Demonstration Collection (page 4)

MPs anti-apartheid demo
Two Labour MPs Ms. Audrey Wise and Mr. Neil Kinnock take part in a demonstration against the trial of Nelson Mandela and apartheid in South Africa. The latter holds a placard reading free all S

Shell petrol boycott
A group of protesters stand outside a Shell garage holding placards calling for people to boycott Shell fuel due to the company's links with South Africa and apartheid. Date: c. 1988

Jeremy Corbyn and Tony Banks at anti-apartheid demo
Jeremy Corbyn MP and Tony Banks are pictured at an Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstration in London, holding up documents reading solidarity with South-African and Namibian miners

Nelson Mandela Freedom March
Demonstrators leaving Manchester as they take part in the Glasgow to London Nelson Mandela Freedom March of 1988. Children join in the demonstration

Demonstration supporting Nelson Mandela
A crowd of demonstrators calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison. A large banner reads Mandela the world is with you'. Date: 1980s

Protesters at the South African embassy
Demonstrators from Lawyers Against Apartheid picketing outside the South African embassy in Trafalgar Square to protest against sixteen years of martial law in Namibia

Richard Attenborough greets Mandela marchers
In London, film-maker Richard Attenborough meets anti-apartheid demonstrators taking part in the Nelson Mandela Glasgow to London freedom march

Canvey Island protest
Residents of Canvey Island, Essex, protest in central London, expressing their opposition to the proposed expansion of the petrochemical industry on the island

Miners wives rally 1984
Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, speaks to a large audience of miners, their wives and families

Welsh miners wives banner
Welsh miners wives hold up their banner on a demonstration during the national miners strike of 1984 - 85. The banner reads

Scottish miners demonstration
Scottish miners, their wives and children on a demonstration during the 1984-85 miners strike Date: 1984

Derbyshire miners march 1984
A march by the Derbyshire area branch of the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984 - 85 miners strike. Amongst the marchers at the head of the procession is Labour MP Tony Benn Date

Demonstration in support of miners 1984
A demonstration in support of the miners during the strike of 1984 - 85 Date: 1984

Miners widows protest
The widows of British coal miners protest, seeking greater compensation for the death of their husbands. Date: 1970s

Miners strike demonstration
A demonstration in Wales, in support of the striking coal miners, including members of the Cynon Valley Communist Party, and the National Union of Public Employees (N.U.P.E.) Date: 28 April 1984

Yorkshire miners demand pay rise
Yorkshire miners outside the headquarters of the National Union of Mineworkers demand a pay rise Date: 1974

Yorkshire miners protest
A group of Yorkshire mineworkers protest against pit closures, the import of foreign oil, and levels of pay. Date: February 1966

The Battle of Saltley Gate
At Saltley Coke Depot, Birmingham, police struggle to hold back pickets who had gathered to force the closure of the Depot

Kinneil Mineworkers protest
Workers protest against the proposed closure of Kinneil Pit, Bo'ness, Scotland. Their efforts were in vain as the colliery was closed in 1983 Date: December 1982

Charrold Autobagger
School children watch a demonstration of the new Charrold coal delivery lorry, the Autobagger, for door to door home delivery of Charrington's coal. Date: 1950s?

T. U. C. demonstration in Swansea, Wales
A demonstration organised by the Welsh Trades Union Congress in Swansea, south Wales, including representatives of the Labour Party of Wales and the Labour Party Young Socialists Date: 19 July 1980

Fork-lift truck Gagarin salute
A salute is made to the achievement of Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, at a demonstration of fork-lift trucks at the Basingstoke factory of Lansing Bagnall Ltd

Sylvia Syms, English actress, in demonstration
Sylvia Syms (b 1934), English actress, seen here taking part in a demonstration against the Apartheid Movement in South Africa

Norman Tebbit -- satirical comment
A group of people on a Right to Work demonstration, with a satirical comment on the words of the Conservative politician Norman Tebbit to the unemployed to "Get on yer bike

Political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher
A political demonstration against Margaret Thatcher, with photographs of her on display bearing the words Not Wanted, and another one saying Stop Thatcher Now

Jimmy Reid, Scottish trade unionist, journalist, etc
James "Jimmy" Reid (1932-2010), Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist. Seen here (centre) taking part in a street demonstration

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

Home Guard practise
Home Guards practise blowing up tanks: a demonstration at the school for guerilla warfare at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where Spanish Civil War veterans provide the training

British protest to the Ferrer trial
Mr Victor Grayson speaking at the demonstration meeting at Trafalgar Square. Francisco Ferrer was accused of having taken a leading part in the Barcelona rebellion

Charles Parnell at a Anti Rent Meeting 1879
Charles Parnell an Irish nationalist, addressing an anti-rent meeting at Limerick, Ireland. Date: August 1879

ANTI=VIETNAM DEMO
Anti-Vietnam Demo, calling for an end to the war and for the release of Lieutenant William Calley, imprisoned in 1971 for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai village. Date: early 1970s

Sukhoi Su-27P 597
Russian Air Force - Sukhoi Su-27P 597 (msn 1010102), of the Centre for Demonstration of Air Technology, at RNAS Yeovilton on 12 July 1996. Date: 1996

Comic postcard, Teddy bear suffragette and policeman. Come Along, Christabear! Date: 20th century

Exhibition of life-saving techniques at the Bath Club in Dover Street. The swimming baths of choice for high society, the Bath Club attracted a well-heeled membership. Date: 1912

Great Demonstration in the Albert Hall 1908
Some ten thousand women gathered at the Embankment, then proceeded to march, in neat rows of either 4 or 6, to the Royal Albert Hall, London

Home Rule Bill of 1912
John Redmond (1856 - 1918), leader of the Irish party, claiming home bill for Ireland. Declaring that " The bill will establish in Ireland a Parliament with power to deal with purely Irish

Cartoon, Extremes Must Meet (Disraeli and Reform)
Cartoon, Extremes Must Meet; or, A Bit of Practical Science -- a satirical comment on Disraelis Reform Bill, in which men can qualify for the vote if they are ratepayers

Thornycroft demo bus, A2 Elysian Northern Counties
Thornycroft demonstration bus, A2 Elysian Northern Counties. Date: circa 1940

Thornycroft demonstration bus, Taurus. Date: circa 1940

Thornycroft demonstration bus, Thanet. Date: circa 1940

Cartoon, The New Marshal (George Potter)
Cartoon, The New Marshal -- a comment on a large and turbulent demonstration by the Reform League in Hyde Park which had taken place some months earlier

Cartoon, A Great Demonstration -- satirical comment on the Chartist movement, depicting a Chartist leader backing down immediately when a magistrate tells him that his proposed demonstration will not

Making Cloisonne enamel - Japanese village in London
Japanese artisan making Cloisonne enamel at the Japanese Village in Humphreys Hall, Knightsbridge in 1885. A complete village with its shops, tea-house

Odessa - supporters of the Black Hundreds
The little father is with us : revolutionaries bearing the Tsars portrait through the streets of Odessa (in Ukraine). On the first publication of the Tsars manifesto promising liberty to Russia

No Popery Riots, London, 1780
No Popery Riots, London, 7 June 1780. 1780

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

Easter CND Deomonstration at Greenham Common, Berkshire
Young and Old protestors at Easter CND Deomonstration at Greenham Common, Berkshire. Date: 1983

Demonstration against Nuclear Power - London. Date: 1980

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