Strike Collection (page 10)

Police and strikers during railway strike, Dublin
Police holding strikers back to allow non-union men to pass to Kingsbridge Station (now known as Heuston Station) in Dublin, Ireland. 1911

Refilling engine tender during rail strike
During the rail strike a platform inspector and guards help to fill an engine tender with coal. 1911

Striking dockers attacking transport, London
Striking dockers attacking transport during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Soldiers escorting carts during railway strike
Soldiers escorting delivery carts through London (in the Waterloo area) during the railway strike. 1911

Striking dockers attacking horse-drawn van, London
Striking dockers attacking a horse-drawn van during the London Dock Strike. All vans loaded with goods were attacked and prevented from passing in any direction. 1911

Street scene during the London Dock Strike

Police arriving during London Dock Strike
London policemen arriving at the scene of disturbances caused by dock strikers. 1911

Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
One of the coal-carrying trucks in Llanelli, Wales, which rioters wrecked during the railway strike. 1911

Soldiers waiting for orders during rail strike, London
Soldiers resting in the courtyard at Euston Station, London, while waiting for orders during the 1911 rail strike. 1911

Strikers obstructing transport during London Dock Strike

Police escorting cart during Dock Strike, London
Police escorting a cart during the London Dock Strike. During the strike it was practically impossible for any transport to be moved without a police escort

Obstructive crowd of men during dock strike, London
An obstructive crowd of dockers at the Tower of London during the dock strike, preventing a loaded horse-drawn cart from passing in any direction. 1911

Advert for Lucky Strike cigarettes, 1930 Date: 1930

Metropolitan Police group at the time of the Dock Strike
Metropolitan Police N Division, a group photograph at the time of the Dock Strike, with a ship called the Ping Suey in the background. Date: 1912

Canadian nurses on the Western Front, France, WW1
Canadian nurses on the Western Front during the First World War, looking among the ruins of their quarters after a bomb strike by German airships at No

The General Strike - canteens in Hyde Park
Lady Betty Butler (left) and Miss Collett Doughty armed with large frying pans; part of an organised response to the General Strike where canteens were set up in Hyde Park

Father Gapon, the leader of the Red Sunday strike movement
One of the first authentic photographs of Father Gapon with General Fullon, the Governor of St Petersburg, amid the strikers

Australian Strike
Strikers meet in Flinders Park during the Labour and Shipping Strike. Date: 31 August 1890

London Travel Chaos
A miserable scene at a London bus stop, commuters nearly fighting to get onto buses, perhaps during a tube strike. Date: 1980s

DUSTMANs STRIKE 1979
A huge pile-up of cardboard boxes and other refuse during the Dustmens Strike over pay and working conditions, central London. Date: 1979

France - Striking Clockmakers
A group of striking clockmakers at Charquemont eat a communal meal at a girls school. Date: 1909

Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, Monmouthshire
At Nine Mile Point Colliery, Newport, relatives and friends wait at the pit-head for news of the miners who are taking part in a stay-in strike below ground. Date: circa 1936

Page from The Sphere, 4th May 1912, called The Newsletter, Week by Week. It features images of Indian students who have studied at the London School of Economics; Signor Murri

Hercules strikes Cacus, and view of Rome
Page of text with marginal drawings. At the top in the left margin is a picture of Rome. In front of the city stand two men, one of whom is wearing armour. There are birds flying over their heads

Hercules strikes Cacus
Page of text with marginal drawing, showing Hercules with a large club about to strike at Cacus (the bearded man on the right) who is pulling a bull backwards by the tail. 1543

Street scene with striking men
A street scene with striking men demanding more pay

Strike / Vehicles Damaged
Police and civilians around a bus, the windows of which have been smashed by stone-throwers in the Old Edinburgh Road, Glasgow Date: 1926

Strike / Train Derailed
A derailed train at Cremlington, Northumberland, and an undergraduate volunteer working as a station porter Date: May 1926

Work Conditions
Management and labour negotiate during the South Wales lock-out Date: 1875

Striking masons picketing a building site during a strike. Date: 1859

Brooklyn Car Strike
Brooklyn Strike. Street corner with crowd peering down street; a trolley conductor is partially visible

Some General Favourites, duing the General Strike
Believed to have come from Oxford, Cambridge and other " health resorts", London will not soon forget these cheery knights of the road

How they helped in Hyde Park and Whitehall during the strike
Typical volunteer workers in Hyde Park and Horse Guards, helping in the canteens and hanging out the washing

Football match between police and strikers
A unique event of the General Strike was a football match between police and strikers on the Plymouth Argyle ground. The strikers won by 2-1

Volunteers during the General Strike
The Chiswick garage of the L.G.O.C. where the London volunteer bus-drivers and conductors slept during the strike

Volunteers working on the docks at Dover during the General
The Cambridge volunteers, the light blue brigade, attired in berets, pull-overs, flannel bags and voluminous plus-fours, worked efficiently as porters and dockers during the General Strike

The spirit of England at work: railway and dock volunteers
Volunteers on the railways during the General Strike. The ILN reports that Nothing was more remarkable during the General Strike than the skill and efficiency with which the railways were carried

The strike in Glasgow
Soldiers arrive to keep order during the strike in Glasgow

Soldiers at Euston Station during 1912 railway strike
A posse of uniformed soldiers with rifles lie down for a rest on the cobbled courtyard outside Euston Station, Central London, during a railway strike in 1912

American duck hawk striking wild duck
A Peregrine Falcon, historically known in North America as an American duck hawk, striking a wild duck in mid-flight. Raymond Sheppard notes below the drawing that " the stoop of this bird is

Railway Cart Overturned - London Strike
A Railway Cart, overturned outside Paddington Station whilst conveying goods of the Keevil Ham Company to their warehouse, during a Strike in London, August 10th, 1911

Horse and cart during transport strike, Liverpool
A driver who did not need police protection -- a man with his horse and cart, and a dog for good measure. The Liverpool transport strike began with two of the seamens unions

Strikers rally in London, with mounted police
A strikers rally in London during the national transport strike, with mounted police on hand to keep order

Policemen and cart, Canning Town, East London
Policemen accompany a cart carrying goods across the bridge at Canning Town, near the London Docks in East London, during the national transport strike

London taxi cab attacked by drivers during strike
A London taxi cab is attacked in the street during a taxi cab drivers strike which took place from 31 October to 9 November

Taxi cab drivers strike, Charing Cross, London
The almost empty forecourt of Charing Cross Station in Central London, during a brief taxi cab drivers strike (31 October to 9 November)

Soldiers guarding Willesden tunnel during rail strike
Two soldiers guarding Willesden railway tunnel in north west London during the first national railway strike, which took place in August 1911 over the issue of union recognition

The Dock Labourers great strike in London
Top picture: Those who agree to this resolution hold up their hands." Bottom picture: On the contrary." A unanimous vote to strike at a meeting of dock workers outside the west India dock

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