Sacks Collection

Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card
A family of cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card, by Louis Wain. Date: circa 1900s

Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire
Old Towngate, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire. Holmfirth has become well known as the location of the situation comedy Last of the Summer Wine

A delivery van from Platt Mill, Borough Green, Kent is loaded up with sacks of flour. 1936

Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales
Three men picking coal from a local colliery waste tip during the 1921 strike, South Wales

St Georges Square, Pimlico, London - with a coal delivery (from the wagons in the middle distance) in operation

Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

Warehouse / Liverpool Dock
Stock is unloaded from horse- pulled wagons and drawn up into the warehouse by rope

Covent Garden Market
COVENT GARDEN A view of the market setting up early in the morning with piles of crates and sacks lying around. Date: Spring, circa 1930

Hoisting Hops
Hoisting pokes of hops onto a drying platform. Despite modern advances such as mechanical hop presses, horses were still being used for hoisting the pokes (sacks). Date: 1930s

Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London Date: circa 1940

Coal Men 1960S
Two coal men, young and old, lift heavy sacks of coal off their lorry. Date: early 1970s

Silhouette, Sending Coals to Newcastle
Sending Coals to Newcastle -- silhouette showing a mining landscape and three men carrying sacks of coal up a slope

Toddlers in Merseyside running after National Coal Board Lorries and trying to jump on. This is a very dangerous activity. Picture taken 9th June 1963

Music cover, In the Quartermasters Stores (My Eyes are Dim I Cannot See), words and music adapted by Box, Cox and Bert Read. 1940

Coal workers William Watson, of Cramlington, and Brian Hogg, of Annitsford, deliver coal in Scotswood, Newcastle

Blitz in London -- salvaged mail, Calthorpe Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- following the bombing of Mount Pleasant Post Office on 18 June 1943, salvaged mail was temporarily piled up in nearby Calthorpe Street. Date: 1943

Delivering Flour to the Queen Mary
Josph Rank Ltd. Millers - delivering Flour to the RMS Queen Mary, then Britains largest ship. She sailed primarily in the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line. Date: 1936

A loaded Bedford truck belonging to Pledge & Son Ltd, the milling company, pulls out their Victoria Mills located in Ashford, Kent. 1939

Hop pickers walking back to the oast houses with a loaded cart. 1935

Workmen loading up a delivery van from Platt Mill, Borough Green, Kent with sacks of flour. 1936

Cuba - A Native Fruit Seller in Havana. His wares are carried in panniers on the flanks of his mule including a few strands of sugar cane. Date: 1899

Morgan sacks Panama
Admiral Sir Henry Morgan (1635-1688) and his English buccaneers sack the Spanish city of Panama, looting immense wealth and returning to Jamaica a hero

Bosnian Market Scene - Sarajevo
Market Scene in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina

Joseph Yates Ltd - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road
Joseph Yates Ltd - Timber Merchant - 33 Vauxhall Bridge Road, Pimlico, London

Baa Baa Black Sheep / 1884
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes Sir, Yes Sir - three bags full. One for the master and one for the dame, and one for the little boy who lives down the lane

Oasthouses at Whitbreads Hop Gardens, Paddock Wood, Kent. Date: circa 1930s

Rostov on the Don River, Russia - Unloading grain
Unloading of grain on the banks of the Don River - Rostov-on-Don - the administrative center of Rostov Oblast, Russia. Date: 1903

Mail Aeroplane 1970S
First Class mail being unloaded from a plane into a General Post Office (Royal Mail) van, Britain

Pyne - Coal Heavers
COAL HEAVERS An essential trade when almost every house is heated with coal, the heaver shovels coals into sacks for delivery door to door

Break
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Morning farmers market on Place Carnot, Ville Basse, Carcassonne, Aude Department, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

The Prince at Grass and The Prince in Clover, published by S.W. Fores in 1787 (hand-coloured etching)
NCO193109 The Prince at Grass and The Prince in Clover, published by S.W. Fores in 1787 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

Cart pulled by a horse, cow, bullock, donkey at same time
Vintage 19th century photograph: heavy cart with sacks, being pulled by a horse a cow / bullock and a donkey at the same time. Sommer studio, southern Italy

Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, USA
Postcard booklet, workers in the cotton fields, Dixieland, USA. Date: 1937

Bromley by Bow coal merchant Charles Franklin horses and cart delivery wagon takes a break and a drink of water from the trough during his delivery round in Bow. 3rd March 1955

Dustman wears a monocle. August 1953 D5255-002

Dustman wears a monocle. August 1953 D5255-001

Bagging up salt - Aden, Yemen. circa 1920s

Army post office, First World War, c1915, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Army post office, First World War, c1915, (c1920). News from Home: the Arrival of the Mails for the Troops at the Front. From " The Great World War - A History" Volume III

Iskenderun, Turkey - Alexandretta - Place de la Douane
Iskenderun, Turkey - Place de la Douane (Customs Square). Also known as Alexandretta in Greek and in English Alexandrette. Turkish city at the far eastern end of the Mediterranean coast

Sacks of Christmas present requests, Father Christmass House interior, Drobak, Akershus County, Follo District, Norway

Bags Of Powdered Pigment To Make Paint, Chefchaouen, Morocco, North Africa

Marley Coffee ready for roasting, Marley Coffee, Kingston, St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean

Coffee Processing Plant, Marley Coffee, Kingston, St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean
Coffee Processing Plant, Marley Coffee, Kingston, St.Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean

South East Asia, Thailand, bags of Jasmine rice

Chefchaouen, Morocco. Colorful dye powders

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"Sacks: A Journey Through Time and Tales" Cats enjoying a party on a Christmas card: "Feline Festivities: Paws-itively Purrrfect Party in Sacks. " Picking coal from waste tip during 1921 strike, South Wales: "Resilience Amidst Hardship: Hands Stained with Coal Dust and Hope" Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk: "Bountiful Barley Harvest: Nature's Golden Grains Fill the Sacks" Old Towngate - Holmfirth, West Yorkshire: "A Glimpse into History: Stories Woven within Holmfirth's Sack-laden Streets" A delivery van from Platt Mill, Borough Green, Kent is loaded up with sacks of flour: "On the Road to Nourishment: Flour Power Enroute to Every Kitchen" Warehouse / Liverpool Dock: "The Pulse of Trade Flows through These Sacked Warehouses at Liverpool Dock" Covent Garden Market: "From Farm to Forks: The Bustling Bazaar Brimming with Colorful Sacks at Covent Garden Market" St Georges Square, Pimlico, London: "Urban Oasis Embraces Serenity Amidst the Rustle of City Life's Many Sacks" Hoisting Hops: "Elevating Flavor and Tradition: Hoppy Delights Rise in Burlap Sacraments " Cats enjoying a dinner party on a Christmas card "Purr-fectly Divine Feast Unfolds as Whiskered Guests Revel Amongst Festive Sacks. " London Life - The Busy Docks of the Port of London "A Symphony of Movement & Commerce Echoes Within Each Laden Sailors' Stack. " Coal Men 1960S "Gritty Heroes Fuel Progress With Every Heave Of Their Burdened Backs.