This website is the The home of “uncool Britannia”. It captures Very British ~ Memorable Images. Many of the images are immediately recognisabe. An alphabetic index is provided further down this page. I am adding more pages progressively.
Don’t worry too much about political correctness; there isn’t any here! The pages are sequenced.
From Boy’s Own Paper, “The best of British Pluck”
A – Z Index of Very British Memorable Images
Arthur Lowe’s Real War and Dad’s Army
Artists
Backing Britain – “I’m Backing Britain” Campaign
BBC
Beano
Beatrix Potter
Big Ben
Black and White Minstrel Show
Bowler Hatted Heroes
Bridges
Britannia – the figure of Britannia
British Bulldog – I’m a British Bulldog – not a Brussels Sprout
British Calendar
British Patriotic Songs
British Shoes and Boots
Bulldog – The British Bulldog and The Bulldog Breed
Buzby – “Make Someone Happy”
Chocolate with Blue Bird Toffee and Fry’s Five Boys
Churchill, Sir Winston Churchill
Classic Children’s Records
Classic Children’s Tales
Common Market or Bust – we chose bust!
Concorde Flying the Flag
Counties – The Tradition Counties of Great Britain
Cricket
Eagle with “Dan Dare” and “Harris Tweed”
Elgar, Sir Edward and Land of Hope and Glory
Empire – The British Empire
English Language
Englishman, the – about the Englishman and Englishness
Fish and Chips
Flags
Foxhunting – Tally Ho!
George and the Dragon
Golliwoggs (or Gollywogs or Golliwogs)
Grand Howl
Great British Achievements – Heroes
Guy Fawke’s Night (the burning of a traitor) and fireworks
Horses Part 1
Jennings and Darbishire by Anthony Buckeridge
John Peel
Just William by Richmal Crompton
Land’s End to John O’Groats
Lion and Unicorn
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Little People of British Advertising
Magnet with Billy Bunter
Meriden and The Cardinal Points of Great Britain
Middle Class – The British Middle Class
Morland, George – the English Artist * Fifty illustrations of George Morland’s works _1_ 2_3_4_5_6_7_8_9_10_11_12
Muffin the Mule
Museums – Open-Air Museums
National Flowers of Britain
NigNog Club – about children’s clubs
Nipper – the His Master’s Voice dog
Nursery Rhymes (Mother Goose)
Ovaltineys (The League of Ovaltineys)
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
Police
Post Office Tower or BT Tower in London
Pound Sterling and The Day we Lost Pounds, Shilling and Sense
Powell, Enoch
Queen Elizabeth II
Rebranding and Cultural Destruction
Royal Mail
Roast Beef of Olde England
Saint George
Seaside and Piers
Shakespeare and Stratford – coming soon*
Spitfire and Hurricane
Telephones
Television (British Television)
Ten Miles from SterlingTimes HQ
Toys
Wotz zo Funny! The British giving Adolf a good spanking
Your Country Needs You and General Kitchener
Love the concept! But why is it called “uncool Britannia” when these images are so iconic? 🤔
Great collection! I wonder, is there a section on British food that isn’t just fish and chips?
This article is a trip down memory lane. Thanks for putting it together!
Some of these images are a bit controversial, don’t you think? Especially the Golliwoggs.
Why no mention of the British weather? That’s quintessentially British too! 🌧️
I’m curious, how do you decide which images to add to the index?
I love this! It’s like a British cultural treasure chest. 😊