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Comptometer Room, Stratford Cooperative Society 1914 BL22762STRATFORD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, Maryland Street, Stratford, Greater London. Interior view of the Comptometer Room at Stratford Co-operative Society
Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09745BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. A cargo of bananas in specially ventilated crates is unloaded and transferred into the warehouse via a conveyor belt while two foremen in bowler hats look
Station Master BB98_05551STATION MASTER, Finmere Station, Oxfordshire. In 1898-99 the Great Central Railway Company (formed 1897) created a main railway route from Sheffield through Nottingham and Leicester to London
Pay day, Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09666Pay day at Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, London. A line of workmen collect their wages from a hatch, while a security guard looks on. Photographer unknown, c.1910
Children labelling tins of tea c. 1910, Butlers Wharf BB87_09690BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. From 1921 children had to be at least 12 years old before they could work full-time, though some of these boys look younger
Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500HARNHAM, Salisbury, Wiltshire. View from the Old Mill at Harnham, looking across the water meadows towards Salisbury Cathedral with a postman pushing his bicycle along the Town Path in
Smithfield Market BL22966_004SMITHFIELD MARKET, London. Smithfield has been the site of a market since the Middle Ages, originally selling horses, cattle and pigs
Clifton Suspension Bridge BB89_03974CLIFTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, Bristol. The bridge under construction. Work began on the bridge in 1836 under the supervision of Isambard Kingdom Brunel but stopped due to lack of funds
Big Ben Clock Tower CC73_02867PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. Inside the clock tower. Maintenance on Big Ben clock face
Blacksmith, Norfolk a98_13558Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Interior of blacksmiths shop. A farrier shapes a horseshoe on his anvil. Photographed by Hallam Ashley, February 1949
Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06817Rotherhithe Tunnel, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London. The south entrance to the Rotherhithe Tunnel during construction. One of a series of prints documenting work on the road tunnel beneath the Thames
Building Hadrians Wall IC048_001HADRIANs WALL, Cumbria. Reconstruction drawing by Philip Corke showing the construction of Hadrians Wall to the immediate west of Banks East Turret (Turret 52a), in the early second century AD
Maids, Byfield, Northamptonshire BB98_06062Before the liberating 1960s a career for many women meant making the choice between secretarial work, healthcare or service
Daily Telegraph Office, Fleet Street 1913 BL22128_04DAILY TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Fleet Street, London. Interior view. The linotype room in the Daily Telegraph Office in the City of London
Reed cutting, Norfolk a98_07731Horning Ferry, Norfolk. Reed cutter bundling reeds on Woodbastwick Marshes. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in February 1949
Rag and bone cart a064811A horse-drawn rag and bone cart standing on the road outside the Builders Arms public house at 1 Kensington Court Place, Kensington, London, with St. Albans Mansions visible beyond. John Gay
Shoreham harbour BB060004Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. Two horse-drawn ballast carts in the sea beside the slipway of Stow and Son Yacht Builders, Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925
Shoreham harbour BB060002Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour, in front of the premises of Stow and Son Yacht Builders
Butlers Wharf BB87_09741BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. Crates of goods wrapped in straw for protection are unloaded in London and set on the conveyor belt to the warehouses
Kitchen, New College, Oxford, 1901 CC49_00204NEW COLLEGE, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Cooks at work in the college kitchens. The men are preparing joints of meat and a spit of chickens is leaning against the wall, ready to be roasted
Foundrymen of James Hews Ironmongers CC97_02752King Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire. The foundrymen of James Hews the Ironmonger s, standing in the yard of their work premises with various iron pipes in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt
Timber Yard, Lambeth 1916 BL23561_029TIMBER YARD, Hamptons Munitions Works, Lambeth, London. While many women were employed during WWI to work in factories, the heavier work was still often left to men
Reed cutting, Norfolk a98_07734Horning Ferry, Norfolk. Cutting reeds with a scythe on Woodbastwick Marshes. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in February 1949
Farrier, Woodbastwick, Norfolk a98_13563Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Interior of blacksmiths shop. A farrier shoeing a horse. A working horse would need re-shoeing about every five weeks
Farrier, Cambridgeshire a98_10862Soham, Cambridgeshire. A blacksmith, or farrier, shoeing a horse with a young boy looking on. Traditional skills and crafts are learned by starting young and through generations of experience
Disc harrowing, Lincolnshire a98_09683Disc harrowing near Honington, Lincolnshire. The mechanisation of agricultural practices made farming more intensive and productive
Abel Beesley, University Waterman in 1901 CC71_00075FISHER ROW, Oxford, Oxfordshire. The waterman Abel Beesley on his punt full of bundles of rushes with old Pacey Bridge in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt in 1901
Marmalade factory, Oxford CC66_00389Male and female workers at Coopers Marmalade Factory, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Henry Taunt 1902
Dickens Brothers leather works, Northampton BB99_05292DICKENS BROTHERS, Northampton. Photograph of interior of leather works c.1929. Preparing leather for the shoe and boot industry
Darkroom CC025397Beech Bowls, Quarry Wood Road, Cookham Dean, Berkshire. Herbert Feltons darkroom, c.1944. Chemical bottles line the shelves and there are developing trays and a projector on the work surfaces
BBC Transmitter Control Desk, Holme Moss JLP01_05_01_087Holme Moss BBC Transmitter, Holme Moss, Holme Valley, Kirklees, West Yorkshire. View showing a man working the control desk in the ancillary building for the BBC transmitter mast at Holme Moss
Dudley blast furnaces OP02658Blast furnace, Russells Hall, Dudley, West Midlands, 1859. Mr Mills, dilute albumen print. Mr Mills, otherwise unknown as a photographer, recorded the blast furnaces at Russells Hall, west of Dudley
Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_010Cammell Lairds Cyclops Ordnance Steel Tyre and Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. Men at work in the fettling shop, with huge components for ships
Steel production, Barnsley BL22301_002Cammell Laird & Co, Penistone. Men at work in Cammell Lairds bessemer department, producing steel from pig iron. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere. August 1913
Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431Workers at Charwelton, Northamptonshire. Construction workers on Great Central Railway. The workers have a large steam engine for power
Tulip picking, Lincolnshire a98_09310Fulney, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The tulip was introduced into Europe in the 16th century from Turkey and takes its name from the French word for turban. It became an important cash crop
Tudor kitchen J000001KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. Interior view. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper of preparations in the kitchen for the feast in honour of Queen Elizabeths visit in July 1575
Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14CAMMEL LAIRD SHIPYARD, The boiler shop, Birkenhead, Merseyside. 1914. Bedford Lemere
Office work. D M Gant, turf accountant BL_20490_03An interior view of a crowded office. D M Gant was a turf accountant based at 25 Conduit Street, London. Photographed by Adolphe Augustus Boucher, a photographer for Bedford Lemere & Co, 1 April 1909
Harvest a97_05926Harvesting with a mechanical harvester near Hellidon, Northamptonshire. Alfred Newton and Son July 1902
The Great Eastern BB88_06275BLACKWALL, London. Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the " Great Eastern " under construction in 1857. Robert Howlett
The Church Stairs, Whitby a98_15465THE CHURCH STAIRS, Whitby, North Yorkshire. A baker makes deliveries, climbing the steps from the quayside to the church. 1950s. Hallam Ashley
Iron Age farming J950067SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper. Recent research suggests that Iron Age Silchester was much more of an organised large town than the rural settlement
Inside the pipe JLP01_08_083826ANorth Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A worker repairing the epoxy resin lining on the welds inside the Northcoates pipeline
Checking for faults JLP01_08_083825North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A worker carrying out an x-ray of the Northcoates pipeline, checking for faults in the welding
Great Northern Warehouse IC277_003Cut-away reconstruction drawing by Allan T Adams of the Great Northern Railway Companys Goods Warehouse, Deansgate, Manchester
Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell, London. A view of the bulkhead from inside during construction. One of a series of prints documenting work on the road tunnel beneath the Thames (1904-08)
Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009Algarkirk, Lincolnshire. A group of man and women cropping woad and collecting it in large wicker baskets. The earliest woad production in Britain dates from the Iron Age