Microphone Collection

John Martyn in concert, St Ives, Cornwall
John Martyn (1948-2009), singer, songwriter and guitarist, in concert at the St Ives September Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1980

John Martyn in concert, St Ives, Cornwall
John Martyn (1948-2009), singer, songwriter and guitarist, in concert at the St Ives September Festival, Cornwall. Date: 1980

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Josephine Baker singing to British Factory Workers
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) singing to British Factory Workers for ENSA (The Entertainments National Service Association) in July 1951, her first visit to England since the end of WW2. Date: 1951

Meat Loaf in concert, Penwith Rock Festival, Cornwall
Meat Loaf (Michael Lee Aday, b. Marvin Lee Aday, 1947), American rock musician and actor, performing on stage with a female singer at the Penwith Rock Festival in 1983. Date: 1983

Radio presenter with giant snail
Radio presenter comes face to face with a giant snail -- a surprise guest on his show. Date: circa 1970s

Michael Chapman, folk and rock performer

Hammond Innes, British novelist
Ralph Hammond Innes (1913-1998), British novelist, giving a speech at a dinner

Arthur Richard Burrows, BBC broadcaster
Arthur Richard Burrows (1882-1947), BBC broadcaster and journalist, known affectionately as Uncle Arthur. 1922

YWCA Poster, Back our girls over there, WW1
YWCA Poster, design by Clarence F Underwood, Back our girls over there, United War Work Campaign, First World War. 1918

Cute Puppies: Playing To The Microphone

R. A. F. Attire
This illustration shows an assortment of Royal Air Force attire. 1. R.A.F. Battledress. 2. Sidcot outer suit of windproof canvas. 3. Sidcot inner lining. 4. Irvingsuit lambskin leather jacket. 5

Army Radio Operators, WW2 preparations Date: 1939

Elizabeth Cowell, BBC announcer
Elizabeth Cowell (1912-1998) was the first female television announcer. She made her debut with the BBC in 1936. Date: 1940

British actors at a microphone
British actors Greer Garson (1904-1996), Leslie Howard (1893-1943), Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Brian Aherne (1902-1986), Ronald Coleman (1891-1958) and Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) in Hollywood

Music cover, Botch-A-Me, Barbara and Richard Lyon
Music cover, Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina), sung by BBC artists Barbara and Richard Lyon, The Young Lyons. Date: 1952

Major Faure Chomon with gift cartons, Cuba
Major Faure Chomon, Communications Minister for Cuba, holding up so-called gift cartons from American CIA agents. The cartons were found to contain weapons parts, ammunition and grenades. Date: 1963

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

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

N. U. M. Conference 1980
The platform at the National Union of Mineworkers Conference in 1980. On the right is Joe Gormley, President of the Union, and on the left his Vice-President, Mick McGahey. Date: 1980

Prescott John Leslie Baron Labour Socialist Socialism
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John Prescott, Labour politician
John Prescott (John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott, b 1938), Labour politician and government minister, seen here speaking at a conference about the Eurotunnel Project. Date: circa 1990s

Harold Pinter, English writer, director, political activist
Harold Pinter (1930-2008), English playwright, poet, screenwriter, actor, theatre director and left-wing political activist. Seen here giving a speech. Date: circa 1980s

Sue Slipman, President of the National Union of Students (1977-78), seen here at a microphone giving a speech. She has since held a number of public offices. Date: circa 1970s

Helmut Schmidt, German Social Democrat politician
Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (b 1918), German Social Democrat politician, served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Seen here giving a speech at a podium. Date: circa 1970s

Hugh Scanlon, British trade union leader
Hugh Parr Scanlon, Baron Scanlon (1913-2004), British trade union leader. Seen here giving a speech at a conference. Barbara Castle can be seen in the background on the left. Date: circa 1970s

John Smith, British Labour MP and Party leader
John Smith (1938-1994), British Labour MP and Party leader, seen here giving a speech with a bar chart beside him, showing inflation statistics. Date: circa 1990s

Cyril Smith, British Liberal politician
Sir Cyril Smith (1928-2010), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Rochdale, Lancashire from 1972 until he retired in 1992. Date: circa 1960s

Spacek Sissy Long Hair Microphone Playing Guitar
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Svetlana Stalin, writer, daughter of Josef Stalin
Svetlana Stalin (Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, aka Stalina, later Lana Peters, 1926-2011), writer, youngest child and only daughter of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his second wife

Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer
Paul Tortelier (1914-1990), French cellist and composer Date: circa 1970s

Sidney Weighell, British footballer and trade unionist
Sidney Weighell (1922-2002), British footballer, trade unionist and General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen from 1975 to 1983. Seen here speaking at a conference. Date: circa 1980s

Joshua Nkomo, Vice President of Zimbabwe
Joshua Nkomo (Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, 1917-1999), leader and founder of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU, 1962), Vice President of Zimbabwe 1987-1999

Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Prime Minister of India
Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru (1889-1964), 1st Prime Minister of India 1947-1964 and a leading figure in the Indian independence movement. Seen here sitting at a table in front of a microphone

Jessica Mitford speaking at a microphone
Jessica Mitford (Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford, 1917-1996), nicknamed Decca, English author, journalist, communist and political campaigner, one of the Mitford sisters

Ian Mikardo, British Labour politician
Ian Mikardo (1908-1993), nicknamed Mik, British Labour and Co-operative politician, a left-wing backbench MP for four decades in the House of Commons, and a Zionist

Gordon McLennan, communist and political activist
Gordon McLennan (1924-2011), former leader of the Communist Party of Great Britain, its National Organiser 1966-1975 and its General Secretary 1976-1989

Danny McGarvey, leader of the Boilermakers Union
Danny (or Dan) McGarvey (Daniel McGarvey, d 1977), leader of the Boilermakers Union, giving a speech. Date: circa 1960s

Mick McGahey, trade unionist and communist
Mick McGahey (1925-1999), Scottish miners leader, NUM trade unionist and lifelong communist. Seen here around the time of the 1980s miners strike. Date: circa 1980s

Michael Foot giving a speech, with Nye Bevan on the left
Michael Foot (Michael Mackintosh Foot, 1913-2010), British Labour politician and writer, Leader of the Opposition 1980-1983, CND supporter

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

Neville Chamberlain giving a speech
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940

Gordon Brown James 1951 New Labour Socialist
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Tony Blair and Brenda Dean at a conference table
Tony Blair (Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, b 1953), Labour politician, Prime Minister 1997-2007. Seen here at a conference table alongside Brenda Dean (Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, b 1943)

Clement Richard Attlee giving a speech
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee (1883-1967), British Labour politician, Labour Party leader 1935-1955 and Prime Minister 1945-1951. Seen here giving a speech on behalf of the Labour Party

Bernadette Devlin, political activist and MP
Bernadette Devlin (Josephine Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, b 1947), socialist republican political activist in Northern Ireland, MP for Mid Ulster 1969-1974

Cardinal Basil Hume and Fenner Brockway
Cardinal Basil Hume (George Basil Hume, 1923-1999, standing), English Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop of Westminster from 1976, speaking at Central Hall, Westminster, London

Broadcasting soon after an air raid, WW2
Broadcasting soon after an air raid, with bombed buildings in the background, during WW2 Date: 1941

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