Spade Collection (page 8)

British Prisoners - Dardanelles - WW1
British Prisoners captured by Turkish forces during the Dardanelles Campaign. A group of officers and privates seated on an open area in front of a group of Nissen huts

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (2 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Collector of Dung - Constantinople, Turkey with his pony bearing two wicker panniers to hold the gathered refuse and a spade to pick it up with!

A road sweeper
A rather ragged dustman or road sweeper with his sweeping brushes and shovel, cart and empty bottle of ale! Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Clearing Bristol Sewers
Three workers use spades and a pneumatic drill to clear/expand the tunnel space in Bristols underground sewerage system. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Tower Spade Drill
Soldiers at spade drill at the Tower

Playing on the Beach
A group of holidaying children play on the beach, making sandcastles, finding starfish and digging with a bucket and spade

Lear / Nonsense / Hull
There was a Young Lady of Hull, who was chased by a virulent bull; But she seized on a spade, and called out, Whos afraid? which distracted that virulent bull

Gardener and Baker of the Womens Auxilary Army Corp
Doing Their Bit. Gardener and Baker of the Womens Auxilary Army Corp during the First World War

Cooking Christmas dinner at the Front
British soldiers cooking two geese for Christmas dinner on a makeshift spit held by rifles, a spade and a couple of sticks

Seaside scene - Turn of the Century
A seaside/holiday scene from the turn of the 19th/20th century. Children play in the sand and in the surf while elegantly dressed parents promenade

Sledging Party cooking lunch, British Arctic Expedition, 187
Engraving showing a sledging party of the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876, preparing to have their lunch. In the foreground can be seen their sledge with various equipment attached

The Banns Forbidden
Doctor Syntax forbids the banns

Playing Near Fishingboat
A group of children play in the sand near a fishing boat whose owner is telling fishy stories to a little girl

The First Sand Castle by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in a red dress and a white bonnetto protect her from the sun, building her first sandcastle

One the Beach with Dog
A little girl sits on a rock at the beach enjoying the sea air along with her pet Springer Spaniel

Costume / Navvy
A London navvy wearing a white smock, peaked cap & stout boots, smokes his pipe as he digs a ditch. A lantern alerts passersby to mind the hole

Young Gypsy Girl & Pot
A young gypsy girl holding a spade stands close to a large suspended cooking pot at an encampment in Surrey

Group of Workmen C1910
A group of workmen in their Sunday best, but with their workday tools -- possibly on a works outing

Mars, Soldiers Pillage
Mars, the God of war passes over as soldiers steal cattle burn homes and attempt to kidnap woman. Her husband defends her and children with spade

Costume / Girl / Franchomme
Girl wears a red fur or plush hat, buttoned up tunic or skirted jacket with soutache (Russian braid) over her dress, matching cape with blue lining & leather gloves

Fall of meteorites at Hatford, Berkshire, UK
When meteorites fall at Hatford, Berkshire, Mistress Greene, a witness, has one dug up, though one of the diggers swoons in terror

Boys building a snowman in the woods
Three boys building a snowman in the woods

Caxton / First Pawn
THE FIRST PAWN - representing the common man and labourer without whose work the nobles cannot rule. He stands on the board before the Rook (officer of the king) whom he serves

Lisbon Railway - 1853
The opening of the Lisbon Railway, by the Queen of Portugal

Bulldog / Photo / Owners
A father and son, proud owners of a bulldog, in their surburban garden

Industry / Glass 1827
A glass-blower rests the molten glass on a stool while he blows it into shape

Gardening 1827
A gardener digging over his garden in preparation for planting new plants

Burke & Wills / B Buried
Robert O Hara Burke and W. J. Wills were the first men to cross Australia from south to north. The burial of Burke by Howitts party

Wigan Colliery Girls
Two Wigan colliery girls

Cottage in Co. Donegal
A Irish peasants cottage in County Donegal with a wheelbarrow and spade outside and pigs eating from a bowl

Our Little Sailor 1890
Blonde sailor boy in red & white striped shirt, white sailor blouse with blue collar & a red sash sits on a wave break with a toy boat & spade waving his straw sailor hat

Frilly Seaside Bonnets
Three little girls at Blackpool keep their complexions fair by wearing large lacy broad brimmed bonnets which secure under the chin with a bow

Boy in Muslin Frock 1789
A young boy, Master Henry Hoare, wears a high-waisted, white muslin frock with tucks at the hem, a blue sash, white stockings & lightweight brown lace-up shoes. N.B straw hat

Napoleon Gardening
NAPOLEON I/SCENES Napoleon at St Helena gardening on doctors orders

Donkey Ride
Little boy in his sailor suit, enjoying his donkey ride, while children look on

Planting Potatoes 1870S
Planting potatoes

Ma & Daughter on Terrace
A mother and her daughter on the terrace with a few toys

St Bernard Rescuing
A Saint Bernard monk comes hurrying up with a spade as a rescue dog finds a man buried in the Alpine snow

Opening of the Thames Tunnel
A picture to commemorate the opening of the Thames Tunnel, connecting Rotherhithe and Wapping, showing the company medallion featuring Sir Marc Isambard Brunel supported by one of the tunnels

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