Zip Collection

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands, in which teams of sailors compete to transport a field gun and its equipment over

NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Advert for Asprey selection of household items 1937
Selection of items from Asprey, Bond Street: Glass luminous World lamp, gentlemans pigskin compactus case with ivory fittings, miniature reproduction clock in walnut, brocade evening bag

Comic postcard, Scene at a fun fair - Shut your eyes, you boys!! Date: 20th century

WOOLLEN SWIMWEAR 1940
Bikini composed of brassiere top & short-style briefs are made of closely woven navy wool edged in Hyacynth. Slotted sash waistband and zip pockets add interest. Date: 1940

Young people in punk style dress
Group of young people in punk dress, including leather jackets with studs, and spiky hairstyles, at the Cornwall Coliseum. Date: circa 1980s

Woman with a cat on either shoulder
A short-haired woman with a cat on either shoulder -- she is taking them for a walk in the park, and has them on leads

Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut, WW1
Cartoon, Keep your mouth shut -- a new take on a fable of Aesop during the First World War, where the fox will never be able to get the crow to open his mouth and drop the nice piece of cheese

Young man at fancy dress party, dressed as a punk (based on the character of Vyvyan in the BBC TV programme, The Young Ones). Date: circa 1980s

Advert for Lightning plastics zipps 1938
An advertisement for Lightning plastics zipps, made in contrasting colours for a brief flexible line. 1938

Advert for Mappin & Webb vanity items 1934
Mappin & Webb advertising a variety of items. 1934

Cartoon, Soldier returning from leave, WW1
Cartoon, a French soldier returning from leave tells his colleague what it was like. At every point someone pointed to the Keep Quiet notice, although what he had said was entirely innocent

Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop, WW1
Cartoon, He was phoning from the tobacco shop. A supposedly deaf and dumb man is caught on the telephone, arrested as a spy and escorted through the street, much to the delight of the children

Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed, WW1
Cartoon, Theres a German in the next bed. A French soldier needs to ask the nurse for the chamber pot, but doesn t want the German to hear him in case its sensitive information

Children with sketchbook on a Balham street, SW London
A group of children looking through a sketchbook in front of a wooden fence on a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Advert by Asprey compact dressing case 1937
Cases for light weight travel complete and compact. Date: 1937

Advert for Zippety by Joyce California shoes 1948
Tanned, flat heeled, zipped at the front shoe by Zippety, Joyce California, fitted by Saxone. 1948

Advert for Mappin & Webb compact dressing case 1937
Advertisement for Mappin & Webb compact dressing cases: Including Ladys Morocco leather dressing case, containing a lift out tray

Advert for Dolcis winter boots
Soft, fully fur-lined cosy boots -warm, snug fitting and distinctively Dolcis. Date: 1948

Kitten emerging from a leather boot
A black and white kitten emerging from a leather boot

Zip opening letterbox / W H Robinson
Post War Town planning. The new Zip opening letterbox for taking all sizes of letters. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Zip bonnet / W H Robinson
The new zip opening bonnet for fast and easy access to the engine. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library

Zip Goes a Million theatre programme
Theatre programme front cover designed by Arthur Ferrier with George Formby, star of the musical revue, Zip Goes a Million, playing his banjo, wearing a crown and trailing a number of enthusiastic

Zip Goes a Million / George Formby
Colour theatre programme cover for a music revue, Zip Goes a Million with George Formby in a starring role. The front cover picture depicts a caricature of George playing his banjo

Zips for Luggage
Zip fasteners for suitcases

Worcestershire garage and owner before a fire
Worcestershire garage and seated owner surrounded by oils, engine treatments and lubricants. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Skating Girl in Jumper
Girl in her winter woollies wears a hat, gloves, stockings & hand-knitted jumper in garter stitch with zip fastening & collar. The skirt of her dress is rather short

MENs COATS 1943
Two men off to catch a train wear coats in window pane check wool, trilby hats and trousers with turn-ups. One man carries his wire-haired fox terrier in a zip-up bag

Clover Leaf Beach Robe
A short, sleeveless, step-in, zip fronted beach robe in two colours of terry towelling with a decorative four leaf clover motif

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