Men for the Fleet! Crooked Billet Inn View showing the junction of

View showing the junction of the Regent's Canal at Paddington

'View from above Wandsworth

This relates to the recently announced details of the Parcel Post whereby the Post Office would handle parcels under a fixed weight for a fixed charge

Later it was converted into an estate fire engine and fitted with a Merryweather steam fire pump from an old horse drawn fire engine

Men for the Fleet! Crooked Billet Inn View showing the junction of'Men for the Fleet!', 1859. In May 1959, Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's second son, was appointed aboard HMS 'Euryalus'. Although he is depicted as a child in this cartoon, he would have been about 15 years old at the time of his appointment. From Punch, or the London Charivari, May 14, 1859.