Curious photos from the past of Great Britain (21 photos)

I present to you a selection of interesting and colored photographs that were taken throughout the 20th century in the countries of Great Britain.





A nurse weighs a child. Scotland, 1959

— Weigh me five kilos, please.

People in our country didn't weigh children with a steelyard, but weighing a cat in a bag or a string bag is an eternal classic.



Girl and foal. London, 1935



A bucket of grog for sailors. England, 1910

Grog is a hot alcoholic drink. In its most common form, it is rum, heavily diluted with water and sugar.

Sailors of the battleship His Majesty George V receive a daily ration of grog. The tradition was only abolished in the Royal Navy in 1970 due to concerns that trembling hands after drinking alcohol could impair performance.



Goalkeeper and dog.

Leicester City goalkeeper Gordon Banks catches a dog that ran onto the pitch during an English Premier League match against Manchester United, England, 1965.



Little Queen.

The future Queen Elizabeth is three years old. At the station with her nanny, 1929.

At that time it was not even assumed that she would be queen. Her uncle was to inherit the throne.



British milkman, 1972.

A very interesting costume, the milkman looks like a member of a British rock band.



A lamplighter and his dog. Scotland, 1937.

The little helper knows about labor protection, so he insures his owner during work.



A hotel chef commuting to work. Scotland, 1932.

In dirty clothes straight to the kitchen, apparently the sanitary and epidemiological station does not check them. Or in Scotland, everything is clean.



Passengers in a first-class dining car. Great Britain, 1905.

A respectable car for respectable gentlemen. And what hats! How did they fasten them on their heads? Probably with special pins.



Horse Gas Mask

One of the strangest war-time devices was the horse gas mask. It was developed in 1943 to protect horses from gas attacks.

It's just not entirely clear whether the horse can see anything, since its eyes are located on the sides of its head.



Ducks at Buckingham Palace, London, 1964.

The ducks have decided that they will now live in Buckingham Palace.



A crucial moment during a curling match at Loch Leven. Scotland, 1959.



A worker at the Eliis Research Laboratory tests a motorcycle helmet by throwing a steel ball at it, 1957.

I'm more than sure that this is a joke photo or a press presentation. Below you can see a dummy, on which a helmet is put during standard tests. Plus there must be a certain height of fall, the repeatability of which is not ensured by the girl. And the ball that bounces off the helmet easily hits the legs - I think this is what the standing man is trying to prevent.



A cat in the Mulligan's pub, Dublin, 1966.

The cat has settled in well and is living quite well.



Waiting for a taxi with a Van Gogh painting in hand. London, 1969.



Winston Churchill strokes his cat on Liverpool Street, London, 24 May 1952.

He who cannot understand his cat cannot understand anything. - Winston Churchill.



Alarm Man in England, 1910.

Alarm Man used a variety of methods to wake up his clients. The most common tool was a long wooden stick, which Alarm Man used to knock on the upper windows.



Girl with a calf in Scotland, 1918.



Girl with a tuba at the National Festival of Orchestras in London, 1923.



Workers resting, Dublin, 1963.