Washing Gallery

British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by Matania

The only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in. A scene captured at the front by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania, who was on one of his several visits to the Front at the time. Date: 1917

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. Branson

Mr J. R. B. Branson, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him and his views.Picture shows him carefully washing and drying the mown grass. Not a few flowers and dandelions put aside as a garnish! Date: 1939

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Boy in slum housing yard

Rear view of small fair-haired boy walking alone past dustbins and washing lines in the communal back yard of slum housing in Brinksway, Stockport, Cheshire, England. The property was demolished shortly afterwards Date: circa 1970

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

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