Friday Collection

Things That Matter, by Bruce Bairnsfather
Colonel Fitz-Shrapnel receives the following message from G.H.Q Please let us know, as soon as possible, the number of tins of raspberry jam issued to you last Friday

Battle of Omdurman, Friday, September 2, 1898. Chromolithograph, after A Sutherland, published by G W Bacon and Company Limited, 127 Strand, London, 1900 (c)

The Caledonian Market, London, 1912
Shoppers viewing stalls of goods at the Caledonian Road Market, London, on a Friday in 1912. This image shows a real mix of London society looking through china, houseware and clothes. 1912

Manila Carnival, The Philippines - Miss Ilocos Sur
Illustration after Walter Dendy Sadler (18541923) of his painting Thursday (Tomorrow will be Friday) of 1880, showing a group of jovial monks out fishing. Date: 1880

Mary Jane Clarke W. S. P. U
Mary Jane Clarke W.S.P.U. Mary Jane Clarke, (1863-1910) Younger sister of Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1909, she was organiser for the W.S.P.U, living in Brighton, a year later

Balloon event, Charles Green, Stowmarket
Charles Green ballooning poster, advertising his 413rd ascent, from the Vicarage Grounds, Stowmarket in his Royal Victoria Balloon

Balloon event, Charles Green
Charles Green ballooning poster, Vauxhall Gardens, Grand Night Ascent amidst the most magnificent fireworks. 16 August 1850

Suffragette Arrested Black Friday 1910. A scene from the Black Friday deputation, 18 Nov, 1910. Showing Miss. Ada Wright (C1862-1939) pulled off her feet by a policeman

Village Post Box 1960S
A typical village post box, next collection being on Tuesday. Normal collections are at 5.30 Monday to Friday and 8.30 on Saturdays, etc

Crusoe & Footprint
Crusoe finds the footprint of Friday and realises that he is not the only inhabitant of the island

W. S. P. U Welcome Dinner Released Prisoners
W.S.P.U Welcome Dinner Released Prisoners. A menu for the Welcome Dinner in Honour of Released Prisoners, 16th February 1912. The prisoners including Mrs

Rosamund Massy Suffragette. Mrs. Massy (1870-1947) portrait. Member of the W.S.P.U, imprisoned, went on hunger strike. Took part in the Black Friday demonstration of November 1910. Date: circa 1909

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, March 1935
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 29 March 1935 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934
Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30

ROBINSON CRUSOE, 1920. Illustration by N. C. Wyeth, 1920
ROBINSON CRUSOE, 1920. Illustration by N.C. Wyeth, 1920

Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic 'number 43'
Aeronavale - Breguet Br 1150 Atlantic 'number 43'. at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show held between 16-22 September 1968. This aircraft crashed into the RAE main gate near the end of runway 25

Happy Day
Xuan Thai

The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 18th century (engraving)
3523666 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 18th century (engraving); (add.info.: death of Man Friday)

Days of the Week by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall to the traditional rhyme attributing different characteristics depending on what days of the week a person is born

The Principal Idols of the Saxons, worship d in Britain, late 16th-early 17th century? Creator
The Principal Idols of the Saxons, worship d in Britain, late 16th-early 17th century? Depiction of Saxon deities or Germanic gods which gave their names to the days of the week

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864137 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

Robinson Crusoe and Friday, c.1790 (engraving)
864179 Robinson Crusoe and Friday, c.1790 (engraving); (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe and his companion Friday, left, with the English Captain whom he has helped to subdue the mutiny on his ship)

Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print)
864136 Illustration for Robinson Crusoe, c.1900 (print); (add.info.: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe)

St. Paraskyeva, Russian icon from Rostov/Suzdal, 16th century (tempera on panel)
RIK84181 St. Paraskyeva, Russian icon from Rostov/Suzdal, 16th century (tempera on panel); 39.4x39.5 cm; Private Collection; © Richard and Kailas Icons, London, UK

Freya or Frigg goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, wife of Odin. Friday is named for her. Woodcut, London, 1834
530755 Freya or Frigg goddess of love in Scandinavian mythology, wife of Odin. Friday is named for her. Woodcut, London, 1834.; Universal History Archive/UIG

St. Paraskyeva, icon, Byzantine, 15th century (tempera on panel)
RIK84148 St. Paraskyeva, icon, Byzantine, 15th century (tempera on panel); 22.5x17.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: patron saint of household management and commerce;)

Freitag - Wiesenplan vor Aigen bey Salzburg (Meadow before Aigen near Salzburg), 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Freitag - Wiesenplan vor Aigen bey Salzburg (Meadow before Aigen near Salzburg), 1823

Friday: Meadow before Aigen Near Salzburg, 1823. Creator: Ferdinand Olivier
Friday: Meadow before Aigen Near Salzburg, 1823

Friyay
Alix Campbell

Liberty of Drinking
Artem Pozdniakov

Liberty of Drinking
Artem Pozdniakov

Liberty of Drinking
Artem Pozdniakov

Legs Party Black and White
Pictufy Studio III

Hands Glass Black and White
Pictufy Studio III

Friday Man
Artem Pozdniakov

Friday
Manasseh Johnson Sr

Wartime Amami Advertisement
A wartime advertisement promoting Amami shampoo, wave set and brilliantine, essential for women's hair care. Friday night is Amami night. Date: circa 1940s

Friday Street, Leith Hill, Surrey - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J. Salmon, and reproduced as a local view postcard

White Star Line, RMS Titanic - Charles Crumplin letter
White Star Line, RMS Titanic - First Class Bedroom Steward and victim Charles Crumplin, handwritten letter on Titanic stationery with White Star Line watermark, undated but written from Queenstown

The Suffragette newspaper Holiday Campaign. Front cover of The Suffragette newspaper, edited by Christabel Pankhurst and official organ of the W.S.P.U vol. 1, no. 43, Friday August 8, 1913

Marjorie Mo Mowlam, British Labour politician
Marjorie Mo Mowlam (1949-2005), British Labour politician and government minister. As Northern Ireland Secretary she oversaw the signing of the historic Good Friday Peace Agreement of 1998

ALGIERS CEMETERY
Friday is the holy day of Islam, and on this day pious citizens of Algiers come to the cemetery to pay their respects to the dead. Date: 1906

CRUSOE & DEAD PARRROT
Robinson Crusoe shoots a parrot which he and Friday eat for supper. Date: First published: 1719

Colin Montgomerie Anounces The Friday Morning Pairings 2010 Ryder Cup, Celtic Manor Resort 2010 Ryder Cup, Celtic Manor Resort, City Of Newport, Wales Celtic Manor Resort, City Of Newport

Matthew Richardson England Open Golf Friday St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

18th Green & Hotels The Open 2005, St Andrews Open Golf Friday St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

16th Hole Plaque The Open 2005, St Andrews Open Golf Friday St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

17th Flagstick The Open 2005, St Andrews Open Golf Friday St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

Olazabals Caddy Wobbly The Open 2005, St Andrews Open Golf Friday St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

Jack Nicklaus Waves To Crowd USA Open Golf Friday St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

Mardan Mamat Singapore Friday Open Golf St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

Jack Nicklaus Plays The Roadhole The Open 2005, St.Andrews Friday Open Golf St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

Tom Byrum USA Friday Open Golf St.Andrews, Scotland 15 July 2005 Date: 15 July 2005

The British and Foreign Institute, opened Friday, 2 February 1844 (engraving)
5230799 The British and Foreign Institute, opened Friday, 2 February 1844 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British and Foreign Institute)

Constantinople Illustrated, the Selamlik, the Sultan going to Prayers, Friday (engraving)
1055278 Constantinople Illustrated, the Selamlik, the Sultan going to Prayers, Friday (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Constantinople Illustrated)

A London Fair, Friday at the Metropolitan Cattle Market (engraving)
1056321 A London Fair, Friday at the Metropolitan Cattle Market (engraving) by Green, Charles (1840-98) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A London Fair)

Destruction of the Alhambra Theatre, London, on 7 December 1882 (engraving)
584812 Destruction of the Alhambra Theatre, London, on 7 December 1882 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Destruction of the Alhambra Theatre, London)

WW2, Army Exercise Instruction hanging cards, three double-sided for Monday to Saturday (visible here are Thursday, Friday and Saturday). Date: circa 1940

WW2 era - Comic Postcard - Don t mind the black-outs
The Caption is Don t mind the black-outs, you can always stay the night! This card has a coded message. The initials of the feet

Victorian scrap, Robinson Crusoe leaves the island with Man Friday

The great fire at Bankside on Friday night, 14 February 1855, sketched from the north bank of the Thames (engraving)
584085 The great fire at Bankside on Friday night, 14 February 1855, sketched from the north bank of the Thames (engraving) by English School

Hot-cross buns for poor children in the East-end of London
Some 500 children were given a feast of hot-cross buns on Good Friday at the Salmon Lane Mission, Limehouse Fields. Date: 1910

Balloon ascent by Mrs Graham, Vauxhall Gardens, London
First Balloon Ascent at night by a female, Mrs Graham from Vauxhall Gardens, London, 26 July 1850. 1850

Friday begs to become Robinson Crusoes servant
Victorian scrap - Friday begs to become Robinson Crusoes servant. 19th century

Picking up sixpences at Smithfield 1902
Centuries-old tradition, when 21 sixpences were placed upon a flat gravestone in the churchyard at St. Bartholomew in Smithfield, London, on Good Friday morning

Saxon idols and the days of the week (engraving)
977964 Saxon idols and the days of the week (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saxon idols and the days of the week.); © Look and Learn

Friday (chromolitho)
735278 Friday (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friday. Liebig card, late 19th century/early 20th century.); Look and Learn / Rosenberg Collection

The Panic in the City - scene in Lombard Street on Friday (engraving)
583640 The Panic in the City - scene in Lombard Street on Friday (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A view from one of the saloon ports of the Great Eastern (engraving)
608978 A view from one of the saloon ports of the Great Eastern (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Robinson Crusoe rescuing Friday from the savages
LLM454966 Robinson Crusoe rescuing Friday from the savages by Lydon, Alexander Francis (1836-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe rescuing Friday from the savages)

Days of the Week: Friday (colour litho)
6032805 Days of the Week: Friday (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Friday. Days of the Week)

Number Seven, Saturn (litho)
908316 Number Seven, Saturn (litho) by English School; Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

The Monks of Melrose made good kaill on Fridays when they fasted
828440 The Monks of Melrose made good kaill on Fridays when they fasted, They neither wanted beef nor ale, As long as their neighbours lasted

Robinson Crusoe saving Fridays life
LLM460028 Robinson Crusoe saving Fridays life by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe saving Fridays life)

Robinson Crusoe and Friday attacking the savages
LLM454965 Robinson Crusoe and Friday attacking the savages by Lydon, Alexander Francis (1836-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe and Friday attacking the savages)

Robinson Crusoe (colour litho)
1046385 Robinson Crusoe (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robinson Crusoe. Illustration for The Graphic)

First meeting with Friday (colour litho)
668562 First meeting with Friday (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First meeting with Friday)

Preparing for Friday, in the Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (litho)
1597354 Preparing for Friday, in the Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing for Friday)

The Pantomime "Robinson Crusoe, "at the Lyceum (litho)
1604938 The Pantomime " Robinson Crusoe, " at the Lyceum (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pantomime " Robinson Crusoe)

Horse-Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (engraving)
1038090 Horse-Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horse-Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington)

Holiday Entertainments (litho)
1039224 Holiday Entertainments (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holiday Entertainments)

Illustration for Rumpelstiltskin by The Brothers Grimm (colour litho)
3094261 Illustration for Rumpelstiltskin by The Brothers Grimm (colour litho) by Halkett, George R. (1865-1918); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Defeat of the Gladstone Ministry, Scenes in the House of Commons, Friday, 12th June (engraving)
1045062 The Defeat of the Gladstone Ministry, Scenes in the House of Commons, Friday, 12th June (engraving) by Hall, Sydney Prior (1842-1922) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Not so lucky after all
Christophe Kiciak

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"Friday: A Day of History, Adventure, and Celebration" Step into the past with "Things That Matter" by Bruce Bairnsfather as we delve into significant events that took place on this iconic day. From the Battle of Omdurman on Friday, September 2, 1898, where bravery and determination shaped history to Mary Jane Clarke's involvement in the W. S. P. U movement for women's suffrage. Travel across continents to The Philippines' Manila Carnival and witness Miss Ilocos Sur steal hearts with her grace and beauty. Transport yourself to London's bustling Caledonian Market in 1912, a vibrant hub of trade and culture. Experience the thrill of Charles Green's balloon event in Stowmarket as he defies gravity with his breathtaking flights. Marvel at the courage displayed by suffragettes like those arrested during Black Friday in 1910 who fought tirelessly for equality. Uncover mysteries like Crusoe & Footprint - a tale that captivates our imagination even today. And let us not forget Crufts 2018, where dogs from all walks of life showcase their talents and companionship. Friday is more than just another day; it represents moments that have shaped our world - battles won or lost, movements ignited or suppressed. It symbolizes joyous celebrations filled with color and excitement. So embrace each Friday as an opportunity to explore history's tapestry woven through time. Let it be a reminder that every day holds its own significance – whether you're soaring high like Charles Green's balloons or championing causes close to your heart like Mary Jane Clarke did for women’s rights. Celebrate Fridays because they are reminders of what truly matters – stories waiting to be discovered, adventures yet untold, and precious moments worth cherishing forever.