Watchers Collection

Gentleman bowling at a skittles alley in a German Beer Hall Date: circa 1905

WW2 Greetings Card, Fire Watchers
A WW2 greetings card, Good luck and best wishes from one fire watcher to another. The image shows two cats sat by a blazing fireplace. Date: circa 1940s

The Watchers
A group portrait oil painting of a young Buddhist monk wearing the traditional Kasaya robe, sat in front of some other figures wearing colourful headbands and flowers in their hair. Date: circa 1921

Four eclipse spectators Date: 1925

TT Race Spectators
Spectators behind a protective grill at the RAC TT (Tourist Trophy) Motor Race held in Ards, Northern Ireland. The race was held here between 1928 and 1936. Date: 1931

Fair Supporters - or the best view of the Derby 1928
Three elegant young ladies standing on the roof of a car on a windy day for a better view at the Derby. 1928

FLIGHT / AIRFIELD
A light aeroplane comes in to land over the heads of watchers in a car Date: 1935

WW2 birthday card, dog and two cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card (inside), a spotted dog and two black cats with binoculars as fire watchers and aircraft spotters, All Good Wishes and the Best of Luck! Date: circa 1942

Chimeras - Notre Dame, Paris, France. On the left is Black Peter the stone gargoyle - all Parisian children know he watches out for naughty children

WWI Poster, The Watchers of the Seas
Design by Leonard Raven Hill (1867-1942), The Watchers of the Seas, the Navy needs boys and men from 15 to 40 years of age. Royal Navy recruiting poster. Date: circa 1915

Coronation Copescope
CORONATION OF ELIZABETH II Excited crowds attempt to get a glimpse of their new Queen with the aid of Copes Coronation Copescope. Date: 2 June 1953

Did you see the eclipse? Yes did you?
Total solar eclipse was observed on the 17th April 1912 in London by a large number of amateur astronomers, illustration by Tony Sarg showing people looking up using smoked or coloured glass to

WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence, designed by Allan Burrows, produced by the Paddington Mobile Unit (ARP), with cartoons of typical activities (inside). Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog and cats
WW2 pop-up birthday card, may Good Luck spot you! A spotted dog and two black cats watch the sky with binoculars, as fire watchers and aircraft spotters. Date: circa 1942

The Watchers by Dudley Tennant, WW1 floodlights
A mother tucks her young child up in bed while looking at the lights projected across the sky by searchlights searching for enemy aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1917

Blitz in London -- Smith Building, SE1
Blitz in London -- the Smith Building was located next to the London Fire Brigade Headquarters on the Albert Embankment, SE1

The watchers of the seas. The navy needs boys and men from 15 to 40 years of age. Poster showing a sailor on deck, holding a telescope, looking off at another ship in the distance. Date 1915

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