Monday Collection

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stockport
Charles Green ballooning poster advertising his 75th ascent, from Stockport, under the patronage of Henry Hodgkinson, the Mayor, with a second ascent from Castle Yard, a band of music in attendance

CARTMEL RACES POSTER
A poster announcing Whit Monday races (29th May 1871) at Cartmel, Lancashire. Races will include a hurdle race, the Hartington Stake, the Innkeepers Stake, a Trotting Match and a Hound Dog Trail

George Whitefield preaching at Moorfields Fair, 1742
George Whitefield(1714-1770), nonconformist preacher, depicted preaching under difficult circumstances at Moorfields Fair on Whit Monday, 1742. 1742

The Pall Mall Gazette - Armistice Signed - Official
Newspaper - The Pall Mall Gazette - Monday November 11 1918 with headline Armistice Signed - Official. Commemorative Art

Whitsun walk in Abertillery, South Wales. c.1938

National Sporting Club
An impression of a Monday evening at the National Sporting Club, the home of the " noble art". Fair-haired fly weight is Dick Inkles.Key to people in audience, p.78 of

World War One Celebrations, Wallsend, Northumberland
World War One Celebrations, Wallsend, North Shields, near Newcastle, Northumberland, England. The end of World War One - on the setts is chalked LANDLORD NO RENT MONDAY Date: 1910s

Ascent of Mr. R. Orton in the Princess Alexandra balloon
Poster advertising the ascent of Mr. R. Orton in the Princess Alexandra balloon and his Monster Giant, Middlesex County Cricket Ground - Monday August 12th 1867. Date: 1867

Mr Grahams balloon ascent, Kew Bridge
Poster advertising Aerostation. Mr Grahams Sixteenth Ascent from the gardens of the Star & Garter Tavern, Kew Bridge, London. Date: 4 April 1825

String quartet, 1872
Mr.L.Ries, Madame Norman-Neruda, Herr Straus and Signore Piatti performing at one of the Monday popular concerts at St Jamess Hall. Date: 1872

Balloon event, Green and Cocking

Village Post Box 1960S
A typical village post box, next collection being on Tuesday. Normal collections are at 5.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 on Saturdays, etc

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Monday) -- he carries a cute little kitten out of harms way, watched by three other dogs. Date: 1923

Brighton Station, train to London
The Monday Morning Train to Town -- scene on the platform of Brighton Station, any week during the summer months, with men leaving for work in London while their wives and girlfriends stay behind

Drinking / Ally Sloper
Ally Sloper and his friends get drunk on Easter Monday

Days of the Week by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born

Corby Pole Fair, Northamptonshire 1902
Once every twenty years on Whit-Monday the people of Corby in Northamptonshire celebrate by holding a unique fair in commemoration of a charter granted to them by Queen Elizabeth in 1585

Whit Monday procession, Padiham, Lancashire, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Whit Monday parade, Padiham Date: early 1900s

Honley Whit Monday in 1923

Monday
A watercolour painting showing a lady with a white apron, carrying a washing basket along a countryside road, while talking with her young daughter. Date: circa 1918

Titanic Hero Memorial notice, Belfast
RMS Titanic - notice relating to the Belfast Titanic Hero Memorial'. It reads The Lady Mayoress having desired the opportunity of putting before our employes a suggestion that they should be

RMS Titanic - The Star newspaper, London, front page, Monday 15 April 1912, reporting on the disaster

Poster, Brooklands Motor Course, Weybridge, Surrey, The British Mountain Handicap, Britain's Richest Car Race, Easter Monday, 13 April 1936. Date: 1936

Poster, Goodwood, near Chichester, Sussex, Motor Racing at its Best! Easter Monday 3 April, International "100" for Grand Prix Cars and five supporting events. Date: 1961

Royal visit to Leicester - planting oak tree in Abbey Park
Prince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark), opening the new Abbey Park by planting a young oak tree, on Whit Monday. Date: June 1882

Canadair CL-415 F-ZBEO - 36
Securite civile - Canadair CL-415 F-ZBEO / 36 (msn 2001), at Orange-Caritat - Porte Ouvert - 14 May 2000. This aircraft crashed after a structural failure, while attacking a fire at Pietramaggiore

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, in the sea, then home again, doing the washing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again - Make the most of it (in English and French) Date: 20th century

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Monday Night at Eight
Even though the war is over, coal rationing continued so the fire is unlikely to be lit. The caption Monday night at Eight refers to a regular entertainment show broadcast by the BBC Home Service

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

Day of Atonement at Houndsditch Synagogue, London 1901
Monday was the Day of Atonement, also known as Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the year in Judaism. It centers around atonement and repentance and involves a 25 hour fasting period

Crowds at London Zoo on Easter Monday, 1928
Crowds of day trippers taking advantage of the good weather, visit London Zoo on Easter Monday, 1928. The zoo recorded over 90, 000 visitors, 15, 000 more than the previous high attendance. 1928

London horse-bus 1888
Monday morning, east wind and rain, a city bus full if passengers even on the open top deck. 1888

Easter Monday Bank Holiday at the British Museum: Victorian visitors enjoy exploring the exhibits in 1887. 1887

Monday morning rush hour with lots of people walking across London Bridge. Date: 1935

Donkey Rides on Blackheath, London, Easter Monday 1847
Group taking a donkey ride on Blackheath, London, during Easter Monday 1847. A fair with donkeys, fortune-tellers and other attractions was held on the heath that day. Date: 1847

Paddle Steamer on the River Thames 1847
Passengers on a paddle steamer, heading down the River Thames to Greenwich on Easter Monday. This view shows the deck of the boat looking back towards London, with the Monument and St

Whit Monday in Kidbrooke Lane 1871
People at Kidbrooke Lane on Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian calendar. Date: June 1871

GREENWICH STEAMBOAT 1847
A steamboat excursion to Greenwich on the Thames on an Easter Monday. Date: 1847

SOCIAL / GREENWICH PARK
Young people enjoying Greenwich Park on an Easter Monday; with the Greenwich Royal Observatory in the background. Date: 1804

The Secretary of State for War, The Right Hon John Prof?
The Secretary of State for War, The Right Hon John Profumo, OBE, MC, visited the Guided Weapons Division of English Electric Aviation Ltd, Stevenage, on Monday, 7 November 1960

Winston Churchill visits Prime Minister - Curragh incident
Winston Churchill visits the Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith on Monday 26th 1914 following the Curragh incident of 20th March 1914 (also known as the Curragh mutiny)

A lady in Sunday best and Monday work clothes - North West England. Date: circa 1907

Burnley Road, Padiham, Lancashire
Burnley Road, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Showing the Whit Monday Procession Date: 1926

The Wharf and Quay Street, St Ives, Cornwall
" One of a great series of studies of St Ives, Cornwall. The Wharf & Quay Street from Seagull Flats, Morning. The Harbour Beach Foresand, cottages & Quay House, St Leonards Chapel

Fletts Happy Families - Mrs V. G. Pickle
Fletts Happy Families - Mrs V.G. Pickle - Making Mondays Meal a Sunday Meal. circa 1930s

Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday, WW1
Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday. A sign says No Fishing, but a man sits with his rod and line, determined to catch and eat fish, just to annoy the authorities

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