Scruffy Collection

Free to Roam. Southbank, Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal
Two young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard

James Keir Hardie / Vanity
JAMES KEIR HARDIE British labour leader and politician, looking rather scruffy

The dram drinker
A scruffy dram drinker keenly slurps on a glass of gin at one of Londons many gin palaces; the engraving accompanies an article highlighting the depravity of the gin palace in Victorian society

Hands Full. Southbank Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Girl climbing tree, line of washing, Balham, SW London
A girl climbs a tree under a line of washing in the Zennor Road area of Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Town crier, St Marys, Scilly Isles
The local town crier, Wilfred Tonkin, on St Mary s, Scilly Isles. Seen here announcing the fact that the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, has taken up residence in his holiday bungalow

Jemima! Drawn by Cecil Aldin
Illustration of a small white and brown terrier dog with medium-length scruffy hair, seated on a roughly sketched arm chair. Date: 1928

Always the Clown. Middlesbrough 1970s 1970s

Guinness is Good for You! O Hanlon Pub, Shannon Bridge, 1970s 1970s

British and French Soldiers - Salonica
A scruffy young turkish paperboy selling the Paris Balkan Newspaper and the French Echo to British and French soldiers during World War One in Salonica as two veiled ladies and a Greek priest

May Day Parade in Moscow
A group of children taking part in the May Day Parade in Moscow 1929

Comic postcard - arrival of a new baby
Humorous comic postcard - arrival of a new baby. Mother and Child doing well - Not a word about Father....!! 1909

A man sits in his shed - Kirkcudbright, SW Scotland
A man sits in his shed at the bottom of his garden in Kirkcudbright, SW Scotland. He sits in an old armchair and is surrounded by junk. The atmosphere is smokey from a wood burning stove Date: 2012

WW1, Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery, Dardanelles
WW1 - Knuts of the 119th Royal Field Artillery in the Dardanelles. A slightly scruffy bunch, one with a pet kitten, one with a cornet and none in spotless uniform! Date: circa 1915

Music cover, The Ratcatcher's Polka, and The Donkey's Galop, by J Harroway, based on the popular song, The Ratcatcher's Daughter. Date: 19th century

Georgian cartoon, Equality - Stand and Deliver! - scruffy thief threatens well dressed scarecrow Date: circa 1820s

General Smuts
General Jan Smuts (1870-1950), recently appointed Prime Minister of South Africa in the run up to World War II. Date: circa 1939

Annie Benham, a Romany traveller
A portrait of Annie Benham, a Romany traveller pictured in the Dorset Downs. Date: 1939

Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Homeless man looks up at Buckingham Palace, London
Homeless man looks up at Buckingham Palace - changing of the guard and Victoria Memorial seen in background. Date: circa 1950s

Comic postcard, Future fathers-in-law Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Cold weather conversation Date: early 20th century

Comic postcard, Elegant woman and scruffy man selling sheet music in the street Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Temperance woman and drunkard Date: 20th century

Cartoon, The Bag-Fox (Gladstone)
Cartoon, The Bag-Fox -- a satirical comment on the Liberal Prime Minister, William Gladstone, at the start of the Autumn Session of parliament

Before and After, The Guild of the Good Samaritan, Clothe the Poor. 1899

Cartoon, two street cleaners. 19th century

Victorian Street Vendor - Daily Herald Newspaper. 19th century

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Smithfield. 1901

Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Rectitude. 1901

Peasant farmer, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Date: circa 1900s

Man pulling a loaded cart, Paris, France
Man pulling a loaded cart across a road in Paris, France. Date: 1960s

Three scruffy boys watch the men digging up the road in Piccadilly

Yachting Terms Illustrated - A Dog Watch
circa 1906

DUTCH FISHERBOYS
Two Dutch fisherboys in knitted sweaters, hands in pockets. Date: 1940s

POOR INVENTOR AT WORK
A scruffy, poor inventor is immersed in his work while his wife and daughter try to warm themselves at the stove - will they ever get rich? Date: 1886

SWEET ORANGE SELLER
Two well-dressed ladies buy sweet China oranges from a rather shabby-looking poor street vendor Date: 1794

GOOSE MARKET IN POLAND
The goose market, Krakow. A prospective buyer inspecting the geese while two scruffy children look on. Date: 1869

ASSORTED DOG BREEDS
A variety of breeds from St Bernard to Zwergaffenpinscher (the scruffy one lower left); the dangerous-looking black- and-white dog upper right is the Deutsche Tiger-Dogge Date: circa 1890

MILITARY / DRESS / 14TH CENT
A French SERGENT DARMES orders some scruffy infantrymen away from the officers tents Date: early 14th century

H B Irving as two characters in The Lyons Mail, Manchester
H B Irving as two characters in The Lyons Mail, Lesurques and Dubosc, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester. circa 1900s

A ragged driver sits on his cycle rickshaw, India
A ragged driver sits on his cycle rickshaw waiting for fare-paying pasengers. He looks up the street and picks his teeth. Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984

A man readis a newspaper on a noticeboard in a Canton street
Guangzhou, China. Rear view of a man standing in front of a public noticeboard in a Canton street to read a newspaper. He wears short trousers and black smock top

Guitarist on doorstep, Cadiz
A scruffy, barefoot male busker plays his guitar in a Cadiz street, Spain Date: 1989

Boys on footbridge Stoke
Two small boys and their mongrel dog run up the steps of a railway footbridge in Stoke on Trent Date: 1987

slum child with dog
A dirty, barefoot boy eats a biscuit while standing on the doorstep of his slum home with a dog. Brinksway, Stockport Cheshire Date: circa 1970

Slum child eating
A small, dirty, barefoot boy on the doorstep of his slum home in Brinksway, Stockport Cheshire Date: circa 1970

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