Working Collection (page 11)

Lambert Simnel working in the Royal Kitchens
Lambert Simnel (circa 1477circa 1525) - pretender to the throne of England. His claim to be Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, in 1487 threatened the newly-established reign of King Henry VII

One Battle, One Will, One Goal
German World War Two propaganda poster - One Battle, One Will, One Goal...Victory at any price - showing workers and soldiers working towards victory

Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Woman police officer in updated uniform, London
Woman police officer in the updated uniform introduced in 1977, with a range of mix and match options, and the checkered cravat replacing the bow tie

Drawing the crucible 1840s
A Foundry man drawing a crucible from the ground. Date: 1840s

Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
FRIEDRICH ENGELS German political theorist working on Das Kapital with Marx Date: 1820 - 1895

Effects of strikes upon the working class and the capitalist
The effects of a strike upon the capitalist and upon the working man Date: 1852

WW2 - Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield, which was re-purposed during wartime to the production of hospital supplies under its chatelaine the Honourable Mrs E F Lawson

Kazakh man cutting hay with a scythe
A Kazakh man wearing a chapan (Kazakh quilted dressing gown) and kalpak, working in a field with a scythe, cutting hay. 20th century

WW2 - Home Front - King George VI meets a young boy munition worker (15 year-old Leonard Fiske) during his inspection of a famous munitions factory - the lad continued to feed revolver bullets into

Men at work with paving stones and bricks near docks, UK
Men at work in a storage area, surrounded by piles of paving stones and bricks near docks, somewhere in the UK. Date: circa 1910s

Harvesting red grapes at the Binifadet vineyard, Menorca
A worker carries a basket of Merlot red grapes from the vines during harvest at the Binifadet vineyard bodega, Sant, Lluis, Menorca, Spain Date: 2012

A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink, Konya
A carter drives his horse into the water for a drink on the shores of Lake Aksehir, Konya, Turkey Date: 1992

A fishing boat returns to Aberdeen Harbour, SW Hong Kong. The boat is loaded with nets and the crew prepare the mooring lines Date: 1984

Mill chimney and terraced houses in Huddersfield, Yorkshire Date: 1988

Kashmiri women wearing Kashmiri shirts with baskets of reeds
Kashmir - three young Kashmiri women wearing Kashmiri shirts and with baskets of reeds on their heads. The reeds are used for repairing the roofs of their homes Date: 1986

A man carrying a huge roll of heavy material on his back
A man stoops almost double as he carries a huge roll of heavy material on his back. Even under the weight he moves quickly through the back streets of Istanbul, Turkey 1984

A man leads a working horse past old-fashioned hay stacks
A man leads a working horse along a muddy track past old-fashioned hay stacks at Shugborough working Farm, a National Trust property in Staffordshire. The Times Date: 1988

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Old man in cloth cap - Thassos, Greece
Portrait of an old man wearing cap and old cardigan as he stands beside a blue-painted window. Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1995

Barefoot boy with mattock, Sierra Leone
A barefoot West African farm boy pauses from working on a smallholding outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. He wears a crucifix on his forehead and carries a heavy digging mattock Date: circa 1982

Man on coal spoil tip Blaenavon, South Wales
A man walks along the edge of a coal spoil tip above council houses in Blaenavon, South Wales. 1988

Blaenavon, South Wales, retired miner
A retired coal miner walks along the railway track with his mongrel dog at Blaenavon, South Wales. In the background is a redundant steam locomotive. First published in The Sunday Times in 1988. 1988

Boat launch Robin Hoods Bay
Using an old farm tractor, three fishermen wearing oilskins launch a small lobster boat down the wet cobble slip of Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Working Class family in their Sunday Best Attire. Date: circa 1906

Young boy and hot fat fryers - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe
Young boy (the son of the owner) standing next to the hot fat fryers - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, Lancashire. Date: circa 1901

Dipping plaice in batter - Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe
The owner/proprietor dipping plaice (or another type of flat fish) into a ceramic pot of batter in a Fish & Chip Shop, Morecambe, Lancashire, before placing into the hot fat fryer behind

The 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery?
The 32nd Guided Weapons Regiment of the Royal Artillery at Ty Croes, North Wales, working on the English Electric Thunderbird surface-to-air guided missile

Miner at work within the Great Harwood Colliery - digging our Cock Bridge House Coal " so much esteemed for us in Farm

Illustration of a lady in a cloche hat working on her crochet while sitting outdoors while the men have a conversation. Advert for Coats Mercer Crochet. Date: 1920s

Carters horses, London Date: early 1900s

Narrow boat on Coventry Canal, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Narrow boat on the Coventry Canal Date: early 1900s

Swiss mountain guides working in the Rockies, Canada, early 1900s Date: early 1900s

Swiss mountain guides working in Canada Date: early 1900s

Lead mining and production in Victorian England Date: late 19th century

1920/30s School metal working class

Metal working class in school in the 1920s

Convicts working in a quarry

Women working on a condenser tube during the First World War

WW1 Women working on a condenser tube in a factory

Working a 3 pounder gun, HMS Blake, Royal Navy, probably circa 1900 (hand coloured photo)

Food Control staff working in the Mitchell Memorial Hall, Manchester during WW1

An illustration of women working in mines

WW1 - British working party at German trenches and dug-outs near Boezinge, Belgium - 5th August 1917

Canal narrow boat early 1900s

A working canal narrow boat

Working a high seam in a coal mine

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