Reel Collection

Fishing Equipment suitable for the Lake District
Fishing Equipment suitable for use in the Lake District - includes two inset pictures of Derwentwater (upper picture) and Newlands Valley (lower)

Woman spinning - India
Woman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India

LCC-LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump-escape
The Dennis dual-purpose pump-escape from D66 station Brixton (Gresham Road, SW4), pictured on Lambeth Bridge. The hose-reel tubing

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen

Scottish Ball 1878
The Caledonian Ball - dancing the Reel o Tulloch Date: 1878

Highland dancers at Braemar Highland Games
Highlanders dancing a reel for the royal party at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, attended by King George V and Queen Mary. circa 1911

Advertisement for Kerrs thread, Newark, New Jersey, USA
An advertisement for Kerr & Co thread of Newark, New Jersey, USA. Keep your eye on Kerrs Thread. Sure to Please. Showing a young lady sitting on a giant reel of thread

Ocean Liners - 16mm promotional films
Ocean Liners - 16mm Promotional Films: Dreamboat (Norwegian American Cruises) show print and QE2 The Greatest Cruise Ship in the World and others advertising Cunard liners and cruises

Combination Pole and Cable Reel Trailer, two trailers for the price of one, equipped for hauling cable reels, equipped for hauling poles. With specifications below. Date: early 1920s

Linda Darnell, American film actress, on set during filming
Linda Darnell (Monetta Eloyse Darnell, 1923-1965), American film actress. Seen here on set during filming. 20th century

Chinese woman reeling silk thread from wild silkworms, Bombyx mori, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

Laying Telephone Wire, by Colin Gill, WW1
Laying Telephone Wire, painting by Colin Gill, First World War. circa 1918

Fighting the Fisherman Date: 1948

WW2 greetings card, firemen
WW2 pop-up greetings card, firemen (NFS, National Fire Service). Date: circa 1942

SPINNING WHEEL AND REEL
THE GREAT SPINNING-WHEEL AND THE REEL Date: circa 1730

Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire
Skilled Silk Operator at her reeling machine at the Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot, House, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire. Date: circa 1930s

Young boy flying a kite
A young boy in a yellow check shirt with shoulder patches flies a kite on a reel of twine whilst kneeling at the base of a low hill amongst the mushrooms below his cottage home

A London Fire brigade wheeled ladder escape vehicle
Outside the London County Council boundary, Penge, to the south of London, was one of many fire brigades which had just one fire station covering its geographical area

Sheet music back cover, Francis, Day & Hunter
Sheet music back cover, advertising Francis, Day & Hunters Fox Trots, the latest and greatest Anglo-American successes. Listed are several titles, including Broken Doll, That Raggy Refrain

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

The Scotch Reel by Florence Hardy
Two children dance a pretty Scottish reel dressed in traditional costume

Tabby kitten with Singer sewing machine
Unusual Friends - tabby kitten with Singer sewing machine. 1950s

Stable grooms with horses, Porlock, Somerset. Date: circa 1960s

Advertisement for Castle Films, produced by United World Films Inc -- movies for every occasion, for 8mm and 16mm movie film projectors

Film crew at work on The First of the Few
Film crew at work on location during the filming of The First of the Few, in which Leslie Howard played the Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell. 1942

Newsreel cameraman in action, filming from the top of a car. circa 1950

Leslie Howard, Adrian Brunel and Georges Perinal
Leslie Howard (1893-1943), English actor, with Georges Perinal (1897-1965), French cinematographer, and Adrian Brunel (1892-1958), English film director and screenwriter

Young stylish lady playing with her little black kitten
A young stylish lady wearing a set of Marshall & Snelgrove pyjamas in white crepe-de-chine (with black floral embroidered motifs), playing with her little black kitten with a cotton reel and thread

Georges Perinal, cinematographer, First of The Few
Georges Perinal (1897-1965), acclaimed French cinematographer, at work behind the camera on location for The First of the Few

Greetings card in the shape of a reel of cotton
Greetings card in the shape of a reel of white cotton with a needle. Date: circa 1890s

Reeling Wool, Co. Antrim - a view of an old lady outside a cottage with a reel. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

A Glendun Farm Kitchen - an interior with a old woman sitting beside a reel by a fireplace with griddle and pot. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Glendun). Date: circa early 1900s

Reeling Wool, Glendun - a view of an old woman outside a cottage reeling wool with a reel beside a spinning wheel. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Glendun). Date: circa early 1900s

Interior of an Inishowen Farm Kitchen - an interior shot of a farm kitchen with harnen over a fire and spinning wheel and reel. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Inishowen)

Winding Pirns for Weaving Donegal Homespun, Inishowen
Winding Pirns forWeaving Donegal Homespun, Inishowen - a view of a family group outside a cottage with a woman operating a spinning wheel and a reel

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Cine Projectionists
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Cine Projectionists Date: circa 1942

Ken Achurch with spying equipment -- a fly bug in a glass tube, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Date: 1970s

Whitley Bay Amusements
The Virginia Reel at Spanish City, an amusement park at Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Date: 1920s

Highland Reel / Tulloch
Four kilted Scotsmen dance the Highland Reel of Tulloch, accompanied by a lone bagpiper Date: 1849

Kitten with cotton reel on a birthday card
Kitten with red cotton reel on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Bobby the dog wearing a dunces cap
Bobby the dog belongs to a little girl called Elsie. Sometimes Elsie places Bobby in the corner of the room and puts a dunces cap on his head. Date: circa 1933

The Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Showing the Virginia Reel Date: 1920s

WW2 greetings card, firemen in action
WW2 pop-up greetings card, firemen in action (NFS, National Fire Service). Date: circa 1942

Group of girls on a Balham street, SW London
Group of girls playing on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Sewing machine at hatworks
Photographed at Battersbys hat factory in Turncroft Lane, Offerton Stockport, note the industrial sized cotton reel on top of the sewing maching. Date: circa 1906

LFB Dennis dual-purpose pump, Lambeth HQ
Lambeths (D61) pump at its base station, on display in Brigade headquarters drill yard. Side mounted pump outlets together with hose-reel tubing and two hook ladders can be seen

Cinematography trophies on display
Various trophies on display. The notice reads: Modern Bee Breeding, but the large trophy at the centre is for Amateur Cinematography

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