Work Collection (page 10)

Crewe Locomotive Works OP03590
Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. A steam locomotive engine being assembled on the production line

Domestic servants, Pembroke College, Oxford CC96_00045crop
Pembroke College, Oxford. A group of domestic servants posing outside one of the college buildings. A cropped version of image number CC96_00045. Photographed by Henry Taunt

Scarborough Harbour a83_00497
Old Harbour, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. A man is painting the funnel of a ship in the foreground. Photographed between 1850 and 1900

Building Hadrians Wall IC048_066
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers working to build a turret on the Roman wall, in about 122AD. Based on Willowford East Turret (48a). Philip Corke. c.1985 - c.2000. hadrian

Odeon Leicester Square BB87_03577
Odeon cinema, Leicester Square, Westminster, London, 2 November 1937. Photographed by John Maltby (1910-80) on cellulose nitrate negative

WW1. Making Christmas puddings, Cadby Hall BL24361_007
CADBY HALL, Hammersmith Road, London. Female workers at Cadby Hall food factory making Christmas puddings for troops fighting in the First World War

Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899
St Andrews Hospital, Dollis Hill, London. Three female staff working in the kitchen. The hospital was built by the Diocese of Westminster in 1912 for paying patients

Waring & Gillow Factory, August 1916 BL23600_002
WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, White City, Hammersmith, London. A large crowd of people gathered outside the premises of Waring and Gillow in White City

Ploughing, Buckinghamshire BB98_10630
A view showing a horse and plough team at work possibly in Ilmer, Whiteleaf or Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Son. Date range: 1896-1920

Regent Street Sewer a98_05975
REGENT STREET SEWER, Regent Street, Westminster, Greater London. A workman looking along the Regent Street sewer by torchlight. Photographed by Eric de Mare. Date range: 1945-1980

Laying a hollow pot floor, Lloyds Avenue, London BL19950A
8 LLOYDS AVENUE, City Of London. Construction workers laying a hollow pot reinforced concrete floor at number 8 Lloyds Avenue

Track repairs, Bodmin Road Station, St Winnow a97_07468
BODMIN ROAD STATION, St Winnow, Cornwall. Four tracklayers at work. In 1888 the Great Western Railway made a branch line from Boscarne Junction to Bodmin Road Station

Italian Hospital, London 1903 BL17920_011
ITALIAN HOSPITAL, Holborn, London. Interior view of a ward at the Italian Hospital with a young boy resting in his bed and a nurse in a distinctive uniform

Stonehenge construction c. 2300BC H870001
STONEHENGE, Wiltshire. Reconstruction drawing of erection of the sarsen circle and trilithons around 2300 BC by Ivan LAPPER

Carpenter, Scarborough Castle, 12th century J000087
SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, North Yorkshire. Reconstruction drawing of the inner bailey with carpenter at work in the late 12th century by Ivan Lapper

Machine Room, Lamson Paragon Supply Co, Canning Town BL13617_001
LAMSON PARAGON SUPPLY CO LTD, Canning Town, London. Interior of the Machine Room with workers in action. Photographed for the proprietors by Bedford Lemere in 1896

Totnes Castle J910411
TOTNES CASTLE, Devon. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing the castle being rebuilt in stone in the 14th century

Building Holborn Viaduct DD65_00005
HOLBORN VIADUCT, London.The construction of Holborn Viaduct, looking west. It connected Holborn Street with Newgate Street and was completed in 1869

Bartenders at the Trocadero Restaurant DD76_00013
TROCADERO RESTAURANT, London. Bartenders at the restaurant in Shaftsbury Avenue await their customers at the Long Bar. c1901

Coastguard BB98_10715
A coastguard, with telescope, keeping watch near Hartland Point lighthouse, Devon. Alfred Newton and Son 1896-1920

Prison warders BB94_13017
A group portrait of staff and warders at Nottingham Prison. The prison was built in 1889-91 for both male and female prisoners

Corn harvest, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire a97_05375
General view of worker in field harvesting corn, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. 1900. Alfred Newton and Sons

Foggy London. Policeman, Strand a100360
The Strand, London. A City of London traffic policeman outside the Charing Cross Hotel, using outstretched arms to control vehicles, sometime between 1946 and 1959

Inscribing a tablet IC048 / 064
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of a second-century Roman stonemason at work, creating an inscribed tablet. Based on tjhe tablet set into the wall of Coesike Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke

Quarrying stone IC048 / 065
Hadrians Wall. Reconstruction line drawing of soldiers quarrying for stone. Location based on Walltown Craggs Turret. Drawn by Philip Corke. hadrian

Shoreham Cement Works JLP01_01_028_017
Shoreham Cement Works, Upper Beeding, West Sussex, 9 August 1950. John Laing plc, silver gelatin DOP (developing out paper) print

National Food Fund BL22913_002
National Food Fund building on Dover Street, Westminster. The National Food Fund processed donated food to feed thousands of Belgian war refugees. Women packing groceries. Bedford Lemere, 1915

Viking buildings J940007
Reconstruction drawing by Chris Evans, English Heritage Graphics Team, of the construction of a sunken-featured building, later 10th Century AD

Viking workshop J940005
Reconstruction drawing by Chris Evans, English Heritage Graphics Team, of a Viking metal-smiths workshop, mid 10th century AD

Rivermen at Marlow Bridge, Wycombe CC73_01436
MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Workmen loading large logs onto a river barge, using a form of jack. The 19th century suspension bridge over the Thames can be seen in the background

Leaf-picking, Teafani & Co Works, Brixton BL23660_007
TEAFANI & CO WORKS, Brixton. The Turkish Leaf room. Nicotiana tabacum products were regarded as vital war supplies and these women workers are contributing to the war effort by leaf-picking

Trainee operators, Marconi House BL22054
THE SCHOOL, MARCONI HOUSE, The Strand, London. Interior view. Operators diligently training to use Marconi equipment. Commissioned by Marconi Company and photographed by Bedford Lemere & Co

Beekeeping, 1908 BB98_06002
BEEKEEPER AT STOW LODGE, Wyck Hill, Wick Rissington, Gloucestershire. People have kept - or at least exploited - bees for centuries, possibly since the first century BC

Monks at work N900001
WAVERLEY ABBEY, Surrey. Reconstruction drawing of monks at work by Ivan Lapper

House servants BB98_05566
Servants at Biddlesden Park House, Buckinghamshire. A rare view of five female house servants next to a doorway. Photographed 1896-1920 by Alfred Newton and Son. Maids

Restoration c. 1900 BB97_11860
Kingston Lisle House, Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire. A large group of workmen posing outside a house with a bullock cart, during renovation work

Harvest, Norfolk a98_14729
Ranworth, Norfolk. The harvest is seen from the church tower. Despite mechanisation, it is still a labour-intensive task with at least 14 men visible. Photographed by Hallam Ashley September 1954

Boat builder, Wroxham, Norfolk a99_00303
Wroxham, Norfolk. The boatbuilder at work inside a boatbuilders shed close to Wroxham Bridge on the River Bure. Watercraft of different types have for centuries been an essential means of transport

Masons, Halesworth, Suffolk a98_14596
Halesworth, Suffolk. Interior of Barbers Monumental Masons showing two stone masons working at window tracery for a building at Southwold

Harvesting flax, Norfolk a98_09093
Fields near Paston, Norfolk. Harvesting flax in July 1946. The strong fibre within the stalk of the flax plant is used to make linen thread and yarn

Kenilworth Castle Stables N090097
KENILWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper showing activity around the Stables

London Docks a065000
LONDON DOCKS. The ship Northland moored at the docks, the mooring ropes hanging down in the foreground and a crane to left lifting boxes. Photographed by John Gay in July 1965

Flint knapping N070999
GRIMES GRAVES, Norfolk. Flint knapping demonstration. Detailed view of a flint during knapping

The Blenheim Palace Fire Engine CC54_00392
BLENHEIM, Oxfordshire. Blenheim Palaces own fire engine. General view of the fire engine with two firemen in the foreground (date range 1866-1922). Henry Taunt

Billingham and Keelys Grocery Store a97_05332
BILLINGHAM & KEELYS GROCERY STORE, Stockport, Greater Manchester. A general view of tradesmen outside the store in 1903. This grocers has just received a delivery of starch

Computer Room, Concord House JLP01_08_062331
Concord House, South Street, Devon. Two men working tape machines in the computer unit at Concord House, built for the Commercial Union Assurance Company. 11th April 1962. John Laing Collection

High Explosives concert party BL24001_126
CUNARD WORKS, Rimrose Road, Bootle. The Cunard Shell Works concert party, The High Explosives, in costume for a show. In 1915 the Cunard Steamship Co store and engineering works at Rimrose Road

Teofani Factory 1916 BL23660_002
TEOFANI FACTORY, Brixton, London. Interior view. These women making and packing. The fenestrated roof and low-hung lights help with visibility

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