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Tipsy Collection

Background imageTipsy Collection: Sober Amongst the Drunk

Sober Amongst the Drunk
" I m condemned to drinking nothing but Vichy Water..." ; the lament of a sober man in between two tipsy young women. Date: 1921

Background imageTipsy Collection: Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll

Drunk Stockbroker - confused by toilet roll
Drunk Stockbroker - confused by a toilet roll, which he takes to be the ticker tape! (which would have provided him with the latest market prices). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageTipsy Collection: The Last of the Dandies

The Last of the Dandies
Popular Plays: " The Last of the Dandies" A kindly Policeman leads two young toffs homeward after having far too much debauchery for one evening... Date: circa 1900

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T66 Nipper Mk1, OO-NIF

Tipsy T66 Nipper Mk1, OO-NIF

Background imageTipsy Collection: Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ATHP

Druine D. 31 Turbulent G-ATHP
Druine D.31 Turbulent G-AthP with Tipsy Junior G-AMVP at a balloon meet somewhere in the UK, possibly at Dunstable. (a packed balloon in the background)

Background imageTipsy Collection: Slightly Tipsy Rakish Cad attempting to play billiards

Slightly Tipsy Rakish Cad attempting to play billiards, but likely to only succeeding in spoiling the baize. Date: circa 1908

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Trainer I G-AFRV

Tipsy Trainer I G-AFRV (msn 10) Date: circa 1965

Background imageTipsy Collection: Drunk young man unable to find the right (real!) keyhole

Drunk young man unable to find the right (real!) keyhole
Italian comic postcard - a young man (rather worse for wear) returns home after a posh (yet boozy) night out only to be befuddled by his less-than-pleased (but pretty cunning) wife

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Nipper G-BRIK

Tipsy Nipper G-BRIK
Tipsy Nipper T.66 RA.45 Series 3 G-BRIK (msn PFA 025-10174) Date: circa 1980

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Nipper G-ARXN

Tipsy Nipper G-ARXN
Tipsy Nipper T.66 series 2 G-ARXN (msn 77), at Hucknall in December 1974. Date: 1974

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. II OO-PLG

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. II OO-PLG
Tipsy T.66 Nipper Mk.II OO-PLG (msn 37). Date: circa 1970

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Tipsy Nipper Mk. II HB-YAW

Tipsy T. 66 Tipsy Nipper Mk. II HB-YAW
Tipsy T.66 Tipsy Nipper Mk.II HB-YAW (msn 69). Date: circa 1995

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFS

Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFSC (msn 11). Date: circa 1990

Background imageTipsy Collection: Comic Christmas postcard, Father brings home the goose Date: 20th century

Comic Christmas postcard, Father brings home the goose Date: 20th century

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy man riding a horse facing the tail

Tipsy man riding a horse facing the tail to the amusement of his friends. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson to accompany Reverend James Beresfords Miseries

Background imageTipsy Collection: Barber and customer in a barbershop decorated with wigs

Barber and customer in a barbershop decorated with wigs. The Shaver and the Shavee. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed by Henry Bunbury

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Trainer B. 1 G-AISB

Tipsy Trainer B. 1 G-AISB
Tipsy Trainer B.1 G-AISB, at Cranfield Date: circa 1980

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy B G-AFKP

Tipsy B G-AFKP (msn 05), at Cowes (Somerton) on the Isle of Wight, circa 1949. Built in 1938 as a Tipsy B, with a smaller rudder and lower all-up weight

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFVN

Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFVN (msn 12), at White Waltham, circa 1948. G-AFVN remained active till withdrawn from use on 20 November 2006. Date: circa 1948

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper Mk. III G-AVKT
Tipsy Nipper Mk.III G-AVKT (msn 70), prototype of the Mark III, at an air display in the Netherlands, circa 1969, parked next to Le Manchots (the Penguins) aerobatic display team

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFRV

Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AFRV (msn 10), refuelling at Newcastle Airport circa 1960. Date: circa 1960

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Belfair OO-TIC

Tipsy Belfair OO-TIC. OO-TIC made two long-distance record flights; one in 1950 and another in 1955, as detailed, in French, on the side of the fuselage. Date: late 1950s

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Belfair G-APIE

Tipsy Belfair G-APIE (msn 535), built by Avions Fairey SA in Belgium, at Cranfield. Date: 1970s

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Belfair G-AOXO

Tipsy Belfair G-AOXO (msn 537) Date: 1950

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Junior - G-AMVP

Tipsy Junior - G-AMVP
Tipsy Junior G-AMVP (msn J111), previously OO-ULA. Date: 1970s

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Nipper series 2 G-ARBG

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper series 2 G-ARBG
Tipsy T.66 Nipper series 2 G-ARBG (msn ABAC1) at Coventry for the 1961 Shackleton Aviation weekend. Date: 1961

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Nipper 2 G-ARFV

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper 2 G-ARFV
Tipsy T.66 Nipper 2 G-ARFV (msn 44) with race number 11 at Baginton for the Kings Cup Air Race. Date: 1965

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AISC

Tipsy Trainer 1 G-AISC at the 1957 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party held at Wisley (I was 5 days old) Date: 1957

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Nipper G-ASZV

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper G-ASZV
Tipsy T.66 Nipper G-ASZV Date: 1960s-1970s

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy T. 66 Nipper G-ARFV

Tipsy T. 66 Nipper G-ARFV
Tipsy T.66 Nipper G-ARFV at Teeside for the 1965 Kings Cup Air Race, wearing race number 11. Date: 1965

Background imageTipsy Collection: Sloshed Woman 1928

Sloshed Woman 1928
Sloshed! A drunken young lady puts her feet on the table and knocks back the booze; her companion is not impressed. Date: 1928

Background imageTipsy Collection: If Only We Spoke the Truth by Bruce Bairnsfather

If Only We Spoke the Truth by Bruce Bairnsfather
A disgruntled gentleman in evening dress thinks aloud, I wish you drank something cheaper, while glowering at his female companion who looks somewhat worse for wear due to all the champagne shes

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy when she Died

Tipsy when she Died - Man swigging from Bottle. Part of Box 79 Boswell Collection. Timothy Crab. Date: circa 1900

Background imageTipsy Collection: Tipsy grapevine flower fairy, Vitis vinifera

Tipsy grapevine flower fairy, Vitis vinifera.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Background imageTipsy Collection: British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis

British aeroplanes for private ownership by G. H. Davis
Aircraft for the owner-pilot: British aeroplanes designed and built solely for private ownership. Showing 1945 examples of the family aeroplane of the future -- sturdy, reliable, and easy to fly

Background imageTipsy Collection: United we Stand, Devided we fall

United we Stand, Devided we fall! A Sailor, a soldier and a Policeman stagger home arm in arm from the fair. Date: circa 1909

Background imageTipsy Collection: A Reminiscence of the Pelican

A Reminiscence of the Pelican. Members of the Old Pelican Club around the Square Ring including the Duke of Beaufort and Sir John Astley

Background imageTipsy Collection: Drunk Yokel protests his innocence to local landowner

Drunk Yokel protests his innocence to local landowner
" What! drunk again Mick?" " Well, I ve just had a toothful, yer Honour." " I think we shall have to get that tooth stopped." Date: 1892

Background imageTipsy Collection: An old actor lays down the law to a journalist

An old actor lays down the law to a journalist
Old actor (laying down the law to Journalist) - " And let me tell you that when I speak, I know what I m talking about, I ve seen the world - Peckham - everywhere!" Date: 1900

Background imageTipsy Collection: Stock Exchange Notes (4 / 4) - Bond Market

Stock Exchange Notes (4 / 4) - Bond Market
Stock Exchange Notes - Bond Market - A loan on Turkey 1903

Background imageTipsy Collection: Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild

Village Vicar not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild
The Vicar is not tempted with the offer of a pint of mild from a village Yokel. A card from the Weather Reports series, entitled " Genial and Mild". Date: 1907


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