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Parcels Collection

Background imageParcels Collection: Disused tram, Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways

Disused tram, Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways
A disused tram of the Blackpool St Annes & Lytham Tramways, damaged and rusting in the open air

Background imageParcels Collection: Railway Sleeper - Crewe Station

Railway Sleeper - Crewe Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith circa 1960s

Background imageParcels Collection: Postman and postwoman

Postman and postwoman
People You See. Postman and postwoman. From Teddy Bear (14 December 1963)

Background imageParcels Collection: At a Christmas party

At a Christmas party
People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Background imageParcels Collection: Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus

Poster promoting luggage delivery by bus
Overloaded? Hand in your parcels for speedy delivery by bus. circa 1960

Background imageParcels Collection: Regency couple Christmas shopping

Regency couple Christmas shopping
A couple stand in a snow covered street holding christmas gifts and holly in a basket. 1907

Background imageParcels Collection: Kind Thoughts, by Ethel Parkinson

Kind Thoughts, by Ethel Parkinson
Kind Thoughts -- a Christmas Greetings card by Ethel Parkinson, showing a little girl and an elderly gentleman walking down a snowy street. He is carrying a few parcels, and is using a walking stick

Background imageParcels Collection: Carrying his ladys luggage by Florence Hardy

Carrying his ladys luggage by Florence Hardy
Once I loved a Maiden fair. A young man carrying his ladys bags and parcels. Date: circa 1914

Background imageParcels Collection: Birthday Party

Birthday Party
Four children at a birthday party, wearing party hats and standing underneath multi-coloured balloons holding wrapped parcels

Background imageParcels Collection: Mother and children Christmas shopping

Mother and children Christmas shopping carrying parcels home c. 1930s

Background imageParcels Collection: By the Roadside - Madhya Pradesh - India

By the Roadside - Madhya Pradesh - India
Men women and children, some carrying wrapped goods on their heads, pose for a picture on the roadside in Madhya Pradesh Province, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940s

Background imageParcels Collection: Sorting Post 1930S

Sorting Post 1930S
One of the hundreds of groups of auxiliaries at the General Post Office (GPO), dispatching parcels to distant colonies during the usual Christmas postal rush. Date: early 1930s

Background imageParcels Collection: Delineator front cover December 1929

Delineator front cover December 1929
Art deco cover featuring a woman surrounded by Christmas presents. Date: December 1929

Background imageParcels Collection: Delineator Christmas Number 1927

Delineator Christmas Number 1927
Festive front cover design by Helen Dryden featuring a woman with fashionably cropped blonde hair clutching a heap of wrapped up Christmas presents against a candlelit background. Date: December 1927

Background imageParcels Collection: Angel Shops with Car

Angel Shops with Car
An angel does her Christmas shopping and loads it into the car, with her chauffeurs help. Date: 24 December 1926



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