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African soldiersA group of African soldiers stand together carrying weapons. Date: c. 1972
African orphan behind weaponsA Mozambiquan orphan boy stands behind a rack of g-3 machine pistols belonging to Portuguese colonial soldiers who murdered his parents in the midst of the Portuguese Colonial War )
Welsh hunger marchers 1934Some of the hunger marchers who marched from South Wales to London in protest at the Unemployment Insurance Bill, which would set dole rates at a national level
Female engineer at workMiss Anne James, Lubrication Engineer (Tribiologist) of Alexander Duckham & Co. Ltd. working on some machinery
Suffragette Movement Social Political Union Wspusuffragette, movement, social, political, union, wspu, arrested, suffragettes, prison, hunger, strike, pankhurst, charlotte, marsh, charlie, women, woman, female, suffrage, voting, rights, force
Charlotte Marsh (1887 - 1961)Charlotte Marsh, one of the leading figures in the suffragette movement. A promininent member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she was arrested several times
Leo FrankelHead and shoulders portrait of Leo Frankel, Hungarian born Marxist follower. After spells in Austria and Germany, he settled in Paris, where he was imprisoned for his political activities
GUSTAVE COURBET, French artistGustave Courbet 1819 - 1877, innovative French artist of the Realist movement and member of the Paris Commune Date: 1871
Canvey Island protestResidents of Canvey Island, Essex, protest in central London, expressing their opposition to the proposed expansion of the petrochemical industry on the island
First British Built Construction Southamptonfirst, british, built, construction, southampton, docks, orient, explorer, 1959, borneo, 1958, oil, drilling, platform, industry, history, historical, 10513466
Orient Explorer oil drilling platformThe Orient Explorer, the first British-built oil drilling platform, constructed in Southampton Docks, pictured shortly before it was towed 9, 200 miles to Labuan in Borneo Date: February 1959
1979 fuel shortageA Texaco petrol station runs out of petrol during a national petrol shortage brought about by a price rise by OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Fawley Oil RefineryAn aerial view of the 3, 200 ft long jetty at the Esso oil refinery, Hampshire, England. Three of the four breasting islands are shown, which are able to berth four tankers simultaneously
London Evening News final issuePrintworkers show the final issue of the London Evening News before its merger with rival newspaper the Evening Standard. The first issue had appeared on 26 July 1881
The Observer newspaper officeThe entrance to the offices of The Observer newspaper, 8 St Andrew's Hill, Blackfriars, London, where it was based until its acquisition by The Guardian in 1993 Date: 1970s
Newspaper press linotype operatorA linotype operator in a newspaper printing room Date: 1960s
Thomson House, home to the Times and Sunday Times newspapers until its demolition in 1969 Date: 1960s
The Sun newspaper office30 Bouverie Street, London, home of the News of the World newspaper and also The Sun following its purchase by Rupert Murdoch in 1969
Man International Newspapers Display Soho Londonman, international, newspapers, display, soho, london, 1950s, newsagents, rack.shop, newspaper, history, historical, 10513180
Daily Mirror BuildingThe Daily Mirror Building at Holborn, London, home to the Mirror Group of newspapers, including the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, Sunday People and Sporting Life
NewsagentsA typical small high street newsagents, displaying adverts for tobacco, cigarettes, and the News of the World sunday newspaper Date: 1970s
Parcel bombThe result of a parcel bomb explosion at the offices of the Morning Star newspaper, which left the paper's postal manager Ms May Pateman burned and shocked
National Front marchSupporters of the extreme right wing National Front on a march, escorted by police. One of the marchers carries a placard declaring the National Front
Linotype operators at work in the composing room of the Morning Star newspaper Date: November 1981
Lofthouse Colliery rescue workersGrim faced mines rescue men on their to go down the pit at the Lofthouse Colliery, West Yorkshire. On the 21st March, miners were working at a coal face unaware that nearby were some flooded 19th
Morning Star galaRetired Dockers Union leader Jack Dash (on the right) and communist activist Peter Kerrigan (on the left) help out on the Morning Star stall at the gala at Charlton House organised by Greenwich
Young Mongolian archerA young Mongolian archer. Archery is one of the most popular of the traditional Mongolian sports Date: 1970s
Mongolian cattle herderA typical scene in the Mongolian countryside with cattle being herded Date: 1970s
Mongolian Yatga playersArtists of the Folk Song and Dance ensemble, Ulan Bator, play yatgas, traditional Mongolian stringed instruments similar to a zither. Date: 1970s
Mongolian wrestlersWrestling is possibly the most popular sport in Mongolia, and Mongolians have won several Olympic medals in the freestyle wrestling divisions. Date: 1970s
Mongolian leather industryThe leather machining shop in the Ulan Bator industrial complex Date: January 1972
Montague Colliery rescue workersAt the Montague Colliery, Scotswood, near Newcastle on Tyne, members of the rescue brigade check their apparatus before descending the flooded mine
Houses affected by subsidenceA house in Cowdenbeath, Scotland leans at an angle due to subsidence caused by coal mining
Miners wives rally 1984Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, speaks to a large audience of miners, their wives and families
Glenys Kinnock, wife of the then Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock, speaks at a rally for women against pit closures during the miners strike of 1984 - 1985
Maerdy Lodge minersMarching behind the banner of the Maerdy Lodge branch of the National Union of Mineworkers, miners from the Maerdy colliery, South Wales, return to work following the end of the long miners strike
Welsh miners wives bannerWelsh miners wives hold up their banner on a demonstration during the national miners strike of 1984 - 85. The banner reads
Scottish miners demonstrationScottish miners, their wives and children on a demonstration during the 1984-85 miners strike Date: 1984
Derbyshire miners march 1984A march by the Derbyshire area branch of the National Union of Mineworkers during the 1984 - 85 miners strike. Amongst the marchers at the head of the procession is Labour MP Tony Benn Date
Food donation for striking minersA T.U.C. (Trades Union Congress)centre acts as a food donation collecting point during the miners strike of 1984-85. The long strike meant that miners families endured financial hardship
Bubonic plague in ChinaBubonic plague outbreak in China: collecting and carrying the dead in Tientsin (now Tianjin). Date: 1911
Demonstration in support of miners 1984A demonstration in support of the miners during the strike of 1984 - 85 Date: 1984
Miners widows protestThe widows of British coal miners protest, seeking greater compensation for the death of their husbands. Date: 1970s
Supporting Miners strike 1984Speakers in support of the Mineworkers strike of 1984, in front of a banner of the Cortonwood branch of the National Union of Mineworkers
Miners ballot October 1982A group of Yorkshire miners support the motion to strike over pay and pit closures in October 1982. They were in the minority as 61% of miners nationally voted against. and strike action was avoided
Doncaster Miners Gala 1986Part of the parade at the 99th Doncaster Miners Gala, organised by the Yorkshire branch of the National Union of Mineworkers. The Barnsley Miners Wives Action Group march with their banner
N. U. M. leaders 1984National Union of Mineworkers leaders confer during the T.U.C. (Trades Union Congress) conference in Brighton. From left, Peter Heathfield (general secretary); Mick McGahey (vice president)
Nottinghamshire MinersA group of Nottinghamshire miners leave the pithead after completing their shift Date: January 1974