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Background imageSmithy Collection: Thornton Hough Smithy

Thornton Hough Smithy
The Village Smithy (blacksmith), with its spreading old chestnut tree, at Thornton Hough, Wirral, England. Date: 1930s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Signs and Symbols on Native Indian Handicrafts

Signs and Symbols on Native Indian Handicrafts
The Signs and Symbols used on indigenous native American handicrafts and jewelery. The Date: circa late 1930s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Doorway of Smithy

Doorway of Smithy - Coloured Slide - Thatched building, men working inside, Children watching. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Exterior of the village smithy

Exterior of the village smithy - Coloured slide thatched building horses and people outside, Chickens in foreground. Date: circa 1880s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Netherton Reformatory - Smithy

Netherton Reformatory - Smithy
The smithy at the Netherton Reformatory for Boys, Northumberland. Boys work at various tasks, one constructing a plough. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSmithy Collection: Blacksmiths outside their foundry or forge, USA

Blacksmiths outside their foundry or forge, USA
Three blacksmiths and two other men outside a foundry or forge, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Foundry Blacksmithing Machine Shop, North Dakota, USA

Foundry Blacksmithing Machine Shop, North Dakota, USA
Foundry Blacksmithing Machine Shop, probably in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, with three children posing on the right. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Two men and a horse in a blacksmiths forge

Two men and a horse in a blacksmiths forge. 19th century

Background imageSmithy Collection: Kokand, Uzbekistan - Shoeing a horse at the local forge

Kokand, Uzbekistan - Shoeing a horse at the local forge. Date: circa 1908

Background imageSmithy Collection: Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Blacksmiths Forge

Tashkent, Uzbekistan - Blacksmiths Forge. Date: 1907

Background imageSmithy Collection: Chinese Soldiers in Barracks

Chinese Soldiers in Barracks - servicing their equipment Date: circa 1908

Background imageSmithy Collection: Interior of the forge. Engraving. 19th century

Interior of the forge. Engraving. 19th century

Background imageSmithy Collection: The Smithy at Enfield Rifle Factory

The Smithy at Enfield Rifle Factory. 1861

Background imageSmithy Collection: The Sledgehammer adapted by Wilson Barrett

The Sledgehammer adapted by Wilson Barrett
Promotional postcard for The Sledgehammer adapted from the Flemish of Neston Le Thiers by Wilson Barrett. First produced Theatre Royal, Kilburn, 22nd February 1897. For Alfred Northway and H. V

Background imageSmithy Collection: The Village, Alderley, Gloucestershire

The Village, Alderley, Gloucestershire
The Village, Alderley, Wotton-under-Edge, near Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England. Showing the Smithy Date: 1907

Background imageSmithy Collection: British troops shoeing horses at village near the front, WW1

British troops shoeing horses at village near the front, WW1
British soldiers shoeing horses at a village near the Front in 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageSmithy Collection: MET DE BLES, Henri (1480-1550). Landscape with coppper

MET DE BLES, Henri (1480-1550). Landscape with coppper mines. Detail of the foundry. 16th century. Renaissance art. Oil on wood. CZECH Rep.. Prague. National Gallery in Prague

Background imageSmithy Collection: This Weeks Fragment by Bruce Bairnsfather

This Weeks Fragment by Bruce Bairnsfather
This Weeks Fragment " Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands" In a rather sombre Bruce Bairnsfather illustration, a bombed out smithy is stood, crumbling

Background imageSmithy Collection: Old Smithy Interior

Old Smithy Interior
The interior of an old smithy (blacksmiths shop) at Colne Engaine, Essex, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Turkish Blacksmith at Veles, Macedonia

Turkish Blacksmith at Veles, Macedonia Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Australia - Victoria - Bush Blacksmith

Australia - Victoria - Bush Blacksmith (Gippsland Region) Date: circa 1905

Background imageSmithy Collection: Farrier - Blacksmith preparing horseshoes

Farrier - Blacksmith preparing horseshoes Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Metropolitan Police blacksmith with WPC and horses

Metropolitan Police blacksmith with WPC and horses
A blacksmith shaping a horseshoe on his anvil, while a Metropolitan Police WPC watches. Two horses stand waiting in the background. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Macedonia - Blacksmith shoeing a Buffalo

Macedonia - Blacksmith shoeing a Buffalo Date: circa 1910

Background imageSmithy Collection: Gretna Green Anvil and Richard Rennison

Gretna Green Anvil and Richard Rennison
Richard Rennison - the Gretna Green Anvil Priest 1926 - 1940, pictured with books recording over 2000 marriages overseen at the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Gretna in seven years

Background imageSmithy Collection: Harlestone Smithy

Harlestone Smithy
A corner of the stone-built village of Harlestone, Northamptonshire, England, with a glimpse of its old smithy (blacksmiths). Date: late 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Forging Wrought Iron

Forging Wrought Iron
Forging wrought iron gates. Date: 1960s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Claverdon Blacksmith s

Claverdon Blacksmith s
The old smithy (blacksmiths shop) at Claverdon, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Dunchurch Forge

Dunchurch Forge
The Old Forge, Dunchurch, Warwickshire, England, reputed to be the original smithy on which Henry Wadsworth Longfellow based his poem The Village Blacksmith (1842). Date: 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Auld Smiddy Road House

Auld Smiddy Road House
The Auld Smiddy Road House, a modern roadhouse beside the Old Blacksmiths Shop at Greta Green, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: The Marriage House

The Marriage House, Coldstream Bridgehead, Berwickshire, Scotland, where up to a hundred years ago Blacksmith Weddings took place; the smithy was the priest! Date: 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Pangbourne Smithy

Pangbourne Smithy
The lovely old smithy (blacksmiths) at Pangbourne, Berkshire, England. Note the nice fat chimney! Date: 1930s

Background imageSmithy Collection: East Dean Farrier

East Dean Farrier
The old Farriers Shop at East Dean, Sussex, England. Above the door can be seen the last yoke used by oxen in Sussex. Date: 1930s

Background imageSmithy Collection: The Great Eastern scrapped: the auction, 1888

The Great Eastern scrapped: the auction, 1888
The Great Eastern under the hammer. After a thirty year career, the great steamship was scrapped, with her hull and fittings being sold at auction at New Ferry, Liverpool. 1

Background imageSmithy Collection: View of the Smithy at Ulrome, East Yorkshire

View of the Smithy at Ulrome, East Yorkshire
View of the Smithy at the village of Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1950s

Background imageSmithy Collection: Blacksmith in his forge, working on a horseshoe

Blacksmith in his forge, working on a horseshoe
A young blacksmith in his forge, working on a horseshoe, at the Black Country Museum, Birmingham, West Midlands

Background imageSmithy Collection: Blacksmiths Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway

Blacksmiths Shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway
Blacksmiths shop at Barnardos Home, Stepney Causeway, East London. In 1870, Thomas Barnardo set up a home for destitute boys at 18-26 Stepney Causeway

Background imageSmithy Collection: Blacksmith shoeing a horse

Blacksmith shoeing a horse
A Blacksmith changes the shoes on a working horse. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageSmithy Collection: Medieval German Smithy

Medieval German Smithy
A scene from the life of the legendary German romantic hero Eppelein von Gailingen (1310- 1381)

Background imageSmithy Collection: Breton Smithy / 19147

Breton Smithy / 19147
Outside the smithy at Pont- Aven Date: 1914

Background imageSmithy Collection: Primitive Smithy

Primitive Smithy
A primitve smithy at Unjamwest, German East Africa

Background imageSmithy Collection: Shoeing a Horse

Shoeing a Horse
A farrier shoes a work-horse outside his smithy

Background imageSmithy Collection: Wayland the Smith

Wayland the Smith
At a cromlech in Ashbury, called Wayland Smiths Cave, a traveller could get his horse magically re-shod. It is said that Wayland learned his craft from the dwarfs of Iceland

Background imageSmithy Collection: 17th Century Smithy

17th Century Smithy
A blacksmith at work in his smithy, powered by a water wheel; logging and other activities are also taking place



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