Week Collection

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

The Easter Rising - Dublin, Ireland
The Easter Rising also known as the Easter (or Irish ) Rebellion and referred to erroneously in some contemporary British reports as the Sinn Fein Rebellion - an armed insurrection staged in Ireland

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

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

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

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

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

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. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests

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

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

Cricket at Blackheath
Kent host Surrey at the Rectory Field ground, Blackheath. Famous Surrey batsman Jack Hobbs is at the crease, and has been permitted to have a runner (seen at square leg)

Spain (1925). Poster of the Festivals of Springtime

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WW2 Poster -- Don t Waver, Help Wavell
Dont Waver, Help Wavell. En---ds War Weapons Week, 17-24 May 1940. War saving photolithographic poster, published by The National Savings Committee, London, The Scottish Savings Committee

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

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

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

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

Cub Scouts cleaning fire engine

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

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

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

Home Week at Hickory Grove by Oliver Herford. 1926

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cowes Week King Edward VII Isle of Wight early 1900s

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)

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

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