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Blacksmith, Southrop BBL_02524The Forge, Southrop, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. Interior view of the Forge, showing the blacksmith at work. Photographed in 1938 by Sydney Alfred Pitcher
Installing a wall panel JLP01_14_00230HULME, MANCHESTER. A block of 12M Jespersen flats under construction in Hulme, showing a wall panel with inset windows about to be hoisted into position
Roof support work JLP01_08_060847COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. Workers inserting a wedge in the timber formwork at the top of a roof support column during construction of
British Road Services Depot JLP01_01_117_14British Road Services Depot, Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead. Looking across the interior of the haulage and parcels shed, showing a fork lift truck driver moving crates in the foreground
Barlaston pipeline JLP01_08_084420Barlaston, Stafford, Staffordshire. A view of the Barlaston pipeline crossing the Trent and Mersey Canal during the installation of the pipeline
Rebuilding P_H00101_009DOVER, KENT. A large group of Belgian labourers, working on behalf of the Ministry of Works and posing outside of reconstructed terraced housing, in Dover, Kent
Ploughing DIX02_01_081Horse-team ploughing under the shadow of the Dyke, 1930s. The dyke may be the Devils Dyke near Brighton, or Offas Dyke on the Welsh/English borders
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060530Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. A view from scaffolding during the construction of a sugar silo at the Allscott Sugar Beet Factory
Bardney Sugar Factory JLP01_08_045668Bardney Sugar Factory, Bardney, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A view over the construction site for two sugar silos at Bardney Sugar Factory, showing Laing workers carrying out various tasks
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_061059Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. Two Laing workers concreting the roof of a sugar silo at Allscott Sugar Beet Factory
Road resurfacing MOT01_01_20Lee Road, Blackheath Park, Greenwich, Greater London. An elevator depositing debris into a cart drawn by a horse, during construction work on Lee Road
Burnham House Kings Lynn, 1942 a42_03803Burnham House, 11 - 13 Nelson Street, Kings Lynn, Norfolk. A man holding a ranging pole beside the carriage entrance of Burnham House at 11-13 Nelson Street
Mending lobster pots DIX02_01_022SEATON GARTH, STAITHES, HINDERWELL, SCARBOROUGH, NORTH YORKSHIRE. A man mending lobster pots on the beach beside Seaton Garth at Staithes with Cowbar Nab in the background. Photographed in the 1930s
Market Hall Birmingham, 1941 a42_00727Market Hall, Worcester Street, Bull Ring, Birmingham. Construction workers beside a traction engine inside the bombed out shell of the Market Hall. The former Market Hall dated from the 1830s
Brixham fishing fleet DIX02_01_254Brixham, Torbay, Devon. The fishing fleet in Brixham Outer Harbour with houses on North Furzeham Road on the cliff-top in the distance. Photographed by J Dixon Scott between 1925 and 1935
Mending nets at Hastings DIX02_01_256Fishermen mending nets on the beach at Hastings, East Sussex. Photographed by J Dixon Scott between 1925 and 1939
Keens Cycle Manufactory OFH01_01_02_051Keen's Cycle Manufactory, Angel Road, Giggshill Green, Thames Ditton, Elmbridge, Surrey. A group portrait taken outside the bicycle workshop and repair shop of John Keen
Post war prefabrication P_H00212_006Two men constructing the upper storey of a Spooner house using plywood panels, 1947. Spooner houses were produced by Hull based manufacturer J L Spooner Ltd and were timber framed with a brick skin
Post-War prefabrication P_H00212_007A man assembling the plywood panels of a Spooner house, 1947. Spooner houses were produced by Hull based manufacturer J L Spooner Ltd and were timber framed with a brick skin
Strawberry field MCF01_02_1292CHEDDAR, SEDGEMOOR, SOMERSET. Farm labourers with spades working in a strawberry field in Cheddar. There also appears to be an orchard on the hillside above the strawberry field
Market House MCF01_02_0512MARKET HOUSE, MARKET SQUARE, PRINCES RISBOROUGH, WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. A horse drawn cart laden with bales being lead past the Market House in Princes Risborough
Horse power MCF01_02_0015Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. Men loading timber, possibly hop poles, on to a cart pulled by three horses
Horse power MCF01_02_0014Broomfield, Broomfield and Kingswood, Maidstone, Kent. A group of men with four horses pulling a wooden cart laden with timber, possibly hop poles
Shearing shed MCF01_02_0536Gate Cottage, Dovecote, Horsenden, Princes Risborough, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. A man shearing sheep in front of the dovecote at Gate Cottage, with newly shorn sheep in the foreground
Cordite laboratory HAY03_01_087Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Holton Heath, Wareham St. Martin, Dorset. The interior of the main laboratory, Royal Naval Cordite Factory
Cordite railway HAY03_01_037Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Holton Heath, Wareham St. Martin, Dorset. Cordite being transported to the press houses on the narrow-gauge railway system, Royal Naval Cordite Factory
Wall painting conservation a62_02841The Commandery, Sidbury, Worcester, Worcestershire. A conservator carrying out restoration work on a medieval wall painting in the monastic painted chamber at The Commandery
Wall painting conservation a62_02840The Commandery, Sidbury, Worcester, Worcestershire. A conservator carrying out restoration work on a medieval wall painting in the monastic painted chamber at The Commandery
Northallerton demolition OP35848High Street, Northallerton, Hambleton, North Yorkshire. Exterior view showing 216 High Street and adjacent buildings, with workmen working on the building, probably during demolition
Topping out JLP01_09_781093THE SHOPPING CENTRE, SILBURY BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES. The last load of concrete being shovelled on the roof of the John Lewis store restaurant during the construction of the shopping centre in
Factory construction JLPP01_08_001296PATONS AND BALDWINS KNITTING FACTORY, LINGFIELD CLOSE, DARLINGTON. Laing workers fixing shuttering on the construction site of Patons and Baldwins knitting factory in Darlington
Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087504Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. A worker tightening bolts on a complex piece of pipework at the Bottesford pre-yield depot
Bottesford Airfield JLP01_08_087498Bottesford Airfield, Bottesford, Melton, Leicestershire. The interior of a large corrugated steel fabrication shop at the Bottesford pre-yield depot, showing workers cutting and welding pipework
Laing workers JLP01_08_045876PLYMOUTH. A group portrait of five Laing workers involved in the construction of three-storey blocks of flats for the Plymouth 20 Easiform housing contract
Clocking out JLP01_01_074_01BERKELEY POWER STATION, BERKELEY, HAM AND STONE, STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Workers queuing at the Time Office and Clocking Station at the close of a normal working day on the construction site
Lab technician JLP01_08_053108BERKELEY POWER STATION, BERKELEY, HAM AND STONE, STROUD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A technician working in the lab at the Berkeley Nuclear Power Station construction site, experimenting with ratios of cement
Allscott Sugar Beet Factory JLP01_08_060786Allscott Sugar Beet Factory, Allscott, Wrockwardine, Telford and Wrekin. Two workers carrying out post-tensioning of stressing cables running around a recently constructed sugar silo at Allscott
Chester Le Street offices RAC01_01_04_15Chester Le Street, County Durham. A long view of office vestibule spaces, probably from the interior of AEC Earthmoving Equipment, in Chester-Le-Street, County Durham
Textile works WAI01_04_217_69_21J AND J CASH LTD, CASHs LANE, RADFORD, COVENTRY. Interior view of J and J Cashs Workshops on Cashs Lane, showing women working with the pre-1914 multi space looms
Road building MOT01_01_34Coast Road, Horden, County Durham. A group of workmen beside a Ruston excavator loading earth into wagons on a track, during the construction of Coast Road
Ice cream cart CXP01_01_118An Eldorado ice cream seller standing beside his tricycle cart outside a pavilion
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_096WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Two men working on a girder during the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge. The Waterloo Bridge, which is shown during its demolition
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_095WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Two men working beneath a girder during the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_094WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Two men working beneath a girder during the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_093WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. Two men working beneath a girder during the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_103WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. A view of men working on the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge, with cranes and the shot tower at the Lambeth Lead Works visible in the background
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_102WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. A view of men working on the demolition of the old Waterloo Bridge with buildings on the north side of the river in the background
Demolition of Waterloo Bridge CXP01_01_100WATERLOO BRIDGE, LAMBETH, GREATER LONDON. A view of the old Waterloo Bridge during its demolition with people working on a boat beneath the bridge
China Clay Works ALB93_05_124Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. A man shovelling sand in one of the sand pits at Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works
China Clay Works ALB93_05_132Bloomdale China Clay and Stone Works, St. Stephen-in-Brannel, Cornwall. Photographed between 1919 and 1936. Men on the gantry outside the engine house from which the slurry pump is operated
St Mary Littlehampton HSI01_01_002ST MARYS CHURCH, CHURCH STREET, LITTLEHAMPTON, ARUN, WEST SUSSEX. People at work using a steam powered threshing machine, with St Marys Church in the background, 1901-1902
Stacking saggars DES01_04_0944Royal Albert Pottery, Parsonage Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. Inside a traditional Staffordshire bottle kiln or oven showing men setting saggars containing pottery-wares in preparation for
Basket weaving DIX02_01_052Kings Sedge Moor, High Ham, South Somerset. Basket weavers at work in a small factory on Kings Sedge Moor. The caption on the reverse of the print states
Hayricks DIX02_01_010Ashridge Farm, Green End Road, Radnage, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Hayricks at Ashridge Farm. Photographed in the 1930s
Mobile X-ray unit med01_01_0532Staff lifting mobile radiography and X-ray apparatus from a van. Mobile X-ray units, designed by Marie Curie, were used during WWI
Making iron lungs med01_01_0323Morris Motor Works, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxford. A scene in a factory producing iron lungs for Australia. Lord Nuffield, the car magnate
Radiography MED01_01_0123St Bartholomews Hospital, West Smithfield, City Of London. A surgeon examining an x-ray photograph at the Mozelle Sasson High Voltage X-Ray Therapy Department at St Bartholomews Hospital
