Painting of a man smoking a pipe
This is a rare oil painting by Alfred Leete. He tended to use watercolour and ink to produce satirical cartoons and humorous images. He is best known for designing the...
This is a rare oil painting by Alfred Leete. He tended to use watercolour and ink to produce satirical cartoons and humorous images. He is best known for designing the...
In 1921 Weston-super-Mare beat Hyde Seal by eleven goals to ten in the Water Polo Championships. The three swimmers in the front row had all represented Great Britain at...
This ragged boy is supposed to be delivering the Daily Graphic newspaper in Weston-super-Mare. Instead he has stopped to read it, perhaps at the suggestion of the photographer....
John Parsons was a Weston-super-Mare Chairman. Chairmen transported holiday makers across the sands in a special sort of carriage pulled by a donkey. This is one of a series of...
To commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, the drapers, Lott and Company of Binford Place, Bridgwater, issued this brass medallion....
After the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936, George VI unexpectedly became king. In 1937 George was coronated. To mark this event the Mayor of Bridgwater, F J Reed, issued...
This painting shows Castle Green and the Castle Hotel. In the 1800s stagecoaches travelling to and from London used the Castle Hotel as a stop-off point. Another of Tauntonês best-known...
This replica of the Alfred jewel was made by Payne and Sons of Oxford for the Millenium celebrations of King Alfred in 1901. The Alfred Jewel is one of the...
This poster, promoting rail travel, is by Frank Wootton for British Railways and shows the Exmoor village of Luccombe....
Water polo was a popular sport in Weston-super-Mare. This autographed photograph suggests that the womenês team had become local celebrities....