Images Dated 1st April 2016 (page 2)

An inquisitive Boy poses a puzzler to his Father. " Are we made of Dust Pa?" - " Certainly" - " Well, why don t we turn to mud when we drink?" !! Date: circa 1910s

WW1 - French troops watch a German Taube Aircraft pass over their trench. Advertorial postcard for Dubonnet. Date: 1915

WW1 - London Buses at the Front, transporting British troops (Scots Highlanders). Advertorial postcard for Dubonnet. Date: 1915

Monaco Casino - Nothing Doing / No More - the war has brought a cessation to gambling, leaving this poor player all alone! Date: 1916

The Netherlands experienced no shortage during WW1
Poor Little Neighbour. According to the French illustrator of this postcard (Emile Dupuis), whilst France and Belgium were starving and suffering shortages in 1916

Log Rafts - Norway. Date: 1916

Union Jack Flag - Joseph Chamberlain portrait (inset)
Union Jack Flag - Joseph Chamberlain (1836-1914) portrait (inset). Date: 1906

WW1 - Theft of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris by a Zeppelin ! Date: circa 1916

With the Force - England expects that every man will do duty
With the Force - England expects that every man will do his duty. A policeman is (somewhat reluctantly) pushed through a doorway by a householder to deal with two armed burglars filling up their bags

Poor Mr Meeker surrounded by his wifes visitors things
Mr Meeker doesn t object so much to his Wifes entertainments as he does to the way she uses his room for the gentlemans things !! Date: 1906

Overworked Clerk - Finished for the Day (4pm)
The Overworked (!) Clerk - Finished for the Day (at 4pm!). Date: 1906

Notes on Etiquette - Greeted with a Kiss. Nothing more readily conduces to a pleasant visit than a kindly, hearty greeting. Date: 1908

Advert for Asprey travel goods 1936
A selection of gentlemens and ladies luggage sets. 1936

Taylors Calico Loom
W G Taylors POWER LOOM CALICO MACHINE which obtained a prize medal at the 1862 International Exhibition, London Date: 1862

SMITHs CARPET LOOM 1862
Smiths Power-Loom for weaving tufted pile carpets. (Exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition, London). Date: 1862

Fragments magazine poster
Reproduction of a poster advertising a new magazine, Fragments, edited and contributed to by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather who found fame during the First World War with his cartoons and character

Irelands new Vicereine, 1915
Viscountess Lady Alice Wimborne(nee Grosvenor)(d.1948)and her son Ivor(1903 -1967), later 2nd Viscount Wimborne, pictured following the appointment of her husband as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Sport under military patronage: coursing in 1915
The sport of coursing, conducted by members of the Lincoln Regiment, in 1915. Soldier competitors and onlookers are pictured here at the Oakley, Brome and Eye Clubs coursing meeting. Date: 1915

Wipers-Before and After, 1915
A page from the Bystander, showing the Hotel de Ville at Ypres before and after the German bombardment in 1915. The Bystander reports that...our soldiers

Blinded French soldier learning to write, WW1
At the Rue Boileau, a poilu, blinded in the war, learns to write. 1915

Blind soldiers at St. Dunstans, WW1
St. Dunstans hostel, Regents Park, London. St. Dunstan s, near Hanover Gate in the park, was set up by Mr. C. Arthur Pearson in order to rehabilitate blinded soldiers

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