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1940s Collection (page 3)

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: Low loader JLP01_08_001557

Low loader JLP01_08_001557
Tyne Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. A Pickfords low loader transporting a W90 walking dragline excavator across the Tyne Bridge on its journey to Whitley Bay opencast coal site

Background image1940s Collection: Tug-o-War JLP01_08_000930

Tug-o-War JLP01_08_000930
Sports Ground, Elstree, Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. A crowd of people watching a tug of war match during the opening of a new sports ground at Elstree

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. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John

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: Carringtons Coppice Opencast Colliery JLP01_08_001293

Carringtons Coppice Opencast Colliery JLP01_08_001293
CARRINGTONs COPPICE OPENCAST COLLIERY, SMALLEY, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE. The last tons of coal being extracted from the opencast mine at Carringtons Coppice, with a 178 ft deep cut looming above

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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