Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Tending the sick woodcut, p.74v, detail.
Women in the home in Shakespeare's time.
The role of women, though legally inferior to men, was in effect recognised of equal importance as they were expected to carry out all the responsibilities ...
Richard Day, A Booke of Christian prayers..., 1581 - Wisdom and prudence, p.66v.
Reading and study is praised in Shakespeare's England.
The marginal illustration in Day's Book of Christian Prayers tells its readers that 'wisdom is better than gold'. The woodcuts are reminders of ...
Rugby. B.T.H. Works
Midday break at B.T.H. Works, Rugby. 1914
By permission ALSTOM Power
Rugby. Chapel Street
Street with horses and carriages and hand cart, Rugby. 1900s
John Birds shop?
[Lon]don House Inn?
[The sign above the shop is John Hinds not John Birds. It is a butchers shop and the 1891 census ...
Rugby. Chapel Street
Children playing in Chapel Street, Rugby. 1900
Rugby. Group of schoolgirls
A group of girls with a parson, possibly Reverend Synge, Curate of St Andrews, Rugby. 1896
Rugby. James Gilbert
Mr James Gilbert, a boot and shoemaker in St Matthew's Street, Rugby. He was also the Verger at Rugby School for about forty three years. 1900s
Rugby. Mr H.S. Salter
Mr H S Salter, in business as a tailor at 8, School Street from 1902 to 1923. His private address was 3, Elberow Street, Rugby. 1900s
Rugby. Railway Terrace
Man sweeping the road. Railway Terrace, Rugby, which was laid out as a private road by the Railway Company and lined with sleepers in 1840. Plans for Railway Villas [one of which can be seen on the right] ...
Rugby. Thomas Holloway
Thomas Holloway, a hairdresser from 1846-1895 in High Street and St Matthew's Street, Rugby, who died in Lawrence Sheriff Almshouse aged 76. 1870
Sailor whirligig - detail of head
This whirligig, a sailor, is made of painted pine and iron. The naval rating wears a traditional blue-and-white uniform with a flat sailor's hat. Whirligigs are hand-carved and painted articulated weathervanes, ...
Sailor whirligig - side
This whirligig, a sailor, is made of painted pine and iron. The naval rating wears a traditional blue-and-white uniform with a flat sailor's hat. Whirligigs are hand-carved and painted articulated weathervanes, ...
Shorts
A pair of flannel shorts worn for badminton when the donor played for the county. The shorts were made by Hall & Son of Leamington Spa, with material manufactured in the West Country, 1936. Hall & Son ...
Simon Latham, Latham's falconry, 1615 - second title page of Book 2, p.1v., detail
Everyday travel on horseback for Shakespeare’s fellow countrymen.
Most Elizabethans, and people for centuries later, traveling both within a local area or, like Shakespeare, from the country ...
Soldier whirligig
This whirligig, a guardsman in uniform, is made of polychrome pine and metal. The soldier wears a traditional uniform of black trousers and a red jacket with a high collar, white belt and buttons down ...
Soldier, sailor and postman whirligigs
These three whirligigs - a sailor, a soldier and a postman, are British and date from the early 20th century. The term 'whirligig' comes from 'gig', meaning a whipping top, and can be used to describe ...
Stocking
A man's cream coloured silk stocking. Its has embroidery down the sides of the ankle and 'HB 12' embroidered at the top.
Stocking
A man's cream coloured silk stocking. Its has embroidery down the sides of the ankle and 'HB 12' embroidered at the top.