Ticket Collection

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing biplanes flying in formation above the spectators. 1928

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a two-propeller plane nosediving. 1937

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a stylised biplane in flight. 1935

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing two pilots in flight, with other planes in the background. 1936

Titanic whistle and Turkish Bath ticket
1. The brass Thunderer whistle of HJ Pitman, 3rd Officer on the Titanic, with an inscribed label attached. 2. A Turkish Bath ticket

TITANIC: FIRST CLASS TICKET. First class ticket for the Titanic held by the Reverand Stuart Holden, who never used the ticket because his wife became ill the day before the Titanic steamed off on its

International Air Rally Poster
Poster, International Air Rally at Lympne, near Hythe, Kent, organised by the Cinque Ports Flying Club. Depicting two planes and a parachute. August 1935

LONDON: UNDERGROUND, 1944. Please have your ticket ready at the barrier. Poster by Fougasse promoting proper etiquette on the London Underground, 1944

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a biplane against a stylised red, white and grey background. 1933

Clynderwen Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of Clynderwen (or Clunderwen) Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, on the Great Western Railway. Seven men and a boy stand in a line on the platform

A Cooks Ticket will take you anywhere
A poster or handbill advertising the fact that a Cooks ticket will take you anywhere on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, or round the world

Poster advertising The Better Ole, Theatre Royal, Chatham
Poster advertising a comedy produced by Charles Cochran, The Better Ole, or The Romance of Old Bill, at the Theatre Royal, Chatham. Performed twice nightly, with a Wednesday matinee

Men Evening Dress 1893
Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white

York station, 1953. A member of the station staff checking a boys platform ticket. The man is wearing an LNER cap, although by this time he worked for the nationalised British Railways

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing a pilot in flying gear, gesturing towards three biplanes in flight. 1934

Royal Air Force Display Poster, Hendon, showing red and black planes in the air, with stylised red and black trails of smoke. 1932

Tollgate Ticket
Tollgate ticket for St James Gate, for the Bermondsey, Rotherhithe and Deptford Roads, Southeast London - probably abolished in 1864 along with many others

Ticket barrier at Paddington Station, London, c. 1940
An image showing passenger tickets being checked at Paddington Station, London, c.1940. A ticket inspector is checking the ticket of a city gentleman wearing a bowler hat

A group of police motorcyclists receive a final briefing at Hampton Police Station, Middlesex, UK, before they begin their first days duty

CARTOON: IRISH IMMIGRATION. Assisted Immigrant from Kerry Workhouse. Who says I m a pauper
CARTOON: IRISH IMMIGRATION. Assisted Immigrant from Kerry Workhouse. " Who says I m a pauper, or will be a burden upon the country

Traffic Warden
A London traffic warden issuing a parking ticket to a hapless motorist. Not a popular profession. Date: 1980

IMechE Leeds meeting. Members ticket, 1859 Date: 1859

Female Traffic Warden
A female traffic warden in Chelsea, London, issuing a parking ticket to an unfortunate motorist. Date: late 1960s

Haverfordwest Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Passengers waiting for the 1040 to Paddington, on the up platform of Haverfordwest Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

The F. A. Cup Final at Wembley Stadium, 1923
Aerial photograph of Wembley Stadium before the start of the 1923 F.A. Cup Final between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United

Lending Library Ticket
Ticket for G Hitchcock, Williams & Co Young Mens Library. Book: S58 has been borrowed for 7 days from a private lending library possibly at a booksellers

London Transport tram ticket 1952
Selection of original tram tickets for London Transport on the last tram week, showing the fronts and backs. Date: March to July 1952

Tick engraving 1878
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th Edition Vol II New York, Samuel Hall 1878

Bus Conductor
The bus conductor punches the tickets of his passengers, using the ingenious device which issues the right ticket for the individual requirements of each and all

Poster, Scotts flight from England to Australia
Poster, Royal Matinee, Queens Hall, London, CWA Scott AFC will tell his graphic story of the flight from England to Australia in under 3 days

Tram tickets
Glyn Valley tramway specimen tickets (2)

Queen Victoria at the railway ticket office
Queen Victoria depicted at the railway ticket office with her luggage, about to travel to London to open Parliament. Date: 1886

Interior of ticket office at London Bridge railway station
The interior of the ticket booking office at London Bridge railway station. The clerks serve customers through windows at the right

Stockton Darling. Ticket
This unpretentious item is an original ticket entitling you to travel (second class) from Stockton to Darlington for the modest sum of one shilling and sixpence

Ticket to a boxing match between Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson, June 25, 1959
The World Heavyweight Championship boxing match between African-American Floyd Patterson (1935-2006) and Swede Ingemar Johansson (1932-2009) was held at the Yankee Stadium in New York City

Poster advertising Guernsey, Channel Islands - Go By British Railways. Date: circa 1960

Ticket, Ben Nevis road permit, Lochaber, Scotland - for one person on foot, one shilling. Date: circa 1900s

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychw- yrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
Collecting railway tickets in Wales. A Third Class ticket issued on 14th August, 1908 between Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Caricature of Archdeacon Dunbar, Anglican clergyman
Caricature of Archdeacon Charles Gordon Cumming Dunbar (1844-1916), Anglican clergyman of St Andrews Church, Tavistock Place, London, who was involved in a divorce case in 1881 brought by his wife

All Tickets Please - Conductor interrupts a Romantic Moment
" All Tickets Please!" A British Rail Ticket Conductor interrupts a Romantic Moment in First Class. We will never know if they did have a Ticket to Ride, but she don t care

Selection of Titanic items
A selection of items from the ill-fated SS Titanic: 1. Receipts 2. Turkish Bath ticket 3. Certificate of Discharge 4. Carpet sample

Blondin Audience Ledger
A fascinating unused page from a ledger to record the ticket sales and money accrued from a performance of the legendary tightrop walker Charles Blondin The Hero of Niagara

Prayers, Zenko-ji Temple, Nagano, Japan

Love / Language of Legs
The language of legs, from " I am hesitant", to " Better and better", right through to " Thats the ticket!"

Seating / Lycuem & Strand
Plans showing the layout of seating available for booking at the Lyceum and Strand Theatres with prices ranging from Boxes to the Gallery via stalls, circles & the pit

Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Borghi, 1780 (engraving)
8677686 Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Borghi, 1780 (engraving) by Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Concert ticket: for the benefit of Mr Borghi)

Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho)
8677665 Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival, 1828 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ticket for the Yorkshire Music Festival)

Ticket to the Coronation of King George IV, 1820
1577064 Ticket to the Coronation of King George IV, 1820; (add.info.: Ticket to the Coronation of King George IV (1762-1830)

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Journey through history with a ticket: From the Royal Air Force Display Poster at Hendon to the thought-provoking WW2 poster asking 'Is Your Journey Really Necessary?' Tickets have played a significant role in our past. The Titanic whistle and Turkish Bath ticket remind us of missed opportunities, like Reverand Stuart Holden's unused first-class ticket for the ill-fated voyage. Meanwhile, the International Air Rally Poster and Tollgate Ticket transport us to thrilling adventures and encounters around the world. In small towns like Clynderwen Railway Station in Pembrokeshire or bustling hubs like York station in 1953, tickets were gateways to new destinations. And as Cooks proudly proclaimed, their tickets could take you anywhere your wanderlust desired. Each ticket holds stories untold, connecting us to moments both grand and ordinary – reminding us that even a simple piece of paper can unlock extraordinary experiences.