Striding Collection

Sculpture of a Polar Bear by Francois Pompon
The work " Ours blanc", also known as " the White Bear" by Francois Pompon (1855-1933) - probably his most famous work - exhibited at the Salon d Automne of 1922 when Pompon was

Churchill / Iwn May 1915
WINSTON CHURCHILL As First Lord of the Admiralty during the political crisis in the early months of the First World War

Chanteclair or Hi! Cock-a-Lorum by Joe Peterman and Geo Ricketts co, with music by Frank Leedham. First produced at the Oxford Music Hall on 20th June 1910

Ww1 Postcard India Joins
India joins the war Date: 1915

Fell walkers on Striding Edge leading to Helvellyn, Lake District, Cumbria, England

Boat launch Robin Hoods Bay
Using an old farm tractor, three fishermen wearing oilskins launch a small lobster boat down the wet cobble slip of Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

One of Mussolinis Blackshirts - Italy, 1923
A very interesting and important card showing a member of the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale commonly called the Blackshirts or squadristi (singular: squadrista)

Louis Wain Cat - It's a Long Way to Tipperary
A patriotic feline, bedecked in the Union flag striding off to war singing It's a long way to Tipperary'. Date: circa 1916

Candid photograph - Central London - Young Woman in furs
Candid Street photograph - Central London, 1936 - A pensive young lady, wrapped up against the cold in a dark fur coat, strides purposefully along the pavement. Date: 1936

Otter Hounds
The Otterhound is a rough-coated hound with an imposing head, originally bred for hunting. It has great strength and a strong body with long striding steps

Taking a stroll at the Hurlingham Club, Fulham
Lady Helen Grosvenor (1888-1970), Lady Castlereagh (1878-1959), Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1919), Lord Hugh Cecil (1869-1956) and Miss Chaplin take a summer stroll at the Hurlingham Club in Fulham

Smartly-dressed older couple - Brighton, East Sussex
A smartly-dressed older couple striding purposely along the Brighton Waterfront, East Sussex, England. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Man with suitcase striding off to the sea, leaving wife and baby behind Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, policeman on the beach Date: 20th century

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 6. Major C. O. Hezlet
Major Hezlet won the Irish Amateur Golf Championship in 1926, and is famous for his very wide stance. He is seen here striding the course like a Colossus. Date: 1928

Hudibras by Samuel Butler
HUDIBRAS The Knight submits to Trulla: But Trulla thrust herself between, And striding oer his back agen Date: c1721/1726

A man walks briskly along The Paragon in the centre of Bath, Somerset, England Date: 1999

A Kashmiri woman with a basket and pot on her head walks along a grassy ridge in the Vale of Kashmir. The Himalayan foothills in the background Date: 1989

A uniformed Italian naval officer wearing a cape, Venice
A uniformed Italian naval officer wearing a cape, strides past the Riva Ca di Dio Forni militari Venezia, Venice, Italy Date: 2013

Old lady passes railings, Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds
An old lady with a walking stick strides past iron railings in Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Date: 1988

Two policemen march in step past Bury St Edmunds Abbey, Suffolk Date: 1988

Footbridge over Tinsley Locks, Sheffield
A man strides over a footbridge at Tinsley Locks on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal, Yorkshire, England Date: 1996

Wooden jetty, Arran, Scotland
Silhouette of a man walking towards the sea along a wooden jetty near Blackwaterfoot, Isle of Arran, Scotland.. Dark storm clouds above. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Young woman, Ericeria, Portugal
A young woman carries an umbrella in the rain and hurries through a cobbles street in the harbour of Ericeira, Portugal. Small white fishing boats are hauled up beside the harbour wall Date: 1989

Great Chell Post Office
A woman wearing jacket and skirt walks her small dog along the footpath past Great Chell Post Office and terraced houses in Stoke-on-Trent Date: 1987

Lord Privy Seal - Sir Samuel Hoare
Lord Privy Seal - Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1881-1949). Date: circa 1939

Silver Jubilee 1935 - Sunny Snaps
Sunny Snaps operated in a number of different locations (often on the south coast), taking walking pictures, which they would then sell to the subjects

A stern pair of Ladies stride down a London Street - they seem to have clocked the photographer and the lady on the left look ready to make her thoughts on the matter known... Date: 1933

Gent in Raincoat and trilby hat strides along London street
Gent in Raincoat and trilby hat strides along a London street with a definite sense of purpose. Date: 1933

British Seaside Coastal Resort - Father and Daughter
British Seaside Coastal Resort (possibly Scarborough) - Father and Daughter head out for a stroll into town. Date: circa 1930s

Gent and his daughter stroll down a London street
Gent and his daughter (Daphne) stroll down a London street on 12th May 1937. Date: 1937

A visit of the Viceroy of Canton to Hong Kong
A visit of the Viceroy of Canton (and entourage) to Hong Kong. Date: 1907

Charles Coburn (June 19, 1877 August 30, 1961) billed here as The Tramp Comedian, Vocalist, Reciter and Story Merchant. The text refers to The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1890)

The Eve Of Her Wedding by C. Watson Mill. First produced at the Miners Theatre in Ashington, on 13th May, in Sunderland on 27th May 1907

Smart Couple and their Dalmatian - Silver Jubilee
Smart Couple with their lovely pet Dalmatian walking along the pavement. Sunny Snaps operated in a number of different locations (often on the south coast), taking walking pictures

Striding man, rural France
Striding man with hands in pockets, rural France. circa 1968

Gregory Grant
GREGORY GRANT Medical practitioner of Edinburgh, striding purposefully to visit a patient. Date: circa 1799

Hail Russia
HAIL! RUSSIA! Date: 1914

Robot shocks a group of men
A robot strides across a room, shocking a group of men. They were hideous things, without brains, without feelings, without souls

Two Edwardian golfers striding along. Date: early 1900s

Edwardian golfing couple striding along
An Edwardian golfing couple striding along. Date: early 1900s

Elegant lady traveller strolling along the deck of a liner
An elegant lady traveller strolling along the deck of a liner on a windy day. She seem little perturbed by the height of the waves

WW1 - Cartoon - Britain Joins In
WW1 - Britannia with sword and British flag ready, she marches across Britains landscape declaring war on Germany. " For friendship and honour"

Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man, who nails their packing case clothing to a long pole and carries them away midst weeping sore and wailing. Date: 1898

Three little boys heading out to school
Adolphus, Timothy and John set out for school quite early. Date: 1898

American New Years Card - Young boy striding into the future Date: circa 1930s

General Viscount Gort, VC - Military Commander - WW2
John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (18861946), (Lord Gort) a World War II British Expeditionary Force commander. Date: circa 1944

Late Victorian actor in Cavalier costume of a feathered hat and Cavalier Boots with spurs. Date: circa 1890s

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