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1940s Collection (#2)

Background image1940s Collection: Railings JLP01_07_016_015

Railings JLP01_07_016_015
WEYMOUTH, WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, DORSET. A view from the Pier Bandstand in Weymouth, looking north over railings towards Brunswick Terrace and Greenhill beach

Background image1940s Collection: Fishing from the quay JLP01_07_016_009

Fishing from the quay JLP01_07_016_009
WEYMOUTH, WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND, DORSET. Looking down at a man fishing from the quayside at Weymouth Harbour. This photograph was taken during a Laing staff outing to Weymouth

Background image1940s Collection: Dressed for the beach JLP01_08_000244

Dressed for the beach JLP01_08_000244
SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A portrait of a smartly dressed man and woman on a Laing staff outing to Skegness

Background image1940s Collection: Amusements JLP01_08_000243

Amusements JLP01_08_000243
SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A woman with a child in a pushchair at an amusement park during a Laing staff outing to Skegness

Background image1940s Collection: Start them early JLP01_08_000242

Start them early JLP01_08_000242
SKEGNESS, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE. A Laing worker helping a small child build a sandcastle on the beach, during a staff outing to Skegness

Background image1940s Collection: Textile factory JLP01_08_044897

Textile factory JLP01_08_044897
PATONS AND BALDWINS KNITTING FACTORY, LINGFIELD CLOSE, DARLINGTON. Rows of spinning machinery in the spinning shed at Patons and Baldwins knitting factory

Background image1940s Collection: Stick of rock JLP01_08_001082

Stick of rock JLP01_08_001082
MINEHEAD, WEST SOMERSET. A portrait of a child eating a stick of rock during an outing of Laing staff and families to Minehead

Background image1940s Collection: Cricket on the beach JLP01_08_001074

Cricket on the beach JLP01_08_001074
MINEHEAD, WEST SOMERSET. A group of people playing cricket on the beach, with a young boy as batsman, during a Laing staff outing to Minehead

Background image1940s Collection: Derrick cranes JLP01_01_007_21

Derrick cranes JLP01_01_007_21
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An aerial view showing derrick cranes and a concrete batching plant amid heaps of aggregate at Filton Airfield, during the construction of a new runway

Background image1940s Collection: Runway construction JLP01_01_007_05

Runway construction JLP01_01_007_05
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. An aerial view showing trucks and workmen on the runway at Filton Airfield during concreting

Background image1940s Collection: Compacting machinery JLP01_01_006_44

Compacting machinery JLP01_01_006_44
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A 10 ton rubber tyred wobble wheel roller, pulled by a caterpillar tractor, compacting ground during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Background image1940s Collection: Loading a lorry JLP01_01_005_35

Loading a lorry JLP01_01_005_35
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A dragline excavator depositing material from a bucket into a flatbed van during the construction of a new runway at Filton Airfield

Background image1940s Collection: Refuelling JLP01_01_004_73

Refuelling JLP01_01_004_73
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A Laing face shovel excavator refuelling from a 750 gallon tanker at Filton Airfield during the construction of a new runway

Background image1940s Collection: Lorries JLP01_01_005_19

Lorries JLP01_01_005_19
FILTON AIRFIELD, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Rapid Concrete Breaking Co Ltd trucks at Filton Airfield during construction of a runway, with construction work in progress beyond

Background image1940s Collection: Private excursion JLP01_08_001077

Private excursion JLP01_08_001077
CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. A close-up view of a coach parked at Cheddar Gorge for a short stop during a Laing staff trip to Minehead

Background image1940s Collection: Children JLP01_08_001155

Children JLP01_08_001155
BRIDLINGTON, EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. A group of children with a small child in a pram on a day trip of Laing staff and families to Bridlington

Background image1940s Collection: Factory construction JLPP01_08_001296

Factory construction JLPP01_08_001296
PATONS AND BALDWINS KNITTING FACTORY, LINGFIELD CLOSE, DARLINGTON. Laing workers fixing shuttering on the construction site of Patons and Baldwins knitting factory in Darlington

Background image1940s Collection: Shuttering JLP01_08_000716

Shuttering JLP01_08_000716
PATCHWAY, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A man fixing the shuttering for the construction of Easiform housing in Bristol, possibly at the Patchway Estate

Background image1940s Collection: Laying foundations JLP01_08_000860

Laying foundations JLP01_08_000860
PLYMOUTH B POWER STATION, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. A view of concrete being poured from a mixer into a wheelbarrow below, during work on the foundations for Plymouth B Power Station

Background image1940s Collection: Assembling Easiform housing jlp01_08_001312

Assembling Easiform housing jlp01_08_001312
HOLLINGTON, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. A man placing the framework for a doorway in the shuttering of an Easiform house during the construction of a housing estate in Hastings

Background image1940s Collection: Assembling Easiform housing jlp01_08_001308

Assembling Easiform housing jlp01_08_001308
HOLLINGTON, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. A man fixing the framework for a doorway into the shuttering of an Easiform house during the construction of a housing estate in Hastings

Background image1940s Collection: Surveyor jlp01_08_001275

Surveyor jlp01_08_001275
HOLLINGTON, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. A man using a mounted theodolite to survey the construction site of an Easiform housing estate in Hastings

Background image1940s Collection: Opencast mining JLP01_08_000355

Opencast mining JLP01_08_000355
A view of an unidentified opencast coal mine with Laing excavators extracting coal in the foreground

Background image1940s Collection: Brisco Brickworks JLP01_01_117_42

Brisco Brickworks JLP01_01_117_42
Brisco Brickworks, Brisco, St. Cuthbert Without, Carlisle, Cumbria. Two brickmakers at work. The Brisco Brickworks opened in the 1930s

Background image1940s Collection: Carringtons Coppice Opencast Colliery JLP01_08_001293

Carringtons Coppice Opencast Colliery JLP01_08_001293
CARRINGTONs COPPICE OPENCAST COLLIERY, SMALLEY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE. A small team of men at work in the opencast mine at Carringtons Coppice as an excavator looms overhead

Background image1940s Collection: High Street Bromsgrove, 1941 a42_00941

High Street Bromsgrove, 1941 a42_00941
Lloyds Bank, High Street, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Two women chatting on the pavement outside Lloyds Bank at 112 High Street



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