Repairs Collection (page 3)

Umbrella repairs on a Christmas and New Year card
Umbrella repair shop with pedestrians walking by on a Christmas and New Year card -- It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Date: circa 1890s

78 rpm record cover, Saville Pianos Ltd, offering piano tuning and repairs, records and musical instruments. 20th century

Soho, London - 25 Peter Street W1 - H Brahame shoe repairs (later demolished). 1973

Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany

La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier -- A fashionable young woman visits a blacksmith for repairs to the iron ring of her crinoline frame. circa 1850

Three Wheeled Morgan Vintage Car, Britain. Showing running repairs - Northampton registration. Date: 1920s

Motorcycle dispatch riders, New Cross, WW2
LCC-LFB junior dispatch riders during training at the New Cross speedway track in South London on 22 April 1942 -- a spot of bother with a bike. Date: 1942

The second de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSR
The second de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSR, undergoing repairs following the pre-race accident

Turkey - Istanbul - Tram en route to Chichli Tunel down the Istik Lal Street Date: circa 1920

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

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

Victorian Scrap - Mending Union Jack. late 19th century

Cobblers on the street, Delhi, India
Cobblers on the street in Delhi, India. Date: circa 1920

Clock and watch repairs, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Traders sign outside a shop for clock and watch repairs, probably in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Wang Lee Lepaer Colock and Wach. Below is another sign, Yah Lih, boot and shoe maker

St Pauls constractor, by William Heath Robinson
In 1913 the major architectural journals were reporting about the possibility that the dome of St Pauls could collapse due to subsidence and the weakness of the supporting piers

Snap Playing Cards - Tinker - Peter Pan. circa 1930s

Snap Playing Cards - Tailor - Stephen Stitch. circa 1930s

Advertising trade card, Henri Pannier, Dunkirk, France
Advertising trade card, Henri Pannier, Place de la Republique, Dunkirk, France, offering lighting and heating products and services. circa 1910s

Istanbul - Turkish Street Cobbler. Date: circa 1910

Repairs to a vehicle while on safari, Africa. 1929

Currant Happy Families - Cobbler family. circa 1940s

London in Splints Scaffolding inside St. Pauls Cathedral
London in Splints - Scaffolding inside St. Pauls Cathedral during repairs in 1928. Date: 1928

Isotta Fraschini car on a postcard -- stopping on a mountain road. Date: 1908

Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia - Ice Dry Dock. This vessel was built at Brentford - the ice excavated to a depth of five feet. Date: 1908

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Repairing plane fabric
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Repairing plane fabric (wing covering) by patching up bullet holes. Date: circa 1942

WW2 - With the W. A. A. F. - Instrument Repairing
WW2 - With the W.A.A.F. - Instrument Repairing Date: circa 1942

Susi - demolishing an alarm clock. 1950s

HMS Marlborough in dry dock in Malta. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

HMS Marlborough - Starboard Quarter viewed in dry dock in Malta. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill

War Wounds Slowly Mending - repairs to towns in France
Restoring the devastated towns of Northern France. Montage of sketches by Helen McKie showing the careful rebuilding and restoration of towns in France devastated during the First World War

Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, WW1
Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, advising on the economies of repairing or renovating old clothes during wartime. Date: 1917

French Happy Families - Cobbler
French Happy Families - La Famille Lebouif, Grandmother, Cobbler. early 20th century

Car repairs in street, Havana Cuba Date: 1980s

Snap Playing Card - Chairs to Mend. circa 1900s

House Repairs / Bellows /
General house repairs - one man is up a ladder and another is using bellows. Date: 18th century

Maid Stitching Stocking
The maid does some last-minute repairs to her mistresss stocking before she leaves for a ball Date: 1908

Tinker sharpening a knife for a maid 1894
A tinker sharpening a knife for a waiting maid. Date: 1894

Laid up for repairs
Young Dutch boy laying across mothers lap gets his trousers darned. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1915

Humorous Dutch card - pumping up a car tyre. Sent as a Mother and Fathers day card from the sender to his/her parents! Date: circa 1910

The east end of Walton Street, London Date: circa 1910s

Rudkin Bros, 4 Paddington Street, London W1
The shop window of Rudkin Bros, 4 Paddington Street, London W1 -- house repairs and decorations. Date: circa 1910

Lightship in dry dock, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

The West India Docks, London - Opening of a new Dry Dock Date: 1878

Friedmans Music Shop, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Friedmans Music Shop, 73 Springfield Avenue, Newark, New Jersey, USA. Date: 1932

Man working on road repairs, Liverpool Road, Eccles
A man working on road repairs in Liverpool Road, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

Two men doing maintenance on Tower Bridge, London. Date: 1957

Face in garage window, Sale, Greater Manchester
A face peeps out through a garage window in Sale, Greater Manchester. Date: circa 1979

Man repairs puncture on upturned bicycle, Eccles
A man repairs a puncture on his upturned bicycle, in front of a row of shops in Peel Green, Eccles, Manchester. Date: circa 1977

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