41 Amazing Photos Document Everyday Life of England in 1908

   

Born at Hove, Sussex, England, Henry William Mobsby (1860-1933) was an English artist, photographer, and motion picture pioneer. He educated at Hampton Place school, trained in art, design, chemistry and commercial practice at the School of Arts, Brighton, and in London.

These photos from Aussie~mobs were taken by Henry Mobsby whilst in England with his wife Nellie and daughter Berta, from March 1908 to October 1909.

 
Family members on Devil's Dyke in England, 1908

 

Feeding a donkey somewhere in England, 1908

 

 
Feeding the birds, Hyde Park, London, 1908

 

 
Feeding the birds, Hyde Park, London, 1908

 

 
Flip-Flap at the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

 
Fun on a swing, England, 1908

 

Great Fountain Garden at Hampton Court Palace, London, 1908

 

Hampton Court Palace, London, 1908

 

Hyde Park, London, 1908

 

Hyde Park, London, 1908

 

Lovers Walk, Brighton, East Sussex, England, 1908

 

Men in their carriage, England, 1908

 

Oakeshotts family grocery store, corner Old Brompton and Finborough Roads, London, 1908

 

On a country road in England, 1908

 

People having fun on the big swing, England, 1908

 

People with the cows, England, 1908

 

Preston Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England, 1908

 

Preston Park, Brighton, East Sussex, England, 1908

 

Richmond Mansions, Old Brompton Road, London, 1908

 

Somewhere in Sussex, England, 1908

 

St Peter's Church adjacent to Preston Manor, Brighton, Sussex, England, 1908

 

St. Margaret's Church at Angmering, Sussex, England, 1908

 

Street scene in Sussex, England, 1908

 

Swan boat ride at the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

Swan boat rides - 6d return journey - Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

The Elite Gardens at the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

Two women at Portslade church, Sussex, England, 1908

 

Two women in a country lane, England, 1908

 

View of the gardens and Flip-Flap at the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

Women looking a bit cold out in the country, England, 1908

 

A couple in England, 1908

 

A train somewhere in England, 1908

 

Abdulla cigarette building at the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

Abdulla cigarette building, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

At the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

At the Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908

 

Boating in a park, England, 1908

 

Clock tower, Preston Park, Brighton, Sussex, England, 1908

 

Coastguard Terraces in Hove, England, 1908

 

 
Edwardians playing a game of cricket and a roller coaster in the background, England, 1908

 

 
Family and friends at Swanbourne Lake, Arundel, England, 1908