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Various shoemaking toolsVarious tools used by a shoemaker or cobbler, including scissors, pliers, hammers, a skewer, a ruler and strong thread
Coal miners in shaft lift, South WalesSeveral coal miners with blackened faces stand in the shaft lift at the end of their shift in a coal mine in South Wales
Workshop of a cooper (barrel maker)The workshop of a cooper or barrel maker, with examples of the finished product out in the street
Croydon Fire Brigade, South Norwood stationThe firefighters of the Croydon Fire Brigade serving at South Norwood station, South Norwood High Street, together with their horse drawn manual fire engine
Girl playing NurseA young girl in her nurses outfit, tends to her teddys injuries with copious bandaging, whilst a pet cat watches on. She seems to be getting her medical knowledge from the First Aid manual in her
Miner riding drams, Tirpentwys Colliery, South WalesA miner riding a journey of drams (coal trucks) at Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales. Date: 1910
Workshop of a carpenter and joinerThe workshop of a carpenter and joiner, with various activities taking place
Yost Light Running Typewriter No. 15A Yost Light Running Typewriter No.15. Date: 1910
GWR navvies, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA group of ten Great Western Railway navvies working on the Treffgarne railway at Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
Welsh women road builders, South WalesA group of twenty Welsh women road builders in Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, holding their spades. They built the road to Hook in 1903-4 to facilitate transport to the colliery
Man at work, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North WalesA man at work, 150 feet up on the main face of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales
Leather making and tannery toolsVarious tools used in tannery and leather making, including a knife, pincers and a hook
Threshing WheatMen threshing wheat at a farm near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, using a Surrells patent compound steam traction engine (mounted on springs)
Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliancesDistrict Council of Acton Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape
Volunteer Fire Brigade with appliances typical of those used at the time: a horse drawn steamer, horse drawn manual pump, horse drawn escape, hand wheeled escape, and a hose cart
GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engineThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Miners and owner, Hook Colliery, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA group of men at Hook Colliery, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They are the current shift of miners plus the owner, standing near a wooden headframe connected to a mineshaft
Range of bakery tools and ingredientsA range of bakery tools and ingredients, including a pair of scales, a bucket, a sieve, mixing paddles and a sack of flour
Workshop of a saddler and upholstererThe workshop of a saddler and upholsterer, with finished items including trunks, bags and a chair (top right)
Typewriter Keys / FortuneTypewriter keys on the cover of a magazine
French Palmistry ManualL ART DE LIRE DANS LES LIGNES DE LA MAIN ( The art of reading the lines of the hand ) - a popular French manual
Fire-Fighting MotorcycleMerryweathers fire-fighting motor-cycle and sidecar unit of 1910, with manual fire- pump mounted on a platform
Manual Fire-Engine / 1885Factory Pattern Manual Fire- engine constructed by Merryweathers for the use of factory fire brigade
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Belmont Road workhouseThe Belmont Road workhouse opened in 1890 by Liverpools West Derby Union. It catered primarily for able-bodied inmates and vagrants, providing daily out-relief in return for manual labour. Date: 1925
Welsh miner in coal mine pushing truckA Welsh miner, stripped to the waist, pushing a truck in a coal mine
West Ham Fire BrigadeA manual horse drawn fire pump belonging to West Ham Fire Brigade with a Victorian fire crew
View outside a leather factory, Bermondsey, south LondonView outside Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842
Great Crane at Woolwich Arsenal, south east LondonThe Great Crane at the Arsenal, Woolwich, south east London, used to lift sections of large guns
Women brickmakers in the Black CountryWomen brickmakers at work in the Black Country -- south Staffordshire and north Worcestershire
YMCA Poster, Lend Your Strength, WW1YMCA Poster, design by Adrian Gil-Spear, Lend Your Strength to the Red Triangle, Help the Y Help the Fighters Fight, United War Work Campaign, 11 to 18 November, First World War. circa 1918
The bottom sawyer in a saw pit cutting a timber log into plaThe bottom sawyer in a saw pit cuts a timber log into planks. He is showered by sawdust Date: 1989
Loading sugar cane in a field, Cuba. Date: circa 1910
Village BlacksmithVillage blacksmith at work at his forge. circa 1905
Advert for Daisy vacuum cleaner 1912Daisy vacuum cleaner, manual vacuum cleaner using suction to remove dirt. 1912
St Edwards Orphanage, Liverpool - CarpentrySt Edwards Orphanage, Broad Green, Liverpool - manual instruction room. Boys at work benches with tools
Draycott, Cotswold vllage, Oldborough Farm, men and scythesDraycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, five men in field with scythes. Date: circa 1920
Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, harvestDraycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, Hodgkins family group, bringing in the harvest pre-1915. Date: circa early 1910s
Railway cutting works, discovery of fossilised treesRailway cutting works on the Manchester to Bolton line, discovery of fossilised trees. Date: 1840s
Compositor at WorksAn American compositor at work in the days of manual type setting. Date: 1887
George Beaumont with manual fire engine, PinnerGeorge Beaumont, Chief Officer of the Pinner Voluntary Fire Brigade, with a manual fire engine which was kept at Waxwell Lane, Pinner, having previously been housed at The Hall
Barnet Voluntary Fire Brigade with manual horse pumpThe officers and firemen of the Barnet voluntary fire brigade with the manual horse drawn pump fire engine
Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, LeicestershireSketch of granite rocks at Kinchley Hill and Brazil Wood, Swithland, Leicestershire, by Reverend Baden Powell (1796-1860), father of Robert Baden Powell. 1859
Tunnel construction, Great Western Railway, South WalesTunnel construction taking place on the Great Western Railway, somewhere in South Wales
GWR workings on a railway line in South WalesNavvies working on a Great Western Railway line embankment, somewhere in South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen in the distance on the left
Harvest workers, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South WalesHarvest workers in a field above the town of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Alchemists LaboratoryAn alchemist studies an old instruction manual, while his assistant keeps the furnace going. His workshop is filled with state-of-the-art equipment for The Great Work
Man ploughing with gas mask, September 1939Man photographed as he ploughs his field in Surrey. The Sphere notes his gas mask which he hangs from the handle of his plough. Date: 1939
Women lumberjacks sawing trees, WW1Women lumberjacks sawing trees during the First World War. 1914-1918