Residents Collection (page 2)

Christmas in India 1881
British residents in India enjoy Christmas despite the heat

Doctors visit in Aboisso, Ivory Coast
Locals visiting a European doctor in the streets of Aboisso, south-east of Ivory Coast (then French West Africa). Date: circa 1910

The Tables Turned by William Heath Robinson
Waits musicians rather put out of action during the festive period due to residents of one street playing jazz tunes loudly from their windows instead. Date: 1921

National Childrens Home (NCH), Chipping Norton
Residents and staff of the National Childrens Home (NCH), Chipping Norton. Some are in wheelchairs or using crutches. Date: c, 1907

Massawa - Old town with local residents. Eritrea - Africa

An Ukhara, with a view of the British Residents camp. From: Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809. Date: 1813

Children at Eastcliff House, Margate, Kent
Residents outside Eastcliff House, Alexandra Road, Margate, Kent. It was established as a childrens seaside convalescent home by the St Pancras Union in 1896

Stag Silhouetted
A stag stands silhouetted against the evening sky, while a full moon rises beyond yon stately home whose residents are even now planning to hunt it on the morrow

Clifton, Bristol C. 1850
Showing ROYAL YORK CRESCENT, CLIFTON with grand mansion houses overlooking a private railed garden for residents

Wolf attack in Camporeggiano, Umbria, Italy
Peasants of Camporeggiano in Umbria, Italy, are attacked by a huge wolf -- a mother snatches her child from its jaws !

Girls Friendly Society (GFS) Lodge, Ealing, Middlesex
Residents in the garden of the GFS Lodge at Ealing, Middlesex / West London. A croquet set can be seen. The seated women in the hat is Gertrude Marye Barnard, founder of the Ealing branch. Date: 1913

Northern district in Saint-Louis (Ndar), Senegal
Northern district in Saint-Louis (Ndar), in north-west Senegal (then French West Africa) and former capital of the colony. Date: circa 1905

Bukoba residents, East Africa
Bukoba residents, two adults and two children, East Africa (now in Tanzania). 1919

Spain and Portugal - Alameda -Gibraltar - Narrow path through Shrubs and Trees. Part of Box 149 Boswell Collection - Portugal and Spain

Mrs Forster Greens Home for Mothers and Children
Residents stand in front of Mrs Forster Greens Home for Mothers and Children at Bangor, Co. Down. Date: circa 1919

Adobe House, New Mexico, USA
A house in New Mexico made from adobe - sun-dried brick. Its residents are descendants of Spanish colonists, one of whom sits astride a horse. Date: circa 1895

Protestants in Brazil
Brazil : the residents of a Protestant community founded by Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon are expelled, thanks to the slanders of the Roman Catholics Date: 1556

Cartoon, The Martians, WW1
Cartoon, The Martians. During the First World War, the residents of Mars complain to their neighbouring planet about the noise, and ask them to be more considerate. Date: 1918

East London Water / Punch
The water company`s turncock accused the local East London residents of wasting water by washing and watering their gardens. Date: 8 August 1896

Masonic Procession 1742
London Masons process through the streets while the residents watch from their windows Date: 1742

Girls Friendly Society (GFS), Scarborough, Yorkshire
Residents and staff of the Girls Friendly Society branch at Scarborough. Date: circa 1905

Girls Friendly Society Home of Rest, Malvern Wells
Residents and staff outside the Girls Friendly Society Home of Rest at Malvern Wells, Worcestershire. Date: circa 1924

Hope Place, Stepney
Local residents of Hope Place, Stepney, near where Thomas Barnardo opened his first childrens home

Home for Motherless Children, Children eating apples
Home for Motherless Children residents enjoy gift of apples sent from Canada by former resident

Residents, Hullbridge, Essex
Residents, Hullbridge, Hockley, near South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, England. Date: 1957

Gleneagles Hotel advertisement
Advertisement for the famous Gleneagles, the hotel and golf course in Perthshire, Scotland showing the hotels interior with residents relaxing

Two children at Berry-me-wick, typical Edwardian clothing
The identities of these two are unknown and are are presumably local residents of the small settlement at Berry me Wick, near Cressbrook, Derbyshire. Date: 1909

China - Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway
Lantern slide of Hong Kong shweing peak and peak railway. In 1881 Alexander Findlay Smith first put the project of a Peak Railway into shape

Salvaging furniture from damaged homes, London, WW2
Firefighters helping residents to salvage furniture from their damaged homes, London, 2 July 1944, Second World War. Date: 1944

German prisoners of war in Great Britain at the start of war
Immediately after the declaration of war, most of the German and Austrian residents of military age in Britain were made prisoners and confined within barbed wire compounds under military guard

Almshouses, Cavendish, Suffolk
Almshouses in the village of Cavendish, Suffolk. Date: 1960s

When May is Out by William Heath Robinson
The residents of a town take the old proverb, Cast ne er a clout, til May is out rather literally now that June has arrived. Even the local policeman has felt the urge to disrobe. Date: 1915

British soldier and local resident, Western Front, WW1
British soldier relaxing with a local resident and her cattle on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers and local residents, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers relaxing with local residents and their cattle on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

King George V meeting locals, Western Front, WW1
King George V meeting some of the local civilian residents on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

St Cuthberts Home for Girls, Darlington
Residents in fancy dress for a Christmas party at the St Cuthberts Home, Cleveland Avenue, Darlington, County Durham. The home was opened by the Waifs and Strays Society in 1893. Date: 1920s

Dulwich Home Girls at Southbourne, Dorset
A seaside trip to Southbourne for residents of the Home for Girls at 62 Overhill Road, East Dulwich. The original home, the first to be established by the Waifs and Strays Society

Children at Beckenham Home, Kent
Young residents of St Hildas Home For Girls, Crescent Road, Beckenham. The home was opened in 1905 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Sisters at St Gabriels Home for Girls, Kettering
A portrait of two young sisters, both residents of St Gabriels Home for Girls, The Broadway, Kettering. The home was opened in 1905 by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: 1920s

Bootmakers Workshop, St Martins Home, Pyrford, Surrey
Some of the residents in the boot-making workshop of the St Martins Orthopaedic Hospital And Special School, Pyrford, near Woking, Surrey

Brighton Childrens Home, Sussex
Residents of the Waifs and Strays Societys Home For Girls, at Egremont Place, Brighton. The home was originally opened in 1854 as the Brighton and Hove Industrial School

Limehouse Shop
A Chinese shop in Limehouse, at this time the district most favoured by residents of Asiatic origin. Date: circa 1900

Arwerton Hall Gate
The splendid gatehouse of Arwerton Hall, Suffolk : if all those towers are chimneys, the residents must be nice and warm... Date: 1785

San Francisco Earthquake - Ruins of Buildings
San Francisco Earthquake, USA - Ruins of the Lick House Entrance of the Bullock & Jones Building and the San Francisco Savings Union Building after the Earthquake and fire of 18th April, 1906

San Francisco Earthquake - Ruins on Mason Street
San Francisco Earthquake, USA - Ruins on Mason Street after the devastating Earthquake of 18th April, 1906. Date: 1906

Block of flats in Vienna, Austria
The light well of a block of flats in Vienna, Austria, with residents looking down from two of the balconies. Date: 1953

VJ Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory over Japan Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with lots of fun and games

VE Day street party, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
To celebrate Victory in Europe Day, the children of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, were given a street party with food and cakes which had been in very short supply during the war years

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