Upkeep Collection

Discovery of a Dandelion on Centre Court
The crowd, groundsmen, officials and players on the Centre Court of Wimbledon are astonished to discover the presence of a cheeky dandelion on the court

Main Office Entrance, Port Sunlight. Port Sunlight is a garden village which was founded in 1888 by Lever to house his soap factory workers

The Children's Ward of Westminster Hospital
An advertisement asking for donations urgently needed for the upkeep of the Children's ward at Westminster Hospital. Date: circa 1929

Advertisement for Everitt trouser presses complete with new comfort screws, greatly improved appearance, and an all steel black finish. Splendid for ensuring razor sharp creases in your trousers

Painting the bottom of a boat
A woman in natty shorts, knitted, short-sleeved top and fishnet sandals carefully paints the bottom of a boat

Organ Grinder 1886
Schoolboys stop to admire the monkey who solicits a financial contribution to the upkeep of himself and his organ-grinding partner

Using socks to keep rifles in working order, WW1
A winters fighting expedient. A sock with the toe cut off and soaked in oil, used to cover the muzzle and keep a British soldiers rifle in good working order

Women workers at Sandy Lodge golf course
The war-time golf course - women workers tending a bent-covered sandhill at Sandy Lodge golf course at Northwood where women and boys were supplying most of the labour. Date: 1916

Painting a Road Sign
An important job for the safety of road users is the constant attention given to the upkeep of road signs. Here we see a Halt sign being repainted by a workman. Date: 1930s

Countryfolk Insult
" Ow much for the Moke (Donkey) Billie? " I didn t know as yer Muvver could afford to keep two of yer!" Date: 1899

Collecting horse chestnuts
A woman in a skirt, patterned v-neck jumper and beret sweeps up conkers from the ground and collects them in a basket. Date: c.1932

Painting a boat, 1933
A woman wearing shorts and a sleeveless top poses rather coquettishly with a brush and paint tin as she gives her boat, standing in dry dock, a lick of paint

Weeding on the Norfolk Broads
Two men weeding in Deep-go Dyke, Hickling Broad, Norfolk Broads, East Anglia in the thirties

Woman washing down boat
A woman wearing shorts smiles for the camera as she rubs down a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

Varnishing a mast
A lady in shorts and sleeveless top varnishes the mast of a boat on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s

On the deck of the Medusa
A smiling woman polishes a piece of brass fitting on the fore deck of a boat at Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex

Port Sunlight - the Bridge Inn
The Bridge Inn, Port Sunlight. Port Sunlight is a garden village which was founded in 1888 by Lever to house his soap factory workers

Barracks Upkeep
Soldiers are required to keep their barracks clean and tidy, indoors and out. La corvee de quartier is carried out each morning

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