Retired Collection (page 3)

Stoker / Tennis Player
H. J. Stoker, newly retired tennis player, proudly showing off the many cup and trophies he has won over the years in many tennis tournaments. Date: 12 December 1929

Claude Le Blanc
CLAUDE LE BLANC French statesman and courtier who incurred the enmity of persons at court and was committed to the Bastille, but was acquitted and retired. Date: 1669 - 1728

The Quadrangle - Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. Date: circa 1910

The two retired bar ls

Sir Frederick Brock
SIR FREDERICK BROCK British admiral : served during World War One, first at Gibraltar, later at Orkney & Shetland. He retired after the war. Date: 1854 - ?

Retired Legionnaires
The restaurant of the home for retired Legionnaires, France. Date: 1930s

Portrait of a retired army sergeant, Mid Wales
Portrait of a retired army sergeant in full uniform, posing for his photo in a garden, probably in Mid Wales. He wears a medal

WWII recycling: Tin hat soup tureen / W H Robinson
A retired warden makes use of his old tin hat to eat his soup from. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Paul von Hindenburg meeting veterans
President Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934) in full uniform, meeting war veterans

George V visiting Chelsea Pensioners
King George V visiting Chelsea Pensioners at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London. This visit may have coincided with the Royal International Horticultural Exhibition

Les Invalides, Paris
A retired soldier mends his clothing in his room at Les Invalides, a hospital and retirement home for war veterans

Shirakawa Abducted 1159
Abduction of retired Emperor Shirakawa

Morden College Blackheat
This fine building was built by Turkey merchant Sir John Morden for decayed Turkey merchants who fell on hard times. It is still in use to house elderly retired folk

Rat Retired from World
THE RAT WHO RETIRED FROM THE WORLD: A rat, tired of worldly cares, retires to live in a cheese; when fellow rats request help, he says he is unable to assist

Retired Soldiers
After the Napoleonic wars, unemployed French soldiers watch troops drilling and exchange reminiscences about the glorious past

Stagecoach Inn
An inn at midnight - the company tired and retired

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