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Wheel Barrow Collection

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby

Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Union Workhouse, Bakewell, Derbyshire

Union Workhouse, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Bakewell Union workhouse. The porter and two other men stand at the entrance, while another stands at the left near a wheelbarrow

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Racing Greyhound pups in a barrow

Racing Greyhound pups in a barrow
A wheelbarrow filled with racing greyhound pups at the G.R.A. Staffordshire breeding ground, prior to transfer to the kennels at Northaw, Middlesex

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Wheelbarrow Race

Wheelbarrow Race. Artist: Louis Wain. A group of cats enjoy this popular pastime in the garden Date: 1904

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Charles Lamb / Mackery End

Charles Lamb / Mackery End
CHARLES LAMB English writers farmhouse at Mackery End, Hertfordshire

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Woman & Wheelbarrow

Woman & Wheelbarrow
A woman gardening with her wheelbarrow in a very well- kept garden full of roses, hanging baskets and other flower borders

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Masonry Tools 18th C

Masonry Tools 18th C
Various tools used by builders in the 18th century : trowels, spades, saws, baskets, spades, wheelbarrows, hammers, etc. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: The results of getting married

The results of getting married
Beautiful postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Amateur Gardening - A Labour of Love. A handsome gent pushes his lovely wife around their walled garden in a green wooden wheelbarrow

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing

Cornish Grandmother repairs her Grandsons Clothing
No more Flora for you my Son!. A Cornish Grandmother takes her Grandson over her knee to repair his torn shorts, the result of too much enthusiastic running through the undergrowth

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Tennis / Mixed Doubles

Tennis / Mixed Doubles
A friendly game of mixed doubles

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Park attendant

Park attendant
People You See. Park attendant. From Teddy Bear (16 October 1965)

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Tales from Many Lands: The Speaking Grapes

Tales from Many Lands: The Speaking Grapes

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Sweeping up autumn leaves

Sweeping up autumn leaves

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Steam Roller Driver

Steam Roller Driver

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: The Bricklayer

The Bricklayer
People You See: The Bricklayer. From Teddy Bear (2 May 1964)

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Nishiki brocade with Amaterasu Kotai Jingu Shinto shrine Nis

Nishiki brocade with Amaterasu Kotai Jingu Shinto shrine Nishike brocade with wheelbarrow. Drawings show stylized designs for kimonos of a Shinto shrine and a wheelbarrow. Date between ca

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: A young Farmers boy taking a pig to market

A young Farmers boy taking a pig to market
A young Farmers boy taking a pig (in a basket!) to market on a basic wheelbarrow - Hong Kong, China. Date: circa 1904

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard

French soldiers cleaning their Barrack Yard. They all wear loose overalls over their uniforms (even the supervising officers) - dusty work! Date: 1906

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Children in garden, New College Lane, Oxford

Children in garden, New College Lane, Oxford
Sketch of children in the garden (with the dining room window behind them) at New College Lane, Oxford, home of Reverend Baden Powell and his family

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Little girl on a New Years postcard

Little girl on a New Years postcard

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Gardening Equipment

Gardening Equipment
Gardening tools : Wheelbarrow, gloves, spade, fork, etc. Date: 1960s

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Pottery Kilns - Staffordshire

Pottery Kilns - Staffordshire Date: 1910s

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Gardening Equipment 18Th

Gardening Equipment 18Th
Various gardening tools from the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Autumn in the Park

Autumn in the Park
A park keeper sits on a park bench, taking a break from his work to enjoy the Autumn sunshine, his wheelbarrow and broom behind him. Date: 1950s

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Brtish troops crossing a river, Western Front, WW1

Brtish troops crossing a river, Western Front, WW1
British troops crossing a river on the Western Front during the First World War. They are taking wheelbarrows across a wooden bridge. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Dollies Drive -- girl takes doll for a ride

Dollies Drive -- girl takes doll for a ride
Dollies Drive -- a little girl takes her doll for a ride in a wheelbarrow. 19th century

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Collecting Albatross eggs - Laysan Island

Collecting Albatross eggs - Laysan Island
Collecting Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) eggs on Laysan Island, Hawaii (for sale in the markets of Honolulu) Date: 1905

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Boys Industrial Home, Walsham-le-Willows

Boys Industrial Home, Walsham-le-Willows
Exterior of the Boys Industrial Home, Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk. Some of the inmates are mowing the lawn or standing by a wheelbarrow

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Colourful Garden

Colourful Garden
This woman knows how to create a colourful garden, as she wheels flowers in her wheelbarrow. Her patio is crammed with potted plants and hanging baskets galore. Date: 1960s

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Wheelbarrow ride

Wheelbarrow ride

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Entrance to Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire

Entrance to Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire
A woman and a gardener at the arched entrance to Raglan Castle in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. The castle was ruined during the English Civil War

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Boys chop wood, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk

Boys chop wood, NIPRCC East Harling, Norfolk
Boys chopping and sawing wood at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Little Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson

Little Crossing Sweeper by Muriel Dawson
A small child in a blue coat and hat assiduously sweeps up autumn leaves with the help of an old-fashioned broom and a wheelbarrow

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Children play with pretend Motor Car

Children play with pretend Motor Car
Two young children convert the family wheelbarrow into a far more exciting pretend Motor Car. Here they are loading up the oil

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour

Chatham Prison Riots - The Convicts at Labour
Convicts at labour breaking rocks at St Marys Convict Prison, Chatham. A serious riot broke out here amongst the inmates in early March 1861, which had to be forcibly put down by the military

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Battle for Broodseynde

Battle for Broodseynde on the British Western Front in 1917. Soldiers of an English county regiment cross a temporary bridge with stones in wheelbarrows for road making

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Edward VII at a tree planting ceremony

Edward VII at a tree planting ceremony
King Edward VII at a tree planting ceremony. Well dressed spectators watch from a distance, some of them looking over a wall

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Clearing rubble from bombed buildings, London

Clearing rubble from bombed buildings, London
Clearing rubble from bombed buildings in London during the Blitz - 1940

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Dog Steals Scarf Aldin

Dog Steals Scarf Aldin
Towser runs through the kitchen garden with the maids best black scarf held between his teeth

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Mexico - Water Carriers at Queretaro

Mexico - Water Carriers at Queretaro

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Brick Making

Brick Making
Brick making: a wheelbarrow is used to transport moulded bricks while a pony turns a mixer to produce the clay, sand and water mixture

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Colliery Steam Engine

Colliery Steam Engine
Steam engine providing power for a colliery

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Girl Picks Fruit 1881

Girl Picks Fruit 1881
A little girl picks apples and stores them temporarily in her apron. Date: 1881

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Boys / Girls / Wheelbarrow

Boys / Girls / Wheelbarrow
Boys and girls in the country, playing games with a wheelbarrow

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Covent Garden 1746

Covent Garden 1746
Carts and carriages, a sedan chair and a wheelbarrow perambulate before the market buildings and the imposing piazza beyond; thats St Pauls church on the left

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Transporting Cut Stone

Transporting Cut Stone
A stonemason transport dressed stone using an ingenious wheelbarrow with a sail to help him speed the materials along to their destination

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Bridge St / Chester / Marell

Bridge St / Chester / Marell
Street scene in Bridge Street

Background imageWheel Barrow Collection: Chichester Sheep Market

Chichester Sheep Market
One of the most interesting views in Chichester in the days when a cattle and sheep market was held in the town centre



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