Touring Collection (page 6)

King George V touring battlefield, Western Front, WW1
King George V touring a battlefield on the Western Front during World War One Date: circa 1916

Betty Myers and Maxine McClesky, cowgirls taking part in Trick Riding at the Tex Austin World Championship Rodeo, White City Stadium (London). Seen here relaxing with a cup of tea. Date: circa 1930s

The Royal visit to Pakistan
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh in Pakistan, visiting the Great Warsak Dam. Date: 1961

Bicycles by the Thames
Parked bicycles (including a tandem) along the tree-lined River Thames at Datchet, Berkshire, England. Date: 1940s

England / Old Cleeve
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of Old Cleeve, near Minehead, Somerset, England. Date: 1930s

Tour Cyclists Farewell
Thanks for everything - a tour cyclist says goodbye to the nice landlady of the bed and breakfast where he has been staying. Date: 1930s

ALGERANOFF (1903 - 1967)
HARCOURT ALGERNON LEIGHTON ESSEX English born dancer, who joined Anna Pavlovas company in 1921. Touring with Pavlova, he became interested in Asian and Indian dance. Date: 1903 - 1967

Two off-work clowns attract attention in a Garrison Town
In a Garrison Town. First Loafer to second Loafer (as out friends from the circus pass by) - " Officers!". This is likely to derive from the two clowns often getting entangled with the law

Advertising card for a Touring Caravan Company
Advertising card for a Completely Equipped Touring Caravan Company - Charles Rickards Ltd. of Mayfair, London. Maximum Pleasure - Minimum Expense. Date: circa 1910s

Targa Trackside Refreshments - Painting by Andrew McGeachy
Trackside Refreshments during the Targa Florio - an open road endurance race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo

Handley Page Halifax III LW125 touring South Africa
Handley Page Halifax III, LW125, touring South Africa

Mohammed Baux (b. 1839)
Engraved portrait of Mohammed Baux, an Indian dwarf born in Benares in 1839. Baux was 37 inches high and was pictured when touring England in 1860. Date: 12 May 1860

Chrysler Richmond touring saloon. Date: 1937

Womens cricket tour, 1935
English women cricketers touring Australia in 1935. The bottom right picture shows the England captain, Miss Betty Archdale adjusting her shin pads during practice

Meeting their Match by Fougasse
Humorous illustration by Fougasse (Cyril Kenneth Bird) showing a group ins small touring car hemmed in a traffic jam between large coaches and buses ferrying spectators to a match

Ford V-Eight
The Ford V-Eight 22 Touring Saloon is an all-British model bult at Dagenham. Date: 1936

Advertisement for General Steam Tours
An advertisement for UK, European and North African tours and round Britain cruises, with the General Steam Navigation Co Ltd of Trinity Square, London

Packard Tourer
Packard Touring Coupe Date: 1937

Siddeley Special
An expensive (L1300) but handsome, powerful and luxurious touring limousine. Date: 1937

Renault Saloon
The Renault 12-1 hp touring saloon is a no-frills family saloon. Date: 1937

FORD V-8
The Ford V-8 is the archetypal touring saloon at the very modest price of L210. Date: 1937

Vauxhall Continental
The new big Vauxhall is a brave bid for the middle-range touring saloon market, just the thing for your next trip to the Continent. Date: 1937

Ireland / Tim Healy Pass
A fine impression of cyclists and cattle on one of the S- bends of the Tim Healy Pass, County Cork, Ireland. Date: 1950s

Touring in Canada
Tourists motoring through a mountainous region of Alberta, Canada. Date: early 1930s

Cycling Girls
Two young women cyclists rest awhile and study a map, near High Beach, Epping Forest, Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Amusing Signpost
Beleve it or not, while cycling in Bedfordshire, England, this rider suddenly saw this sign post telling him he was within a mile of Ireland! Date: 1940s

Blonde Tour Cyclist
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, in the picturesque village of West Pennard, Somerset. The Church of St. Nicholas, built on a hill, has a sloping aisle. Date: 1930s

Tour Cyclist on Rocks
A female tour cyclist with peroxide blonde hair, goes through a rough patch, wheeling her bicycle over some rocks on a path or dry river bed, Quantocks, Somerset. Date: 1930s

Mending a Puncture

Cycling Stop
A young male tour cyclist stands beside a tandem to admire the unusual combination of a farm and church at Graveley, Hertfordshire, England. Date: 1930s

Smoking Cyclists
Four cycling club boys take a break from their healthy exercise - one of them has a drink, while the other three smoke pipes! Date: 1930s

Littlebury Cylists
Two young men on a cycling tour, take time out to admire the old village pump in the centre of Littlebury, Essex, England. Date: 1940s

Cycling Storm

Great Canfield Church
Tour cyclists admire the Norman church at Great Canfield, Essex, England, noted for its 13th century wallpainting over the altar. Date: 1930s

Muddy Cyclist

Female Tour Cyclist
Study of a female touring cyclist, in the days when groups of young people used to tour Britain on their bicycles. Date: 1930s

Cycling Discussion
Which way shall it be? Four cycling club boys halt for a dicussion over a map. Date: 1930s

Royal Tweed Bridge
Jacobean and modern bridges at Berick on Tweed, Northumberland, England. The modern Royal Tweed Bridge was opened in 1928. The old Border Bridge behind is 17th century. Date: opened 1928

London Windmill
London? Yes, a windmill in a rural setting, on Cornwall Road, Brixton Hill, South London. It lost its sails in 1864, but is now working again - refitted with a gas engine! Date: built 1816

Muddy Cyclists
Have you tried mud-plugging? According to this photograph of muddy touring cyclists, its fun with a tandem! Date: 1930s

Studying a Cycling Map
A group of friends, touring cyclists, take time out to study a map. Date: 1930s

Cycling Peat

Cycling over a Stile
Cycling off the beaten track often means having to negotiate a gate or stile, but that all adds to the fun, as these young men demonstrate! Date: 1930s

THE ALFRISTON LION
Cyclists admire a grotesque figure outside the Star Inn. at Alfriston, Sussex, England. Known as the Alfriston Lion, it was once the figurehead of a Dutch warship. Date: August 1940

Touring Club Italiano chart, aeroplanes and airships
Touring Club Italiano chart of aeroplanes and airships, Italian and foreign (German, Austrian, French, British), for recognition purposes

a Touring Booth - Patrolman helps lady with a map
a (Automobile Association) Touring Information Booth - An a Patrolman helps a lady with her route using a map. At the New Ground Crossroads junction on the road between Tring and Aylsbury (on the A41)

Commodore Keyes with journalist on submarine, WW1
Sir Roger John Brownlow Keyes (1872-1945), later Admiral of the Fleet, seen here (far right) as Commodore Keyes, showing a foreign journalist over HM Submarine E11 during the First World War

Governor of Arica, Chile onboard Naval Ship
Governor of Arica standing with the Captain and the Commander of a Chilian Naval vessel. Date: circa 1920s

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