Blacksmiths Collection (page 2)

Nontron, Dordogne - Blacksmith High School. Date: 1906

Bolton-by-Bowland, Lancashire - The Village Forge. Date: circa 1905

Photograph of Blacksmiths Arms, Croydon (New), Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Photograph of Blacksmiths Arms, Offham, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Blacksmiths Arms, Croydon (Old), Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Blacksmiths Arms, Chiddingstone Hoath, Kent. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Blacksmiths Arms, Caterham, Surrey. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

The Smithy, Penshurst, Kent. circa 1920s

Thornton Hough Smithy
The Village Smithy (blacksmith), with its spreading old chestnut tree, at Thornton Hough, Wirral, England. Date: 1930s

Blacksmiths outside their foundry or forge, USA
Three blacksmiths and two other men outside a foundry or forge, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Industry / Smith 1827
" A smith is one who works on iron, and who from that metal manufactures a vast variety of articles useful in the arts of life, and of great importance to domestic comfort". Date: 1827

The Village Blacksmith by G Carlton Wallace
The Village Blacksmith by G. Carlton Wallace. First produced Theatre Royal, Bury, 20th February 1903 and Theatre Royal, Stratford, 1st August 1904. Date: circa 1904

The Sledgehammer adapted by Wilson Barrett
Promotional postcard for The Sledgehammer adapted from the Flemish of Neston Le Thiers by Wilson Barrett. First produced Theatre Royal, Kilburn, 22nd February 1897. For Alfred Northway and H. V

British troops shoeing horses at village near the front, WW1
British soldiers shoeing horses at a village near the Front in 1915. Date: 1915

Mucklestone Anvil
A plaque at Mucklestone, Shropshire, England, where a blacksmith reversed Queen Margarets horseshoes to aid her escape from the Battle of Blore Heath, 23 September 1459. Date: 15th century

Rasping a Hoof
A farrier removing an old horseshoe. Date: 1960s

Old Smithy Interior
The interior of an old smithy (blacksmiths shop) at Colne Engaine, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Shaping a Horseshoe
A young farrier (blacksmith) uses a hammer and chisel on his anvil to shape a horseshoe. Date: 1960s

French Blacksmith
A French marechal-ferrant (blacksmith) shoeing a horse. Date: circa 1845

Blacksmiths Shop - North Vietnam
Two Colonial French officers have their Vietnamese ponies re-shod at a Tonkin (Dap Cau)French Military Forge, North Vietnam Date: circa 1910s

Marriage Certifcate from Gretna Green
Marriage Certifcate from The Old Blacksmiths Shop Gretna Green. The local blacksmith and his anvil have become the lasting symbols of Gretna Green weddings. Date: 1929

Gretna Green Anvil and Richard Rennison
Richard Rennison - the Gretna Green Anvil Priest 1926 - 1940, pictured with books recording over 2000 marriages overseen at the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Gretna in seven years

Cockington Forge, Devon, England, where huge quantities of midget horseshoes for holidaymakers are made yearly on the old forge. Date: 1950s

Harlestone Smithy
A corner of the stone-built village of Harlestone, Northamptonshire, England, with a glimpse of its old smithy (blacksmiths). Date: late 1950s

Forging Wrought Iron
Forging wrought iron gates. Date: 1960s

Claverdon Blacksmith s
The old smithy (blacksmiths shop) at Claverdon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1950s

Dunchurch Forge
The Old Forge, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England, reputed to be the original smithy on which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based his poem The Village Blacksmith (1842). Date: 1950s

Auld Smiddy Road House
The Auld Smiddy Road House, a modern roadhouse beside the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Greta Green, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Cleaning a Hoof
A farrier cleaning a horses hoof before fitting a new horseshoe. Date: 1960s

Fitting a Hot Horseshoe
A farrier putting on a hot horseshoe. Date: 1960s

Pangbourne Smithy
The lovely old smithy (blacksmiths) at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Note the nice fat chimney! Date: 1930s

East Dean Farrier
The old Farriers Shop at East Dean, Sussex, England. Above the door can be seen the last yoke used by oxen in Sussex. Date: 1930s

Blacksmiths Interior
The interior of a country farriers at Hatfield Peveril, near Chelmsford, Essex, England, with its miscellany of tools and equipment. Date: 1930s

Apprentice Blacksmiths
Boys, apprentices, learning how to be blacksmiths. Date: early 1930s

Female Blacksmiths
German women blacksmiths at work. Date: early 1930s

Female Blacksmith
A German woman blacksmith heating her irons in the furnace. Date: early 1930s

Molten metal is poured in to a mould
Two factory workers pour molten metal into a small mould. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Chinese Blacksmith
A travelling blacksmith in China

Military Blacksmith
If horses are essential to yesterdays armies, the blacksmith is essential to keep them well shod : this marechal ferrant is at work in a French cavalry camp

Chinese Blacksmith 2
A Chinese blacksmith at work

Java Blacksmith
A Javanese blacksmith at his anvil

Kent Blacksmith / 1907
Geerings Forge, in Rolvenden, Kent

Breton Smithy / 19147
Outside the smithy at Pont- Aven Date: 1914

C17 Blacksmiths
Two smiths at work at an anvil, beneath a sign representing three roses

Broadside / Blacksmith
A smith. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647. A satirical broadside on non- conformist preaching in London

Filing Horses Foot
A Welsh blacksmith at work filing a horses hoof on a farm in Carnarvonshire

Donkey Gets New Shoes
Shoeing (hooving) a donkey at a farm in Deal, where it has spent the winter. Come Easter the donkey will grace the beach at Margate. This little girl will have the first ride

Emergency Job / Blacksmith
A horsewoman watches while a blacksmith re-shoes her mount

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