Conditions Collection (page 12)

Unloading illegal catch of fish, Boulogne, France
A fisherman unloading an illegal catch of fish at Boulogne, France. Date: circa 1970s

Young fisherman handline fishing for mackerel
A young fisherman on a fishing boat, handline fishing for mackerel. Date: circa 1970s

Two young men thatching a cottage
Two young men at work, thatching a cottage, somewhere in the West Country. Date: 1970s

Crew of a modern purse seiner, Cornwall
The crew of a modern purse seiner, relaxing in a Cornish harbour. A seine net is usually a long flat net like a fence, with weights on it, which catches the fish by encircling them. Date: circa 1970s

Young fisherman with crawfish, St Ives, Cornwall
A young fisherman on a fishing boat in St Ives harbour, Cornwall, surrounded by his catch of crawfish. Date: circa 1970s

Winter Ramblers
Ramblers trudging through the winter snow and mist in the Troutbeck Valley, Cumbria, England. Date: 1950s

Chicago Stock Yards
Union stock yards, Chicago, handle 14+ million cattle, hogs, sheep and horses in 1914. Upton Sinclairs The Jungle describes the dreadful conditions. Date: 1916

Orkney Isles - Kirkwall at Midnight
Orkney Islands - Kirkwall - viewed from Cromwells Fort (photographed at Midnight in Midsummer!). The distinctive outline form of St Magnus Cathedral can be seen back left. Date: circa 1920s

Climbing a Glacier
Climbing a glacier with ropes through a hazardous tangle of ravines. It takes 7 hours to advance up the 4500 feet face of the glacier. Date: 1930s

Italian soldiers fighting in the Dolomites
The Italians fought a ferocious war in the mountains of the Dolomites during the First World War - not only against each other but also against the hostile conditions. Date: circa 1916

George Robinson on his conciliation mission, Tasmania

Workmen laying an oil pipeline in Persia for the BP company. Date: circa 1925

William Leefe Robinson is awarded the Victoria Cross for destroying a Zeppelin over Cuffley, Hertfordshire, under very courageous conditions. Date: 1916

The Allied Barracks at Scutari, Crimean War, 1854
Illustration showing the Barracks for Allied troops at Scutari, Turkey, 1854. Although the barracks look substantial and well built from the outside, the interior was infested with rats and fleas

Female factory workers and their male boss
A group of female factory workers pose for a photo with their male boss at Burroughs & Sturgess, Frederick Street, Derby. Date: 1930s

RIVER AVON
A view of the River Avon, seen under summer drought conditions, from the Roman Road, the Fosse Way, bewteen Princethorpe and Wappenbury, Warwickshire, England. Date: early 1960s

Irish Fishermen
Fishermen bringing in the days catch in choppy conditions, Ireland. Date: 1960s

Penshurst, Kent
Rebuilding work in progress at Penshurst, Kent, home of the Sidney family. Date: 1843

Belfast Slum Bedsit
This poor mother dries her screaming baby after its bath, living in squalid conditions in a slum bedsit on the Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1960s

Two young clerks in an office pose for their photograph. Date: circa 1930s

Argentinian Farmer
An unfortunate farmer stuggles to harvest his crops with an ox-drawn wooden cart in monsoon conditions, Argentina, South America. Date: 1930s

T. u. C. Headquarters
The Trade Union Conference Headquarters building, central London. Date: 1980

DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979
A huge pile-up of cardboard boxes and other refuse during the Dustmens Strike over pay and working conditions, central London. Date: 1979

Tuc Conference 1954
Trade Union Conference, Britain. Date: 1954

JOB CENTRE
The exterior of a typical Job Centre in Britain. Date: 1986

French poster, nationalisation of mines
A French poster about the nationalisation of mines. Date: 20th century

The Corra Linn of Northern Tasmania -- a landscape of water, rocks and trees. 1870

Dr Syntax making his will
A comfortable looking Dr Syntax dictates the conditions of his will

Louisa Twining 1869 Dawsons
A portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869

Louisa Twining at two-and-a-half
An engraved portrait of Louisa Twining aged two-and-a-half from a miniature by her sister. Twining later became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates

Bystander front cover 12 March 1930
Front cover masthead design for the Bystander featuring a couple battling amid blustery conditions. He holds on to a tree for dear life while his lady companion reaches hopelessly after their hats

Railway staff laying track in South Africa, WW1
South African railway staff laying track across scrub land to join up with the Windhoek line (now in Namibia, but then in German South West Africa) to Kaalfontein and Upington (South Africa)

Duke of Windsor visits a German mine, 1937
The Duke of Windsor(second from right) in miners kit and crash helmet at the Friedrich Heinrich Mine, near Essen, on 15th October 1937

Inside a van, near Latimer Road, Notting Hill
Living conditions inside a gipsy caravan, near Latimer Road. Date: 1879

Street scene with striking men
A street scene with striking men demanding more pay

Needlemakers 18th France
Seven workers making needles in a workshop in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Sewing with Machines
Clothes produced on sewing machines. Date: 1863

Leaving Ship Yard
Shipyard workers coming off their shift. Date: 1950s

Women Packaging
Women working in a packaging department. Date: 1959

Sempstresses in Attic
Four sempstresses in a London attic sitting at a table; one naps with her head on the table. Date: 1888

Scotch Fisher Girls
3 smiling Scotch fisher girls at Great Yarmouth. Date: circa 1915

Nut Conference / 1962
A conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Secondary school section. Date: 1962

Newgate Prison / Photo
Originally the principal west gate of London, Newgate was the target of Elizabeth Frys efforts to improve prison conditions. The exercise yard for condemned men. Date: circa 1900

Interview / 1950S
An Interview with a Youth Employment Officer. Date: 1950s

Gold Beater C1760
A gold-beating factory in France in the 18th century. Workers are melting and beating gold to make ingots. Date: circa 1760

French Factory Boys
French factory boys Date: 1850

French Factory Children
Children doing menial jobs in a French factory Date: 1850

Child labour in a printing shop
Printers devil in France using child labour 1841

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