Mess Collection (page 3)

GLC-LFB Aftermath of fatal fire in care home, NE London
Aftermath of a fatal fire at an elderly peoples care home in Billet Road, Walthamstow, NE London. Showing the seat of the fire, with heat damage and smoke staining to the upper areas of the walls

Fire damage at Robert Legg Ltd, Eagle Wharf Road, N1
Fire damage and debris in the premises of Robert Legg Ltd, 49 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1

Aftermath of a fire at 8 Nelson Road, Hornsey, WW2
The aftermath of a fire at 8 Nelson Road, Hornsey, East London

Debris following Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
Newspapers strewn over the railway lines, with a train in the background wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed

Aerial photograph of Houthulst, Western Front, WW1
Aerial photograph (German) of Houthulst (or Houthoulst) Forest on the Western Front in Flanders, devastated after a battle during the First World War. 1914-1918

The Studdy Dog - His Masters Vice by George Studdy
The Studdy Dog, later known as Bonzo, the canine creation of George Studdy featured in an article on animal caricature in The Strand magazine

Home Chat magazine cover
A front cover illustration from a womans magazine by artist David Wright. Wright regularly contributed to The Sketch during the 1940 s

Pin up by David Wright
Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s. David Wrights Lovelies proved hugely popular and adorned practically every military mess, bunker

Susi - squeezing toothpaste out of a tube. 1950s

Susi - playing with paints. 1950s

Susi - upsetting a vase of flowers. 1950s

Susi - with kitchen roll
Susi - getting to grips with a kitchen roll. 1950s

Comic postcard, couple in a trashed room -- Oh John, you were drunk last night! -- Try and forget it! Date: circa 1900s

La Sucrerie, Ham, Somme, northern France, WW1
La Sucrerie (sugar refinery), Ham, Somme, northern France -- taking back lost territory during the First World War. 1917

Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery
Unusual Friends - Saint Bernard dog with a pile of jewellery. 1950s

Scots terrier with feathers
Unusual Friends - Scots terrier with feathers. 1950s

Two kittens with jug of spilt milk
Unusual Friends - two kittens with jug of spilt milk. 1950s

Two tabby kittens with jug of spilt milk
Unusual Friends - two tabby kittens with jug of spilt milk. 1950s

Bomb damage inside a church, Poelkapelle, Belgium, WW1
Bomb damage inside a church in Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

The Modern Boy front cover - Naval
Taking their Christmas medicine. Front cover of The Modern Boy magazine featuring a photograph of two naval cadets on board a training ship tasting the mixture for a Christmas plum duff. Date: 1932

Damage from cyclone, Isabela de Sagua, Cuba
Damage from cyclone of 1 September 1933, Isabela de Sagua, Cuba. Date: 1933

Industrial School Training Ship HMS Wellesley - Mess Room
The lower-deck mess room aboard the Industrial School Training Ship HMS Wellesley. Boys sit at tables while officers stand watch. Date: 1914

Cartoon, The Officers Mess - Boy Scouts at camp, trying to cook a rabbit. 1914

Susi - with a tube of toothpaste, making a bit of a mess. 1950s

Susi - with toothbrush and toothpaste in a bit of a mess. 1950s

Susi - with pan of spaghetti
Susi - with a pan of spaghetti. 1950s

Tommy always likes a water in the right place
Photograph: Tommy always likes a water in the right place. One is enjoying a cold douche [shower] while the others scour their mess tins.One of 193 British

Barrack Room
Photograph from an album of 73 photographs possibly compiled by Lt Peter Marrow, 1st (or King s) Dragoon Guards, 1871-1874.Showing groups of officers and other ranks, troops

Two soldiers outside Officers Mess, Germany
Two British soldiers outside the Officers Mess of the British Army of the Rhine, near Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, in postwar Germany. Date: circa 1946

Party Invitation - La Coupe Enchantee (a story by La Fontaine). 19th century

The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Plane
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Plane the Carpenters Son. circa 1910

Group photo, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Group photo, Staff Sergeants Mess, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1905

Susi and friend with knitting and sewing things, getting everything into a mess. 1950s

Susi - spilt milk
Susi - watching nonchalantly as the milk pours out of an upset jug. 1950s

Susi - under the sewing box. 1950s

Susi - with upset vase of flowers
Susi - with an upset vase of flowers. 1950s

Occupied Germany - German children sent packing from a signal Office run by occupying forces. Date: 1946

Susi - with an overturned paint pot. 1950s

The motorist who took the blame by H. M. Bateman
Amusing scene of the motorist who took the blame, for what seems to be an awfully messy crash. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch

Susi - demolishing a feather-filled cushion -- the aftermath. 1950s

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - spilt soup. circa 1910s

Happy Families - Master Flue. circa 1940s

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Dab the Artists son. 20th century

Scrap Book cover - Dog with newspaper cuttings and pot of glue. circa 1940s

CCFF leisure area / mess hut, Portsmouth
The CCFF leisure area / mess hut Portsmouth. The Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters (also known as the Volunteer Corps of Canadian Fire-fighters and simply as CCCF)

George Ernest Studdy, You Simply Must Save Water! (The Sketch, 28 June 1922) To save water, Bonzo drinks milk instead. Date: 1922

George Studdy, The Faithful Heart (The Sketch, 17 May 1922). A little dog with mournful eyes, obviously alarmed at his owners sea bathing antics

Patients and nurses in front of Quex House
A group of patients, with five VAD nurses, in front of Quex House in about 1915. On the left can be seen the Winter Garden, a large conservatory joined to the drawing room of Quex House

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