Unrest Collection

Soldiers at Brynkinalt Colliery, 1912
Men of the 2nd Suffolk Regiment on duty at the Brynkinalt Colliery, Chirk. The soldiers (together with a contingent from the Shropshire Light Infantry and some police)

Riot at Mold in Flintshire
A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company

Detachment of The Black Watch in Dundee, Scotland
Threatening encounters between rioters and the police in Dundee, Scotland, brought a large detachment of The Black Watch to the city

The Great Docks Strike of 1912 - Scene at Grays, Essex
The Great Docks (Docker s) Strike of 1912 - Scene at a Demonstration at Grays, Essex. The pre-war era witnessed massive industrial unrest as dockers, transport workers

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Belfast riots, August 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast that began on the night of the 23rd August, and continued for a week

Belfast riots, July 1920
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News, reporting on rioting in Belfast from 20th to 23rd July 1920. 18 people were killed, and 200 wounded during the disturbances

London Fire Brigade, second Brixton Riots
On 28 September 1985 the second Brixton riot erupted. After the arrest of a man following a shooting incident, a largely black crowd protested at Brixton Police station in Lambeth, South London

Ruins of Red House, Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies
Ruins of the Red House, a government building in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies. It was set on fire during the Water Riots in March 1903. circa 1903

Police guarding Liverpool Station during transport strike
Policemen on horseback guarding Liverpool Station during the general transport strike of 1911. The strike began with two of the seamens unions, resulting from a range of grievances

Labour unrest in Glasgow
The strikers and police during the Glasgow strikes

NUPE members protesting against cuts, Coventry
Striking NUPE (National Union of Public Employees) members protesting against proposed council cuts outside Whitley Abbey Comprehensive School, Coventry, 10 November 1981. Date: 1981

Luddites smash weaving machinery in a Nottingham textile factory. The Luddites were a movement of radical group of English textile workers

Rebecca Riots in South Wales against toll gate charges
Rebecca Riots in South Wales against excessive toll gate charges - many of the rioters were men dressed as women. Date: 1843

An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
An Allegory of Social Strife, a painting by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

WW2 - House Of Unrest
An illustration from a wartime short story, House Of Unrest, written by Wilfrid Robertson. The image portrays a man wielding his gun, with a firm stance. Date: circa 1940s

People campaigning against cuts, Ilford, Essex
People campaigning against cuts in education and social services, Ilford, Essex, 28 May 1976. Date: 1976

Trainee teachers campaigning against education cuts
Trainee teachers from the College of All Saints campaigning against education cuts, June 1976. Date: 1976

People Campaigning Campaign Tory Conservative
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Employment protest, Liverpool
Employment protest in Liverpool, 17 March 1979. Those taking part include Dunlop workers, Tate & Lyle workers, and members of the National Union of Seamen. Date: 1979

British Leyland workers protesting, London
British Leyland workers protesting during a strike, and taking part in a demonstration in London which included a march to the House of Commons

Official picket line outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable
Official picket line with placards outside Vauxhall Motors, Dunstable. Date: circa 1970s

Building workers dispute, Lambeth, South London, 19 July 1977. Date: 1977

LSO musicians supporting BBC musicians, London
London Symphony Orchestra musicians supporting BBC musicians outside Broadcasting House, London, 27 June 1980. The strike by BBC musicians began when the BBC put forward plans to discontinue five

Dispute Disputes Protest Protesting Industrial
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GEC workers campaigning, GEC Headquarters, London
GEC workers campaigning outside the GEC Headquarters in London during a lockout from the Keith Blackman works at Tottenham, 18 March 1970. Date: 1970

Babcock and Wilcox workers, Renfrew plant, Scotland
Babcock and Wilcox workers at the Renfrew plant, Scotland, during a mass meeting as part of an employment dispute. Date: circa 1970

Members of NUTGW campaigning
Members of NUTGW (National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers), NATSOPA (National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants)

Members of DATA campaigning, Tothill Street, London
Members of DATA (Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians Association) from Rolls Royce, Coventry, campaigning in Tothill Street, London, 21 August 1970

People campaigning on behalf of London teachers
A group of people campaigning on behalf of London teachers. The placards read: "Where have London teachers gone? Gone to the provinces every one

RIOTING MINERS
Unrest in the mining districts is suppressed by the military : ten will die. Date: 25-29 March 1868

Rioting Miners Events Belgium 25 29 March 1868
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Riots in Belfast, 1920
Drawing by an eye-witness of scenes during riots in Belfast in 1920, showing a woman with a bag full of missiles, bottle and stone throwing and revolver firing, while police charge

Crowd in Dublin being fired upon without orders by men of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. The incident had taken place after gun-running by the Irish National Volunteers at Howth

Cartoon, Strike Home! (strikers injure each other)
Cartoon, Strike Home! A working man who is on strike is dismayed to find that the local baker is also on strike -- the suggestion is that all they are doing is injuring each other by striking

No Popery Riots, London, 1780
No Popery Riots, London, 7 June 1780. 1780

Troops at Kells Workhouse
Troops camped at Kells Union workhouse, County Meath, Ireland. They had been sent to the area to quell unrest caused by the Duke of Leinsters attempts to evict Irish tenants from his properties

Meeting of unemployed men on Tower Hill, London
Meeting of unemployed men on Tower Hill, East London. 1892

British troops in gas masks - Uprising in Nicosia
British troops armed with batons and wearing gas masks, standing by to quell disturbances by Greek Cypriots in Nicosia, Cyprus during rioting in Nicosia - late October 1955. 1955

Rioters throwing furniture, Spanish Revolution, 1931
Rioters throwing furniture from a burning Jesuit convent during the Spanish Revolution. 1931

Study, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Study for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

Drawing, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler
Preparatory drawing for a painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, by Archibald Ziegler. A reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike. late 1920s

Hell, drawing by Archibald Ziegler, a preparatory study for his painting, An Allegory of Social Strife, a reflection on postwar mass unemployment and social unrest, recalling the 1926 General Strike

The riots in Belfast
The police charging the mob in the brickfields, demonstrating against the First Home Rule Bill, introduced by the British Prime Minister, William Gladstone. Date: 1886

Street scene during riot, Brixton, Lambeth, South London
A street scene in Brixton, Lambeth, South London, during a period of rioting. The air is full of black smoke, something (possibly a car) is on fire on the left

Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway, Central London
Poll Tax demonstrators in the roadway in Central London. One man stands in fighting pose, with his fists clenched. Another man holds a placard with the words: Bog Off Thatcher

Poll Tax demonstrator and Met Police van, Central London
A Poll Tax demonstrator aims a metal barrier at the back of a Police van, during a violent demonstration in Central London. Date: 31 March 1990

Victims of communal rioting during the Partition of India
Two victims of communal rioting during the period of the partition of India. Here, a bandaged member of a caravan of sikh refugees rests by the roadside during a halt from the often lengthy

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