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First National Firemens Strike, 1977The first ever National Firemens Strike in 1977 was supported by Firemen from Eccles Fire Station, Manchester. Date: 1977
Strand Union Workhouse, EdmontonThe Strand Unions new workhouse opened at Edmonton, North London, in 1870. Date: Date unknown
West London District School, AshfordOpened in 1872, the West London District School provided accommodation away from the workhouse for pauper children from the Fulham, Hammersmith, Paddington, and St George Hanover Square unions
Boys Dining Room at Hollybrook House, SouthamptonBoys on duty stand to attention in the dining room at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: Date unknown
West Derby Union, Liverpool - Office, Brougham TerraceWest Derby Unions administrative offices at Brougham Terrace, Liverpool. Date: 1925
Goldie Leigh Childrens Cottage Homes, Bostall Woods, PlumstEntrance to the Woolwich Unions Goldie Leigh cottage homes at Bostall Heath, Plumstead, erected in 1899 to house pauper children away from the workhouse
Greenwich Childrens Home, SidcupEntrance to The Hollies - the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. A group of children stand inside the gate
Aston Union Workhouse, Birmingham, WarwickshireAn aerial view of Aston Union Workhouse at Erdington, Birmingham. The unions childrens cottage homes are on a separate site, just visible at the right of the picture
Entrance to West London District School, Ashford, StainesStaff near the entrance to the West London District School on Woodthorpe Road, Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, opened in 1872 as the West London District School for workhouse children from Fulham
Group of boys at Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsA large group of boys at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are sitting on a grassy bank wearing identical uniform
Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum, Bow, East LondonThe Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum was opened in 1871 at Devons Road in Bow, next to the Stepney workhouse, East London. Despite its name
Reform / 1832 / BirminghamPolitical Unions gather at New-Hall Hill, Birmingham, to press the case for the Reform Bill. The Bill was passed successfully through the House of Lords on 7 June 1832. Date: May 1832
Disraeli / Cat / Bag / LordBENJAMIN DISRAELI Dizzy chastises a member of the House of Lords for meddling with the Trade Unions: they should leave that to him Date: 28 October 1871
Chester Workhouse Childrens OutingA group of children from Chester Unions cottage homes on an outing to the seaside, accompanied by adult helpers. The homes housed pauper children away from the workhouse. Date: 1925
A trade union rally in Hackney for the unemployed. London
The Lawn at Hollybrook House, SouthamptonThe garden lawn at the Southampton Unions Hollybrook House childrens home. A man tends a baby in a pram, and a tent stands in the distance. The home housed pauper children away from the workhouse
Poplar & Stepney Sick Asylum, London
Boys Band at Greenwich Union Cottage Homes, Lamorbey, SidcuThe boys band, posed with their instruments, at the Greenwich & Deptford Unions cottage homes site at Lamorbey, near Sidcup, Kent. The homes name can be seen on the bass drum
Entrance to Booth Hall Infirmary, LancashireEntrance gates of Booth Hall Infirmary, Charlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester. Booth Hall was built in 1908 as an infirmary for the Prestwich Union but
In unions there is strength!. Illustration shows a man labeled Employers Union and a man labeled Workingmans Union drinking a toast while sitting on the back of a man sprawled on the ground
Hampstead Workhouse InfirmaryThe Hampstead Unions new workhouse infirmary, designed by Charles Bell, featured a novel circular ward block. Date: 1884
Percy House Military HospitalPatients, one in a wheelchair, outside the Percy House Military Hospital during the First World War. Out of wartime, the site was a school for pauper children
T. u. C. HeadquartersThe Trade Union Conference Headquarters building, central London. Date: 1980
Tuc Conference 1954Trade Union Conference, Britain. Date: 1954
Workhouse bowl and mugAn inmates soup or gruel bowl and spoon from the Hackney workhouse and a mug from the Bootle workhouse, all marked with their unions monogram. Each held up to two pints of liquid. Date: Date unknown
Bridgend Cottage Homes, GlamorganThe Bridgend Unions cottage homes at Merthyr Mawr Road, to the south of Bridgend. The homes, opened in 1879, housed pauper children away from the workhouse
Band programme - Aston Union Cottage HomesSpecimen programme of music performed by the boys military band at Aston Unions cottage homes at Erdington, Birmingham. The homes, opened in 1899, housed pauper children away from the main workhouse
New Years Eve in the WorkhouseAn illustration by J Barnard Davis of New Years Eve in an unnamed workhouse. At Christmas time, workhouses were decorated and the inmates given treats
Wandsworth & Clapham Dispensary and Relief StationArchitects drawing of the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new relief offices on Latchmere Road, Battersea. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle. Date: 1886
Wandsworth Workhouse ChapelArchitects drawing of the interior of the chapel at the Wandsworth & Clapham Unions new workhouse on Garratt Lane, Wandsworth. The building, erected in 1886, was designed by T.W. Aldwinckle
Nut Conference / 1962A conference of the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Secondary school section. Date: 1962
Striking masons picketing a building site during a strike. Date: 1859
Entrance to Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsThe entrance and receiving block at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. A woman in uniform and a boy stand on either side of the archway
Boiler Room, Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsThe boiler room at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The schools engineer and four young helpers stand alongside massive lumps of coal
Boys Band, Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsThe Boys Band at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are in uniform, holding their instruments on the steps of the building
Four young inmates, Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsFour young inmates (two boys and two girls) at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. The boys are in band uniform and hold a trumpet or cornet
Group of girls at Wigmore Schools, West MidlandsA large group of girls at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are sitting on a grassy bank wearing identical smock dresses, pinafores and straw hats
Ashford Schools, SurreyLocated on Woodthorpe Road, at Ashford, near Staines, Surrey, and opened in 1872 as the West London District School, it provided accommodation away from the workhouse for pauper children from
Pierrots at Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, LancashireThe Blackwites pierrot troupe at the Langho Colony in 1925. The colony, at Langho in Ribblesdale, Lancashire, was set up in 1906 by the Chorlton
Central London District Schools, Hanwell, MiddlesexEntrance lodge of the Central London District Schools at Hanwell, Middlesex, also known as the Cuckoo Schools. A drinking fountain stands outside the gate
Union DemonstrationAt the Salle Pilodo, France, a huge gathering of workers demand the right to form unions like they have in England
T. G. W. U Dress Party 1934A fancy dress party at the Transport and General Workers Union convalescent home in Littleport, Cambridgeshire; who says trade unionists lack humour?
Working Mens AssocCertificate of membership of the International Working Mens Association signed by officers from Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Poland as well as the United States
Land CongressThe first All-Russian Congress of Land is held at the House of the Unions, Moscow
May Day March - 1936Workers organisations hold May Day celebrations in Hyde Park - London. This banner is for the Shoreditch Trades Council
Early Trade Union C1835Initiation into a TRADE UNION - due to official hostility (unionists were perceived as revolutionaries) the earliest unions conducted themselves like secret societies
Striking masons meeting in a London pubA committee meeting of striking masons held in a London pub
Union of RailwaymenMembers of the Bermondsey branch of the National Union of Railwaymen pose for a photograph with their Workers of the World Unite banner and their marching drums