Notice Collection (page 2)

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. Notice the reference to being on strike and the caption written in Lancashire dialect Date

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. Its cardboard handwritten notice reads: Stop acting the goat

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, Maid, mistress and master 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, 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

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

Comic postcard, water passed by Borough Surveyor, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Comic postcard, Dissatisfied hotel guest asking for the manager Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple and baby in bed with gas masks, WW2 - calling up notice Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, hen laying in coals, WW2 Date: 1940s

Are we uprooted? No! by G. L Stampa
Are we uprooted? No! Despite the fact that a three storey house has had a huge explosion near by and shrapnel has pierced through their home

New London Bridge, Billingsgate and the Scavenger. New London Bridge built by John Rennie in 1825 4, Billingsgate fish market 5 and Scavengers with horse and cart cleaning the streets 6

Joke notice, Lost Hours
Joke notice, Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, Two Golden Hours, each set with Sixty Diamond Minutes. No Reward is offered, for they are Lost For Ever. early 19th century

The Pink Note, notice of termination of employment
The Pink Note - notice of termination of employment. 1870

Reporters waiting for news of Queen Victoria 1901
Reporters outside Osborne House waiting for news on the illness of Queen Victoria. 1901

Outside gates of Buckingham Palace during Queens illness
Day after day anxious people came to read the bulletins outside the gates of Buckingham Palace during the illness of Queen Victoria. 1901

Poster, take care! Official Secrets Acts
Poster, take care! you must not lose documents or drawings, see the notice, Official Secrets Acts, it concerns you. circa 1950

People visiting the Monkey House at London Zoo. Date: circa 1900s

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

Crowds outside Buckingham Palace, London 1902
Date: June 1902

CASTING A VOTE 1978
A woman casts her vote on polling day Date: 1978

VACCINATION ORDER 1861
Notice of the Requirement of Vaccination issued to the father of Albert Ames, of Bethnal Green, London, in accordance with the Compulsory Vaccination Act. Date: 1861

OBEYING THE LAW
A law-abiding American bather, seeing a notice warning that one-piece bathing suits must not be worn, dutifully takes hers off... Date: 1924

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
A young child in London sells an assortment of goods from her cart. She displays a notice which reads notis this establisment under entirly new management [sic]. Date: 1896

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