Running Collection (page 15)

LFB firefighter in a hurry, with coat and helmet
LFB firefighter in a hurry, running with his coat on one hand and his helmet in the other

Operating the London Fire Brigades fireboat Massey Shaw below decks Date: circa late 1930s

Horses running the gauntlet of the guns, 1917
Horses pulling ammunition supplies on the Ypres salient have to run through a crump barrage. Date: 1917

Cricket Preventing a Boundary
A fielder is preventing a boundary which would preventing the other team either 6 or 4 runs. Date: 1888

A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, WW1
A group of soldiers running across a battlefield, by Gunner F J Mears, BEF, Royal Garrison Artillery (d. 1929)

Victorious British advance at Loos
Part of one British battalion, with a strong party of bombers in advance, charged across the interveniing space between the British and the first-time German trenches. Date: 1915

Long Jock by William Heath Robinson
Canny Kiltie Camouflage. A mischievous pair of Highland soldiers terrify a German soldier into imagining he really will have to tackle some great Scots

Advert for Ewarts Califont hot water 1926
Hot water instantly night or day. Hot water upstairs or downstairs. 1926

Advert for Ewarts Lightning Geyser 1926
Hot water instantly night and day. 1926

Bonzo in search of his forefathers by George Studdy
Bonzo finds a trace of his ancestral courage in an old tapestry -- he notices his ancestor running away from a wild boar, while bigger and braver dogs confront it. Date: 1924

The Seven Good Deeds of Bonzo (Saturday) -- he gives the fattened Christmas turkey a little exercise. Date: 1923

Out of Doors -- boys watching a hare
Out of Doors -- two boys, a man and a dog watch an escaping hare. Date: 19th century

Deeds of gallantry in the English Channel by G. H. Davis
Deeds of gallantry in the running sea and air fight in the English Channel during the Second World War. Date: 1942

LFB firefighters in athletics event at Hurlingham
LFB firefighters taking part in an athletics event at Hurlingham. Date: 1967

Magazine page, fire brigade sports news
A magazine page reporting fire brigade sports news from Birmingham, Manchester and London. Prizes shown in the photographs are for swimming (London)

Bonzo shows the Bonzolines how to do it! by George Studdy
Bonzo shows the Bonzolines how to do it! He manages to shower everyone with water from a garden hose. George Ernest Studdy (1878-1948), was the creator of Bonzo

Bonzo does the dirty work! by George Studdy
Bonzo does the dirty work! He does some parlour tricks with a sugar cube, but the Pekingese Chee-Kee gets the reward, and runs off with the cube

Bonzos Grand National by George Studdy
Bonzos Grand National -- Bonzo, Chee-Kee, and Bonzos brethren hold a Grand National on their own. Some of them get rather wet in an open ditch

Advert for Sanatogen tonic 1919
Nerves won the War. To recuperate the exhaused shattered nerves, and so fit yourself to make a fresh start in civilian life and work. Date: 1919

Cartoon story, Escaping the War, WW1
First World War cartoon story, Escaping the War. A man looks forward to the weekend in the country, thinking he will escape all the war news

Cartoon, Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, WW1
Cartoon, Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, showing a grotesque, pantomime ogre-like Kaiser Wilhelm II wielding a club, with blood dripping from the club

Lord Burghley in the steeplechase at Stamford Bridge
400 metres hurdles gold medallist, Lord Burghley, at the water jump in the steeplechase at an athletics meeting at Stamford Bridge, shortly after his win at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games

Ovaltine advertisement, 1928
Advertisement for soporific, milky bedtime drink Ovaltine from 1928, claiming it to be the ideal drink for athletes due to its ability to build up sinew and muscle

Runners and starting pistol at Fenner s
Runners at the start of the mile race at Fenner s, in an athletics competition between the English A.A.A team and the past and present athletes of Cambridge University. The race was won by R. S

Marathon race, 1932 Olympic Games
The start of the marathon at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, won by Zabala. Date: 1932

Bonzo persuades a friend to throw a stone by George Studdy
Bonzo persuades a friend to throw a stone. The stone lands on a man lying on the beach, reading a newspaper, which means that Bonzo and the Bonzolines run right across him

Yes, we have no bananas! by George Studdy
Yes, we have no bananas! Bonzo sits on a street corner with an empty basket in his mouth, while a man runs away with a bunch of bananas

Jeek the puppy gets wet in the lake
Jeek the mongrel puppy runs off and gets wet in the lake, and shakes water onto passers-by. Date: 1940

Jeek the puppy in Gerrys dream
Jeek the mongrel puppy features in Gerrys dream, and chases the gardener away. Date: 1940

Mill house and watermill running in a stream
Colour illustration of a mill house and water wheel running in a stream

Womens Royal Air Force -- Running Repairs
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing three women fixing their makeup at a small mirror -- Running Repairs. Date: 1919-1920

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

Nursery Rhymes -- Ride a Cock Horse
Nursery Rhymes. An unidentified one (above), showing a man with a brush running into another mans bedroom. Below is a scene illustrating Ride a Cock Horse, showing the fine lady on her white horse

Silhouette Calendar -- December, Christmas Parties. Showing a little boy running away from a girl who is standing expectantly under the mistletoe. Date: 20th century

People in open-topped car
Three people sitting in an open-topped car. A smiling boy stands in front with his arm in a sling

Family group with car and tent
A family group of four, sitting on the running board of a car with a circular tent behind

Comic event at a local fair
A comic event at a local fair, involving a wheelbarrow race and a falling bucket of water

Man sitting on running board of sports car
A man sitting on the running board of a sports car

Baby Scouts -- crying baby
Baby Scouts -- Why, what are all these sobs and tears about -- they said he was too young to be a scout! Date: 1900

Baby Scouts -- running away
Baby Scouts -- But when cows moo, I much regret to say the whole patrol will often run away. Date: 1900

Racing women reach the finishing line in this high-speed action shot

Street scene with damaged car
Street scene with people gathered round a damaged car. Water from the broken radiator appears to be running into the gutter

Women running a race with hoops
Four women running a race with hoops. A spectator watches, smiling, probably glad she isn t having to take part!

Peckham Harriers Club, 1891
Engraving showing two views relevant to the Peckham Harriers athletic or running club, London, 1891. Inset, at top left, a view of the club meeting and, main picture

Mexico Oaxaca
Earthernware pipe running from the centre of the mound to the plain, at Oaxaca (Oajaca). Date: 1899

Sprinting Soldiers
Young army cadets at Aldershot barracks, Hampshire, England, being coached in the correct position for a start in a sprint race. Date: 16 June 1933

Water Babies In Holiday-Time by A. K. MacDonald
A colour illustration of a young lady running along the beach with her dog. Date: 8th August 1934. p256-257

The Commissariat Camp in the Crimea, 1855
Engraving showing the part of the British Army camp responsible for stores and provisions during the Crimean War. By the end of the Crimean war the camp was running smoothly

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