Meal Collection (page 16)

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)

Mother & children at table
A mother sits down to a meal with her two little daughters, and ladles soup into bowls

Patients in cafeteria, Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing five patients in the cafeteria enjoying a hot meal served by a catering lady

Georgia - Coronation Day 1896 - eating a picnic
Georgia - Coronation Day 1896 - eating a celebration picnic at Mtzchet

Soup tie / W H Robinson
One tug of a cord and this smart tie is swiftly transformed into a napkin allowing the wearer to eat his soup without the worry of unsightly splashes to his suit

Central France - Soup of the Day
Central France - A farming family tuck into the Soup of the Day

Taiwan - preparing food

French civilians WWII
There is always some stew left over in the kitchens of the French Army and the children who have made friends with the cooks get the best of it during World War II

Evacuee childrens school WWII
A school for evacuee children in England during World War II

Belgian refugees WWII
Belgian refugees at a London station having a meal during World War II

Refugee children in London WWII
Young Belgian refugees having a meal at a London station after their arrival in England the day before during World War II

Sharing a meal in the Middle East
Two men share a meal in a Middle Eastern country. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Picnic by the roadside
Having a picnic by the roadside - tucking into a thermos of hot tea!

In the trenches 1917
Soldiers of the 6th Queens (Royal West Surrey) Regiment eating dinner in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in March 1917

Soldiers preparing a meal 1917
Soldiers preparing a meal on the British Front in France during World War I in 1917

Mealtime at the front in 1917
Soldiers of the Newfoundland regiment in Berneville eating a meal on the British Front in France during World War I on 9th May 1917

Hot stew in the trenches 1917
British troops receive hot stew in the trenches near Cambrai in France on the British front during World War I in March 1917

An 18th Century Kitchen by Pauline Baynes
A galaxy of eighteenth century food and a kitchen scene showing food preparation. From the top is a Stargazey pie, then a baked ham stuffed with apricots, fried apple pasties

Still life with crockery, cutlery, beer glass and newspaper
A still life on a table, with crockery, cutlery, a beer glass and a folded newspaper

Burma (Myanmar) - Rangoon (Yangon) - Prisoners
Prisoners awaiting their breakfast in a Yangon (formerly Rangoon) Jail, Myanmar (formerly Burma)

Algeria - Kabyle Family
Mealtime for a family of the Kabyle People - Berbers from North Eastern Algeria

Sri Lanka - Veddahs cooking
The Wanniyala-Aetto, or forest people, more commonly known as Veddas or Veddahs are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka - seen here preparing a meal

Picnic in Iran
Diplomatic staff (both British and Iranian) enjoy a picnic. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Zoroastrian Boarding School - Devlali, India - The Dining Room at Tea time

A French kitchen
A chef and maid prepare a sumptuous meal in a French kitchen. Dough has been rolled out on the side board and the chef decorates a three-tiered cake with flowers

Meal Aboard the Cutter
Sailors enjoy a well-deserved meal aboard their boat, with plenty of food and drink for all

Mexico - Tortilla Preparation
Preparing Tortillas in Mexico

Mexico - Tortilla Cooking
Cooking Tortillas fo the whole family - Mexico

Tucker Time
Tucker time on an Australian fishing boat as fishermen stop for a snack on the boat

Le Five O Clock At Deauville by Edmund Blampied
An impression of the polo ground at Deauville during the tea hour. Since the war, afternoon tea - that formerly despised meal - has become the most fashionable of ceremonies among l haut monde

Sunday at the Foundling Hospital
This is a scene on sunday at the Foundling Hospital where orphans are sitting down to a meal on long tables and being served by young women in aprons and caps

Marriage of Farouk I of Egypt & Farida
Farouk I of Egypt (1920 - 1965), was the tenth ruler from the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936

Absent Father Wwi
Family toasting the portrait of an absent father at Christmas during their meal during World War One

The Ashanti War (1873-74) - Dinner at Cape Coast Castle
Officers having returned from the bush enjoy a civilised meal at Cape Coast Castle during the expedition to defeat the Ashanti

The Dejeuner at The Albert Dock during Prince Alberts visit
The visit of Prince Albert to Liverpool in July 1846 was celebrated with a grand meal, or Dejeuner, at the Albert Dock, named after him to commemorate his visit

Chef Ready Meals
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Interior of Goldsmiths Hall, London, 1884
Engraving showing the interior of Goldsmiths Hall in the City of London, 1884. This image shows the hall with a large formal meal taking place

People watching Television at home, 1946
Illustration showing a group of people, in formal evening wear, watching a television in a sitting room, 1946. One might reasonably suppose that this shows a dinner party having a little televisual

British Officers at their meal in a trench shelter or dug out

Cannibals cooking, Central Africa, 1888
Engraving showing two cannibals cooking their next meal, in their village near Nassibus Camp on the Aruwimi River, Central Africa, 1888. This image was sketched by H

Snatching a meal
British soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force sharing a railway carriage, and a meal, with some horses, on their way to the front in August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I

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