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Trades union membership certificateA trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto
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Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Pipe the Plumber. Date: 20th century
Red Indian Chief, Eastbourne, SussexEdward Blackmore, an Eastbourne plumber and adopted member of the North American Sioux Indian Tribe. In 1964 he travelled to South Dakota to meet the tribe, and during his visit he was made a Chief
Carpentry & plumbing, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys learning carpentry and plumbing on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Stationery, M Garding & Sons, Market Place, Leek - plumbers, glaziers, gasfitters, decorative painters, electric light and bell fitters. Date: 1913
Comic postcard, Woman and plumber Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Plumber and maid in kitchen Date: 20th century
Plumber heating lead in a fire to fix lead pipes on a building site. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of the Useful Arts, Tabart, London, 1810
Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Pipe the Plumbers wife. Date: 20th century
High Street, Westbury-on-trym, Bristol CountyHigh Street, Westbury-on-trym, Bristol, near Southmead, Bristol County, England. Showing Premises of WH Mogford - Painter & Plumber Date: 1908
Granpop does a bit of plumbing by Lawson WoodHumorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his orang utan character, Gran pop embarking on a bit of plumbing by trying to fashion a shower (perhaps)
Two boys playing in old washing machineTwo young lads fooling about with (and inside!) an old washing machine. Perhaps they were harbouring dreams of a career in plumbing at this stage?!
Red Indian Chief and wife, Eastbourne, SussexEdward Blackmore, an Eastbourne plumber, with his wife Phyllis, both of them adopted members of the North American Sioux Indian Tribe
Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Pipe the Plumbers daughter. 20th century
Gibbs Happy Families - Master Pipe the Plumbers son. 20th century
Buildings / Plumber 1827The original occupation of plumbing, which involved melting lead into drainpipes etc. Date: 1827
House PainterPeople You See: The House Painter. From Teddy Bear (14 March 1964)
Brockton, Mass. Dec. 1940, second-hand plumbing store. Date 1940 Dec
Hopeless Plumber - Flooded House" What is home without a Plumber." He leaves the water tap runnning... A family wakes up in the morning to discover that the rather hopeless plumber
Plumber at Work, 1820SThe Plumber was, originally, the man who provided the lead for use in gutters &c