Images Dated 5th August 2015 (page 93)

Grenadier Guards, St Michaels Mount, Cornwall
Corps of Drums of the Grenadier Guards with Lord John Francis Arthur St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan (1919-2013), and his wife Lady Susan St Levan (d 2003), at their home on St Michaels Mount, Cornwall

People watching boats, Polruan Quay, Fowey, Cornwall
People watching boats from Polruan Quay, Fowey, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Foreword, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson
Foreword to Railway Ribaldry, with a vignette illustration by W Heath Robinson, showing a Victorian lady in a crinoline waving goodbye to a departing train. Date: 1935

Powell-Cotton daughters and friend
The three daughters of Major & Mrs Powell-Cotton and a friend play in the garden of Quex Park in September 1916. The children are (left to right) Elizabeth Worthington (daughter of Dr Worthington)

Patients in B Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital
B Ward at Quex Park VAD Hospital was sited in Gallery 1 of the two museum galleries then existing. This room had been built as a pavilion in the garden of Quex House in 1896

Lady Lavery
Hazel, Lady Lavery (1886 - 1935), formerly Hazel Martyn and Mrs Hazel M. Trudeau of New York and second wife of the celebrated portrait Sir John Lavery who painted her portrait hundreds of times

Old Father Time on a German New Year card
Old Father Time with hourglass, scythe and rose on a German New Year card dated 1 January 1815. Date: 1815

Boys playing in the snow on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Elephant and circus arriving on a New Year card
A little boy on a donkey meets an elephant and circus arriving -- We know not what is coming in the New Year. Date: circa 1890s

Woman asleep and dreaming on a Christmas card. She has been playing music from Handels Messiah on a pipe organ, and dreams of angels announcing the birth of Christ -- For unto us a child is born

Aristoc WWII stockings advertisement - rayon
Advertisement for Aristoc stockings in 1944 showing a woman in WRNS uniform inspecting a pair. The adverts copy promises that once victory has been achieved, a plentiful supply of lovely

Argyll and Sutherland Highlander on a Christmas card
Soldier of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders playing a pipe on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Tatler cover - Mattli dress for Ascot or a garden party
Front cover of The Tatler for 9 May 1956 featuring a model holding a large bunch of lilac and wearing a beautiful dress in wild silk shantung by Mattli, perfect for Ascot or gala garden parties

Tatler cover - Tina Onassis
Front cover of the Tatler featuring Athina Mary Livanos Onassis Spencer-Churchill Niarchos (19 March 1929 10 October 1974)

Sir Laurence Olivier aged 15 playing Kate in Taming of Shrew
Sir Laurence Olivier in his first leading Shakespearian role - Katharine in Taming of the Shrew at All Saints Choir School, Margaret Street, London and Stratford-on-Avon in April 1922

Kolkata - Old Court House Street. Date: 1883

Mumbai - Triumphal Arch / Elphinstone Circle / Post Office
Mumbai - The Triumphal Arch at Colaba, The illuminations on the Elphinstone Circle, the illuminations on the General Post Office and the illuminations on the Offices of the Public Works Department

Mumbai - Street Scene near the Oriental Bank Date: 1875

New Viceroy of India greeted at the Gateway of India, Mumbai - The Governors Bodyguard, the 2nd Lancers and the Guard of Honour. Date: 1926

Boscawen Street with war memorial, Truro, Cornwall
Boscawen Street with war memorial in Truro, Cornwall, with the cathedral just visible in the top right. Date: circa 1950s

Sunset at Lands End, Cornwall. Date: circa 1960s

Courtelle advertisement, Marcus dress 1959
Advertisement for a smart sheath day dress by Marcus made in Courtelle fabric - a new type of acrylic fibre manufactured by Courtaulds

Burberry cotton houndstooth coat and Simone Mirman turban
A Burberry in French cotton printed in large black and white houndstooth design, fully shower proof and lined with cherry taffeta

Pierre Balmain at Debenhams advertisement, 1959
A bold-checked nine-tenths coat buttoned with discs of ocean pearl, the shoulder line drops from the curve of the horseshoe collar by Pierre Balmain available at Debenhams (Debenham and Freebody)

Little boy and girl riding in balloon on a birthday card
Little boy and girl riding in a balloon on a birthday card. The balloon is made from an oval egg, and the basket is made from a birds nest. Date: circa 1890s

Little girl with pink flowers on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy and girl in a fantasy boat on a Christmas card -- A Christmas Dream. Date: circa 1890s

St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Children, Torquay, Devo
A group of boys and girls, one on a rocking horse, in the garden of St Vincents Home for Roman Catholic Children, Torquay. Date: circa 1915

Sunderland Girls Reformatory, County Durham
The Sunderland Girls Reformatory, Tatham Street, Sunderland Date: early 1900s

St Josephs Industrial School for Catholic Boys, Longsight, Manchester. Date: circa 1900

Buckets & Spades Home, St Leonards on Sea, Sussex
The Buckets and Spades Home, St Leonards on Sea for mentally handicapped Jewish children

Shaftesbury Homes - Sudbury Hall, Middlesex
The Sudbury Hall Home for Girls established in 1872 by the charity that became known as Shaftesbury Homes. It was located between Wembley and Harrow on the Hill. Date: early 1900s

Newport Market Refuge and Industrial School, Soho, London
The Newport Market Refuge and Industrial School on Market Street, Soho. The School, which developed into a training establishment for military bandsmen, later moved to Coburg Row, Westminster

New Arethusa and old figurehead, Upnor, Kent
The new Training Ship Arethusa on the Thames off Upnor. Ashore is the preserved figurehead of its scrapped predecessor. Date: circa 1935

Boys Leaving the old Training Ship Arethusa at Greenhithe
Sailor boys from the Training Ship Arethusa leave the old vessel for the last time, following its replacement by a new ship in 1933. Date: 1933

Shaftesbury Homes Fortescue House, London Road Twickenham
Shaftesbury Homes School for Boys at Fortescue House, London Road Twickenham, opened in 1878. The School later moved to new premises on Hampton Road, Twickenham. Date: circa 1920s

Newport Market Army Bands School, Orpington, Kent
The Newport Market Army Training School at Darrick Wood, Orpington, Kent. Date: circa 1927

Shaftesbury Homes, Bisley, Surrey - School Chapel
Chapel at Shaftesbury Homes School for Boys, Bisley. The gates were made by boys at the School. Date: 1930s

Nottingham Blue Coat Schools
A view of the Nottingham Blue Coat Schools and some of its pupils. Date: circa 1905

Victoria Home for Invalid Children, Margate
The garden of the Victoria Home for Invalid Children. Several of the inmates, some with crutches or other walking aids, can be seen. Date: circa 1920

Street boys in rags
A group of street arabs, probably in London, dressed in ragged clothes and most of them barefoot. Date: circa 1900

Boys Band, St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, Liverpool
The boys band pose with their instruments at St Edwards Orphanage, Thingwall, Liverpool. Two monks in their gowns flank the boys. Date: early 1900s

Seamens Orphanage, Spring Bank, Hull
The Hull Seamens Asylum and Schools was opened in 1866 by the Hull Seamens General Orphan Society. The building was designed by T.H. Wyatt of London. Date: circa 1910

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Stratton Hall
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. Children at a meal in Stratton Hall, the Homes assembly hall and dining room

Hull Sailors Orphan Homes - Children at Lodge and Entrance
The Sailors Orphan Homes, Hull, also known as Newland Homes, established in 1895 by The Port of Hull Society. The children, boys in sailor suits

Nazareth House, Cardonald, Glasgow
Beds packed into a dormitory at the Nazareth House home, Cardonald, Glasgow. Date: circa 1920

Boleyn Castle, East Ham, Essex
Boleyn Castle, East Ham. Tram lines are being laid in front of the building. Date: early 1900s

St Elizabeths House, Bullingham, Hereford
St Elizabeths House - a girls orphanage and school at Bullingham, near Hereford. Date: early 1900s

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