Workmen Collection (page 6)

River scene with cargo boats. Date: 20th century

View inside Cannon Street Station, London, showing trains waiting to depart, but very few passengers in evidence. Date: circa 1940

Re-development of St. Johns Wood area, London
Re-development of St. Johns Wood area in London during the 1930s. Workmen lay new cables and pipes to service the new blocks and apartments Date: 1930s

Three men taking a break from their work in a back garden. They are sitting on planks of wood

Men resting at the side of a cart

Preparing for Festival of Empire at the Crystal Palace
Preparing for the Festival of Empire and Pageant of London at the Crystal Palace. Everywhere huge structures are rising upon steel and woodwork skeletons

Workmens dwellings damaged by the mass German airship raid
On the night of the 31st January 1916, Zeppelins of the German Navy attacked the Midlands causing extensive damage. Air raid sirens were used for the first time to warn the civilian population of

Water Extraction
Roadworks for extracting water from high level sandy soil, Britain. Date: 1960s

Painting Window Frames
Redecorating in London, with workmen, working from cradles, on the outside of a building. Date: 1960s

Excavations for Pool
Excavations under sea level, working night and day to have the new sea water supply for warm baths ready for Easter at Cliftonville Bathing Pool, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1932

Carousel Maintenance
Workmen retouching the paintwork on the horses of Portlands Merry-Go-Round in preparation for the forthcoming Easter funfair. Date: early 1930s

Somaliland Workers
Native workmen with their supervisor, Somaliland, East Africa. Date: early 1930s

Installing Fireproof slabs on the roof of Chelsea Town Hall
Installing Mack Fireproof slabs on iron purlins on the roof of Chelsea New Town Hall, London. Date: 1907

A Cosy Diner - Workmen have lunch amid the air raids
Keep Calm and Carry On. A quite fantastic photograph showing two workmen engaged in repairing air raid damage in the London area continue with their private luncheon although the sirens have sounded

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941

The New Compensation Act of 1906
" The New Compensation Act" - " Never mind Bill, we re insured!" - a pair of labourers are not unduly concerned at the blocks of stone falling on their heads

Digging for gold in British Guiana (now Guyana). Placer washing as carried out by the tributor or Port Knocker. Date: circa 1910s

Workmen and their wagon from Guria, Georgia - Solid wheels
Workmen and their wagon from Guria, a region (mkhare) in western Georgia, bordered by the eastern end of the Black Sea. Note the solid state wheel - transport technology as old as the wheel itself

The Somerset Workmens Club - Bermuda
The Somerset Workmens Club (photographed on an outing on Sunday 8th July 1917) - Bermuda. There was a large volume of English workers stationed on the Islands of Bermuda to aid the maintenance

Tournament in the Vatican, Italian School. An 18th century painting depicting a 16th century event. The tournament took place in the Belvedere courtyard during the Pontificate of Pius IV

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