Maintenance Collection (page 6)

Regents Park Lake
Maintenance work on The boating lake

Scenes from the Rent War in Ireland
Scenes in the late 19th century during the Rent War in Tipperary as follows: 1. A Riot at Templebraden, Limerick County 2. Boycotted Policemen 3. A No Rent Placard 4

First attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock
Engraving from the front cover of the ILN, showing the first attempt to launch the Bermuda floating dock at North Woolwich, built by Messrs. Campbell, Johnson and Co. of Silvertown

Repairing Fire Engine
French sapeurs-pompiers in the workshop of a fire station carry out maintenance and repairs on their engines

Village Garage 1920S
A village garage at Theale, Berkshire catering for light cars and motor cycles

Knife Grinder in London
Knives and scissors to grind? : a knife grinder hard at work in a London street sharpening a cleaver for a customer

Gnr Repair Shops
The Great Northern Railways repair shops at Doncaster

Car Repairs 1928
Examining a carburettor in a garage

Washing a Bus
A man hosing down a bus in the bus depot

Cheltenham Flyer 1935
The driver of the Cheltenham Flyer oils its wheels. It was one of the fastest trains of the day covering the 77 miles between Swindon and Paddington in 65 minutes

Steamer in Dry Dock
An American steamship in dry dock for overhaul

Engine Trouble
Two fashionable young ladies in cloche hats, one of them with the car bonnet open, trying to work out how to mend the engine!

New Swindon
The settlement of New Swindon, built when the Great Western Railway came to what was then a small market town, to house the workers needed for the engine and maintenance works

Aircraft Factory 1914
The Royal Aircraft Factory at Aldershot is busy in 1914 producing warplanes such as the RE5 flying overhead - the first specifically reconn- -aisance plane of the RFC

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