Pension Collection

Metropolitan Police recruitment poster
A Metropolitan Police recruitment poster, asking for ex-servicemen to apply. There are several hundred vacancies to fill

Pensions Introduced
The scene at an English Post Office, when old age pensioners call in for the first time to receive their government pension

The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Germany
The House of Anton Lang at Oberammergau, Bavaria Germany. Anton Lang (18751938) was a German studio potter and an actor in the Oberammergau Passion Play

Wengen, Pension Lauerner and Jungfrau, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Miners widows protest
The widows of British coal miners protest, seeking greater compensation for the death of their husbands. Date: 1970s

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

Cartoon, The New Years Gift (old age pensions)
Cartoon, The New Years Gift - 1909 brings in the Old Age Pension. Date: 1909

Maison Desiree - Place Ste Eugenie, Biarritz, France
Maison Desiree - Pension de Famille - Place Ste Eugenie, Biarritz, France. Date: circa 1920

Advertising Postcard for Pension Neu-Schweizerhaus, Lucerne, Switzerland. Date: circa 1890s

Pension Andre, Cap Haitien, Haiti, West Indies. Date: circa 1930

Furkastrasse - Hotel Belvedere - Switzerland Date: circa 1920s

Publicity Card, Pension Villa Righetti, Locarno, Italy. circa 1890

Main street, Glion, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland
Main street of the village of Glion, Montreux, Vaud, Switzerland

GLC-LFB Aftermath of fatal fire in care home, NE London
Aftermath of a fatal fire at an elderly peoples care home in Billet Road, Walthamstow, NE London. Showing the seat of the fire, with heat damage and smoke staining to the upper areas of the walls

Hotel-Pension Victoria - Chexbres sur Vevey, Switzerland
Chexbres sur Vevey, Switzerland on Lake Geneva. An advertising postcard for the Hotel-Pension Victoria - run by the Sauvageat Brothers. Date: circa 1900

Hotel de la Victoire & Museum - Zeebrugge

A gentleman drawing the first pension
A typical scene on January 1st 1909 showing a man drawing his first pension at the post office. The Old Age Pension Act, introduced by David Lloyd George

Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine - Pension Schultz. Date: circa 1908

WW1 German poster, Der Anker (The Anchor)
German poster, Der Anker (The Anchor), Society for Life and Pension Insurance, registration office for war loans. circa 1918

Bertrand Russell, philosopher and author
Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872-1970), British philosopher and author. Outline of his policies in an election leaflet as suffragist candidate in the Wimbledon By-Election, 1907. Date: 1907

France - Saint-Enogat - La Place de la Calvaire Date: circa 1910s

Rochester Row Fire Station, Westminster, SW London. Date: circa 1908

Villa Des Orangers, Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria
Villa Des Orangers (family hotel), Mustapha, a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Date: circa 1910

Maison Latapie, Lourdes, France - 4-8 Rue de la Fontaine. Madame (and Mademoiselle) Latapie are standing (proudly) on their balcony

Pension Marina, Havre des Pas, St Helier, Channel Islands
Pension Marina, Havre des Pas, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, British Isles. Date: 1900s

Spain. Monte de Piedad
SPAIN. Madrid. Spain. Primo de Riveras Dictatorship (1923-1930). Mont de Pi鴩 of Madrid

Grand Chalet, Rossiniere, Vaud, Switzerland
The Grand Chalet, a building of historical interest in Rossiniere, Vaud, Switzerland

Hotel Simplon, Interlaken, Berne, Switzerland, with soldiers walking in the street

Hotel Stern with dogs, Fluelen, Uri, Switzerland
Hotel Stern with St Bernard dogs and cart, Fluelen, Uri, Switzerland. Date: circa 1930s

Birmingham firefighters in historical costumes
Birmingham firefighters in 17th, 18th and 19th century firemens costumes, in a display to raise money for a proposed superannuation fund. Date: 1892

Sydney Lady Morgan
SYDNEY LADY MORGAN (nee Owenson) Irish novelist. author of The wild Irish girl etc, awarded a pension of 300 p.a. for her writing. with her autograph Date: 1783? - 1859

Hotel des Sports - Vouvray, France - Restaurant and Garage
Hotel des Sports - Vouvray, France - Restaurant, Family Pension (Hotel) and Automobile Garage! In my eyes, the phrase atelier de reparations has so much more style and charm than Motor Garage !

Washington DC, USA - The Pension Office Date: 1920

above Lausanne - Switzerland - Pension Bel Horizon, at Le Mont, a hamlet above Lausanne Date: 1951

Hennen & Wadhams marriage Feb 1911

Kander Valley, Blausee, and pension, Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Family Hotel - Corbieres, Switzerland
Family Hotel (Pension) in Corbieres - a municipality in the district of Gruyere in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Date: circa 1905

Hotel Pension Cosmopolite at Paraggi, Italy - a bay between Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino on the Italian Riviera. Date: circa 1909

Villa Ravel - Family House Hotel - Monaco
Villa Ravel - Family House Hotel - Monte Carlo, Monaco Date: circa 1910s

Joseph Chamberlain - Balancing Act
Fiscalitis Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) performs a balancing act, standing precariously on a glass globe entitled Class whilst juggling a loaf of bread

Italy - Assisi - Pension Hotel Subasio, with the Basilica of San Francesco d Assisi in the background

Italy - view of San Vigilio, on the banks of Lake Garda - a lazy day in summer! The Hotel pictured is still in operation today (called the Hotel Locanda )

Collecting the first pension cheque at the post office
Collecting the first weekly pension instalment at the post office. The Old Age Pension Act was introduced by David Lloyd George in 1908 with the first pensions available on the 1st of January 1909

A Derby night
Illustration by S. Begg showing a long queue of men lining up to enlist. Lord Derby, Director General of Recruiting in 1916 introduced the Derby scheme which encouraged men from the same offices or

Seamens Pension Book
A members contribution book for a pension with the National Union of Seamen

Missing Seamen 1941
Letter to a mother whose son was drowned when his ship was sunk by the enemy. It gives information about his pension arrangements

March / Pension Increase
30 old age pensioners marched from St Pauls to the House of Commons to demand an increase from 10 shillings to 1 a week. Here they gather for a chat before the march

Mesmer and Pension
Mesmer refuses a state pension from the French government because it does not recognise the significance of his work

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