Enjoyment Collection

Pencil sketch of little girl paddling
Pencil sketch of a little girl paddling and waving. 1920s

Prestatyn Holiday Camp brochure
A Prestatyn Holiday Camp brochure -- Look! Heres your 1955 Holiday -- showing two women and a man in swimsuits standing on the deck of a ship, looking out. Date: 1955

Girl and boy in a play area, Holland Park
A girl and a boy in a play area in Holland Park, West London. They have been using long sticks as swords -- the girl has got the better of the boy

Advertisement for Cuir de Russie perfume by Chanel
Advertisement for Cuir de Russie (Russian Leather) perfume by Chanel, a fragrance launched in the 1920s. Showing two women enjoying a country walk, wearing clothes by Bergdorf Goodman. 1930s

Cover design, Television Scrap Book
Cover design for a Television Scrap Book, showing a happy family of four watching their TV. circa 1950s

Box lid design, Tips Up by Glevum Games
Box lid design for a game called Tips Up by Glevum Games. Depicting a circus clown holding a string of sausages. 20th century

Jiving couple, Royal Albert Hall, London
Modern-style ballroom dancing couple (Jive) in action at The Royal Albert Hall, London - The International Open Ballroom Championships. 2010

Little boy at a playgroup in Richmond
A little boy at a playgroup in Richmond, Surrey. He is holding a plasticine model of a human figure, and there are paintings on display behind him. Date: 1970

Girls on the swings in Leeds, Yorkshire
Two girls enjoying the swings in a playground in Leeds, Yorkshire. Date: 1953

Winter Sports, by Cooks and Dean & Dawson
A smiling lady in a colourful winter sports jumper, waving. A skier on the snow can be seen in the background. Date: 1955

Advertisement for Vin de Seyssel

Girls playing Hokey Pokey at a Kilburn school
A group of girls playing a singing game called Hokey Pokey in the playground of St Johns School, Kilburn, north west London. It looks similar to the Hokey Cokey. (2 of 2) Date: 1961

Holland, with Cooks
Cover photograph advertising holidays in Holland, with Cooks. A young woman stands seductively in a swimsuit in front of a cafe where couples are dancing. Date: 1939

Boys in the gym at Hill House School, Kensington
A group of young boys enjoying a games session in the gymnasium at Hill House Pre-Preparatory School, Kensington, London. Date: 1961

Tea party for a bear and his friends

Poster design for Carnival, Theatre de l Opera, Paris
Poster design by Jules Cheret for a Carnival and Masked Ball at the Theatre de l Opera, Paris. 1896

Convalescing soldiers and WaCs, Western Front, WW1
Convalescing soldiers and WaCs playing basketball near the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Scottish troops on New Years Day, WW1
Scottish troops enjoying a sing-song on the Western Front on New Years Day, World War One. Several of the men are playing bagpipes. circa 1916

Frogs leapfrogging in the rain

Ballroom dancing couple - Blackpool
Cha Cha Cha. A ballroom dancing couple in close-up. This photograph was featured in the exhibition The Ballroom Spy in collaboration with artist Jack Vettriano which transferred from Heartbreak

Helping on the Farm by Muriel Dawson -- a little child on top of a haystack. 1949

Snowballing on Western Front, France, WW1
British soldiers and French schoolchildren having fun snowballing on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Having Fun by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl at the seaside with bucket, spade and pet dog. 1943

British gunners snowballing, Western Front, WW1
British anti-aircraft gunners snowballing during a rest break on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

German POW enjoying some bully beef, WW1
A German prisoner of war enjoying some bully beef on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers having fun in a boat, WW1
British soldiers having fun in a boat during a rest break on the Western Front in France, World War One. circa 1916

Woman and collie dog paddling in the sea
A woman with her collie dog, paddling in the sea

Four children on a seaside holiday, building a sandcastle on the beach. (insert)

Family on holiday in their beach hut

Children on a fairground ride costing one penny

Crowd at a bullfight, Granada, Spain
View of the crowd at a bullfight in Granada, Spain. The man nearest the camera stands and raises his arm in excitement. Date: 1962

Children in masks, Noyes Fludde, Aldeburgh Festival
Children in their animal masks, ready to perform in Benjamin Brittens opera Noyes Fludde, a setting of the Chester Miracle Play, at the 14th Aldeburgh Festival. Date: 1961

Fathers sack race in Seaford
Sporting fathers take part in a sack race designed specially for them at a school sports day in Seaford, Sussex. Several of them have fallen over, or are in the process of doing so. Date: 1934

Holiday, by Ethel Parkinson. Having worked hard at their household chores all week, at last this little Dutch girl and boy can have a days holiday. Date: circa 1915

Dutch couple skating, by Florence Hardy
A Dutch couple skating on a frozen river, by Florence Hardy. Date: early 20th century

Boy playing drum at a Hackney school
A little boy eagerly plays a drum in a music class at a school in Hackney, East London. Date: 1963

Music lesson at a school in Kilburn
A group of boys and their teacher in a music lesson at St Johns School in Kilburn, north west London. They are playing something back on a reel to reel tape recorder. Date: 1960

People at a cricket luncheon, Westminster
People eating, drinking and socialising in a marquee at a cricket luncheon in Westminster, Central London. Its a rather grand affair, with champagne, fine wines, and a printed menu

Boy playing with pram in North Kensington
A boy plays with a pram on a cobblestone street in North Kensington, London. Date: 1957

Three girls in Southam Street, London
Three young girls sit on the edge of the pavement in Southam Street, North Kensington, London, smiling at the camera. A round face has been chalked in the roadway, with hair but no other features

Boys on a go-cart in Addison Place
Three boys ride a home-made go-cart down the street in Addison Place, North Kensington, London. Date: 1956

Amateur theatricals in Essex
Amateur theatricals at the Marks Tey Womens Institute in Colchester, Essex -- three women dressed as Victorian bathing belles. Date: 1961

Three London boys with ice cream vendor
Three London boys with an ice cream vendor, enjoying an ice cream outside an East London railway station, possibly Hackney Downs. early 20th century

Label design for Dixieland melon, showing a little boy with a large slice of melon, from which he has just taken a bite. 20th century

Advertisement for Spangles sweets
Advertisement for Spangles -- the modern way to buy sweets. The five varieties are Fruit Flavours, Candy Mint, Barley Sugar, Blackcurrant, and Butter Scotch, each costing three old pence

Poster design by Marcello Dudovich, showing people at a fancy dress party with bottles of vermouth. circa early 20th century

Little boy playing in a field in Suffolk
A little boy playing happily in a field somewhere in Suffolk. Date: early 1970s

Advertisement for beer, with the caption: Beer belongs -- enjoy it. Showing a group of young American people relaxing from a game of table tennis

Little girl in an improvised cardboard house
A little girl plays inside an improvised cardboard house, made out of a Miele dishwasher container. Date: 1968

Little girl at Animal Farm, Uplyme, Devon
A little girl encounters hens and chicks at an Animal Farm in Uplyme, Devon. Date: 1968

Advertisement for French Line cruises from the USA to Europe -- Greet Europe relaxed and refreshed with France-Afloat. Showing people enjoying themselves on board a ship by night. 20th century

People relaxing on the deck of a cruise ship -- some are sunbathing, others are playing games or swimming in the pool. circa 1930s

Two boys with a water hose in a Devon garden
Two boys cooling off during a hot summer in their garden in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: 1933

Football Match 1964
FULHAM VS STOKE Spectators clapping and enjoying themselves, particularly two young mischievous boys at the front. Date: 1964

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