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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
Marmalade factory, Oxford CC66_00389Male and female workers at Coopers Marmalade Factory, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Henry Taunt 1902
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
Royal Albert Dock a001246ROYAL ALBERT DOCK, Canning Town, London. Two workmen repainting a ship in dry dock (mid-20th century). The dock was the largest of the three royal docks and opened in 1880.s W Rawlings
Commuter Station, Palmers Green Station, 1914 BB92_20713Palmers Green Station, Aldermans Hill, Greater London. General view looking south-east towards the up platform of Palmers Green station, crowded with passengers. Photographed in 1914
Minley Manor kitchens BL17959AMinley Manor, Hampshire. Staff in the kitchen at a French chateau style country house that was erected between 1858-60 to the designs of architect Henry Clutton
Barton Swing Aqueduct a98_05171Boats on the Barton Swing Aqueduct, carrying the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal. Trafford, Greater Manchester. Photographed by Eric de Mare sometime in the 1950s
Blacksmiths, Gloucestershire a054054The interior of a blacksmiths workshop in Gloucestershire. Photographed by John Gay in the 1950s at an uncertain location
Crewe Locomotive Works OP03596Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. Pouring molten metal into moulds to cast chairs. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910
Crewe Locomotive Works OP03599Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. A man in a laboratory estimating carbon in a sample of steel
Crewe Locomotive Works OP03587Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. Dissolution of a sample of steel for carbon estimation in a laboratory
Forestry, Princes Risborough a97_05315Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. Mr Smith and horse team at work in the woods. This hard-working team are hauling and carrying bundles of brushwood from a steep wooded slope
Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06817Rotherhithe Tunnel, Rotherhithe, Southwark, London. The south entrance to the Rotherhithe Tunnel during construction
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
Harvesting at Trenance BB98_06122Mr Richard Harvey and workers harvesting at Trenance, Mullion, Cornwall, 1900-'1. Alfred Newton & Son. Silver gelatin glass plate negative
WW1. Making Christmas puddings, Cadby Hall BL24361_007CADBY HALL, Hammersmith Road, London. Female workers at Cadby Hall food factory making Christmas puddings for troops fighting in the First World War
Waring & Gillow Factory, August 1916 BL23600_002WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, White City, Hammersmith, London
Ploughing, Buckinghamshire BB98_10630A 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_05975REGENT 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 BL19950A8 LLOYDS AVENUE, City Of London. Construction workers laying a hollow pot reinforced concrete floor at number 8 Lloyds Avenue
Orchestra of the Midland Adelphi Hotel 1914 BL22620MIDLAND ADELPHI HOTEL, Liverpool. Interior view. Group portrait of the hotel orchestra. The hotel was re-opened in 1914 after partial rebuilding and refurbishment in the Neo-Classical style
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
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
Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431Workers at Charwelton, Northamptonshire. Construction workers on Great Central Railway
Excavating the Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06818ROTHERHITHE TUNNEL, London
Brewers dray, Ipswich a98_12167Ipswich, Suffolk. A Cobbold & Co dray emerging from the yard of the Saracens Head. Brewers were often local firms and supplied public houses within a small radius
Machine Room, Lamson Paragon Supply Co, Canning Town BL13617_001LAMSON 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
Grand Union Canal a065340GRAND UNION CANAL, London. A view from a misty canal towpath showing a man steering an industrial canal barge along the canal towards a road bridge. Photograph 1955-1965, John Gay
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
Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09CUNARD SHELL WORKS, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside. Women manufacturing shell casings, 1917. Bedford Lemere
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
Computer Room, Concord House JLP01_08_062331Concord 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
Hospital kitchen, Guys Hospital CC46_00241Guys Hospital, The Borough, Greater London. Two cooks working in the kitchen. Photographed by Marshall Keene and Company between 1925 and 1939
Kitchen staff, Royal Star And Garter Home CC46_00400Royal Star And Garter Home, Richmond Hill, Richmond, Greater London. Staff preparing food in the kitchen
The undertakers, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire BB92_20738Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. A group of employees posed outside the premises of A R Blick and Son, builders and undertakers, in Stonehouse. Photographed in 1935
Building Rotherhithe Tunnel BB99_06816Rotherhithe Tunnel, Shadwell, London. A view of the bulkhead from inside during construction
Mine entrance DP143584Haggs Mine, Nentsberry, North Pennines. View along tunnel towards the mine entrance. This mine was in operation by the 1730s and was finally abandoned in 1958
Construction work, Picton Street, Camberwell JLP01_01_111_61Picton Street, Camberwell, Southwark, London. Two men placing the first precast roof slab of the end bag on top of an eleven-storey block of flats with the Resident Engineer supervising operations
Rover Car Factory, Solihull JLP01_01_045_33Rover Car Company Works, Lode Lane, Solihull. West Midlands. Interior view of Rover factory showing workers polishing cars, October 1956. John Laing Collection
Foggy London. Policeman, Strand a100360The Strand, London. A City of London traffic policeman outside the Charing Cross Hotel, using outstretched arms to control vehicles, sometime between 1946 and 1959
Scarborough Harbour a83_00497Old 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_066Hadrians 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
Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899St Andrews Hospital, Dollis Hill, London. Three female staff working in the kitchen
Viking workshop J940005Reconstruction drawing by Chris Evans, English Heritage Graphics Team, of a Viking metal-smiths workshop, mid 10th century AD
Painting aircraft wings, Waring & Gillow BL23701_012WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London W6. Inside the factory showing women and boys painting the wings of aircraft for use during the First World War
Rivermen at Marlow Bridge, Wycombe CC73_01436MARLOW, 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
Cafeteria, Pen Corner, Kingsway, Westminster, 1920 BL24881_01241 KINGSWAY, Westminster, Greater London
Leaf-picking, Teafani & Co Works, Brixton BL23660_007TEAFANI & 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
Track repairs, Bodmin Road Station, St Winnow a97_07468BODMIN ROAD STATION, St Winnow, Cornwall. Four tracklayers at work
Monks at work N900001WAVERLEY ABBEY, Surrey. Reconstruction drawing of monks at work by Ivan Lapper
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
Boat builder, Wroxham, Norfolk a99_00303Wroxham, Norfolk. The boatbuilder at work inside a boatbuilders shed close to Wroxham Bridge on the River Bure
Herring Girls, Great Yarmouth a98_17150Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. A group of women, possibly Scottish herring girls, on the quay with herring boats beyond
Masons, Halesworth, Suffolk a98_14596Halesworth, Suffolk. Interior of Barbers Monumental Masons showing two stone masons working at window tracery for a building at Southwold