Ticket issued to a vagrant following his departure from the Hinckley Union workhouse, Leicestershire. When he presented it to the specified person (en route to his next destination)

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