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Background imageWeek Collection: Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine

Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine
Two Cub Scouts taking part in Operation Shoeshine, a seven-day campaign during Scout Job Week. Their first customer was an actress, Caroline Munro

Background imageWeek Collection: Yachting at Cowes

Yachting at Cowes
In the foaming wake of a racing cutter Date: 1914

Background imageWeek Collection: Trail left by the Loch Ness Monster?

Trail left by the Loch Ness Monster?
Photographic results from a four week search organised by Sir Edward Mountain into the existence of the Loch Ness Monster

Background imageWeek Collection: Bob a Job Week

Bob a Job Week
Bob a Job week poster by Kenneth Brookes. Date: 1960s

Background imageWeek Collection: Wherefore Art Thou, Radio? By William Heath Robinson

Wherefore Art Thou, Radio? By William Heath Robinson
It has been suggested that during the Spring, 2 L O should devote one night a week to amatory music for those under the subtle influence of the vernal season

Background imageWeek Collection: The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland

The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland
The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish)

Background imageWeek Collection: Fridays Child by May Bowley

Fridays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Background imageWeek Collection: Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner

Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. Turner
Illustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s

Background imageWeek Collection: Cub Scout washing a window, Scout Job Week

Cub Scout washing a window, Scout Job Week
A Cub Scout washing a window which displays a poster advertising Scout Job Week. 1970s

Background imageWeek Collection: London Tram 1952

London Tram 1952
The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952

Background imageWeek Collection: Avro Lincoln being refuelled at Blackbush

Avro Lincoln being refuelled at Blackbush prior to departure on a five-week tour of the Far East, Australia and New Zealand

Background imageWeek Collection: Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194

Royal Engineers unloading ships at Surrey Docks, London, 194
Drawing showing Royal Engineers and men of the Pioneer Corps, under Government orders, busily unloading ships in Surrey Docks, London, August 1945

Background imageWeek Collection: Cricket at Blackheath

Cricket at Blackheath
Kent host Surrey at the Rectory Field ground, Blackheath

Background imageWeek Collection: Spain (1925). Poster of the Festivals of Springtime

Spain (1925). Poster of the Festivals of Springtime

Background imageWeek Collection: King George V at Cowes Week, Bystander front cover 1927

King George V at Cowes Week, Bystander front cover 1927
A portrait of King George V (1865 - 1936), in a sailors outfit for Cowes Regatta, which he was attending in 1927. Looking a little like hes had one too many sherries. Date: 1927

Background imageWeek Collection: Poster advertising aviation week at Rouen, 1910

Poster advertising aviation week at Rouen, 1910
Poster advertising an aviation week at Rouen, 19 to 26 June 1910

Background imageWeek Collection: Siege of Constantinople

Siege of Constantinople
SIEGE OF CONSTANTINOPLE Turkish Sultan Mehmed II enters the captured city after a six-week siege

Background imageWeek Collection: The Gaiety music hall Chatham

The Gaiety music hall Chatham
Showing the front of the Gaiety, Chatham. Large posters for Florrie Forde and Nellie Colman with Florrie Forde?s name on billboard

Background imageWeek Collection: Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine

Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine

Background imageWeek Collection: Official wording, Apprenticeship Indenture

Official wording, Apprenticeship Indenture
Official wording of an Apprenticeship Indenture, between John Henry Watson of 3 Newland Street, Derby, and Messrs John Davis & Son (Derby) Limited

Background imageWeek Collection: Babe Ruth Signing a $100, 000 Contract, 1926

Babe Ruth Signing a $100, 000 Contract, 1926
Photograph showing Babe Ruth (1895-1948), the American baseball player, signing a $100, 000 contract for a twelve-week tour, 1926

Background imageWeek Collection: London Transport tram ticket 1952

London Transport tram ticket 1952
Selection of original tram tickets for London Transport on the last tram week, showing the fronts and backs. Date: March to July 1952

Background imageWeek Collection: WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell

WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell
Dont Waver, Help Wavell. En---ds War Weapons Week, 17-24 May 1940

Background imageWeek Collection: Tuesdays Child by May Bowley

Tuesdays Child by May Bowley. A fortune-telling song telling a childs character or future based on the day they were born and help young children remember the days the week. Date: circa 1903

Background imageWeek Collection: WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, HMS Victory bulldog

WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, HMS Victory bulldog
WW2 leaflet, Warship Week, The Navy Guards Your Food. HMS Victory bulldog. In support of the National Savings Movement and the Warship Week Campaign. Date: 1942

Background imageWeek Collection: Society women at Cowes Week 1907

Society women at Cowes Week 1907
During early August, society gathered on the Solent for regattas and royalty. Two women wearing white linen and blue serge sailor styles suits. 1907

Background imageWeek Collection: Common / Blue Wildebeest - adult running with 2

Common / Blue Wildebeest - adult running with 2 week old calf - November (Connochaetes taurinus). Liuwa Plains, Zambia

Background imageWeek Collection: Present Day Types - Week-End Ramblers

Present Day Types - Week-End Ramblers
Two chaps with sturdy walking boots, pipes in mouth, set off on a countryside ramble while consulting their maps. Date: 1914

Background imageWeek Collection: Cover design, Blackpool Aviation Week

Cover design, Blackpool Aviation Week
Cover design, souvenir programme for Blackpool Aviation Week, 18-24 October 1909. Showing a gold aircraft on a white and black background. October 1909

Background imageWeek Collection: Boy Scouts cleaning street sign, London

Boy Scouts cleaning street sign, London
Two Boy Scouts cleaning a street sign in Downshire Hill, Hampstead, north-west London during Scout Job Week

Background imageWeek Collection: The Tatler front cover, 9 May 1962

The Tatler front cover, 9 May 1962
Front cover of The Tatler for May 1962 celebrating London Fashion Week and featuring three models (Jean Shrimpton at the back)

Background imageWeek Collection: Minehead Hobby Horse

Minehead Hobby Horse
MINEHEAD HOBBY HORSE Seen here at the opening procession of Sidmouth Folk Week. The horse is made from painted hessian, cloth strips & has a painted mask face

Background imageWeek Collection: Home Week at Hickory Grove by Oliver Herford

Home Week at Hickory Grove by Oliver Herford. 1926

Background imageWeek Collection: Shire horse and foal, Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall

Shire horse and foal, Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall
Shire horse Bluebell with her week-old foal at Trewey Farm, Zennor, Cornwall

Background imageWeek Collection: Cricket at Folkestone

Cricket at Folkestone
A scene from the end of season Festival week at Folkestone at the Cheriton Road ground, with the rolling South Downs in the background

Background imageWeek Collection: RAF personnel completing Thor missile training course

RAF personnel completing Thor missile training course
RAF personnel, completing a 13-week training course on the Thor propulsion system at Rocketdyne. From left: Chief Technician Sidney Allen, Junior Technician Graham R.J

Background imageWeek Collection: Cricket at Eastbourne

Cricket at Eastbourne
The Saffrons cricket ground, pictured during the annual County Week, with Sussex hosting Surrey. In the foreground is the enclosure of the Sussex Club, adjoining which is that of the Devonshire Club

Background imageWeek Collection: A Dog and her Bath

A Dog and her Bath
She was happy every day in the week except Saturdays, for Saturday mornings Mousies mistress would say : Mousie - bath ! and then Mousie would shiver and whimper

Background imageWeek Collection: Rolls in Wright

Rolls in Wright
The Honourable Charles Rolls (of Rolls-Royce) flies his Wright biplane at Bournemouth Aviation Week : but he has a fatal crash - Britains first aviation fatality

Background imageWeek Collection: Rations & Ration Book

Rations & Ration Book
A ration book with rations for a week, including four rashers of bacon, one egg and a quantity of sugar and fat

Background imageWeek Collection: Comic postcard, Young couple at the seaside - forget the war for a week or two

Comic postcard, Young couple at the seaside - forget the war for a week or two. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWeek Collection: 'Leaves from Life: a New Series of Studies by Edmund Blampied

"Leaves from Life: a New Series of Studies by Edmund Blampied." Cowes week, sailing regatta held yearly in August, between southern England and the Isle of Wight

Background imageWeek Collection: Henry Irving, actor as Mathias in The Bells

Henry Irving, actor as Mathias in The Bells Date: 1873

Background imageWeek Collection: Lionel Brough, actor and comedian - Tony Lumpkin

Lionel Brough, actor and comedian - Tony Lumpkin Date: 1873

Background imageWeek Collection: John Lawrence Toole, comic actor, actor-manager and producer

John Lawrence Toole, comic actor, actor-manager and producer
John Lawrence Toole, comic actor, actor-manager and theatrical producer - I hope I don't intrude Date: 1873

Background imageWeek Collection: John Baldwin Buckstone, actor, playwright and comedian

John Baldwin Buckstone, actor, playwright and comedian - Of Infinite Jest Date: 1873

Background imageWeek Collection: Benjamin Webster, actor-manager and dramatist - The Governor

Benjamin Webster, actor-manager and dramatist - The Governor Date: 1873

Background imageWeek Collection: pretty young Spanish Woman in traditional costume

pretty young Spanish Woman in traditional costume
Head and Shoulders Portrait photograph of a pretty young Spanish Woman in traditional costume dominsted by a high lace headdress (mantilla, worn over a high hair ornament called a peineta)

Background imageWeek Collection: Traditional English Weather - A week in London

Traditional English Weather - A week in London - Rather wet.... Date: 1913

Background imageWeek Collection: France. Facade of the church of St Mary Magdalene

France. Facade of the church of St Mary Magdalene in Vezelay, from which Bernard of Clairvaux preached for the Second Crusade (1147-1149) during Holy Week 1146

Background imageWeek Collection: Animals Welfare Week

Animals Welfare Week May 1st - 8th, original poster printed for National Council for Animals Welfare. When Everyone Everywhere Should Consider What Every Animal Needs'. Date: circa 1925

Background imageWeek Collection: WW2 - Harrogate Merchant Navy Week

WW2 - Harrogate Merchant Navy Week
Harrogate Merchant Navy Week July 2-8, original WW2 poster. Date: circa 1940

Background imageWeek Collection: A pyramid-shaped souvenir or calendar

A pyramid-shaped souvenir or calendar. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Background imageWeek Collection: A perpetual calendar with months and days of the week

A perpetual calendar with months and days of the week, decorated with classical vignettes of a woman with cornucopia and basket of flowers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by D

Background imageWeek Collection: Spain, Andalusia. Holy Week in Seville

Spain, Andalusia. Holy Week in Seville

Background imageWeek Collection: St. Peter's Basilica. Purification ceremony of great Altar

St. Peter's Basilica. Purification ceremony of great Altar
Vatican. St. Peter's Basilica. Purification ceremony of the great Papal Altar on Holy Thursday. Illustration by Juan Comba, detail. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Background imageWeek Collection: Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment

Advert, Mackintoshs Week-End Chocolate Assortment -- Just look what you find in Week-End. Two shillings and ninepence for a half pound box. 1957

Background imageWeek Collection: Scene in Week Street, Maidstone, Kent

Scene in Week Street, Maidstone, Kent
Busy street scene - Week Street, Maidstone, Kent. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageWeek Collection: Days of the Week by John Hassall

Days of the Week by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born

Background imageWeek Collection: Princess Margaret at Bethnal Green Youth Week, 1950

Princess Margaret at Bethnal Green Youth Week, 1950
Princess Marget visiting Bethnal Green in the East End of London to open the boroughs Youth Week. Pictured wearing a black straw hat trimmed with a single pink osprey. Date: 1950

Background imageWeek Collection: Comic postcard, Woman runs out of money at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman runs out of money at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imageWeek Collection: Comic postcard, Couple reading theatre poster Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple reading theatre poster Date: 20th century

Background imageWeek Collection: Comic postcard, Large woman on the beach, feeling healthy Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman on the beach, feeling healthy Date: 20th century

Background imageWeek Collection: Comic postcard, Plump holidaymaker in the sea

Comic postcard, Plump holidaymaker in the sea, watched by man on beach with telescope. Date: 20th century

Background imageWeek Collection: Comic postcard, Man short of money at the seaside

Comic postcard, Man short of money at the seaside Date: 20th century

Background imageWeek Collection: Road Safety Week poster

Road Safety Week poster
No accident, please - a bold and jolly poster promoting National Road Safety Week. Date: c.1960

Background imageWeek Collection: Agatha Christies abandoned motorcar, Surrey, 1926

Agatha Christies abandoned motorcar, Surrey, 1926
Photograph showing the abandoned motorcar at the edge of a Surrey chalk pit, near Newlands Corner, which Agatha Christie had driven before disappearing on 3rd December 1926

Background imageWeek Collection: Racing yacht Vigilant, winner of the America's

Racing yacht Vigilant, winner of the America's Cup in 1893. The photo might have been taken at Cowes, Isle of Wight - Victorian period

Background imageWeek Collection: Queue for buses in Burnley, probably Wakes Week

Queue for buses in Burnley, probably Wakes Week, possibly 1930s

Background imageWeek Collection: Cowes Week King Edward VII Isle of Wight early 1900s

Cowes Week King Edward VII Isle of Wight early 1900s

Background imageWeek Collection: Queen Isabella II and husband visit Maundy Thursday Monument

Queen Isabella II and husband visit Maundy Thursday Monument
Isabella II (1830-1904). Spanish Queen. Queen Isabella II and her husband visiting the Maundy Thursday Monument at the Church of Santa Maria, 1855 (Madrid, Spain)

Background imageWeek Collection: WW1 - The Tank Bank - National War Bonds

WW1 - The Tank Bank - National War Bonds
WW1 - The tank Egbert which visited Wimbledon on March 14, 1918 to encourage people of visit The Tank Bank and invest in National War Bonds during a Feed the Guns campaign week. Date: 1918

Background imageWeek Collection: Passion Week at the Play

Passion Week at the Play, by Hablot K Browne (Phiz) Date: 1862

Background imageWeek Collection: White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board

White Star Line, Titanic lettercard written on board
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Second Class passenger and victim Henry James Beauchamp

Background imageWeek Collection: A week of political stories

A week of political stories
Headlines of different newspaper for the week. The Pall Mall Gazette, The Globe, The Daily Telegraph and the Evening standard all giving the top stories for that week. The left image is of Mr

Background imageWeek Collection: Battle of Colenso memorial

Battle of Colenso memorial
Cairn of stones recalling the battle where 103 soldiers lives were lost of December 15th. The battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War

Background imageWeek Collection: Farmer's Window Poster

Farmer's Window Poster
A reproduction in miniature of the Window Poster used in connection with a recent and successful week of Fashion Propaganda by Farmer's, Sydney, in November 1918

Background imageWeek Collection: People on street with Daily Worker newspaper, London

People on street with Daily Worker newspaper, London
People on a London street with copies of the Daily Worker newspaper, and a kiosk advertising the newspaper alongside them. The headline reads: Closures, Miners Act. Date: 1959

Background imageWeek Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Children's Week

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Children's Week, held in Barcelona and organized by the Reginal Council of the International Antifascist Solidarity (1st-7th January 1938). Poster. SPAIN. Madrid

Background imageWeek Collection: General Lambarte of the Nationalist Army at Oviedo

General Lambarte of the Nationalist Army at Oviedo
General Lambarte (centre with beard), commander of the Nationalist Army that relieved Oviedo, pictured with Oviedo Nationalists, 1936

Background imageWeek Collection: REGATTA AT KIEL

REGATTA AT KIEL
Kiel harbour during Regatta Week : that's the Kaiser's Kaiserlich steam yacht there, he is a keen sailor and has plans to rule the waves instead of his cousin Edward. Date: 1907

Background imageWeek Collection: During her annual spring holiday in the south of France

During her annual spring holiday in the south of France, she watches the Holy Week procession through the streets of Nice Date: 1898

Background imageWeek Collection: ITALIAN PREACHER

ITALIAN PREACHER
An excited Italian preacher works up the congregation in a Holy Week imprecation, while hooded members of an order of Death stand behind him Date: circa 1840

Background imageWeek Collection: Mac Beardall, Doug Frazer and Dennis Wright dressed as skin-clad savages in

Mac Beardall, Doug Frazer and Dennis Wright dressed as skin-clad savages in
Mac Beardall, Doug Frazer



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