Prime Collection (page 6)

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - and NO matches
The Caption is ??? and NO matches. The Natzi wearing a saucepan on his head is confronted across a broken wooden fence by two boys, one with a make-shift bayonet and the other with a Union flag

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - We have no Coupons
The long Caption blames the patches on the lack of clothing coupons but says what does that matter - to loyal pals like me and you

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Night, Forces
The Caption is Good Night Forces. This is a play on the closing words of BBC Forces Radio which broadcast to the BEF. It began in 1940 and finished in 1944 well before this card was posted

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Refresher Course
The Caption is Refresher Course They are sitting in a Forces Club. These were run by the NaFI and the WVS among others. Maybe the girl works there. A little dog is feeding at a bowl

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Piece of Cake
The Caption is A piece of cake. This latter was an RAF expresssion for an easy fight. Through the window can be seen an aeroplane. This was the year of the Battle of Britain

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - A Mans Job
The Caption is A Mans job. Women filled so many jobs while the men were away. There is a series of photos showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at a balloon site

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Coo - you ought to have seen ours
The Caption reads Coo! You ought to have seen ours. The bombs look like what were called Butterfly bombs. These were anti-personnel weapons dropped for people to pick up

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The result of careless talk
The Caption is The Result of Careless Talk. This is a play on the wartime slogan Careless talk costs lives. The Prime Minister exhorts This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I know things ll be better soon
The Caption is Yes I know things ll be better soon. By this date the war is clearly near its end so the optimism is justified

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Smiling - even thro the tears
The rhyme says that things will be nice tomorrow - obviously they were not too good today. On the back is a printed message from the Prime Minister Let us all strive without failing in faith or in

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Five Inches
The public was asked to restrict the depth of water in their baths to 5 inches (13cm) in order to limit the use of power resources

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - On Leave
This little lass looks as if she is going on holiday - she has an umbrella! Despite the war people still took breaks and this sort of postcard featured regularly in messages back home

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - The Home Front
The Caption is The Home Front. WW2 was the first war in which all the people back at home were directly involved. Bombing raids brought death and destruction

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Dreamin of thee
The caption is Dreamin of thee. The card was posted on 24 September 1944 just three months after D-Day, and the war has almost another 8 months to run

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Morning, Nice Day
The Caption is Good morning! Nice day! The message on the back by the Prime Minister is We have to gain the Victory that is our task. Cute Kids WW2 Wartime humour Date: 1943

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Good Egg
The caption is Good Egg. As the egg has not yet been opened let us hope so. A good egg is of course used to describe a reliable person

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll make short work of this
The caption is I ll made short work of this. The enthusiastic look on the girls face suggests that she will do exactly that

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Black Out
The caption is Black Out! a play on the need to cover all windows and lighting so that German bombers could not see their targets, and also putting the cat out

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - For the love of Mike
The caption is For the love of mike. The expression probably originates from a 1932 film of the same name directed by Frank Capra

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - I ll walk beside you
The postcard caption says I ll walk beside you - a reference to the love song written by Murray and Lockton in 1939. It was sung by Vera Lynn among many others

Great Demonstration in the Albert Hall 1908
Some ten thousand women gathered at the Embankment, then proceeded to march, in neat rows of either 4 or 6, to the Royal Albert Hall, London

Vintage photograph WW II Winston Churchill and de Gaulle
Vintage photograph World War II - British prime minister Winston Churchill and General Charles de Gaulle in Paris following the end of the war

WW II 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
End of World War II 1945 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits the Siegried Line Dragons Teeth - also Field Marshall Mongomery and General Simpson

End of WW II - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
End of World War II - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossing the River Rhine - also in the boat field Marshall Mongomery and General Simpson

Prime Minister Asquith - Commons Home Rule Bill debate
Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith (1852 - 1928), replying to Mr Walter Longs Amendment Speech in the House of Commons, declaring that it would be disasterous to proceed with the Home Rule Bill

Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister - Resigns due to ill-health
Andrew Bonar Law (1858 - 1923), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. Resigns due to ill-health in May, 1923. Date: 1923

Andrew Bonar Law (1858 - 1923), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 - shown here as the new Unionist leader in the House of Commons in

Andrew Bonar Law - Conservative Prime Minister
Andrew Bonar Law (1858 - 1923), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923. Date: 1922

Lansdowne House
A view of Lansdowne House to the south of Berkeley Square, London was designed by Robert Adam as a house for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute but in 1763 he sold it (one year into its building)

Isaac DIsraeli (1766-1848), a British writer, scholar and man of letters. He is best known for his essays, his associations with other men of letters

Lord Thurlow
Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow (1731 - 1806), British lawyer and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1765 to 1778 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Thurlow

Christmas Truce Memorial, Peace Village, Messines
The memorial carries the words A Lull in the Hate and refers to the football match played between the Germans and the British at Christmas 1914

VE Day - aerial view of crowds in London - Churchill
VE Day. Incredible aerial view of a multitude of people in London celebrating VE Day with mounted police parting the crowds to make way for Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Date: 1945

Great Achievements of the National Government
Diagram by G. H. Davis representing the progress made by the coalition government between August 1931 and April 1934. Illustrations on employment, trade, finance, housing, mining, fishing

Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Great Britain pictured in familiar garb but without cigar, against a London skyline. Date: 1953

Cartoon, The Bag-Fox (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Bag-Fox -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, at the start of the Autumn Session of parliament

Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker (Gladstone and Irish Land Bill)
Cartoon, The Bill-Sticker -- a satirical comment on Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister, choosing to prioritise the Irish Land Bill over other planned legislation. Date: 1881

Cartoon, Intercepted (Gladstone and John Bull)
Cartoon, Intercepted -- a satirical comment on Gladstone as Liberal Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a budgetary surplus

Cartoon, Performer and Critic (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, Performer and Critic -- a satirical comment on the political rivalry between Gladstone (Liberal) and Disraeli (Conservative)

Cartoon, The Great Guy of the Season (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Great Guy of the Season -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Party threat to the Conservative Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli

Cartoon, Doctors Differ! (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, Doctors Differ! Political rivals Gladstone and Disraeli have different ideas about the health of the patient (representing the country)

Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink (Disraeli and Britannia)
Cartoon, On The Dizzy Brink -- Benjamin Disraeli leads a very reluctant Britannia to the brink of war, by sending British ships to Constantinople, risking conflict with Russian forces. Date: 1878

Cartoon, Permissive Government (Disraeli and Hartington)
Cartoon, Permissive Government -- a conversation between Lord Hartington, new leader of the Liberal Party (in opposition), and Benjamin Disraeli, Conservative Prime Minister

Cartoon, Good-Bye! (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, Good-Bye! Conservative Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli says goodbye to his political rival, William Gladstone, who was giving up the leadership of the Liberal Party

Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander (Gladstone and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Indignant Bystander -- in a fairground analogy, Gladstone criticises the Conservative governments Savings Banks Bill, which was later withdrawn

Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival (Disraeli)
Cartoon, A Real Conservative Revival -- a satirical comment on the small number of parliamentary measures passed by the new Conservative government, compared with the previous Liberal administration

Cartoon, The Winning Stroke (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Winning Stroke -- a satirical comment on the Conservative Partys success in the recent General Election, depicting Benjamin Disraeli as a rower who believes that he has benefited

Cartoon, The Whitebait Dinner... at Greenwich
Cartoon, The Whitebait Dinner; or, Parties at Greenwich -- rival politicians encounter each other at the traditional summertime Whitebait Dinner in Greenwich, SE London

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