Restrictions Collection

Cartoon, Honourable Ratio
Honourable Ratio: or, Naval Conversationsin London. Ratio 5:5:3, between Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. Date: 1934

Imaginary life forms on the planet Jupiter -- living with gravity more than twice that of Earth, with atmospheric conditions to match, imposes severe restrictions on them. Date: 1940

WW2 - Cyclists After Petrol Restrictions
A photograph of some soldiers riding bicycles after petrol restrictions, relative to a true to life novel, Seven Pilots written by Charles Patrick Ranke Graves. Date: 1942

United States Air Force - Boeing OC-135W 61-2670 (MSN 18346), on approach to RAF Mildenhall circa February 1999. Built as a C-135B-BN Stratolifter and converted to WC-135B weather aircraft

Comic postcard, Middle aged couple at the seaside, not having any fun Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, water passed by Borough Surveyor, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Hardelot Plage, Normandy, France
A man wearing a black hat walks from the beach bathing area at Hardelot Plage, Normandy, France

Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1941
The children must have Chilprufe. Our difficulty is to make the small ration of wool we are allowed go round

The Prince of Wales with the Duke of Clarence
Cartoon of the future King Edward VII (1840-1910), pictured with his eldest son Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892), otherwise known as Eddie

Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime, WW1
Cartoon, Things not to do in wartime. A man says that if planes fly over his house again tonight, he won t be looking out of the window. Why, did you get bombed? No, I got a stiff neck. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime, WW1
Cartoon, Press censorship in wartime. A writer welcomes the white spaces in his article, saying that if there were no spaces, nobody would want to read it. Date: 1917

Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday, WW1
Cartoon, Monday and Tuesday. A sign says No Fishing, but a man sits with his rod and line, determined to catch and eat fish, just to annoy the authorities

Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe, WW1
Cartoon, Scene outside a cafe. With new restrictions on the serving of alcohol, two soldiers are turned away, and a waiter challenges two little boys sitting at a table. Date: 1916

Cartoon, Disappointed greed, WW1
Cartoon, Disappointed greed, a comment on new alcohol restrictions. The waiter tells a lady that the anisette is too high in alcohol content for him to serve to her. Date: 1916

Intolerable! by Norman Morrow
First Slacker (to second ditto): " These lighting restrictions - darn d nuisance

WW2 Christmas card, looking forward to peacetime. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, wartime restrictions
WW2 Christmas card. Whats in the Post this Morning? Rationing and other wartime restrictions. Date: circa 1942

Restaurant restrictions during WW1
Article from The Sphere demonstrating the new wartime lunch and dinner restrictions put in place in restaurants and hotels

The mine used by Germany by G. H. Davis
The mine: a weapon used by Germany for unrestricted warfare

Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1943
Quailty... a necessity when supplies are limited. The output of Chilprufe pure wool is now confined solely to a range of essential garments for infants and young children

Restrictions are not finished! 1919
French cook holds up a small morsel of food on a plater, while the lady of the house is looking in a recipe book. Date: 1919

Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth I in 1572

The Licensing Bill, 1908
Poster criticising the Licensing Bill of 1908 which sought to restrict and reduce the number of licensed premises in the country in an attempt to curb drunken behaviour

Licensing Bill poster 1908
Poster criticising the Licensing Bill proposed by the government in 1908 to reduce licensed premises and curb drinking, while allowing private clubs to carry on without restrictions

Towaway Zone
Towaway zone in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Deflationary Notice
A sign in Spalding, Lincolnshire, warning that any motorists who park their cars in the cattle market without paying the 2/6 fee will have their tyres deflated

Puritan Revolution - complaint about restrictions against drinking and selling meat on the Sabbath

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