Runaway Collection

Gretna Green Building
The famous Old Smithy and Marriage Room at Gretna Green, Dumfries, Scotland - the haven for runaway couples from England

Gretna Green Certificate
Certificate issued by the Kingdom of Scotland, confirming the marriage of William Scott and Frances Bell at Allisons Bank Toll-House, Gretna Green, Dumfries

Three runaway schoolboys are very seasick
Three runaway schoolboys suffer greatly from seasickness on an ocean voyage. Date: 1898

DOG STOPS HORSE
When a bakers horse bolts in a Glasgow street, a retriever dog leaps at the reins and did all in its power to stop the frightened runaway Date: 1875

TOYS / HOOPS / C19TH
The runaway hoop Date: late 19th century

BORDER WEDDING
ONE MILE FROM GRETNA A couple desperate to marry race to Gretna Green but are pursued by those who wish to stop them Date: circa 1830

Notre Dame, Paris
A small boy runs through the Jean XXIII Park and Garden beneath Cathedral Notre Dame in Paris. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Bryant & May Matchmakers
A group of women employed at Bryant & May cutting down & boxing Ruby & Runaway Matches. Date: 1888

Old Blacksmiths Shop, Gretna Green, Scotland
People sitting on a bench outside the Marriage Room, aka the Old Blacksmiths Shop, Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

Suffragette Womens Exhibition 1909 Cartoon Model
One of a series of 12 Cartoons in Model, part of the Political Peepshow exhibit at the W.S.P.Us Womens Exhibition, May 1909

Cairo suburb, Egypt - pyramids and runaway horse

Gravel pit arrester being tested by RAF
Testing a gravel pit arrester for stopping runaway jets, using an RAF lightning jet fighter. The idea was that an aircraft unable to stop before the end of the runway would be brought quickly

Two Runaway Girls
Promotional postcard for Two Runaway Girls - described as a farce but probably only part of a music hall bill. It was being played 1905/6. For Brian McCulloughs Company. Date: circa 1906

A Runaway Girl by Seymour Hicks & Harry Nicholls
Promotional postcard for A Runaway Girl by Seymour Hicks and Harry Nicholls; music Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton. First produced at the Gaiety Theatre, 21st May 1898

Illustration, stopping a runaway pony
Illustration, Robin riding Jerry attempts to stop Dumpling from running off with Elizabeth on her back. Date: 1930

Nursery Rhymes -- runaway horse, Tom the Pipers Son
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a woman on a runaway horse. Below -- Tom the Pipers Son stealing a pig. Date: early 20th century

Three runaway schoolboys wash up on a deserted island, each hanging onto a broken mast - a solitary cormorant doesn t know quite what to make of these new arrivals. Date: 1898

Three runaway schoolboys enlisted by an old salt sea captain
Three runaway schoolboys in nautical disguise enlisted by an old salt sea captain. Date: 1898

The runaway

Marriage Certifcate from Gretna Green
Marriage Certifcate from The Old Blacksmiths Shop Gretna Green. The local blacksmith and his anvil have become the lasting symbols of Gretna Green weddings. Date: 1929

Runaway Skier
A runaway skier slices through the snow on a very steep incline! Date: 1930s

Gretna Marriage Room
The Horseshoe Marriage Room at Gretna Green, Scotland. Established in 1830; a haven for young English couples wanting to marry quickly without parental consent. Date: established 1830

Game of runaway knock
A runaway knock: two mischievous boys knock on the door of a well-to-do house and run away, bringing the head of the household (or possibly a butler or footman) and various dogs to the front steps

The road to Gretna-Green
A couple look anxiously behind them, fearful that they may be pursued, as they make their way speedily to Gretna Green to be married

Gretna Green
The Horseshoe Marriage Room at Gretna Green on the Scottish borders established in 1830

Arlen / the Green Hat
THE GREEN HAT This romantic novel was a runaway best-seller in 1924

Harry & Norah Run Away
Cobbs the gardener puts his hand on his hips as he asks young Master Harry and Miss Norah why they are running away together. To get married, of course!

Gretna Wedding Certif
Marriage certificate from the parish of Gretna, Dumfries, Scotland, a favourite destination for English eloping couples, being just across the Scottish border

Far-Sighted Man
THE FAR-SIGHTED MAN prepared for every accident, from flying machines falling on his head to gas leaks and biting dogs, from runaway cars to old-fashioned rain

Katie Seymour / Players
KATIE SEYMOUR Actress in The Runaway Girl

A Border Wedding
Running away to Gretna Green for a border wedding - a false alarm when a coach comes by, feared to be the girls father in angry pursuit !

Gilpins Famous Ride
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN Gilpin, wigless and on the back of a uncontrolled horse, is chased by other horseback riders to try to slow him

Gilpin at Edmonton
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN Gilpin, on the back of his uncontrolled horse, speeds past his family waving from the balcony at Edmonton

Runaway Car / Ca 1900
I can t stop it Charlie; it must work differently from the one Father had. Two boys struggle to stop a runaway car as it alarms the locals

A Fleet Wedding
A FLEET WEDDING- By St Paul s, Covent Garden, London, a sailor weds his landladys daughter, thanks to a Fleet parson who for a fee will conduct a clandestine wedding

Gretna Green - too Late
A Gretna Green wedding - until 1856, runaway couples could be married at Gretna, Dumfries- shire (Scotland) without banns licence, or priest, by black- smith, landlord or tollkeeper

Runaway couple get married at Gretna Green
A runaway couple get married at Gretna Green, literally striking the iron while it is hot. Gretnas runaway marriages began in 1753, following a change in the English law that did not apply in Scotland

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