Stuck Collection (page 3)

Lorry under bridge, Loughborough Lane, SW9
Lorry stuck under a bridge, Loughborough Lane, London SW9

NFS(London Region) Boy trapped in a coal scuttle
Boy trapped in a milk churn is set free at Brigade HQ on 4 July 1947. The milkman had brought him to the fire station in his milk float

NFS (London Region) Southall horse rescue, WW2
Firefighters from K2Z Southall fire station area attempting to rescue a horse that fell into a deep, water filled ditch and was unable to get out unaided

German Navy lampooned - World War One
Propaganda postcard from the First World War lampooning the German Naval capability as a rusting weed-encasted hulk, unable to repond to the effective and nimble Allied naval fleet

Fighting the weather on the Western Front 1916

Motor Accident, Cyprus
A motor car stuck in a ditch on the road from the port of Larnaca to Nikosia, Cyprus. The rough, narrow dirt tracks are really only fit to be used by traditional donkey carts. Date: 1930s

Incident with an American tank, western front, WW1
An incident with an American tank on the western front during the First World War. The tank appears to be stuck in a ditch or trench. Date: 1917-1918

Stuck Up - A Punting Disaster
Two illustrations of the phrase Stuck Up. In the main scene, an unlucky man is stuck on his pole as a quiet afternoon punting with his lady loves goes rather wrong (he has lost his hat too!)

Tractor stuck in mud while pulling heavy gun, France, WW1
A tractor made by John Fowler & Co of Leeds, stuck in the mud while pulling a heavy gun on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Moving a field gun stuck in mud, Western Front, WW1
Men moving a field gun stuck in the mud during bad weather on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Motoring in Lakeland Theres nothing like motoring (when you get stuck). For testing your temper, endurance, and pluck !! circa 1920s

A Near Thing by William Heath Robinson
Humorous illustration showing two cars laden with trunks and Christmas parcels stuck in the snow while their two drivers pucker up for a kiss underneath some mistletoe

Soldiers and tank in trench
A group of World War One soldiers, looking at an armoured tank which has accidentally slipped into their trench

Winter supplies 1917
British troops helping push a horse and wagon through the snow near Hesdin on the British Front in France during World War I on 20th December 1917

Battle of Poelcappelle
Man-handling an 18 pounder gun out of the mud. The horse team that pulls it is standing nearby. Near Langemarck on the Western Front in Belgium on 16th October 1917

Stuck car in South Africa
A landowner or farmer in South Africa has a great deal of trouble crossing a river or wadi and has to enlist the help of several native inhabitants

Alpine Difficulties / W Heath Robinson
A gentleman finds himself and his car stuck, balanced on the peak of an alpine hill. Illustration by William Heath Robinson

Train Blocked by Snow
Train passengers discover they are stuck in the snow during the storm of Tuesday 18th January 1881

Cars stuck in snow at Pease Pottage, 1963
A long line of cars stranded at Pease Pottage Hill on the London to Brighton road in deep snow during the ferocious winter of 1963

Captain James Fitzjamess Cabin aboard HMS Erebus, 1845
Engraving showing Captain James Fitzjamess cabin aboard HMS Erebus, pictured shortly before departure, 1845. In 1845 the British Admiralty sent two polar exploration ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror

The Zulu war. The military evacuation of Zululand, a block o
British troops, wagon and cattle stuck trying to get through the difficult terrain of Zululand to the coast at the conclusion of the Zulu war

Beryl Markhams aeroplane in a Cape Breton Bog, 1936
Photograph showing Mrs. Beryl Markhams (1903-1986) aeroplane stuck in a bog on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, 1936. This was the end of Mrs

Newfoundland, St Bernard
Newfoundland and Saint Bernard dogs, both good at rescuing - the first pulls children out of ponds, the second saves Alpine travelers stuck in the snow

Macmahon Stuck in Mud
Macmahon sticks to his conservative principles, stuck in the mud despite the rising tide of Republicanism

Third Treasury Mycenae
The Third Treasury at Mycenae. Later Greeks described the massive polygonal masonry at Mycenae as Cyclopean, built of stones that only a Cyclops could lift. The name has stuck

Foot in Chamber-Pot
Ragotin, a careless child, gets his foot stuck in a metal chamber-pot. Break the pot or amputate the foot ? A lock- smith is called in to cut the pot, to everyones relief

Truck Stuck in Mud
Soviet troops try to move their truck trapped in the mud in the Ukraine

Stuck in the Snow
Lady motorist stuck in the snow

Mr Popple Gets Stuck
Mr Popples horse gets stuck in the mud, at the only exit from Watchers Wood

Beauty Spots C17
Fashionable ladies of late 17th century London stuck stars and suchlike ornaments onto their faces, believing they made them attractive

Box Making in London
A little girl helps her mother by carrying the boxes she has just stuck together, while her sister plays on the floor

Snowbound on Xmas Eve
SNOWBOUND ON CHRISTMAS EVE - the guard of a stagecoach stuck in the snow fires his blunderbuss to call for help

The Carrier Stuck Fast
THE CARRIER STUCK FAST The carter despairs when he sees the wheels of the hay wagon sunk deep into the ground

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