Rain Collection (page 13)

Angling in the Rain
A moody study of a young man, an angler, fishing beside his umbrella and bicycle on a wet day. Date: 1960s

The Gathering Storm - ominous clouds and the start of a rain storm over an English cathedral city. Date: 1960s

Wet or Fine?
A girl with two umbrellas looks up at the sky to see whether its raining or just spitting. English weather. Date: early 1930s

Ram Roasting Tradition
The Ram Roasting Fair at Kingsteington, Devon, England, is an annual (Whit Tuesday) event. A lamb is sacrificed in thanks for rain after a period of drought. Date: circa 1950

Thames Valley Floods
Cars making slow progress through the flooded roads near Chertsey, Surrey, England. The roads in the low-lying districts of the Thames Valley were flooded due to storms. Date: 12 December 1929

Queueing for Eggs

Muddy Country Lane
A muddy, waterlogged, country lane, following a heavy downpour of rain. Date: 1960s

Wet Country Lane
After the rainstorm - an autumn study of a wet country lane, covered in puddles. Date: 1950s

Muddy Gateway
The waterlogged, muddy gateway to the woods, after a heavy downpour of rain. Date: 1930s

Launch of RMS Queen Mary
Part of the crowd at the launch of RMS Queen Mary, the new giant Cunard White Star Liner. Above them is Queen Mary herself, in a glass Royal Box which protected the royal party from heavy rain

Blind man with guide dog crossing the road
A blind man with his guide dog crossing the road at a zebra crossing. Date: circa 1960s

Two British soldiers working in a ditch, WW1
Two British soldiers working in a ditch full of water during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Umbrella Adventures in variable weather
Umbrella Adventures, showing a girl and boy in variable weather, from sunshine, to rain, to wind, to a fishing disaster, and a rescue. Date: 1924

The Last Bus Home
Londoners struggle to get on the last bus home in the pouring rain. Date: circa 1900s

The Queen drives through rain to the House of Lords
The Queen takes the ceremonial drive by carriage to Westminster for the Opening of the 41st Parliament of the United Kingdom

Stunt Car over Flames
A stunt car flies through the air over a bonfire of tyres and the crowd, standing in the rain, are loving it! Date: 1960s

Breton Fair / In the Rain
A rainy day at a Breton fair. The women wear their regional costume and most have colourful umbrellas. Date: 1905

Girl with Grey Brolly
On a grey day, a girl in a grey coat and grey hat, with a grey scarf, protects herself from the rain with her grey umbrella... Date: 1918

Quality Street: Valentin
Phoebe and Valentine Brown walking in the rain. Date: First published: 1913

Rain, Go to Spain
Rain, rain, go to Spain and nevermore come back again

Rainy Street, London
The streets of London on a rainy day Date: 1950s

Baudelaire / Spleen
Illustration for his poem SPLEEN

Children / Shelter Rain
Children/Shelter Rain

Umbrella Old / New
A royal parasol as used by the Assyrians, compared with Jonas Hanways umbrella of 1786

Malvern Water Cure (6)
(6 of 12) Water Cure at Malvern The Rain Bath " You must be shut in for 15 minutes Sir!"

Boy looking through a window on a rainy day
A bored little boy peers through a window pane on a rainy day

Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 July
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 July. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Passengers with porter, waiting to board a boat
A group of passengers waiting to board a boat, with a porter sitting on a luggage cart. They are outside Munros Yacht Stores and Coffee Rooms, and it appears to be raining, as umbrellas are up

Man and boy with junior sized motorcycle
A man gives his son a bit of advice under an umbrella before the boy sets off on his junior sized motorcycle

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

Man dressed up to celebrate Dickens Day
A man dressed up in vaguely Victorian gear for Dickens Day, to celebrate the life and work of the novelist Charles Dickens

Singing in the Rain by Muriel Dawson
A small child wearing a classic yellow raincoat and sou wester, holds a miniature umbrella and appears to be enjoying the rain

Stormy Weather by Muriel Dawson
Two children dressed for rainy weather in raincoats, wellies and sou westers shelter together under a huge orange umbrella

Unselfishness / W H Robinson
In the new world even a tortoise can count on the kind of courtesy formally reserved for rich aunts. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

The Anti-wet caravan / W H Robinson
For a typical British summer, this caravan is fitted with four stout telescopic legs enabling it to be raised bodily above high water marks

Princess Diana visiting St Columb, Cornwall
Diana, Princess of Wales, out on a visit, possibly in the Cornwall area. She is holding a small bunch of daffodils, and is sheltering from the rain under an umbrella

Wet day in Madras, India
A wet day in Madras, India. The local population use a variety of different methods to keep the rain off their heads!

Stormy mountains
Mountain scene with a dark and stormy sky above. Pen & ink (with wash) drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Norwegian royal family embarking at Dover
King Haakon VII of Norway (1872-1957) and Queen Maud (1869-1938), together with their son, Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991), embarking at Dover to return home following a visit to the UK

Sketches at Wimbledon 1879
Sketches at the Championship lawn tennis match, Wimbledon by Harry Furniss. Vignettes of the final round of the tennis matches and the attending spectators

New Bridge (Galata Bridge) in the rain
View toward Karakoy across the New Bridge (Galata Bridge) on a very wet day - Constantinople, Turkey

German poster encouraging soldiers to leave Berlin. In Berlin there is little to eat, and no work. Elsewhere there is plenty of food, and work

Duke of Connaught and Scots Guards
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), on a station platform watching members of the Scots Guards depart for Egypt

A Showery Day on the River
Various examples of what a rainy day means to different people. A couple have a slight tiff on a boat, a man punts across a stream wearing his rain hat and coat and in the boat house

A Young Person in Pink by Pizer
A young woman dressed in a pink and white dress poses with a large umbrella

A couple shelter under umbrella by Florence Hardy
I d shelter thee. A man shelters his companion under an umbrella

Reading the papers in the rain
The streets are crowded with top-hatted gentlemen eagerly reading the main story of the day, umbrellas shielding them from the heavy rain

Patent Office Curiosities and Ingenuities
Some Curiosities and Ingenuities of the Patent Office! These include a popelling device, a helmet-mounted gun, a submersible lifesaving apparatus, a cool pipe

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