Peeler Collection

Catford Police Station with officers posing outside
Catford Police Station in south east London with officers posing outside. Date: 1850

Pickpocket Caught
An observant policeman apprehends a pickpocket who has stolen a gentlemans pocket hankerchief. He claims he only borrowed it because he has a cold. Date: circa 1830

DEBS CURTSEYING 1934
Debutante pupils of Mrs Ruby Peeler practice their curtseys ready for presentation at court. They have practice trains pinned on the back of their frocks. Date: 1934

PEELER MOVES ON TRADERS
A policeman moves on some female street traders. Date: circa 1830

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1888
Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1888

Advert for Hudsons Soap 1889
Policeman holding a touch up at a notice on a fence saying Arrest all dirt and cleanse everthing by using Hudsons Soap REWARD!! purity, health and satisfaction by its regular saily use. 1889

Police / Making an Arrest
A policeman makes an arrest. He tackles the suspected villain in the lamplit street. Date: circa 1840

Men with mobile field oven and motorcycle, WW1
Men with a mobile field oven, and a Royal Navy motorcycle combo, WW1. The chalked words on the oven, HMS Fred Carno, were a comic saying for chaotic operations. circa 1914

Metropolitan Police officer with man and two boys
A Metropolitan Police officer in the original Peelers uniform looks sternly at a man and two boys, who don t seem a bit intimidated. Date: circa 1860s

Two Metropolitan Police officers on graveyard patrol
Two Metropolitan Police officers on the so-called graveyard patrol, in the year the Metropolitan Police Force was founded

Peeler Move Traders On
A policeman moves on some female street traders who are selling fruit and vegetables. Date: circa 1830

Debutante Learns Curtsey
Mrs Ruby Peeler instructs a debutante in the art of the curtsey. She balances a box on her head and practices the knee lock, which should prevent her overbalancing

Police & Men about Town
Some young men-about-town are apprehended by a policeman. One of the men foolishly holds up his fists ready to fight, but the policeman is armed with a truncheon

Appler Peeler 1881
An apple peeler

Loitering Boy / Policeman
A policeman approaches a young man in the street and asks him why he is loitering. He claims he is waiting for " the young gal wot I pays my attention to"

Zealous Policeman / C1830
A zealous policeman physically apprehends a suspect right outside the police station

Loitering Woman / Police
A policeman approaches a loitering woman in a pink dress and green bonnet, who declares she is waiting for her fiance

Policeman in Ambush
A policeman waits behind a wall ready to ambush with his truncheon

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