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Sketch map of Hook, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA sketch map of the village of Hook, including the various mining shafts of the colliery, on the Western Cleddau near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Chislet Colliery 1930SChislet Colliery was located next to the Canterbury-Margate road, Kent. Two shafts were first sunk in 1914. Despite surviving nationalisation in 1947, the mine closed in 1969. Date: 1930s
Coal Mine MachineryImproved Machinery for working Coal Mines - devices for conveying the coal along the galleries and up the shafts
Two rickshaws about to depart with their passengers comfortably seated (3/3). Date: circa 1920s
Two Japanese women get into their rickshaws (2/3). Date: circa 1920s
Japanese Rickshaws - drivers and passengersJapanese Rickshaws ready for their pasengers (1/3). Date: circa 1920s
HMS Hornet, Acheron-class DestroyerRoyal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet
Shadows in a London squareShafts of sunlight and deep shadows on a winters morning in a square in Central London. Date: circa 1950s
Great Coal Strike, South Wales, 1921Great Coal Strike in South Wales, 1921 - pit head with shafts covered. 1921
Ornate Japanese carriages. Date: circa 1900s
Coal and metals miningDiagram of the exterior and interior of a Metalliferous mine. Date: 1859
Favourite Sayings - Cart before the horseBlack and white lantern slide of a man putting a horse the wrong way round between the shafts of a cart.Two men stand at the side, one pointing to what the man is doing
Searchlights looking for Zeppelins over London, WW1Searchlights throwing up shafts of light over the London skyline in September 1914, on the look out for German Zeppelin aircraft
Horse pulling a vehicleA horse pulling a three-wheel vehicle on a cobblestone street in Germany. Date: circa 1940s
Back to back housing, Llanhilleth, Gwent, South WalesA view along an alley between back to back terraced housing in Llanhilleth, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales, showing walls made of a mixture of brick and stone, and ramshackle corrugated iron roofing
Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Local Man with Traditional Arba CartTashkent, Uzbekistan - Local Man ( Sart ) with Traditional Cart ( Arba ) with large, heavy wheels - seated in classic pose with feet resting on the shafts. Date: 1907
The Shafts of Cupid by AdamA Pleasing Phantasy by Adam. Cupid aims his bow at a young woman who lifts her skirt to reveal stockinged legs. Date: 1918
The Norman Doorway at Barfeston Church, KentThe finely-decorated carving on the Norman Doorway at the Church of St Nicholas, Barfeston, Kent. The churchs website proffers this view on the south doorway
The foreman and miners pose for a photograph. King Cobalt silver mine, Cobalt, Ontario Canada
Edwardian family in South AfricaAn Edwardian family in South Africa. Two women sit in an open carriage with a baby, while a girl and a native man hold the shafts at the front
Sandhurst, AustraliaGeneral view of the mines at Sandhurst, Australia
Russian Carriage Driving at Olympia, London, 1911Illustration showing a demonstration of Russian carriage driving at the Olympia Horse Show, London, 1911. This image shows the horse between the shafts (on left) trotting, while its partner gallops
Gold Mine in Brazil. The Morro Velho Mine - Stoping SectionEngraving of a cross section of mine workings showing shafts, water wheel, pillars of lode stone and the sump shaft
Coal mine fire at Astley, near ManchesterCoal mine fire at the Tyldesley Collieries near Manchester. The fire spread so furiously that all the shafts were unaccessable
Man Walks in SunshineA man walks through Fountains Court, Temple, London, in the morning sunshine