Workman Gallery

Trades union membership certificate

A trades union membership certificate for the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland, with Defence and Defiance as their motto. Two noble-looking workmen stand with heraldic shields on either side of Britannia, flanked by the British Lion and Unicorn.
circa 1860s

© Mary Evans Picture Library / Grayhams Collection

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St Michaels Fireworks Factory, Lija, Malta

St Michael's Fireworks Factory, Lija, Malta -- close-up of a workman. Lija is well known for its firework displays, especially during the early August festival period. Date: 1966

© Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON

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Front cover of a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine for

Front cover of a bound volume of The British Workman, an improving magazine for the working classes founded by Thomas Bywater Smithies in 1855, committed to encouraging temperance, protestantism, socialism and education. Image shows a railway works with men building a steam engine. Date: 1912

© Mary Evans Picture Library

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