Ropes Collection (page 5)

King George V as a yachtsman at Cowes, Isle of Wight. Date: 1924

Prince George as a midshipman
Prince George (later King George V) in naval uniform as a midshipman, on board ship. Date: circa 1879

Illustration, Monkey on board ship
Illustration, A monkey on board ship entertains the sailors by running off with someones hat. Date: 1832

Rock climbing near Porthcurno, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Students in gym with horse, box and ropes Date: 1903

Students using ropes in gym Date: 1903

WW2 Christmas card, Balloon Barrage, Coventry
WW2 Christmas card, The Balloon Barrage, Coventry. Date: 1940

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, nearly ready for launching
The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, 6 months of activity
Six months of ceaseless activity. The Queen Mary, then known as Hull Number 534, had been halted between 1931 and 1934 due to the Great Depression of the 1930s

Children and boats in Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall. Date: circa 1956

Fishermen and boats at Coverack, Cornwall. Date: circa 1954

Boy scouts on a rope bridge, Mauritius
Boy scouts crossing on a rope bridge, Mauritius

Cadet on the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship
Cadet in the rigging of the Sorlandet, a Norwegian tall ship, probably during a Tall Ships Race. Date: 1960s

Dutch sea scouts on sailing boat, Holland
Dutch sea scouts on a sailing boat, Holland

Dutch scouts at camp, Netherlands, putting up a structure with wood and ropes

Dutch sea scouts with leader, Holland
Two Dutch sea scouts with their leader, Holland, learning the ropes. Date: 1972

Lifeboat crew and two cadets in a boat
Three lifeboat crew members and two officer cadets - Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor) and Albert, later Duke of York (George VI) in a boat. Date: 1911

Italian Alpini scale heights
With the aid of ropes and ice-axes, Italian Alpini troops scale a mountain face in the Tyrol in order to occupy the high ground and prevent Austrian attacks at vital points along the frontier

Artillery mule on Italian frontier
On the Italian frontier, an artillery mule is lowered on to a ledge in the Alps. The mules were used by the Italian Alpine artillery to carry gun parts on their backs across the mountainous terrain

Crew on board SV Inverness-shire
Crew on board the sailing vessel Inverness-shire, built in 1894 in Glasgow, sold in 1915, and renamed Svartskog in 1916, disappeared in 1920 in the Bermuda Triangle area, while sailing from Newport

Three Brunei scouts securing ropes, Borneo, south-east Asia

Boy Scout activities in Afghanistan, in the scouting magazine Jamboree, April 1933. Date: circa 1930s

Wolverhampton Royal Orphanage - Girls at Play
Girls at play, some with skipping ropes, at the Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum. Designed by Joseph Manning, the orphanage opened in 1854 at Goldthorn Hill. Date: circa 1905

Quayside artist
A quayside artist painting a fishing harbour. Date: 1960s

Men on deck of sailing ship
Men on the deck of a sailing ship

Man climbing rigging of sailing ship
Man climbing the rigging of a sailing ship

Brtish observation balloon 1917
The first coming of light, early in the morning of Battle of Broodseinde during the First World War, as the " eye" of the artillery is finished its preliminary intensified firing

British soldiers transporting shells, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers transporting shells on the Western Front during World War One, watched by French troops. Date: circa 1916

British RFA kite balloon, Western Front, WW1
A British RFA (Royal Field Artillery) kite balloon, used for observation on the Western Front in France during World War One

Men in basket of observation balloon, WW1
Two men with telephones and maps in the basket of an RFA observation balloon on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

St Winifreds Industrial School, Wolverhampton
Girls at play with hoops, skipping ropes and a swing at St Winifreds Industrial School, Wolverhampton. Nuns stand in supervision. Date: Date unknown

Chinese prisoners, bound together with ropes, are led away by their Japanese captors during the Battle of Shanghai. Date: November 1937

The boat question by G. H. Davis
The boat question: a suggested method of launching ships boats (ie lifeboats) with long davits. The longer davit would launch the boat well clear of the ships side

Early British dirigible on the ground with crew
Early British dirigible, seen here on the ground, with crew. Date: early 20th century

Italian soldiers climbing precipice, WW1
Italian soldiers transporting themselves and their artillery up a sheer mountain face by means of ropes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Woman with tent and car, Stratheyre, Isle of Skye, Scotland
A woman standing between a parked car and a circular open tent with a wind breaker at Stratheyre, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Date: 1930

Woman pushing box across river
A woman pushing a box suspended by ropes across a river

Woman pushing box ferry across river
A woman pushing a box ferry suspended by ropes across a river. Date: circa 1920s

Cottage buildings in remote landscape
Cottage buildings in a remote landscape, possibly in the north of Scotland. A sign on the building on the left reads: Telegraph Office

Soldiers working on a wooden structure - WW1 era
Soldiers working on a wooden structure, possibly as a training exercise. Date: circa 1915

Trainee lowered from tower during exercise drill, WW2
National Fire Service trainee being lowered from a tower during exercise drill. Date: 1940s

In the appalling, muddy conditions of Serbia, German motoris
Men and horses struggle to move heavy equipment through the mud, using ropes. A German staff car is stuck up to its axles. Date: 1916

Hondarribia, Spain - House in the Marina Neighbourhood with its many occupants! Date: circa 1910s

Diamond Mine - Kimberley, South Africa Date: 1877

Notre Dame Bay Fishermen, Newfoundland, Canada. Date: 1902

Rock climbing - Abseiling - Switzerland Date: 1920s

Regimental Tailor at a country show - displaying uniforms made for the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Date: circa 1910

Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos
Riding the Rapids on the Mekong River, Laos. Riverbank ropes aid the passage of a canoe across a treacherous rising stretch of water. Date: circa 1907

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