Penny Collection (page 7)

Kangeroo safety bicycle advert, 1885
Faster than any bicycle, safter than any tricycle: the record breaking Kangeroo safety bicycle. Somewhat resembling a penny farthing, the machine was made by Hillman

Leaflet, A Defence of the Army Pay Corps
Opening page of a printed leaflet entitled: Non-Combatants in Khaki: A Defence of the Army Pay Corps. circa 1919

Birmingham workhouse penny, 1812

J Hassall. See saw Margery Daw
See Saw Margery Daw, Johnnie shall have a new master, Johnnie shall have but a penny a day, because he can t work any faster. 20th century

Scottish Penny Wedding
A Penny Wedding where the guests are expected to make a financial contribution to the cost of the wedding and setting up the newly-weds in the necessities of life. Date: early 19th century

EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
A penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth Date: 1867

Ice Cream Vendor, London
Children buy penny ices from an Italian ice cream vendor in London Date: 1896

Nocturnal Cycle Rally
A nocturnal cycle rally at Woodford, Essex. Date: 1889

Penny Farthing Race
The Last Lap - a race on penny-farthing bicycles. Date: late 19th century

Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns! Old woman runs! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns! Date: 1913

Penny train arriving, Victoria Station, Central London
The workmens penny train arrives at Victoria Station, Central London, just before 6am each workday. Date: 1865

Cover page of pamphlet, A Night in a Workhouse
The cover page of A Night in a Workhouse -- an undercover expose of conditions in the casual ward of the Lambeth workhouse in London

Double page spread in a diary for 9-14 January
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 9-14 January. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Metropolitan Police buttons
Two Metropolitan Police buttons, one with a silvery finish, the other gold. They are set alongside a one penny piece to give an idea of their size

Salvation Army Food Depot interior, East London
Inside the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

Salvation Army Food Depot kitchen, East London
Staff prepare food in the kitchen of the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

Salvation Army Food Depot, Whitechapel Road, East London
A religious meeting at the Salvation Army Food Depot on Whitechapel Road in the East End of London. The depot provided basic food and shelter for as little as a penny a night

Introduction robot / W H Robinson
Post War Britain - Social amenities. The penny-in-the-slot introduction machine for introducing strangers to one another in the park

Start of pennyfarthing ride, Lands End
The start of an NSPCC Centenary pennyfarthing ride from Lands End in Cornwall to John o Groats in Scotland, with two intrepid cyclists and the local mayor

Sir Rowland Hill - Postal Reformer
Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879) - English postal reformer - introduced the penny post

Penny Farthing Race / Silk
The Last Lap Five racing cyclists approach the finishing line on their Penny Farthings

Military intervention on Lewis, 1887
A page from the Illustrated London News, reporting on the measures to crush the rebellion on the isle of Lewis, titled " Sketches among the revolted crofters in the Lewis

Penny Farthing Scrap
A rider uses a loud-hailer to warn people to get out of his way

Lear / Nonsense / Kilkenny
There was an Old Man of Kilkenny, who never had more than a penny; He spent all that money, in onions and honey, that wayward Old Man of Kilkenny

Penny Toy Sellers in Holborn, London, 1907
Illustration showing penny toy sellers displaying their wares on the pavement in Holborn, London, December 1907. These street merchants were a long-standing tradition in London at Christmas

Toy Salesman at Farringdon Street Station, London, 1903
Illustration showing penny toysellers offering their wares outside Farringdon Street Station, London, 1903

Toy Salesmen on Ludgate Hill, London, 1904
Illustration showing street salesmen offering penny toys to passers-by, Ludgate Hill, London, December 1904

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Bates Scales fo
In June 1842 a proclamation was issued announcing that a large prportion of the gold coinage in Britain had become worn and devalued and was below its prescribed weight of five penny weights

The First Penny Post from England to America, 1908
Photographs and Illustrations showing the first mail service to operate between England and America for the price of a penny. At top left, photograph of the Royal Mail Van at Waterloo Station

The National Penny Bank
Photograph showing a crowd of people outside the closed National Penny Bank in Queen Victoria Street, London. Many banks closed beyond the Bank Holiday after the proclamation of war in 1914 to

Stamp machine
A Machine which will not cheat and cannot be cheated. The first penny-in-the-slot machine for stamping envelopes

Mr. Henniker Heaton
Illustration from a photo of Mr. Henniker Heaton, politician and founder of the Imperial Penny Post system

Penny Farthing Bicycle under full sail, 1890
Engraving showing a cyclist riding a Penny Farthing bicycle using an umbrella to sail along on a windy day at the British seaside

Circus Acrobat / Garnier
In a fine display of balance, a gentleman rides a penny farthing while his assistant performs a handstand on the handlebars

Cody / Penny Dreadful / 1910
Colonel WILLIAM FREDERICK CODY alias Buffalo Bill Confrontation with Wapahoka the White Queen and her Amazon followers - " could he bring himself to shoot these girls?"

Cyclists at a European Frontier on a Penny Farthing
Engraving showing two English cyclists on Penny Farthing or Ordinary bicycles reaching a Border post as they travel across Europe

The late Sir Rowland Hill, author of the Penny Postage syste
Portrait of Sir Rowland Hill (1795-1879), originator of penny postage and Post Office supremo. Date: 1879

An automatic milkman
Photograph from 1909 showing a penny-in-the-slot milk-machine. The machine enabled shop owners to close at reasonable hours, and for customers to buy milk at any hour of the day or night

Cycle Encounter
A meeting of cycles past and present occurs when a Penny Farthing encounters a modern bicycle outside Hatton, Middlesex

Arrival of the workmens train
Arrival of the workmens penny train at the Victoria Station showing men waiting to cram onboard the train to transport them for a days work

Peepshow at Brighton
Patronising the penny peepshows on Brighton Pier : the middle one is that traditional favourite, What the Butler saw without which no pier is complete

Penny Toys / Thomas Crane
A man offers a selection of penny toys

Apple Seller in Street
An old woman sells apples in the street from a green stall and tries to tempt a crocodile of school girls passing by into purchasing three apples for a penny

Anti-Aristocracy Demos
Social democrats protest against the aristocracy. Their banners read " Not a penny for the Princes" and " Victims of capitalist profit- greed"

Osmond on Pennyfarthing
F J Osmond, noted racing cyclist, on his machine

Guy Fawkes Procession
The Guy is carried in procession, while the carriers beg A penny for the Guy !

Blackheath / Photo C1895
A photograph looking up Tranquil Vale showing the now very busy junction as a wide empty road with a few horses and carts. A Penny Farthing leans against a lamp post

Gooseberries / Cries
A woman sells Gooseberries, a penny a pint from a pavement wheelbarrow

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