Mending Collection

Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines
Moray, Scotland - Lossiemouth Fisherman mending his lines Date: circa 1905

Margot Fonteyn repairing her ballet shoes
Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), British ballet dancer, pictured at her Kensington home repairing her ballet shoes around the time she danced the role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at a Royal Command Gala

Silhouettes from the Somme by H. L. Oakley
Various scenes on the Somme cut by famous silhouette artist, Captain H. L. Oakley showing the work to be done when pursuing the retreating Germans

Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker
An Irish Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker, working on a pile of shoes

Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening

Mending Day, by Ethel Parkinson. A little Dutch girl sits mending a little boys breeches, while he stands uncomfortably with a towel round his waist

Road works, London, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Road works gang, London Date: early 1900s

Mending fishing nets, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Victorian period

Cobbler mending shoes

Road repair gang and steam roller - Victorian period

Mending fishing nets Robin Hood's Bay Victorian period

Reddin the lines Victorian period

Fishermen in Fife, Scotland, reddin the lines

Road repair gang

Steam roller and road gang Victorian period Date: 19th century

Mending fishing nets early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Mending fishing nets Date: circa 1900s

Cycling mending a puncture early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Mending a puncture, early cycling Date: circa 1900s

Road repair gang, early 1900s

Burling and mending pieces in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period

Mending crab pots, early 1900s

Master Chips the Carpenter's Son

A German fisherman mending his nets. Date: circa 1910

Fishermen mending nets, Catalan Bay, Gibraltar, c. 1890
Fishermen mending nets, Catalan Bay, Gibraltar, c.1890

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We have no Coupons
The long Caption blames the patches on the lack of clothing coupons but says what does that matter - to loyal pals like me and you

Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room
Regency cobbler mending shoes in a room full of women and children. Buxom wife using bellows on the fire in the hearth. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm with a servant holding a lantern. Miseries of the Country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

We re on the mend, 1941
We re on the mend. Mending and darning clothes and fabric in wartime. 1941 Date: 1941

Trains
Painting of steam engine and railway workers mending track. Artist: Leonhard Sandrock (German, 1867-1945) Date: circa 1890

Boot mending at Scaynes Hill Womens Institute, WW1
Boot mending at Scaynes Hill Womens Institute, West Sussex, during the First World War. 1914-1918

Women at a shoe mending class, WW1
Women taking part in a shoe mending class, First World War. 1914-1918

Strip of rubber with comic verse on a birthday card
Strip of rubber for mending a puncture, with comic verse on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Alpine workers
Workmen mending a fence on a mountain footbath Switzerland Date: circa 1957

Sewing dollys dress - Young girl with plaits mending her dollys dress, aided by her friend. Artist: Enid Warne Browne Date: circa 1930

MENDING A CHAIR
Gluing back loose or dislodged chair legs can be quite a straightforward task, as this practical woman demonstrates, using a brush and pot of glue. Date: 1930s

REPAIRING DOLLS
A dolls hospital in South London: a woman takes a pair of pliers to a broken dollys limb while a girl watches hoping to have her toy repaired in time for Christmas Date: 4 December 1929

MENDING A WRISTWATCH
A man looks on as his watch is being mended Date: 1930s

BACHELOR / WORKMAN 1866
A young bachelor sewing his own clothes at home: Single Blessedness! Date: 1866

Trade - Mending a Chair
A man mends a chair for two women customers Date: 1795

GOLD PROSPECTOR / CANADA
A gold prospector mending his stockings in his cabin. Date: 1878

A fisherman mends a lobster pot in his waterside shed
A lobster fisherman mends a lobster pot in his waterside shed in Holy Island harbour, Lindisfarne, Northumberland, England. He works in a shed cluttered with fishing and sailing gear Date: 2014

Fisherman on quayside with his dog, Cork, Ireland
A fisherman wearing a cloth cap and sports jacket, stands on the quayside at Cork Harbour, Ireland. He is mending his fishing nets and he and his dog look at the camera. He is laughing Date: 1989

Djerba fisherman with nets
Fisherman wearing djeleba sits on the harbourside on the island of Djerba, Tunisia. He is mending a pink coloured fishing net Date: 1987

Repairing nets, Bermeo, Spain - 4
Women repair the nets for fishermen on the quayside at Bermeo, Biscay, Northern Spain Date: 1990

Repairing nets, Bermeo, Spain -1
Women repair the nets for fishermen on the quayside at Bermeo, Biscay, Northern Spain. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Repairing nets, Bermeo, Spain - 3
Women repair the nets for fishermen on the quayside at Bermeo, Biscay, Northern Spain Date: 1990

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