Pitch Collection (page 4)

WW2 poster, Industrial Propaganda keeps production up to concert pitch. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

By-products developed from coal by G. H. Davis
The enormous importance of coal as the basic element in vital war manufactures. A diagrammatic drawing showing a great variety of by-products developed from coal. Date: 1944

Two boys in their cricketing gear at the side of a cricket pitch

Tall slim cricketer
A tall, slim cricketer with two bats, wearing shinpads

12-YEAR TRUCE - 2
Outside the Stathuys (town hall) The populace of Antwerp celebrate the signing of the truce between Austria and the Netherlands with burning barrels of pitch. Date: 9 April 1609

Professor G. T. R. Hill explaining how a variable pitch pr?
Professor G.T.R. Hill explaining how a variable pitch propeller works at a Dr Mann Juvenile Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts, Adelphi, 13 January 1937

Ingrave Common Cricket Ground, Ingrave / Herongate, Essex
Ingrave Common Cricket Ground, between Ingrave and Herongate, Essex. The home ground of the Herongate & Ingrave CC. Date: circa 1905

Out First Ball - Young lad has his stumps re-arranged
" Out First Ball" - Young lad has his stumps re-arranged (see also: 10948415). Date: 1905

Pakistan - NWFP - Murree - The Football Ground Date: circa 1909

LCC-LFB Serious warehouse roof fire
A serious fire develops at a warehouse whilst the flat roof of the warehouse is being re-pitched with hot bitumen. The workmens timber tripod pulley can be seen near the firefighters standing

Scotland versus England, 1883
An international football match at Sheffield, 1883. Scotland defeated England with three goals to two. 1883

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

Brush Making
Young brushmakers knotting bristles after dipping them in pitch, Leicestershire, England. Date: 1950s

Trinidad and Tobago - La Brea Village
Trinidad and Tobago - Shipping Pitch at La Brea Village Date: circa 1910s

Trinidad and Tobago - Pitch Lake at La Brea Date: circa 1920s

Pembrokeshire football match, South Wales
A football match taking place somewhere in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. All the men, including the goalkeeper, are looking across to the top corner of the pitch

Town folk back from country / W H Robinson
An absent minded man fresh back from the countryside after the war, forgets that he is back in town and set off to work with a pitch fork and farmers smock

Eton and Harrow Match at Lords, 1925
Page from the Illustrated London News showing the Eton versus Harrow cricket match at Lords cricket ground in 1925. In the top picture, J.P.T. Boscawen is chaired after his stand with H.P

Fisherman mending nets at Hastings, Sussex
A fisherman mending nets at Hastings, Sussex -- there is black pitch on the net and on his hands

A Royal Interlude: English cricketers meet King George V
The English Team being presented to King Gorge V during the third day of the second test match at Lord s. Both English and Austalian teams lined up outside the pavilion to shake hands with the King

Englands test match victory: pitch invasion
The enthusiasm of the crowd after Englands victory: spectators flocking on to the field, while the players make a dash for the pavilion

Everton and Manchester City Football Teams walk onto the pit
Photograph showing the Everton (light shirts) and Manchester City (dark shirts) teams walking onto the pitch at Wembley Stadium, prior to the start of the F.A. Cup Final of 1933

Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904
Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904

The Crowd, Band and Police at the F. A. Cup Final, 1923
Photograph of the crowd at Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Carpets on the Street
Walk on these carpets - a unique way of advertising Catesbys Carpets - laying them on the street for shoppers to walk on!

Red River of the North
A government exploring party pitch their tent near a camp of native American hunters (probably Sioux) on the Red River of the North, Minnesota / North Dakota

Sport / Gryllo
A strange game, Gryllo, based on double-wicket cricket, but played with lawn tennis racquets instead of bats. A net at each end of the pitch takes the place of the stumps!

Cricket in Sydney, Auz
The old days of merry cricket club matches at the Hyde Park Ground, Sydney, Australia

Baseball 1878
A batter prepares to face a pitch during a game of baseball

Balloon Attacked / 1783
The unmanned balloon is attacked on landing at Gonesse after a successful flight from Paris

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