Workers Collection (page 19)

Manor or country house garden, with workers. Copper-plate illustration from Richard Bradley, New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. Frontispiece. Date: 1739

NFS messenger boy at Pimlico bombing, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico, with a messenger boy in the foreground. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

NFS (Salvage Corps) workers at a fire, WW2
Salvage workers from Cannon Street fire station sub-station A2Z.2X (Watling Street) undertaking salvage work at a warehouse fire

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team

Cotton Field in Sudan
Empire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, A Sudan Cotton Field Date: 1927-1933

An old fashioned steam train and workers

Russian Patriotic Propaganda Poster - Red Army Day
" The glory of these days will never fall silent." A quote from the march of the Amur Far East partisans of the Russian Civil war era

Wrecked train, Llanelli railway strike riots, Wales
A troop train in Llanelli, Wales, wrecked by rioters during the railway strike, during which nine people were killed. What started out as a peaceful strike by railway workers in Llanelli turned

Nasmyth hammer at steel works, Sheffield, Yorkshire
Male workers are dwarfed by the massive Nasmyth hammer at the Atlas Steel Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Date: circa 1902

Trinidad - A field of Sugar Cane
A Sugar Cane field in flower and local Trinidadian workers (men and women) in Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean. Date: circa 1907

Kodak Factory 1930S
Glass lenses being sorted at the Kodak works in Wealdstone Date: 1930s

Publishers office
Office of Howard Wilford Bell, publishers. Assembly or packing room of Howard Wilford Bell, Publisher of the Unit Books, at 5th Avenue between 28th and 29th Streets

Our Village in Victorian Times by H. L. Oakley
A series of silhouettes by H. L. Oakley depicting scenes of village life during the Victorian era. Cut outs include the squire, gamekeepers, farm workers, the blacksmith, the vicar

Sultan locomotive, Iron Duke class, Great Western Railway
The newly built Sultan locomotive, belonging to the Iron Duke class of the Great Western Railway, a sister engine to the Great Britain. Both were built in 1847

Surface worker, South Wales colliery
A middle aged surface worker at a colliery in South Wales

Railway tunnel, Oakeley Slate Quarry, North Wales
Entrance to a railway tunnel, built in 1879, which goes right under the main workings of Oakeley Slate Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, North Wales

Gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales
Two traditional style caravans at a gypsy encampment near Pontypool, South Wales

Women chatting in a back yard, Pontypool, South Wales
A group of women, probably all wives of coal miners, chatting in the back yard of 76 Hanbury Terrace, Pontypool, South Wales. The smiling woman in the spotted skirt is the mother of W E Jones

William Brace, Welsh Labour MP
William Brace (1865-1947), Welsh Labour MP, President of the South Wales Miners Federation from 1912 until 1915. He was an early advocate of a single union for all of Britains coal miners

Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, North Wales
View of the Dorothea Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales, with the engine house at the centre

Gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales
Two small gypsy boys making pegs, near Pontypool, South Wales

Two middle aged miners with their lamps, South Wales
Two middle aged miners with their lamps, at a colliery in South Wales

Repairing pit props, Plas y Coed Level, South Wales
A miner repairing pit props in the Plas y Coed Level, South Wales

Woman using a dolly tub in a back yard, South Wales
A woman using a dolly tub to do the weekly wash, in a back yard in South Wales, with two children on the left. W E Jones recalled

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery, Pontypool, South Wales
An aerial view of Tirpentwys Colliery near Pontypool in South Wales

Monument, North Korean Communist Party, Pyongyang
View of the monument to the founding of the North Korean Workers Party, in Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Commissioned by Kim Il Sung (1912-1994)

Bursa - Interior of the silk textile works - Turkey
The interior of the silk textile works of Bay Freres, Bursa, Turkey. The textile manufacturers of Bursa were responsible for making the silk velvet covering for the Ka aba in Mecca

Parachute factory WWII
Women in a parachute factory sewing silk to make parachutes during World War II

Animal ambulance workers WWII
Women hurrying to an animal ambulance for stray and unwanted animals during World War II

Zonguldak, Turkey - Railway at Mine
A small train in operation at the coal mines of Zonguldak (formerly Heraclea), a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. An important coal mining centre

South Africa - Transvaal - Chinese Coolies in a Compound

Welfare of horses on His Majestys Service. A female vet giving a horse a check-up during World War I

Match Makers
The Match Makers of the East End. The match-making industry employed mainly female workers and came to prominence in 1888 during the match-making strike when, led by Annie Besant

Spartacist Troops / 1919
Armed workers on their way to occupy the newspaper district, Berlin. This was part of the failed Spartacist uprising

Suez Canal Opened 1869
The procession of boats, one of which carries the French Emperor, passes El Guist, watched by thousands - many of whom are doubtless workers who helped build the Canal

Breakaway from coal strike 1926
After more than a week on general strike, there was a strong movement that began with the coal-miners of the Midlands to break-away from the strike abd return to work

Coal strike: movements towards an offical settlement 1926
Fillings in many of collieries was that the Genaral strike was coming to the end; a flow of men returning back to work steadily increased

Sphagnum moss manufactured for surgical dressings, WW1
Page from The War Budget reporting on the use of sphagnum moss, harvested in peat bogs, and processed into antiseptic surgical dressings during the First World War

British toys during WW1 - drums in a British toy factory
A girl making drums at an English toy factory. Stronger articles than the German variety. Before the war, Germany had been the premier supplier of toys to Britain

Steam fitters at loco shed, Exeter St Davids, Devon
A group of four steam fitters outside the locomotive service shed at Exeter St Davids station, Devon. Date: 1959

Stooks of wheat at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon
Stooks of wheat in a field during harvest time at Black Dog, near Crediton, Devon. Date: 1960s

Group of cleaners who won the football pools, with cleaning equipment. Date: circa 1980s

Morlaix Fish Market - black & white view of market with workers Viaduct in background Date: circa 1890s

Rubber Factory workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Forth Road Bridge over Firth of Forth, Scotland
Forth Road Bridge under construction over the Firth of Forth, Scotland -- it opened in 1964. Date: early 1960s

Railway workers outside their work premises, USA
Five railway workers outside their work premises, North America. Date: circa 1910s

Paddington Postal FC football team
Paddington Postal (sorting office) football team, 1904-1905. Date: 1904-1905

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