Messy Collection (#9)

World Custard Pie Championship 2012
Will Mellor at the World Custard Pie Championships 2012

Fishing nets, Ormos Marathokampos, Samos, Aegean Islands, Greece

LCC-LFB aftermath of fire, Hackney Road, East London
The aftermath of fire in Hackney Road, showing the dishevelled contents of a room

1953 Coronation - Rubbish in the stands after crowds had lef
Page from the Daily Sketch reporting on the eyesore and scandal of the uncleared rubbish left behind in the stands along the processional route following the 1953 Coronation

Cartoon - The Officers Mess
The Officers Mess! Four young boys playing at being soldiers act in a very un-soldier-like manner, eating, drinking and generally lounging about! Date: circa 1915

She only wants to write a letter
A toddler sits at his Fathers desk with pen and ink scribbling in a sketchbook. Date: 1882

Distressed Model
A distressed model hides her face behind her hands and tangled hair. Date: late 1960s

Female Office Worker
An office worker at her messy desk, surrounded by paperwork typewriters and telephones with wires which would make any Health and Safety departments hair stand on end! Date: 1960s

Tractor with muck spreader, spreading muck on grazing land, Fetlar, Shetland Islands, Scotland, june

Messy boy
MODEL RELEASED. Messy boy eating his dinner. He is eighteen months old

Messy child
MODEL RELEASED. Messy child eating his food. He is eighteen months old

Baby boy being fed
MODEL RELEASED. Baby boy being fed. 7-month-old baby boy being fed with a spoon. Babies start to learn to feed themselves from about 9 months old

Baby boy crying
MODEL RELEASED. Baby boy crying during a meal. He is 7 months old. Babies need to be fed food during their first few months, and start to learn to feed themselves from about 9 months old

Overworked man
MODEL RELEASED. Overworked man in a messy office, suffering from stress

Homeless person in Washington DC
Homeless person sleeping in temporary homemade tent structure on I St NW near McPherson Square, Washington DC

Manhole cover in St Louis
St Louis Water Division manhole cover showing a layer of silt deposited when the Mississippi River in St Louis overflowed its banks in May 2010

Water buffaloes wallowing in pond

Potter making pot of clay
Malaysia, Butterworth, potter making pots of clay

Alchemist workshop, 16th century woodcut
Alchemist workshop. Coloured 16th century woodcut by Hans Weiditz. This is titled of the great folly of alchemists and shows a caricatured scene of two alchemists in their untidy workshop

His Artistic Temperament by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in yellow shorts tests out his creativity on a pail of paint that has been rather carelessly left on the floor

Anti-splash car / W H Robinson
A friendly driver spots a messy incident in the making and lowers his anti-splash device (an umbrella on a mechanical arm)

You Simply Must Save Water by George Studdy
Instead of drinking from his dog bowl, a naughty puppy instead chooses to climb up at a table and help himself to water from a jug

Little Games for the Holidays - Pitching Poached Egg for Ter
Another ridiculous and rather messy game from the imagination of William Heath Robinson showing territorial army officers throwing poached eggs at a slice of toast skewered by a toasting fork

Spring-Cleaning in Full Swing III
Sleeping arrangements during Spring Cleaning showing a family asleep in makeshift beds. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Icing a Christmas Cake
Piping the finishing touches to the icing on a Christmas (or birthday) cake, with a metal icer, remembering not to squeeze too hard, or the result will be messy

Twin puppies burrow into rabbit hole
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, try to make the rabbit hole bigger so that they can get through it

Imagine Reading them All
Imagine if one had to read them all!

Zola / Trombinoscope 1882
EMILE ZOLA French novelist: a satirical comment on his portrayal of the seedier side of life in his novels

Family Xmas Presents
Father hands Mother her present and she leans over to kiss him. Meanwhile son and daughter (who wears an Alice band), unwrap their presents while a record plays

Stagecoach Inn
An inn at midnight - the company tired and retired

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Embracing the chaos, Will Mellor finds himself in a messy situation as he stumbles upon a woman shaving a man at the Farriers Shop. But amidst the clutter, there's beauty to be found - just like Jan Steen's painting 'The Dissolute Household' capturing the lively mess of life in 1663-64. And sometimes, even after Christmas festivities have ended, we're left with remnants of joy and merriment, much like Mark Symons' 'The Day After Christmas'. Life can be unpredictable; one moment you find yourself stepping into a puddle of mud wearing red wellington boots, illustrated perfectly by Muriel Dawson. In this journey called life, we may feel lost at times but remember that even in 'The Tavern', where things might get messy and confusing, connections are made and stories unfold. As they say down South in Kentucky USA - 'Home Sweet Home', where memories are created amidst all the messiness.