Council Collection (page 4)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Children's Week, held in Barcelona and organized by the Reginal Council of the International Antifascist Solidarity (1st-7th January 1938). Poster. SPAIN. Madrid

Spain. Civil War. Camp of Union of Girls, sponsored by the National Committee of Physical Education, attached to the Ministery of Education and Health. Poster by Juana Francisca. SPAIN. Salamanca

Spanish Civil War. Julian Besteiro announcing on the radio the decision of the Defence National Council to finish the resistance of Madrid (15th March 1939). Photo by Alfonso Sanchez Garcia

Anti-ratecapping demonstration
A demonstration in London against ratecapping, which allowed Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government to restrict local council spending

David Wetzel, trades unionist in the transport industry
David (Dave) Wetzel (b 1942), trades unionist (TGWU) with a background in London Transport and Transport for London, where he began his working life as a bus conductor, driver and inspector

Christina Page, trades unionist
Christina Page (1920-1997), trades unionist, member of USDAW and the TUC. She joined the Labour Party in 1945, then later joined the Communist Party. Date: circa 1970s

Ken Livingstone and Tony Banks at the GLC
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), and Tony Banks (Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford, 1943-2006), British Labour politicians and MPs

Ken Livingstone, British Labour politician
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician. Seen here with flags or bunting outside County Hall, London, where he was leader of the GLC. Date: circa 1980s

Ken Livingstone with The Flying Pickets
Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician. Seen here in front of the GLC premises at County Hall, London, with the Flying Pickets

Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here speaking at a press conference. Date: circa 1980s

Bob Crow, RMT trade union leader, with a banner
Bob Crow, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and a member of the General Council of the TUC

Bob Crow, RMT trade union leader, in Trafalgar Square
Bob Crow, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and a member of the General Council of the TUC

Bob Crow, RMT trade union leader, giving a speech
Bob Crow, British trade union leader, General Secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) and a member of the General Council of the TUC

Gerry Adams and Ken Livingstone in London
Gerry Adams (Gerard Adams, b 1948), Irish republican politician, President of Sinn Fein, and Ken Livingstone (Kenneth Robert Livingstone, b 1945), British Labour politician

Jesse Jackson with Linda Bellos
Jesse Jackson (Jesse Louis Jackson Sr, b 1941), American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. Seen here at a press conference with Linda Bellos (b 1950)

Tony Banks, Labour politician, with his portrait
Tony Banks (Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford, 1943-2006), British Labour politician, GLC member and MP, served as Minister for Sport, 1997-1999

Peter Mandelson and others at a press conference
Peter Mandelson (b 1953), Labour politician, David Cockcroft, Tom Shebbeare, Peter Bennett and Sue Ferguson sitting at a desk during a British Youth Council press conference, London

London County Council meeting, the central representative governing authority. Photograph taken during Dr. Collins's term as Chairman. Date: 1901

WYCLIF'S ASHES SCATTERED
After his death, the Council of Constance condemns Wyclif for heresy : his body is exhumed, burnt and the ashes cast into the brook Swift, and carried to the wide world... Date: 1384

BOOK IS OUR BEST FRIEND
The Provincial Council of Valencia, a pro-republican city during the civil war, encourages workers to educate themselves with the slogan: the book is our best friend Date: 1936 - 1939

GAS ADVERT/MR THERM
Gas advertisement featuring Mr Therm issued by the Gas Council Date: 1951

Dornier Do-228 D-CALM
Dornier Do 228-101 D-CALM (msn 7051), of the Natural Environment Research Council. Date: circa 2010

John Erskine, 6th Earl of Mar, Council of War before the Battle of Sheriffmuir, Perthshire, Scotland, 13 November 1715, during the Jacobite rising known as the Fifteen

Comic postcard, Man to help with town planning Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman and council official Date: 20th century

Glenurquhart, Highlands, Scotland
Glenurquhart or Glen Urquhart, a glen running to the west of the village of Drumnadrochit in the Highland council area of Scotland. Date: circa 1920s

Comic postcard, council worker Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, water passed by Borough Surveyor, WW2 Date: circa 1940s

Palazzo Cesaroni, Perugia, Italy
Palazzo Cesaroni - a neoclassical palace in Perugia, Italy. Located in Piazza Italia, it is the seat of the Regional Council of Umbria. Date: circa 1903

Sir Richard W Allen and members of IMechE Council, taken at WH Allen and Co, Bedford. Date: 1928

Group portrait of IMechE Council members, outside Manor Hotel Meriden. Includes Roy Ernest James Roberts, President second row middle [in glasses, green tie] and Pamela Liversidge [front row middle]

First womens village council in Findon, Sussex, May 1918
Photograph of the first womens village council in Findon, Sussex, established in 1917. The accompanying article describes the origins of the council in the innate female concern for domestic affairs

Municipal Buildings, Tottenham, North London
Municipal Buildings (Town Hall), Tottenham, North London. 1905

Town Hall, Croydon, Surrey. 1906

Sorting a dust-heap at a County Council depot 1900
Men turn over the heaps of rubbish, while women look for a honest penny collecting bottles and empty and sardine tins in the County Council depot. London. 1900

The Holt, Ledbury
A view of The Holt, Ross Road, Ledbury. From 1950 to the 1970s, the property was used as a childrens home.by Herefordshire County Council. Date: Date unknown

Islington Workhouse / Hillside Institution
An aerial view of Hillside Institution on St Johns Road, Islington, run by the London County Council. Designed by R.H. Burden, The building was opened in 1870 as the Islington workhouse

Napoleon Bonaparte leading the grenadiers into the Council of Five Hundred in the coup of 18 Brumaire. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cruikshank from The Life of Napoleon a Hudibrastic

Member of the Council of Elders, French Directory 1795-1799
Member of the Council of Elders, Conseil des Anciens, French Directory era. 1795-1799. He wears a tunic and cape, hat with tricolor plumes and his hair parted in the middle

Opening of LCC steamboat service by Prince of Wales
Opening of the London County Council steamboat service by HRH George, Prince of Wales, at Westminster Pier, London, 17 June 1905. 1905

Battersea new Ladies Swimming Bath
The new Ladies Swimming Bath opened in 1904 by Battersea Council on Burns Road. Date: 1904

Battersea Council Workmans Homes
A view of the new Workmans Homes, opened in 1905 by Battersea Council on Theatre Street. Date: 1905

Somerset Council Farriery Training Van
Horses being shoed alongside a travelling farriery training van operated by the Somerset County Council. Date: circa 1900

Manchester Municipal Weaving School
The spinning room at the Manchester Municipal Weaving School run by the city council to train young people for work in the textile industry. Date: circa 1894

Gordon House Industrial School, Isleworth, Middlesex
Girls cleaning a dormitory bedroom at the Gordon House Girls Home, Isleworth, run by the London County Council

Henry Fisher, of the Common Council, City of London. 1836

The Surrender of Jamestown
The Governor of Jamestown and the Jamestown Council stand before the ministers of the Commonwealth, holding a treaty that acknowledges the new English parliament

The King of Mosquitia in Council 1847
A council session for the King of Mosquita, George Augustus Frederic II. The king sits at the farthest end of the council table, only 14, surrounded by 3 child guards with halberds

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