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Chinese jack of all trades with bamboo yoke, tools, portable forge, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Bath Road, Hounslow, West London, with The Windsor Castle public house on the right. Date: circa 1910
Brighton Road, Crawley, West Sussex, with the Imperial Picture Theatre on the left, and a railway level crossing across the road. Date: circa 1908
Cycle Works and Motor Works, Epsom, Surrey. Date: circa 1908
Cries of Paris - shoe repair man
Itinerant tinker with pots and pans, China, East AsiaItinerant tinker in a street with pots, pans and kettles to mend, together with his portable stove and tools, China, East Asia. Date: 1922
Front cover, The Electric Guide, 8th EditionFront cover, The Electric Guide, 8th (Abridged) Edition, by Arthur L Golding. Date: circa 1930s
Boot mending at Scaynes Hill Womens Institute, WW1Boot mending at Scaynes Hill Womens Institute, West Sussex, during the First World War. 1914-1918
Women at a shoe mending class, WW1Women taking part in a shoe mending class, First World War. 1914-1918
The Clock Repairer - People You See. From Teddy Bear (date unknown). Original artwork loaned for scanning by the Illustration Art Gallery. Date: 1960s
Repairing bomb damage to the Royal College of PhysiciansPage from The Sphere showing repair work being carried out to the bomb-damaged Royal College of Physicians in their building on Pall Mall East on the north west corner of Trafalgar Square
Section of the road closed off to do some kind of maintenance work. Date: 1927
Auster J-5Q Alpine G-APCB (msn 3204), having repairs to its tailskid circa 1990. Date: circa 1990
Messerschmitt Bf 109E Black 12Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3-B (werknummer 4101) Black 12 of the RAF St. Athan RAF Museum Reserve Collection outside the Museum on RAF St. Athan East Camp
Disruption in Piccadilly, London, with crowds of people watching work being done on part of the main road. Date: 1927
Pedestrians clamber over street roadworks in Piccadilly in a rather dangerous manner by todays standards
A Young Indian Cobbler at work. circa 1903
Nagasaki, japan - Mitsubishi No. 3 Dry Dock Date: circa 1910sNagasaki, japan - Mitsubishi No.3 Dry Dock Date: circa 1910s
Port Said, EgyptStreet scene in the Native Quarter of Port Said, Egypt with a double mule-pulled tram, a cyclist and group of schoolchildren. Date: circa 1930
H M Dockyard, Bermuda - A Floating DockH M Dockyard, Hamilton Bermuda - A Floating Dock, containing the HMS Psyche. Date: circa 1908
MENDING A CHAIRGluing back loose or dislodged chair legs can be quite a straightforward task, as this practical woman demonstrates, using a brush and pot of glue. Date: 1930s
REPAIRING DOLLSA dolls hospital in South London: a woman takes a pair of pliers to a broken dollys limb while a girl watches hoping to have her toy repaired in time for Christmas Date: 4 December 1929
SAILING REPAIRSWhile out sailing, a rope breaks loose, and one of the crew has to fix it, while held by the legs by his companion.. Date: 1915
FRENCH KNIFE GRINDERA knife grinder in a French street, watched by children and a dog Date: circa 1920
OLD CHAIRS TO MENDA man with a wooden leg mends chairs on the street, rebinding the seats with new rushes Date: 1804
KNIFE GRINDER / WHEATLEYKnives, scissors and razors to grind?; a knife grinder operating in a London street. Date: 1795
Trade - Mending a ChairA man mends a chair for two women customers Date: 1795
FRENCH KNIFE SHARPENERA knife and scissor sharpener touts his business Date: Early 19th century
CHAIRS TO MEND SOHOCHAIRS TO MEND A young lady offers to repair your furniture in Soho Square, London Date: circa 1800
NEW HOME SEWING MACHINEThe worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ Date: circa 1905
SHEPHERD, DOG, FLOCKA shepherd and his dog sit beside their flock while he repairs a wattle fence : the machine behind them is the chaff cutter for the sheeps food. Date: 19 Century
Lincolns Inn chapelThe chapel was built between 1620 and 1623 by Inigo Jones, and was extensively rebuilt in 1797 and again in 1883. Other repairs took place in 1685, after the consultation of Christopher Wren
Man squats on floor of his streetside workshop, Hong KongA man squats on the floor of his streetside workshop in Kowloon, Hong Kong and sifts though a box of spare parts. His benches are full of old cooling fans and electrical goods awaiting repair
Reconstruction of Dubrovnik, Croatia - 8Workmen repairing the pantile roofs of old Dubrovnik. Part of series for The Daily Telegraph showing the reconstruction of the town after the devastatiing Siege of dubrovnik Date: 1994
Fisherman and boat, Dungeness, Kent - 2A fisherman repairs his wooden boat on the beach at Dungeness, Kent, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990
Fisherman and boat, Dungeness, Kent - 1A fisherman repairs his wooden boat on the beach at Dungeness, Kent, England. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990
Queen Alexandras Dock No. 2 - GibraltarQueen Alexandras Dock No.2 - Gibraltar Date: circa 1904
Advertising postcard - New Home Sewing MachineThe worlds greatest sewing machine is the New Home made by Gonyea and Alba of Rutland, Vermont, enabling repairs to be carried out in situ...! Date: circa 1910
Knox Street, Germiston, Transvaal, South AfricaKnox Street, Germiston, a gold mining town in Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa. Date: circa 1910
Bootmaker at work, Jaffa, Western IsraelBootmaker at work in Jaffa, Western Israel, while his customer waits for a repair to be done. Date: 1920s
Umbrella repairs on a Christmas and New Year cardUmbrella repair shop with pedestrians walking by on a Christmas and New Year card -- It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Date: circa 1890s
78 rpm record cover, Saville Pianos Ltd, offering piano tuning and repairs, records and musical instruments. 20th century
Soho, London - 25 Peter Street W1 - H Brahame shoe repairs (later demolished). 1973
Advertising Postcard for Afrana Sewing Machines produced by Biesolt & Locke of at the Meissen Sewing Machine Works, Meissen, Saxony, Germany
La Crinolonomanie by Charles Vernier -- A fashionable young woman visits a blacksmith for repairs to the iron ring of her crinoline frame. circa 1850
Three Wheeled Morgan Vintage Car, Britain. Showing running repairs - Northampton registration. Date: 1920s
Motorcycle dispatch riders, New Cross, WW2LCC-LFB junior dispatch riders during training at the New Cross speedway track in South London on 22 April 1942 -- a spot of bother with a bike. Date: 1942
The second de Havilland DH88 Comet G-ACSRThe second de Havilland DH88 Comet, G-ACSR, undergoing repairs following the pre-race accident