Notice Collection

Jeeves and Wooster
In Thank You Jeeves!, Jeeves gives notice when Bertie Wooster, his employer, insists on playing the banjolele

National Air Safety Committee Poster
Poster, National Air Safety Committee, providing instructions to new pilots -- please help to keep flying safe. 1933

Anti Fruit Throwing Sign
Metropolitan Police notice warning against throwing or despositing orange peel, banana or other fruit skins in the street in London

Agatha Christies cottage near River Dart, Devon
Agatha Christies cottage near the River Dart, Devon, with three cars parked in the foreground. Date: circa 1960s

Royal Proclamation 1914
Proclamation by King George V calling for men for the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve, and for officers and men of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Mutoscope at Gravesend
New Road, Gravesend (Kent) - notice the premises of The Wonderful Mutoscope (a forerunner of the cinema) - Admission Free !

Driver is a Novice
CAUTION : DRIVER IS A NOVICE A useful notice tied to the back of a learner drivers car as he makes a nervous hand signal

Silence sign outside Charing Cross Hospital
A Quiet for the Wounded sign for traffic hanging outside Charing Cross Hospital in London during World War I

Deaf Cyclist
This cyclist is wearing a sandwich board reading beware, I am deaf

Fire Safety Hop Pickers
Notice to Hop-pickers giving advice as to fire prevention and what to do in case of a fire. Issued by Fire Offices Committee Fire Protection Association

Thames Steamer Timetable
Notice of sailings of Thames steamers operated by Salter Brothers of Folly Bridge, Oxford

Football Spectators
At the Olympics 1924 : these two ladies may be passionate about le foot, but they also want you to notice their dresses by Jeanne Lanvin and Doeuillet. Olympic Games

No Smoking, Ladies
This West End restaurant was one of the first to reserve tables for non-smokers after objections were raised. These three ladies disobey the notice on their table

Tank abandoned in a field, end of WWI
A tank abandoned in a field during the First World War, with a notice attached to it written in French saying, among other things, that it is forbidden to go inside. circa 1921

Joseph Harker, theatrical scenic artist
Joseph Cunningham Harker (1855-1927), theatrical scenic artist, depicted in a drawing by his son Roland on a Savage Club notice, probably for a Christmas celebration. 1919

Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - Drink Driving
Motor Car for Sale - Owing to Liquidation - A Drink Driving Offender arrested by the village Policeman after a hearty session at The Cross Keys

Workhouse Apprentices Handbill, Kendal, Westmorland
Copy of a handbill, thought to date from the 1820s, advertising the availability of boys and girls at the Kirkby, Kendal workhouse for being put out as parish apprentices

Ruth Ellis death notice
Official notice of the death of Ruth Ellis on the door of Holloway Prison. She was the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Date: 13th July 1955

St Dunstan and Jesus
DUNSTAN (the smaller figure) honours Jesus, who doesn t seem to notice... Date: 924-988

A Memorial Notice of Julian Gould, D Company, 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment. k.i.a. 30th May 1917 near Monchy-le-Preux aged 25 years. This book was privately printed by his father, Frederick J

Two schoolboys in a wood
Illustration showing two schoolboys in a wood, finding a notice on a tree: Beware of the Wolves

Geese unhappy at the arrival of Michaelmas
A gaggle of geese are unhappy to read a notice that the season of Michaelmas has begun. Eating goose at Michaelmas was thought to bring good luck, but that did not apply to geese

Hutchinson Alderson, Bellman of Durham. 1827

French mobilisation poster, WW1
French mobilisation poster for the First World War, calling all enlisted soldiers and sailors, and requisitioning animals, vehicles and related equipment. Date: 2 August 1914

Danger - Schoolchildren
This warning notice, reading Danger, schoolchildren round the bend, could have been worded a little differently!

Comic postcard, Scotsman finds pub closed early - Scotch missed! Date: early 20th century

Serbiana??Ottoman Wars (1876-1878). Serbia. Organisation
The Eastern Question. Serbiana??Ottoman Wars (1876-1878). Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire on June 30, 1876. Serbia. Organisation of insurgent groups. Drawing by P. Kauffmann

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association
Notice, Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, Victoria House, Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW. Free supplies of water for man and beast in the streets of London. 1887

Comic postcard, Young couple in a pub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Maid, mistress and master Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Scotsmen wearing wrong kilts after going for a swim Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with a pint of beer on the beach
Comic postcard, Man with a pint of beer and sandwiches on the beach Date: 20th century

Typical Lancashire miners going on strike: A group of men leaving work until further notice. Date: October 1920

Cartoon, Notice to Quit, electricity on London Underground
Cartoon, Notice to Quit, a comment on the introduction of electric trains on the London Underground, showing The Fairy Electra banishing the Steam Locomotive Underground Demon

Photograph showing Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), the Italian dictator, testing a radio set during the Italian Army manoevres of August 1936

Recruiting for the British Army for the Boar War 1901
Men at St Martin-in-the-Fields near Trafalgar Square, London, reading a notice-board for recruitment for the British Army attended for the Second Boer War

ENGLAND / GRAVESEND
New Road, Gravesend (Kent) - notice the premises of The Wonderful Mutoscope (a forerunner of the cinema) - Admission Free ! Date: 1906

Comic postcard, Woman reads notice for jumble sale Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple reading theatre poster Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Shop window display with bed Date: 20th century

Bronte sisters notice

Charlie Chaplin cinema slide - a hand tinted magic lantern projection slide from 1925

Lassie Come Home cinema projection slide 1943

Laurel and Hardy Babes in Toyland cinema projection slide 1934

Fred Astaire Eleanor Powell Broadway Melody cinema projection slide 1940

Rudy Vallee Barbara Lawrence Mother Knows Best cinema projection slide 1949

George Formby Bell Bottom George cinema projection slide 1944

The Barretts Of Wimpole Street cinema projection slide 1934

Tarzan's Secret Treasure cinema projection slide 1941

Coney Island cinema projection slide 1943

Caledonian Railway Poster 1892

Caledonian Railway notice

London and North Western and Caledonian Railway Notice

Titanic Hero Memorial notice, Belfast
RMS Titanic - notice relating to the Belfast Titanic Hero Memorial'

Sign at Gleneagles
A sign at Gleneagles golf course, explaining the procedure of sounding a siren in the event of a dangerous thunderstorm. Date: 1933

All tickets sold for FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium Date: 1946

Castle Street, Conway, with timbered houses and castle
Large notice on the corner of the main building advertises it as a Temperance House with refreshments in the Coffee Room Date: circa 1900

Lancashire Cotton town Knocker Up
A humourous postcard from the Lancashire Cotton Towns where knockers up were employed to waken mill workers

Medway Union Workhouse Death Notice
Death notice for inmate Emily Winkfield issued by the Medway Union workhouse. Date: 1924

Polling Station, Referendum Day, 5 June 1975
Scene outside a Polling Station in the London Borough of Wandsworth, 5 June 1975. A Referendum was being held on the UK's membership of the EEC (now the EU), which it had joined in 1973

Goat expresses opinion on Margaret Thatcher
A white goat expresses its opinion on Margaret Thatcher, British Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990

Death of Edward VII, Buckingham Palace, London
People outside the railings of Buckingham Palace in Central London, reading the notice announcing the death of King Edward VII. Date: 7 May 1910

Announcement of the death of Edward VII 1910
Official notification of the death of King Edward posted outside Buckingham Palace, reading the final bulletin early on Saturday morning

THE CUP OF DEATH 1881
The Cup of Death: a temperance concert exercise by Rev. W.F. Crafts is promoted by this notice. Date: 1881

DRUNK ZENO BURIED ALIVE
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491

ZENO ENTOMBED ALIVE
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor, drunk as usual, is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: 491

EMPEROR ZENO DIES
ZENO, Byzantine Emperor Drunk as usual, he is taken for dead and buried : when sounds are heard from his tomb, his wife Ariadne tells people to take no notice Date: ruled 474 - 491

A Suffragette publicises a protest meeting by chalking it onto a pavement. Date: 1908

Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Workman nervous about horse Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Shop window display with bed Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple reading concert poster Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl reading notice Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, French man notes down street name - Commit No Nuisance Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman, man and boat at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in orange bikini at the seaside - Dangerous To Bathers Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman in red bikini at the seaside - Men Only Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Advantages of the army - The Redcap Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple with baby in pram - What are the people laughing at? Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman sitting in a park Date: early 20th century

British Railways poster, Christmas illuminations
British Railways poster encouraging people to travel by train to see The West End Christmas decorations and illuminations in London. Date: circa 1960s

Comic postcard, French man notes down street name - Commit No Nuisance Date: 20th century

Reopening of Sadlers Wells Theatre, Sermon
Reopening of Sadlers Wells Theatre, London, 26 July 1845, Sermon by Rev William Owen of Chadwell Street Chapel Date: 1845

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