Piping Collection

A Scottish Piper wearing McInnes Tartan Date: 1906

Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal
Two young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard

Highlanders pipe themselves back from the trenches, WW1. 1914-1918

Charadrius melodus, piping plover
Plate 220 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1834-35), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

WW2 Able Seaman And Bosun Piping
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows an able seaman saluting on deck, while the right image portrays a boatswain blowing his pipe or whistle

The Boxer
An illustration of a smoke piping military man with unusually large fists, standing with a strong stance as his victim runs away, holding his head from a wound. Date: circa 1901

Comic postcard, Man in a restaurant with haggis Date: 20th century

Arrangement of water piping and draining pipes. Annotated diagram, with notes for Miss England III. Date: 1932

Arrangement of petrol piping. Annotated diagram, with notes for Miss England III. Date: 1932

Arrangement of water piping - Miss England III
Arrangement of water piping for engines, cooler and manifolds. Annotated diagram, with notes for Miss England III. Date: 1932

German men in costume - a flag bearer, a flautist and a satirical singer. Date: 1570

Musicians seated on barrels, Brittany, Northern France
Two musicians seated on top of barrels, Brittany, Northern France. They are playing the native bagpipe or biniou (right) and a flageolet (left). 1922

Prince of Wales visit to India in 1876 - Indian Jugglers. 1876

Section of the road closed off to do some kind of maintenance work. Date: 1927

Pedestrians clamber over street roadworks in Piccadilly in a rather dangerous manner by todays standards

Domed Cakes and Tarts Date: 1935

Brass Mill Date: 1938

Women making ceramic retorts. Date: 1902

PURITANS 1641
A satirical view of a Puritan (Cromwell piping in Lord Fairfax). Date: 1641

Indian musician plays noseflute and bagpipes simultaneously
An itinerant Indian musician plays a wind instrument similar to a nose flute using one nostril, whilst playing the bagpipes using his mouth

Pied Piper and children, Hamelin (Hameln), Germany
Pied Piper and children make their way along a street in the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Germany. Date: circa 1940s

Piping band on parade, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Piping band of men and boys on parade in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1969

Three men standing by wooden escape ladder at Quex
Three men are standing by an extendable wooden ladder. Two of the men are wearing the patients uniform of hospital blues but the trousers only

Buildings / Plumber 1827
The original occupation of plumbing, which involved melting lead into drainpipes etc. Date: 1827

Old Maid Cooks for Pets
A spinster cooks food for her pets. Date: 1885

Advert for Lomas & Co. Cake decorating tools 1898
Lomas & Co cake decorating specialist. Date: 1898

Elegant tailored dress 1909
Natural coloured shantung with queue-de-rat braiding. The top of the corset skirt disppears under a smart vest of white pique piped with black satin

Scots Guards marching through Cologne, WW1
The pipers of the Scots Guards playing troops through the streets of Cologne during the occupation of the Rhineland after the end of the First World War. Date: 1919

Drum and fife band, Hankow scouts and guides, China
The drum and fife band of the Hankow (Hankou) boy scouts and girl guides, China. Date: 20th century

Boy playing a clarinet. Piping songs of merry glee. Date: circa 1906

LFB firefighters unloading piping from a vehicle

Major fire, Smithfield Poultry Market, London
A major fire at Smithfield Poultry Market, London, on 23 January 1958 -- firefighters with hosepipes and a Dennis fire engine (rubble from roadworks not connected with fire)

Six-inch piping, Kingsway tunnel, Central London
Six-inch piping (outlets to dams) outside the Kingsway tunnel, Central London

Senior NCO, most probably a CSM or SNCO Acting Officer
A portrait of a senior NCO, most probably a CSM (Feldwebel) or SNCO Acting Officer (not commissioned), known as an Offizierstellvertreter

Two snake charmers, India. Date: circa 1890s

British working party in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British working party in the snow on the Western Front during World War One, carrying stove pipes, with a big gun nearby. Date: circa 1916

King George V visiting France, WW1
Scottish soldiers marching past and playing bagpipes during a church parade, when King George V made a visit to the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Cake Decorated Border Construction. Fine Drop Scroll Piping Date: 1936

Two women working in a garage, repairing vehicles

Man at work on a country road
A man at work on a country road, with a section of piping resting on raised bricks

Advert for Swan & Edgar smart frocks 1909
Two women wearing smart tunic frocks in fashionable shantung tussore silk, bodice daintily trimmed pipings. 1909

The Piping Shepherd. Palmer, Samuel 1805 - 1881

Blitz in London -- emergency water mains for firefighting
Blitz in London -- frequently water mains were damaged or destroyed by enemy bombing. Emergency water mains were laid, over ground, to which fire hoses could be connected

Sir Percy Everett piped on board RSS Discovery
Sea Scout Exhibition RSS Discovery Sir Percy Everett, Deputy Chief Scout, being piped on board the RSS Discovery by Sea Scouts. He was visiting an exhibition on board. 1944

Decorating Cakes - Swedish Scouts
Sweden - Scouts and Guide decorating cakes. circa 1950s

Listening Theatrephone
Ladies listening to the Theatrephone, piping in music from concert halls, drama from theatres, singing from opera houses... Date: 1892

A technician adjusts delicate pipework
A technician, wearing a white laboratory coat and acoustic earmuffs, adjusts a section of thin copper pipework. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

The Piping Times of Peace
A modern day soldier lights his cigar at the pipe of a soldier of days gone by. Both soldiers have lived under Napoleon, having seen the rise

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