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Sykes Collection

Background imageSykes Collection: Bill Sykes (Barnard)

Bill Sykes (Barnard)
Bill Sykes sits at a table with a bottle of booze while his dog Bullseye cowers against the wall, afraid of being hit

Background imageSykes Collection: The Victoria Terminus, Bombay

The Victoria Terminus, Bombay, opened in 1929 by the Governor of Bombay, Sire Frederich Sykes. The train station served the main lines of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway

Background imageSykes Collection: Basildon Park / E Dayes

Basildon Park / E Dayes
Basildon Park, Berkshire: the seat of Sir Francis Sykes

Background imageSykes Collection: Eight Bells, Hatfield

Eight Bells, Hatfield
The Eight Bells inn at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, referred to in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Bill Sykes met the pedlar here. Date: 1950s

Background imageSykes Collection: Four comedians: Eric and Ernie, Eric Sykes and Max Wall

Four comedians: Eric and Ernie, Eric Sykes and Max Wall
Four popular British comedians: from left to right, Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman, 1925-1999), Eric Sykes (b 1923), Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew)

Background imageSykes Collection: Mark Sykes / Vfair 1912

Mark Sykes / Vfair 1912
SIR MARK SYKES 6th BARONET SYKES English diplomat and writer of travel books Date: 1879 - 1919

Background imageSykes Collection: Oliver Chez Fagin

Oliver Chez Fagin
Oliver with Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Bill Sykes and Nancy

Background imageSykes Collection: British man on a white horse (Sunstar) with Tibetan (Tsewangdi, nicknamed Bill Sykes) on right

British man on a white horse (Sunstar) with Tibetan (Tsewangdi, nicknamed Bill Sykes) on right, from a fascinating album which reveals new details on a little-known campaign in which a British

Background imageSykes Collection: Jack Jeffries, Millwall football trainer, with players

Jack Jeffries, Millwall football trainer, with players
Millwall trainer Jack Jeffries giving tips to football players R W Bower, Jack Sykes, and George Lea

Background imageSykes Collection: Darkest London's Brightest Lights

Darkest London's Brightest Lights Date: 1916

Background imageSykes Collection: Wedding Guests

Wedding Guests
Virginia Gilliat, later Lady Sykes (1916-1970), Deborah Mitford, later Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1920-2014) and Mrs Sylvia Ormsby-Gore (b. 1920) arriving at a wedding. Date: 1940

Background imageSykes Collection: Gunboat encounter between Nelson and Don Miguel Tyrason

Gunboat encounter between Nelson and Don Miguel Tyrason, 1797 - This was a service hand-to-hand with swords, in which my Coxswain John Sykes twice saved my life. Date: 1797

Background imageSykes Collection: Joe Davis, Billiards and World Snooker Champion

Joe Davis, Billiards and World Snooker Champion Date: 1938

Background imageSykes Collection: French Leave, by Reginald Berkeley, touring play, at the Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire

French Leave, by Reginald Berkeley, touring play, at the Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire, from 3 July 1922 for three nights. Date: 1922

Background imageSykes Collection: Four Ways to Put Your Daughter on the Stage

Four Ways to Put Your Daughter on the Stage
Page from The Tatler featuring a photo story of various stage and dance schools. Top left shows Miss Margareta Bonudin of Sweden at RADA enduring a realistic strangling

Background imageSykes Collection: Flower sellers at Oxford Circus, Central London

Flower sellers at Oxford Circus, Central London, outside Peter Robinson. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageSykes Collection: Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, 3rd pattern, 1943

Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife, 3rd pattern, 1943, carried at Normandy Landings, Sgts Scott, No 3 Commando, 1944. Unknown maker. Date: 1940

Background imageSykes Collection: Sentinel knitting booklet, socks, WW1

Sentinel knitting booklet, socks, WW1
Front cover of the Sentinel Knitting Booklet published by Charles Sykes and Co, of St. Andrews Mills, Bradford during the First World War

Background imageSykes Collection: Bill Sykes and Dog

Bill Sykes and Dog
Bill Sykes, an unlovely character in Dickenss Oliver Twist, with his dawg

Background imageSykes Collection: Christopher Sykes

Christopher Sykes
CHRISTOPHER SYKES Man of fashion, friend and butt of Edward VII Date: ?1830 - 1898

Background imageSykes Collection: Tatton Sykes

Tatton Sykes
SIR TATTON SYKES (1826 - 1913), Eccentric landowner 1879

Background imageSykes Collection: Carnival Float, Lindley, Yorkshire

Carnival Float, Lindley, Yorkshire
Carnival Float, Lindley, Huddersfield, near Birchencliffe, Yorkshire, England. Showing Joseph Sykes Brothers Mill Yard Date: 1910s

Background imageSykes Collection: Mark Masterman Sykes

Mark Masterman Sykes
Sir MARK MASTERMAN SYKES collector of books and prints Date: 1771 - 1823

Background imageSykes Collection: Sir Tatton Sykes

Sir Tatton Sykes
SIR TATTON SYKES sportsman Date: 1772 - 1863

Background imageSykes Collection: Major Frederick Hugh Sykes

Major Frederick Hugh Sykes

Background imageSykes Collection: Air Vice Marshal The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Hugh Syk

Air Vice Marshal The Right Honourable Sir Frederick Hugh Sykes, GCSI, GCIE, GBE, KCB, CMG (23 July 1877-30 September 1954). Date: 1954

Background imageSykes Collection: Major Frederick Hugh Sykes Commander Military Wing RFC

Major Frederick Hugh Sykes Commander Military Wing RFC
Major Frederick Hugh Sykes, Commander, Military Wing, RFC

Background imageSykes Collection: Major Frederick Hugh Sykes 15th Hussars OC

Major Frederick Hugh Sykes 15th Hussars OC
From Left: Major Frederick Hugh Sykes, 15th Hussars, OC in charge of records, RFC Military Wing, and Brigadier-General Sir David Henderson, Director of Military Training, War Office. circa 1912

Background imageSykes Collection: Iduna rama, Sykes warbler

Iduna rama, Sykes warbler
Plate 9, watercolour by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn from her Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous, (1858)

Background imageSykes Collection: Rev. HP Wright, principal chaplain to the forces in the Crim

Rev. HP Wright, principal chaplain to the forces in the Crimea & Reverend Messieurs Wallace, Sykes, Parson, HA Taylor, Boudier, Parker, Preston & Crozier


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