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Pneumatic clamp JLP01_08_076807NORFOLK. A team of men working on the lining up operation of the Fens gas pipeline, showing the internal pneumatic clamp for locking steel pipes together
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
Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316LOWER CADSDEN, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. View of people in a field, including farm workers taking a break from harvesting, with a smart lady and gentleman
Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL, London. The construction of the Rotherhithe road tunnel under the Thames between Rotherhithe and Shadwell was begun in 1904 under the direction of Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
Canal workers N070949STOURPORT, Worcestershire. Reconstruction drawing by Peter Dunn, English Heritage Graphics Team, showing workers building a canal c.1770
Bargemen AA97_05426Brigg, North Lincolnshire. Barges and bargemen moored on the River Ancholme
Kentish Town, 1960s FF003351A man on stepladders re-painting the exterior of a business premises in Kentish Town, London. 1960s. Photographer, John Gay
Woods Restaurant a97_05220Woods Restaurant, Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland. Interior with group seated at a table and waiting staff. Photographed by Alfred Newton & Son, 1902
St Giles Cripplegate FF003274The Church of St Giles and the Barbican Estate, City of London, 1962-'4. John Gay (1909-'99), cellulose acetate negative
Harvesting at Trenance BB98_06122Mr Richard Harvey and workers harvesting at Trenance, Mullion, Cornwall, 1900-'1. Alfred Newton & Son. Silver gelatin glass plate negative
Post Lady, Kerrier, Cornwall, 1901 BB98_01839This woman, working as a post lady, is emptying a post box at an unidentified location in Kerrier, Cornwall. Although it was relatively unusual for women to hold positions such as this at the time
Mattress delivery vans BL14021HEAL AND SON LIMITED, 195-199 Tottenham Court Road, London. Staff and horse-drawn wagons loaded with mattresses and bedding made at the site, posing in the courtyard
Sandwich board men 1910 BL21037bWARDOUR STREET, London. A line of men standing outside Mitchell Motors Company (114 Wardour Street), wearing sandwich boards advertising United International Motors Ltd
Two women filling Sirocco roaster with coffee beans BL24300_001CADBY HALL, Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith, Greater London. Two women filling a Sirocco roaster with coffee beans at the factory of J Lyons and Company
Thatching a church, Suffolk BB98_14595Lowestoft, Suffolk. Thatchers at work on the roof of St Margaret and All Saints Church view from the south east. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in October 1949
Gardener, Suffolk a98_07503Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Gardener sweeping pathway at St Edmunds Abbey Garden. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in May 1947
Lambeth Suspension Bridge CC73_00496LAMBETH SUSPENSION BRIDGE, London. The bridge was constructed across the River Thames in 1861-2. In the foreground a crane unloads bricks from a barge onto a horse drawn cart
Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09CUNARD SHELL WORKS, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside. Women manufacturing shell casings, 1917. Bedford Lemere
Engraving glass JLP01_08_061032aCOVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. John Hutton engraving a panel of glass on the West Screen at Coventry Cathedral
Farrier MCF01_02_0117East Cliff, Rye, Rother, East Sussex. A horse being shod in a blacksmiths forge near Landgate, with a man and two boys watching the farrier at work
Dining Al Fresco DD88_00551Le Cafe Des Amis Du Vin, Hanover Place, Covent Garden, City Of Westminster, Greater London. Dining al fresco
Rover factory JLP01_01_045_32ROVER CAR COMPANY WORKS, LODE LANE, SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS. An interior view of the Rover factory in Solihull, showing workers polishing Rover P4 series cars
Shoreham harbour BB060003Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A partly-submerged horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925
Shoreham harbour BB060001Shoreham By Sea, West Sussex. A horse-drawn ballast cart in the sea off Shoreham Harbour. Photographed by E J Bedford between 1905 and 1925
Thatcher, Lowestoft, Suffolk a98_07600Lowestoft, Suffolk. Thatcher at work on the roof of St Margaret and All Saints Church. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in October 1949
Thatcher, Norfolk a98_10847Norwich, Norfolk. A small 15th century house having its roof re-thatched. A number of the thatchers tools are shown in use. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in 1948
Silchester Roman City Walls J950066SILCHESTER ROMAN CITY WALLS, Hampshire. Building the wall. Reconstruction drawing by Ivan Lapper
Great Northern Central Hospital 1888 BL08708GREAT NORTHERN CENTRAL HOSPITAL, Holloway Road, London. Interior view of the number 2 Male Ward showing nursing staff and patients. Photographed by Bedford Lemere, 11th June 1888
Repairing Milbank Estate P_H00261_001Millbank Estate, Ruskin House, Herrick Street, Millbank, City of Westminster, Greater London. An elevated view of Ruskin House on the Millbank Estate
Working at height JLP01_01_089_54PLYMOUTH B POWER STATION, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. A worker laying bricks to the top of the chimney shaft during the construction of Plymouth B Power Station
Devil delivery JLP01_14_00034Jacob Epstein's sculpture of the Devil being delivered to Coventry Cathedral on the back of a lorry. The bronze figure forms part of St Michael's Victory over the Devil
Manouevring a concrete caisson JLP01_01_064_42TILBURY DOCKS, CHADWELL ST MARY, THURROCK, ESSEX. A view of the cooling water intake caisson for Coryton Oil Refinery leaving the lock at Tilbury Docks
Saxon Farmer c. 1066 IC008 / 032Battle Abbey and the Battle of Hastings. A reconstruction drawing, by Judith Dobie, showing a Saxon Farmer c. 1066
Weavers House, Manchesters Northern Quarter IC294_001Manchesters Northern Quarter. Cut-away reconstruction drawing showing the arrangement of living and working quarters in a weavers cottage
Scaffolding DP092099Westminster Abbey, Chapter House, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. General view looking up at silhouetted scaffolding against the wall of the Chapter House during restoration
Replacement housing JLP01_08_069312St Marys Estate, Oldham. A worker securing a concrete slab during the construction of 12M Jespersen prototype flats in Oldham, with derelict terraced houses in the background
High gantry JLP01_09_753478STEEL WORKS, REDCAR AND CLEVELAND. A worker on a high gantry looking out over the construction of a steel framed building at the British Steel Works at Redcar
Roofing JLP01_08_008427RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A man fitting corrugated roofing panels onto the roof of a newly constructed building at Gaydon Airfield
Rusticating fluted concrete JLP01_08_081191Minories Car Park, 1 Shorter Street, City of London. A workman hammering chunks out of the fluted concrete surface of the curtain wall at Minories Car Park
Colour-matching JLP01_10_16151JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. H Wills at work in one of Laings research and development labs, applying coloured concrete to a piece of carved stonework
Gin Distillery JLP01_10_41424Gordons Gin, Southfields, Laindon, Basildon, Essex. A view from the first floor of the recently completed distillery for Gordons Gin
Hyperbolic paraboloid formwork JLP01_08_060599COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE, KENSINGTON HIGH STREET, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, GREATER LONDON. Workers constructing the timber formwork for the central hyperbolic paraboloid roof section of the exhibition
Manouevring a concrete caisson JLP01_01_064_48TILBURY DOCKS, CHADWELL ST MARY, THURROCK, ESSEX. A view from a boat showing the cooling water intake caisson for Coryton Oil Refinery leaving Tilbury Docks
Dockmaster JLP01_01_064_41TILBURY DOCKS, CHADWELL ST MARY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Captain W. R. Crouch, Dockmaster at Tilbury Docks, directing operations in the lock as the cooling water intake caisson for Coryton Oil Refinery
Manouevring a concrete caisson JLP01_01_063_04TILBURY DOCKS, CHADWELL ST MARY, THURROCK, ESSEX. A view of the cooling water intake caisson for Coryton Oil Refinery leaving Tilbury Dock to begin its journey down the Thames
Rover factory JLP01_01_045_36ROVER CAR COMPANY WORKS, LODE LANE, SOLIHULL, WEST MIDLANDS. An interior view of the Rover factory in Solihull showing manufacturing in progress of the Rover P4 series of cars
