Union Collection (page 7)

Former Bledlow parish workhouse
The former parish workhouse at Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, which later became the childrens school for the Wycombe poor law union

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Bride and Parents-in-Law. The bride performing a rite of drinking sake with her husbands parents in order to express the true heart of loving each other tenderly as

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Drinking Sake
Japanese Wedding Ceremony - Bride and Bridegroom each drink Sake nine times to fasten the ties of matrimony - the most important ritual act in marriage. Date: circa 1910s

Ulysses S. Grant - US President and Military Commander
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) - 18th president of the United States (18691877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Date: circa 1920s

RMS Kenilworth Castle - Union Castle Line. Launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1936. Date: circa 1905

Ventnor - Isle of Wight - Union Cottage, Spring Hill Date: circa 1870s

King George V offering thanks to the Army and Navy - WWI Christmas 1918. Date: circa 1918

In Memoriam - scene in Tewkesbury Abbey, WW1
A lone woman stands alone in front of a roll of honour, with the Union flag hanging over it inside Tewkesbury Abbey in Gloucestershire during the First World War. Date: 1919

The General Strike - Elephant & Castle
Burnt out bus incident at the Elephant & Castle, showing a portion of the bus on the left while mounted policemen control the crowds

Bethnal Green Union Guardians Offices, London
The offices of the Bethnal Green Union Board of Guardians on Bishops Road (now Bishops Way). The offices were situated adjacent to the Waterloo Road workhouse. Date: Date unknown

1st Southern Military Hospital, Stourbridge
The infirmary of the Stourbridge Union workhouse at Kingswinford, during its First World War occupation as a military hospital when it became part of the 1st Southern General Hospital

Princess Mary as a Girl Guide Commissioner
Princess Mary, only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, later Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, as a Guide Commissioner presenting a Union Jack flag to a Girl Guide Corps. Date: 1922

Grand Union Canal Lock
The motor cruiser Jemima, in the lock at Stoke Bruerne, on the Grand Union Canal, Northamptonshire, England. Date: 1960s

Moored Canal Boats
Moored craft on the Shropshire Union Canal, at Huntington, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

Coronation hair clips, 1953
A pair of regal hair clips produced to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 featuring a small crown on each one and a picture of a youthful Princess Elizabeth on the packaging

The Geneva Union, Shaftesbury Avenue, London
The Geneva Union, 158-160 Shaftesbury Avenue, London - listed as the Hotel Employees Association - one of at least two clubhouses for Swiss Hotel workers in the West End

Bromley Workhouse, Kent

Strand Refuge, Edmonton
The Strand Union Workhouse at Edmonton used to house Belgian refugees during the First World War. A group of adults and children, some carrying parcels, are milling around the entrance gates

Go-Kart Race 1950S
An official waves a Union Jack flag to start the race. Date: 1950s

Amesbury Union workhouse, Wiltshire
A distant view of Amesbury, Wiltshire, with the Union workhouse on the left, designed by William Bonython Moffatt, and built on South Mill Hill in 1837. It was demolished in 1967

Reading War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire
During the First World War, the Reading Union workhouse (opened 1867) on Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, was used as a military hospital

Union Workhouse, Newent, Gloucestershire
The entrance to the union workhouse at Newent, Gloucestershire

Main building, Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
General view of the main building of the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The school opened in 1870 to house workhouse children from the two unions

Laundry at Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey
Inmates ironing clothes and linen in the laundry at the Shirley Schools, near Croydon, Surrey, established in 1904 by the St Olave Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, Leicestershire
A group of boys, including some uniformed band members, at the Countesthorpe cottage homes in Leicestershire on their sports day in 1919

Union Workhouse, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Bakewell Union workhouse. The porter and two other men stand at the entrance, while another stands at the left near a wheelbarrow

Wallingford Union Childrens Cottage Homes, Berkshire
The Wallingford Unions cottage homes on Wantage Road, Wallingford, Berkshire. Cottage homes were established by some poor law authorities to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Strand Union Workhouse, Edmonton, North London
The Strand Unions workhouse at Edmonton, North London, opened in 1870. The Strand Union was located in Central London

Poplar Union Schools, Brentwood, Essex
In 1906, the Poplar Union (East London) established a Schools site located between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex

Union Workhouse, Hertford
A view of Hertford Union workhouse, Hertfordshire, opened in around 1869 on Ware Road, Hertford. The imposing three-storey building has a clock tower at its centre

Union Workhouse, Easthampstead, Berkshire
A distant view of the Easthampstead Union workhouse, Berkshire, opened in about 1836, in buildings adapted from former almshouses

Poster for a Military Exhibition at Earls Court
Poster advertising a Military Exhibition at Earls Court, London, depicting a brave British soldier, a British Lion, and Britannia

Union Workhouse, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The Haverfordwest Union workhouse, designed by William Owen, was opened in 1839. It was later known as Priory Mount and then as St Thomas Hospital

Blything Union Childrens Home, Yoxford, Suffolk
Children and staff stand in front of the Blything Union childrens home at Yoxford, Suffolk. The home, opened in the early 1900s, accommodated pauper children away from the workhouse

St Benedicts Hospital, Tooting, South London
St Benedicts Hospital which lay between Church Lane and Rectory Lane in Tooting, South London. The hospital was established in 1897

Swindon & Highworth Union Workhouse, Swindon, Wiltshire
The Swindon and Highworth Union workhouse on Highworth Road, at Stratton St Margaret near Swindon, Wiltshire. The building, opened in 1846, later became St Margarets Hospital

Moral and Industrial Training Schools, Leeds
A very early photograph of the Moral and Industrial Training Schools, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire. The Schools were erected in 1846-48 by the Leeds Board of Guardians to house

Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
An unusual view from the doorstep of the Ecclesall Bierlow Union workhouse at Nether Edge, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The building on the opposite side of the street was used as the Unions offices

Wayland Military Hospital, Attleborough, Norfolk. The hospital operated during the First World War in the Wayland Unions new workhouse infirmary, erected at Attleborough in 1912-13

Tooting Military Hospital, Tooting Graveney, Surrey
The Tooting Military Hospital operated during World War One in a building on Church Lane, Tooting Graveney, Surrey, formerly St Josephs Roman Catholic college

The General Strike - Government leaders
Government leaders during the General Strike: Ministers and Commissioners. 1. Chief Civil Commissioner: Sir W. Mitchell-Thomson, 2. Principal Chief Assistant Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Lowry, 3

Ships of the P&O, Cunard, Orient, Union and Guion Lines, 188
Engravings of the steamships Lusitania, Khiva, Mexican, Australia, Arizona, Zambesi, Poonah, Nepaul, Ganges, Geelong, Rosetta, Umbria and Etruria (left to right, top to bottom)

Shotton Works Demo C1972
Demonstration by Shotton steel workers against the closure of their factory

First Railway 1825
A man on horseback bearing a Union Jack flag heads the very first railway journey in England aboard George Stephensons " Locomotion"

Chicago Stockyards
Cattle awaiting slaughter in the Union Stock Yards, Chicago - note the boards for Armour and Swift

Christabel Pankhurst
CHRISTABEL PANKHURST Leading Suffragette & member of the Womens Social & Political Union. Daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst

Nikolai Shvernik
NIKOLAI SHVERNIK Russian statesman, trade union leader, realigned labour organisations to subordinate them to the Soviet state

Narrow Boat Icebreaker
An icebreaker narrow boat on the frozen Grand Union Canal, near Buckby Wharf, Northamptonshire, England

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