Nets Collection (page 7)

British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from drifter, WW1
British sailors laying anti-submarine nets from a drifter, lowering the nets and floats over the side, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Pas-de-Calais, France - Equihen
Fishermen mending their nets at Equihen, Pas-de-Calais, France. Date: circa 1910s

Seaside section, Festival of Britain, South Bank, London
An artists impression of the Seaside section of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. Showing people enjoying the various attractions, including peep shows

Children Study Pondlife
Children catching things in a pond during a biology lesson Date: 1950s

Cricket - Crystal Palace
Girls are taught how to play cricket at Crystal Palace. Date: 1950s

Holidays in Spain and Portugal with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Holidays in Spain and Portugal, the Balearic Isles, Andorra, Madeira, Malta, Gibraltar and Cyprus, with Thomas Cook & Son Ltd and Dean & Dawson Ltd

Mont St Michel, France
Two Fisherman fishing for shrimp at the low tide before the dramatic outline of Mont St Michel, Normandy, France

Sorting the herring catch at St Ives, Cornwall
Fishermen sorting the herring catch from nets into boxes and baskets on the beach at St Ives, Cornwall

Fisherman mending nets at Hastings, Sussex
A fisherman mending nets at Hastings, Sussex -- there is black pitch on the net and on his hands

Fishing nets hanging on racks at Mudeford, Dorset. There is also a pile of lobster and crab pots stacked in the shade of the building on the right. Pencil study by by Raymond Sheppard

Black Sea Entrance
The Entrance to the Black Sea - with fishing nets in the foreground - the origin of many of the unique species of fish which live within the Bospohorus

Fishing at Beykoz, Turkey
A photograph taken from the deck of the HMS Iron Duke of fishing at Beykoz (Beicos), Turkey. A fisherman is positioned atop a large pole, connecting sets of nets

Empire Exhibition Scotland - The Clachan
A replica Scottish hamlet - The Clachan - at the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland. This area of the exhibition was sponsored by the Scottish island ferry company Caledonian

Le Touquet - Shrimp fisherwomen
Shrimp fishing at Le Touquet, France. Five teenage girls carrying rolled-up fishing nets, designed to catch shrimp

Poster depicting herring drifters in the North Sea
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting herring drifters in the North Sea

A view of the Bazar, Constantinople, set within a border of a fish smokery, nets and smoked fish!

Howitzer 1917
12 inch Howitzer gun and ammunition under camouflage netting at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1917

Woman poses with fishing nets
A woman in sassy shorts, sleeveless blouse and fashionably cropped hair poses with fishing net and rod at Beccles on the Norfolk Broads in East Anglia in the 1930s

A whopping catch of bream, Norfolk, 1933
A lady struggles to hold a fishing net bulging with bream, at Hickling Broad, Norfolk in the 1930s

Eel traps, Norfolk, 1930s
A man hangs out his eel traps in a field, probably Norfolk, 1930s

Little Games for the Holidays - Bouncing the Beechum
A curious game invented by Heath Robinson whereby a tiny ball or beechum is sprung into the air by the hefty use of a mallet while a number of public school boys wait to catch it with nets poised

Quebec, Canada - Fisherman and Boy. The older fisherman has a large net (seemingly in need of repair) across his knees

Shrimp Fishermen on mules - France
Shrimp Fishermen on mules - Brittany, France

Fishing in India
A wonderful photograph showing colonial life in India in the early 1920s. A British diplomatic service gentleman fishes from the comfort of a wicker chair by the banks of a wide Indian river

Bideford Fishermen
Fishermen at Bideford, North Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

The Mohne Dam before the Dambusters Raid; Second World War
Aerial photograph showing the Mohne Dam and reservoir (top) before the Dambusters raid of 16th May 1943. Anti-torpedo nets can be seen just above the dam in this photograph

Fishing Up Lost Anchors, June 1885
Engraving of fishermen retrieving a lost anchor, from the Illustrated London News, 27th June 1885. Lost anchors often proved hazardous to fishermens nets

Andrew Sandham Batting in the Nets, 1924
Photograph of Andrew Sandham (1890-1982), the Surrey and England batsman, batting in the practice nets, during the 1924 season

The Eton vs. Harrow Cricket Match, 1894
Engraving showing a number of scenes at the Eton vs. Harrow cricket match, held at Lords Cricket Ground, 1894. At the top can be seen Eton schoolboys; at middle left

W. G. Grace batting in the Nets at Lords, 1895
Engraving of Dr. William Gilbert Grace (1848-1915), practising his batting in the nets at Lords Cricket Ground, 1895. As can be seen, a large crowd has gathered to watch the Doctors technique

Women Cricketers using Indoor Nets, St. Brides Institute, 1
Illustration of the female members of St. Brides Institute using the indoor cricket nets of their club, during the winter of 1905

Trapping Beaver 1555
Trapping for beaver with nets in Scandinavia

Chinese Fisherman
A Chinese fisherman sets out with his nets, which open out from square folds with weights attached

Lace Advert & Samples
An advertisement for Urlings Lace, depicting their offices at 392 The Strand, London and giving samples of common lace, Urlings lace, Cotton and Urlings patent thread

New Orleans / Panorama
A view across the Mississippi towards New Orleans

Hunting / Boar and Deer
Romans hunting boar and deer with dogs, mounted on horses, and using nets

Trawling with Horses
Trawling for fish with horses, Belgium

Fishing through Ice / 1555
Two fishermen break open the ice and fish through these holes with lines and nets

Children in Rockpool
Children playing in a rockpool

Oratas Fish Farm
Sergius Orata demonstrates his artificial preserves for sea- fish - illustration to Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta Memorabilia, done in France about 1475

Children Fish in Stream
A group of children fishing with nets in a country stream. Some of them wade into the water to get further and deeper out

Children Fish in Stream
A group of children fishing with nets in a country stream. Some of them stand on rocks in the water to get further and deeper out

Children Fish with Nets
A group of children fishing from a jetty

Folkestone / Fish Market
Folkestone, Kent: the fish market

Indian Exhibit / C. Palace
Models of Ships in the Indian exhibit

Lord Nelson / Privateer
HORATIO, LORD NELSON English naval officer: boarding an American privateer in a violent gale, while a Lieutenant on the Lowestoft in 1777

Shrimping / Ostend / C. 1885
Children shrimping at Ostend

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