Disruption Collection

Industrial School, Ashford, Kent
The Kent County Industrial School (also knows as the Stanhope Industrial School) at Kingsnorth near Ashford in Kent opened in 1875 for 150 boys. After 1933 it became an Approved School

Industrial School, Buxton, near Norwich, Norfolk
Boys and dog stand on the football pitch of the Buxton Industrial School near Norwich, Norfolk, established in 1855 to hold 100 boys. From 1933 it became Red House Farm Approved School

Industrial School for Girls, Dundee, Scotland
The Industrial School for Girls, at Balgay Park, Dundee, Scotland, was established in 1861. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Northumberland Village Homes for Girls, Whitley Bay
The Northumberland Village Homes for Girls, Whitley Bay (or Whitley-on-Sea), was an industrial school established in 1879 for 140 girls. It became an Approved School in 1933

Industrial School for Girls, Maryhill, Glasgow
The Glasgow Industrial School for Girls at Maryhill was established in 1855. Industrial Schools, often privately run, housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a variety of reasons

Industrial School, Harborne, Birmingham
A man with umbrella at the gates of Harborne Industrial School, Balden Road, Birmingham, opened in 1902 to hold 150 boys. It later became Ansell School then after 1933 was the Tennal Approved School

Front cover, The British Gazette, General Strike, 1926
Upper part of front cover, The Briitish Gazette, covering the General Strike, 8 May 1926 Date: 1926

Disruption extending the entire length of Haymarket, Piccadilly, London, closed until September. Date: August 1928

How to Make it Hard for the Invader!
British Home Front are using a makeshift contraption to pinch a screwdriver making it impossible for the Germans to assemble an air-borne tank. Date: 1940

Steerforth and Mr Mell, David Copperfield
Steerforth and Mr Mell at Dotheboys Hall, in a scene from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. 19th century

Illustration, A Picnic. first published 1838

Disruption in Piccadilly, London, with crowds of people watching work being done on part of the main road. Date: 1927

Pedestrians clamber over street roadworks in Piccadilly in a rather dangerous manner by todays standards

Cartoon, In the trench club, WW1
Cartoon, In the trench club. Some French soldiers are playing cards for money in their trench when an explosion goes off nearby

Industrial School, Chelmsford, Essex
The Essex Industrial School on Rainsford Road, Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, Essex, certified in 1879 to hold 150 boys. In 1933 it became the Essex Home Approved School

Cartoon, Atlas with Kaiser Wilhelm on a globe, WW1
Cartoon showing Kaiser Wilhelm II jumping around on top of a globe, supported by the mythological figure of Atlas, at the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

The Disruption of 1843
The interior of St Andrews Church, Edinburgh, at the first meeting of the General Assembly, where the Free Church of Scotland was formed, after members withdrew from the Church of Scotland

St Josephs Industrial School, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
St Josephs Industrial School at Ferryhouse, Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, was opened in 1885 for 170 Catholic boys. Industrial Schools, often privately run

Wwi Refugees 1917
A mother and her children, with their meagre possessions wrapped in three bundles, shelter in a ruined building from the battle raging close by. Date: 1917

City square during retreat from Antwerp, Belgium, WW1
Scene in the city square during the retreat from Antwerp, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914

Bridge damaged by explosives, Iraq
View of a bridge that has been damaged by explosives, somewhere in Iraq

Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex
The Brighton Town and London County Council Industrial School, Portslade, Brighton, Sussex, opened in 1902 to hold 150 boys. After 1933 it became Mile Oak Approved School

Industrial School for Girls, Sale, Cheshire
The Manchester Branch Industrial School for Girls, erected in 1870 on Northenden Road, Sale, for 100 girls. From 1933, it became an Approved School

Industrial School, Cockermouth, Cumbria
The Cumberland County Industrial School on Lorton Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria, was opened in 1881 to hold 150 boys. Industrial Schools housed children aged 7-15 placed there by magistrates for a

Cattle in London, 1877
Engraving showing a herd of cattle passing through the streets of the city of London, 1877. These animals were probably being driven towards the citys meat and livestock market, Smithfield

Food Bottleneck
The Commune causes disruption throughout France : at Montpellier merchandise piles up because it can t be carried into the occupied city

Snow blizzard blocking the North Eastern train
Disruption of the railway traffic during the first week of March 1886. The North Eastern railway service from Newcastle to Edinburgh was cancelled after a train travelling from Edinburgh was snowed

Pneumatic Drill
A man with curly dark hair using a pneumatic drill to dig up an old pavement

Elephant / Cafe 1905
An elephant invades the Cafe de la Comedie at Perigueux, France

Hysteria runs riot in a Brooklyn cigarette factory
At Brooklyn, New York, a female employee in a cigarette factory has a fit of hysterics which spreads to the entire work force. As a result the factory has to be closed for the rest of the day

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