Press Photography Collection (page 5)

A swarm of bees on the lamppost in Westbourne Crescent, Bayswater. Somebody remember that a Post Office engineer of the new Moscow Road exchange was a beekeeper

Mr R Ainslie the Post Office Engineer cooly removed a swarm of bees by hand, estimated at 15, 000 from a lamp post on westbourne crecent Bayswater

Visitors to a cafe at Carlsbad

War - but life goes on. Despite the changing fortunes of war, Burgos, seat of the Spanish rebels Provisional Government, is a gay city

Waiter who strikes a different note, successful composer of music in his spare time. Richard Dabson, who works as a waiter in a Piccadilly Circus restaurant by day

Unemployed women learn to be canteen cooks in London. As it is expected that there will soon be a considerable demand for cooks in institutions and canteens

Canned Beer Will Take Less Space in Derby Day Hampers - Plan to Oust Bottles. Canned beer is to make its appearance in Derby Day hampers

Woman seeks bacon slicer championships at grocers exhibition. Britains champion bacon slicer will emerge from the bacon sliceing competition at the Grocers exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall

Billingsgate Fish Market is already working at top pressure to deal with the terrific demand for Good Friday fish. The approach of the Easter festival means greatly increased work for Billinsgate

Tea blending competition at grocers exhibition. The tea blending opens to masters, managers and assistance for The Grocer Challenge Cup is in progress at the Grocers Exhibition

Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £2000
Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £ 2000. Refusing to follow in the footsteps of his famous uncle, Thomas Henry Soundy

Traffic lights control diners. Lunch hour crowds at Millbank restaurant eat to Stop and Go signals. 29 January 1935

Not a merry christmas for the Hyde Park sheep. Sheep which have been contentedly grazing in Hyde Park are leaving their urban pasture to provide christmas fare for an Essex butcher

A motorist looking at the sign at the entrance to the town of Eger, the Sudetenland Storm Centre, Czechoslovakia. The Czech name of the town - Chob - has been painted out

Viennese bakers begin work in London. 5, 000 rolls a day for exhibition. Four Viennese bakers are producing 5, 000 rolls and loaves everyday at the National Austrian exhibition

Where hospitable custom of a century survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers. Survival of the old monasteries where wayfarers were given food and shelter for the night

Preparations for the Bakers exhibition in Islington. Preparations for the confectioners and bakers exhibition are in progress at the Royal Agricultural hall, Islington

Where hospitable custom of eight centuries survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers. Survival of the old monasteries where wayfarers were given food and shelter for the night

Womens champion runs city cafe devoted chess. Sitting tense in a silence broken only by the rattler coffee cups, chess friends have found a haven in a City of London cafe

After making a special journey from the Isle of Arran, the Duchess of Montrose, welcomed by pipers of the London Scottish performed the opening ceremony of the giant new apple store installed at

Bakers exhibition opens in Islington. The confectioners and bakers exhibition has opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington

Refrigerators keep apples in condition. Equipped with giant refrigerators and all the latest equipment, a great new storehouse for apples has been built in the extensive orchards a Cockayne Hatley

Reassuring his customers. Typhoid scare in south London. The typhoid scare is now so grave in south London that a greengrocer in Newington Butts

London public house landlords summoned to Buckingham Palace to have licences renewed. Five London public house landlords have received summonses to attend a meeting at Buckingham Palace next week for

Cock that charmed a butcher, is the enemy of all dogs !. Billy, cock whose charming ways appealed so much to F E Durrant, a butcher of Criclewood, London, that is now a treasured pet

A Baron of beef, weighing 30 stone has arrived at Smithfield Market on its way to the Lord Mayors banquet, which takes place on 9 November

Queue for opening of Wimbledon. Refreshment from mobile cafe. A mobile cafe provide welcome refreshments for tennis enthusiast

Loading two railways engines by the 150 ton floating crane for the Isle of Wight holiday rush. Southern Railway, trains. 1936

Britains first turbine driven locomotive on view at Euston. The " Turbomotive " at Euston. Note the " radiator " front and double funnel. 27 June 1935

Streamlined and steam. The development of 35 years of railway engineering and design, is shown in the comparisons of the new Egyptian Zipper and the steam locomotive, built in 1902, that it replaces

London schoolboys leave for Russia. To meet Finnish boys in football match. The first party of British schoolboys to visit the USSR, twenty boys from from the Barnsbury Central School, Islington

Slough prepares to welcome the King and Queen. Slough (Buckinghamshire), through which the King and Queen will drive on their State entry into Windsor

E R on swan uppers boat for first time. The Kings swan master and representatives of the Dyers and Vintners Companies left Vintry Wharf, Southwark Bridge for the annual task of swan upping

Royal Horse Guard married at Caxton Hall. Trooper K Knox of the Royal Horse Guards was married at Caxton Hall register office to Miss Eileen Gamage. 23 November 1935

King Carol of Romania (left), who with Crown Prince Michael is visiting Warsaw, driving through the city to the Royal Palace with President Moscicki of Polland (right). 30 June 1937

Girls of Royal School of Needlework making bedspread as wedding present for Princess Marina. 14 November 1934

Archbishop Germanos goes to Buckingham Palace to rehearse for royal wedding. 26 November 1934

Grandson of ex-Kaiser weds Grand Duchess at Potsdam. The Royal house of Hehenzollern and Ramanoff were United when Prince Louis Ferdinand, 31-year-old grandson of the ex-Kaiser

The King and Queen visit yacht squadron at Cowes. They were met by a Royal Salute as they arrived aboard the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert

Lilies for Princess Marinas wedding bouquet, grown in Hampton by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners. 15 November 1934

Marksmans sunshade at Bisley. Company Sergeant Major A Turner, 7th - 9th Royal Scots, does his utmost to keep cool at Bisley. 8 July 1935

Preparing £300, 000 luxury yacht in Southampton for Kings holiday cruise. Chartered
Preparing £ 300, 000 luxury yacht in Southampton for Kings holiday cruise. Chartered by the King for his holiday cruise in the Mediterranean

Duchess of York at Barnardos model village, in Barkingside, Essex, in connection with the founders day celebrations.. 29 June 1935

El Sayed Sir Abdel Ralman el Mahdi, eldest living son of the Mahdi, who 50 years ago, led the revolt which was crushed by Kitchener

French Mayor marries Duke of Windsor and Mrs Warfield. We are happy in your happiness
French Mayor marries Duke of Windsor and Mrs Warfield. " We are happy in your happiness". Mayor of the small French village of Monts, near Ch?teau de Cand

Great new bridge across the Danube opened. Prince Paul, Chief Regent of Jugoslavia opened the great new King Peter II Bridge across the Danube between Belgrade and Pantchevo

Sir Robert Clive, new British Ambassador (left), leaving with general Dubois after presenting his credentials to King Leopold at the Royal Palace in Brussels. 14 July 1937

Many injured in Brussels riots. Please clash with war veterans. Fierce fighting broke out in Brussels when 15, 000 ex-servicemen

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