Images Dated 20th April 2018

ROBINSONS REMOVAL MEN
Employees of Robinsons Removals unload a lorry in Felpham, nr. Bognor, Sussex. Date: 1960s

A strange ghostly apparition caught on camera
A strange ghostly apparition caught in a photograph taken in a family home on Sunday, 30th March, 1986

Millicent Fawcett speaking at end of pilgrimage march, 1913
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

ROBINSONS REMOVAL MEN
Employees of Robinsons Removals unload a lorry in Felpham, nr. Bognor, Sussex. Date: 1960s

Millicent Fawcett
Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), suffragist and early feminist, co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, and president of the moderate National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies (NUWSS)

International Woman Suffrage Alliance of Officers
International gathering of well-known workers for womens franchise: prominent representatives of the suffrage societies who attended the international woman suffrage alliance board of officers

The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of England, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: circa 1085

PINCUSHION & DOLL ETC PINCUSHION & DOLL ETC
This pincushion (left) and doll (right) and fruit basket (centre right) are all made from paper. The floral centrepiece is made of tin and the lady blotter from paper. Date: 1930s

HANDY HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Every well-stocked household should have handy packs of matches, safety pins, once- use stocking pencils, etc. Date: 1930s

TAPESTRY MAKING 1930S
A woman makes a tapestry, tracing the design from a canvas. Date: 1930s

JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE SEWS
A Japanese housewife in traditional costume, sewing some fabric together. Date: 1930s

SPECIAL THIMBLE
A boon to all bachelors who sew, this simple device, fitted to a thimble, makes it impossible to lose the needle, and saves time, temper and trouble. Date: 1930s

KNITTING BOFFIN
A bespectacled boffin attempts a spot of knitting, without much success! Date: 1930s

LADIES TAPESTRY GROUP
A group of women sew tapestry panels Date: 1930s

DONT FORGET BOARD
A timely reminder board! A handy household appointments or tasks jotter pad, with a picture of Big Ben on it and a handy pen attached. Date: 1930s

MISCELLANEOUS LOCKS
A selection of lock systems and mechanisms. Date: 1797

SEWING A LAMPSHADE / 1930S
By pleating a strip of paper and sewing bright coloured wool through it, you can make an effective lampshade only costs a few pence. Date: 1930s

WOMAN WORKS ON TAPESTRY
A woman works on her tapestry. She wears a thimble and rests her feet on a foot stool. Date: 1930s

EMBROIDERING LADY
A lady is seated at her embroidery frame, while sharing the gossip of her two visitors Date: circa 1840

SHEFFIELD 1885
Sheffield, Yorkshire: factories and smoking chimneys Date: circa 1885

WASHING IN SCOTLAND
Scottish women treading the washing, barefoot in tubs Date: 1871

SERVANTS AT TABLE
Servants at table in the kitchen - a manservant, the cook and a housemaid Date: 1887

SERVANTS HALL / FOOD
A scene in the Servants Hall - a Footman complains to the master of the house about the quality of the food provided Date: 1846

THE FAMILYS RETURN
THE UNEXPECTED RETURN Servants giving a party are disturbed when Master and Mistress come home sooner than expected (scene from a play, Les Cuisinieres)(the cooks) Date: 1823

WOMAN DARNING STOCKINGS
A woman darning stockings Date: 19th century

FRENCH BOURGEOISE SEWS
French bourgeoise sewing Date: 17th century

FRENCH MAN CA 1880
A French man about town Date: circa 1880

MISTRESS AND SERVANTS
The mistress of the house is dismayed by the aggravations, tribulations, vexations and irritations caused by her servants... Date: 1849

SERVANTS REGISTRY OFFICE
A servants registry office, London Date: circa 1835

STREET DOOR LEFT OPEN
Do you know as your street- door is open ? - a policeman on night duty notices servants carelessness Date: 1849

LET EM RING AGAIN
In the servants hall - Oh ah ! Let em ring again ! Date: 1849

THE CAT DID IT
The cat did it ! The cats are to blame for every breakage... Date: 1849

TENANT FARMER & LAWYER TENANT FARMER & LAWYER
Tenant farmer at the mercy landowners: awkward scene at lawyers office as farmer is refused renewal of his lease Date: 1865

LAWYER / FARMER / LEASE
Awkward scene at lawyers office as farmer is refused renewal of his lease Date: 1865

LADY EMBROIDERING 1874
A lady embroidering Date: circa 1874

Industry - Metals - Iron
Ironworks at NANT-Y-GLO, Wales Date: circa 1835

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