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NFS training / instructional photo, use of hose, WW2How not to make a length of rolled up hose flat -- dont jump on it!
Jorrocks and the BullHANDLEY CROSS; OR MR JORROCKSs HUNT Jorrocks on the wrong side of a bull
Horse That Took The Wrong Turning- At Epsom, by H. M. BMaverick horse galloping the opposite direction to the rest of the race. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander
Out of wrong side of bed / W H RobinsonPost War Britain: Health and happiness at home. Simple precaution to prevent getting out of bed on the wrong side in the morning - a makeshift wall
Dinosaurs / Noahs ArkNOAHs ARK - God got his figures wrong - the Ark isn t big enough to take the dinosaurs !
Absence of Mind by H M BatemanA senile old man has put his golf club into the the hole instead of the vibrent red flag, much to the annoyance to the players behind him. Date: 1922
Comic postcard, Scotsmen wearing wrong kilts after going for a swim Date: 20th century
Nelson turns a blind eye - Battle of CopenhagenAdmiral Lord Nelson ignoring the signal from Sir Hyde Parker to stop fighting. He is looking though his telescope with his blind eye (popularising the phrase to turn a blind eye )
Comic postcard, Waiter with tray in hotel corridor - early morning call Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Couple chatting on a bench Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman talks about her husband Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Little boy and teacher - grammar lesson. Date: 20th century
Handley Page HP.81 Hermes IVA G-ALDK (msn 12, XJ281, Helena'), of Britavia at Blackbushe Airport. ALDK was damaged beyond repair 8 May 1956, on landing at Drigh Road, Karachi
Cartoon, Something Wrong - number of Irish MPsPolitical cartoon, Something Wrong - John Bull considering the number of Irish MPs Date: 1891
GEC workers campaigning, GEC Headquarters, LondonGEC workers campaigning outside the GEC Headquarters in London during a lockout from the Keith Blackman works at Tottenham, 18 March 1970. Date: 1970
German soldiers spotting buildings far in the distance, not realising that it's a setup consisting of a miniature country town coursing the perspective to be all wrong. Date: 1941
Mussolini's Secret Weapon Disclosed!A new secret weapon devised for the use of the Italian forces in Albania. Date: 1941
HUGH LATIMER, SAVEDHUGH LATIMER bishop of Worcester, saved by an act of God from a falling tree, only to die by the hand of man for having the wrong religious views. Date: 1485? - 1555
ORGANIST & CHOIRBOY 1904A choirboy rushes in to Monsieur Achille, the organist, who is playing the wrong kind of music: "Stop, it's not a funeral, it's a wedding!" Date: 1904
JEANNE-MARIE ROLAND French revolutionary who, having the misfortune to be the wrong kind of revolutionary, dies by the guillotine Date: 1754 - 1793
The Balkans a false note in the European concert Date: 1909
Comic postcard, Woman with wrong kind of salts Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Hotel guest and landlady - Seek and ye shall find Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Woman on the phone Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Sale of wrong product - customer and barber Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Middle aged couple in bed Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Girl and boy, nurse and baby Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Father takes the wrong pram Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Posting a letter in the wrong box Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, drunkard on wrong train - speak to the driver! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, woman takes wrong turning in blackout, WW2 - Gents toilet! Date: circa 1940s
Complaints from a irate passenger as the train starts to depart the platform, realising that his luggage is not with him, and gets a quick reply " your on the wrang train!" Date: 1917
Being nervous and cross-examined by Mr. GarrowBeing nervous and cross-examined by lawyer Mr. Garrow in court. More Miseries
Mae West in She Done Him Wrong (1933) Date: 1933
No. 3 Commando Memorial Plaque, Merville BatteryThe taking of the Battery was the task of the 9th Parachute Battalion, and despite a complicated plan that went very wrong from the first jumps at 0020 hours on D-Day
Cartoon - A Family Wash, showing all the things that can go wrong on wash day. 19th century
BADLY SMOKING CHIMNEYBeginning fires for the winter - something wrong with the chimney: a blocked chimney pours smoke back into the room causing people to cough and choke Date: circa 1850
NATURE VERSUS SCIENCESCIENCE DEFEATED BY NATURE A train is halted by snow. - Ah, but its because its the wrong kind of snow, the railwaymen explain... Date: circa 1850
READING STRUWWELPETERA young girl improves her sense of right and wrong by reading Struwwelpeter, or Shockheaded Peter. Date: circa 1870
Dot Stephens music hall vocalist and dancerDot Stephens vocalist and dancer. Here dressed as ?Mother?s Sailor Boy?. Travelling between halls, she stepped out of the wrong side of the train and had both feet amputated
Men burnt alive at a partyDuring reign of Charles VI of France - a practical joke goes horribly wrong when a number of men are burnt alive in their costumes at a party. Date: 29th January 1392
The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter MelvillePromotional postcard for The Girl Who Took The Wrong Turning by Walter Melville. First produced at the Standard Theatre, 1st October 1906. The wording is full of innuendo. Date: circa 1906
Favourite Sayings - Cart before the horseBlack and white lantern slide of a man putting a horse the wrong way round between the shafts of a cart.Two men stand at the side, one pointing to what the man is doing
Caricature of Norman Angell, writer and politicianCaricature of Sir Ralph Norman Angell (1872-1967), writer, lecturer and Labour politician. Best known for his book, The Great Illusion (1910), arguing against war from an economic point of view
Comic Postcard - Suggestive poster and girlHumorous Postcard - a satire on the play The Girl who took the Wrong Turning (Theatre Royal)
Buckle of IsisBUCKLE OF ISIS Since Isis was the greatest of the Egyptian divinities, this buckle carrying her insignia meant that no wrong could be done to the wearer
Susi - with calendarSusi - with a calendar for November, tearing the pages out in the wrong order. 1950s
The Impossible Person by Inez Topham 1926Children on a tennis court notice a child happily walking passed them wearing the wrong attire. Date: 1926
Getting a Document Stamped At Somerset House by H M Bateman. This illustration shows the red tape of Somerset House, tax offices
Music cover, Gone Wrong! A Maddening Medley. Written, composed and arranged by Charles Wilmott and G W Hunter. Featured on the cover are all the songs included in the medley. circa 1880s
Duport-DutertreMARGUERITE LOUIS FRANCOIS DUPORT-DUTERTRE French revolutionary states- man who belonged to the wrong party which of course meant he had to be guillotined. Date: 1754 - 1793
Clapham Junct SignalsThe signalman at Clapham Junction - Londons busiest station - is responsible for a huge array of signals : pulling the wrong one could result in catastrophe... Date: 1885
How to Wrap Baby 1881The right and wrong ways of wrapping a baby: the one on the right will restrict movement and impede limb development. Date: 1881
De Groofs Fatal CrashDE GROOFs device is launched from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong, and he plunges fatally to the ground. Date: 9 July 1874
Her First JumpSuffragettes back the wrong horse (Labour). Date: 1906
Schrepfer and SpiritsJohann Georg Schrepfer (also known as the baron de Steinbach) (1730-1774) conjures spirits at Dresden, but shoots himself when things start to go wrong Date: 1773
Man with umbrella in the snow on a Christmas cardMan with a black umbrella blown the wrong way, in the snow on a Christmas card. He has dropped some of his shopping, and two children are laughing at him. Date: circa 1890s
Cartoon, Uneasiness, WW1Cartoon, Uneasiness, showing a naturalised German couple living in France. The man reads his newspaper, looking for reassurance, while his wife asks what is wrong. Date: 1915
The Wrong Theatre, by BairnsfatherThe Wrong Theatre Whenever that German searchlight is turned on our trench, we have a lot of trouble with Private Harold Montgomery (the ex-famous actor)
Dennis breakdown lorry, demonstrating wrong methodFirefighters operating a Dennis breakdown lorry (commissioned at HQ on 3 April 1936), demonstrating the wrong method of lifting and towing the front axle
Cricket Fielding (wrong!)A fielder demonstrates the incorrect way of fielding to stop the ball as he should be using the long barrier method. Date: 1888
Cricket the right and wrong way of battingA batsman demonstrate the correct way of batting; straight play and then the incorrect way; cross play Date: 1892
WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key NotesWW2 poster, G R [Goods Received?] Notes are the Key Notes of harmonious store keeping. Wrong information and careless handling causes discord. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
Robinson MagicianWilliam Ellsworth Robinson, stage name Chung Ling Soo, enjoyed a successful career as a stage magician until his catching-a-bullet-in-his-mouth trick went fatally wrong... 1861 - 1918
Georg WiceliusGEORG WICELIUS German churchman who converted to Lutheranism but soon realised that Luther had got it wrong and rejoined the true faith. Date: 1501 - 1573
Mistaken identity - Gentleman and Jewish womanMistaken identity - " Good Morning Mis Voss!" " My name is not Voss. It never Voss and it never vill be!". Date: 1900
Scorchers Progress - Trafalgar Square - Errant city cyclistThe Scorchers Progress III - " Twas in Trafalgar Square" - London - An errant city cyclist causing havoc with his fellow road-users
The Fight Interrupted - by MulreadyThe Fight Interrupted - a schoolmaster breaks up a playground scrap between two boys, although he has seized the wrong culprit! Reproduction of a painting by William Mulready. Date: 1816
Satirical cartoon, Locomotion Plate 2, A few small inconveniences Theres nothing perfect. Showing a man in a steam powered walking machine with things going wrong all around him. circa 1835
Around the world with Broadhursts globe-circling success, What happened to Jones by Geo. H. Broadhurst, author of Why Smith left home, The wrong Mr. Wright, The house that Jack built, etc. Date c1900
Broadhursts hilarious sufficiency, What happened to Jones by Geo. H. Broadhurst, author of Why Smith left home, The wrong Mr. Wright, The house that Jack built, etc. Date c1900
What happened to Jones Broadhursts hilarious sufficiency : by George H. Broadhurst, author of Why Smith left home, The wrong Mr. Wright, etc. Date c1899
A Professor of Languages A Language Student returns to his College, but his grasp of the vernacular of his cabby seems less that First Class as he appears to have underpaid his driver
Community singingThe man who sang the words of the wrong verse. Date: 1928
Boy repairing a clock -- Something Wrong with the Works
Driving on the right hand side / W H RobinsonA difficulty which confronts the British motorist abroad is driving on the right hand side of the road
Dea(r) Ex Machina, by W. S. HuttonIllustration showing a fashionable lady trying to work out what is wrong with her car
No, Colonel, You ve got the wrong number by Merlin EnabnitBack view of a dark-haired pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979). She is wearing a transparent pink and blue dress and speaking on a red telephone
Herault De SechellesMARIE-JEAN HERAULT DE SECHELLES - French lawyer, writer and revolutionary statesman who made the wrong moves and was guillotined for alleged treason
Prisoners RegretsA revolutionary in prison looks back with nostalgia to the early, heroic days of the Revolution, before everything started to go wrong
Hunting in the Snow 2 / 2ONE OF THE WRONG SORT Who goes out with hunters because it is the fashion " Confound the snow is not hunting bad enough without this..."
Something Wrong SomewherSOMETHING WRONG SOMEWHERE A shopkeeper and his wife can t get their books to balance
Pointing Fingers 1933Cast off by the husband she loved, Margaret stumbled down the street past the prying eyes of the neighbours : they, too, believed the wicked lies a jealous girl had spread
Tradesman Balances BooksTheres something wrong somewhere - a tradesman and his wife try to balance the books
