Redundant Collection

Economics a la Heath Robinson
Do not scrap your disused lighting, heating, or cooking apparatus; they can be easily adapted to other requirements. Please note

Windmill, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The Windmill (known as Archers Mill) at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured here after it had ceased working. It was a post mill working two pairs of stones and was demolished in 1921. circa 1915

Bottle oven Stoke
A man walks past a redundant pottery with its chimney and bottle oven in The Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England Date: 1987

Merthyr Tydfil boys playing
Two boys play on a bench above the steel works (now closed) at Merthyr Tydfil. Vintage black and white image. First published The Sunday Times c1989 1989

Blaenavon, South Wales, retired miner
A retired coal miner walks along the railway track with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. In the background is a redundant steam locomotive. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

An old printer sits in an armchair contemplating the fact that modernisation has made him redundant. An appropriate illustration for Printers Pie which was a charitable magazine published by The

DIVINA COMMEDIA / DANTE
Here the rocky precipice hurls forth redundant flames: angels are prevented from providing succour to the souls of the precipice. Date: First published: 1307-21?

Abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England
The abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. The mine is now renovated, owned by The National Trust and turned into a museum

Former tin miner in the abandoned Levant tin mine, near Pendeen, Cornwall, England. He leans on some of the derelict machinery

Peace Palace at The Hague, To Let, WW1
The Peace Palace at The Hague, Netherlands, with a To Let, apply Hohenzollern & Co sign outside it (superimposed on the photograph)

Women finding themselves suddenly unemployed in 1919
" Good-bye-e-e!" These girls marching off to pastures new seem a jolly bunch, although for the 750000 women who found themselves suddenly unemployed in 1919

The Charleys in Grief
Engraving of an 1829 cartoon entitled The Charleys in Grief, or the Funeral of the City Watch Boxes. Londons traditional watchmen (or Charleys)

Podlington Airfield, Britain, 1945
Drawing showing the huge deserted runway of Podlington airfield; formerly used by the US Eighth Air Force as a base for their raids on Germany, 1945

Wantage Steam Tram
For over 50 years, until 1925, this old steam tramway maintained a passenger service bewteen Wantage Town and Wantage Road (G.W.R.) station, Berkshire, England

Bewick - Turnspit
Bewick classifies this as a specific breed, destined to help in the kitchen throughout its working life. Modern culinary technology has fortunately made it redundant

Futuristic automatic orchestra
A futuristic automated orchestra -- musicians will become redundant, apart from the conductor who just has to turn a handle. At least the actors haven t been replaced... yet

Redundant horse becomes a museum piece
In the future the horse as a form of transport will become redundant, and will only be seen in museums

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