Cleaning Collection (page 2)

Beside a pontoon bridge spanning the Palo River on Leyte Island, American soldiers wash themselves and their clothes. One soldier evidently doesn t trust the temporary lull in the fighting for he

Life on one of the Polynesian Islands, French Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. A family wash their clothes in a stream. It is not clear the exact Island. It maybe one of the Marquese Islands

Female workers packing tins of Cherry Blossom boot polish at Cherry Blossom Boot Polish and Mansion Polish Works, Chiswick, London, 12 November 1931

Female workers filling tins with Mansion Polish at Cherry Blossom Boot Polish and Mansion Polish Works, Chiswick, 12 November 1931

Lace making at John Heathcoats factory in Tiverton. 10th November 1949

Youth club boys clean cars. 1971

33 year old Patrick MacKenton from London, bursts into song on the parapet of the Albert Hall, 90ft above the Albert Memorial seen in the background

Spring clean weekend at St Marys Lighthouse in Whitley Bay. Lighthouse receptionist Fiona cleans the reflector glass. 22nd March 1998

Life in the Mirror Bela Zola Pictures The Charlady Mrs Bayston working on the steps of a West End Theatre 18th January 1954

Work still in progress on the air ventilators in the new Clyde tunnel in Glasgow which connects the districts of Whiteinch in the north to Govan in the South in the west of the city

London County Councils latest invention is a machine designed to clean the glazed brick linings of the Blackwall and Rotherhithe tunnels

A farmer gives his British saddleback a quick brush up before showing him in the ring at the Royal Agricultural Show in Newcastle. 24th June 1962

The Graffiti Beater, a new £2, 000 machine has just gone into action in the West End
The Graffiti Beater, a new £ 2, 000 machine has just gone into action in the West End of Newcastle, Published 24th September 1981

New tricycle - Mr George King, of Clarendon Street, Hull, has a full time job in the city centre cleaning the Corporation Telephone Department kiosks

A shop assistant removes the scribbling on the wall outside her shop in Kirkby, Liverpool, where youths congregate at night. 18th March 1965

Nelsons Column being cleaned. Cleaner Ted Chambers on top of Nelsons Head, taking a break to survey the landscape of London through a telescope. Trafalgar Square, London, 2nd March 1968

Every morning comedian Ken Dodd gazes at £10, 000 worth of sparklers
Every morning comedian Ken Dodd gazes at £ 10, 000 worth of sparklers - his teeth. Ken has insured his prominent, protruding teeth for £ 10, 000 with a Birmingham insurance broker

Window cleaning in Park Lane, London. 10th April 1954

Window cleaners at work. 10th February 1954

For the first time in over a hundred years Nelsons statue has a clean face. Several days of sand blasting have revealed scars from the last war

Keeping Canterbury clean, Mr Sidney Smith sweeps the roads of Canterbury, Kent. 1st June 1954

Mrs Margaret Betteney, senior attendant at Chester-le-Street loo with attendants Jean Pearson and Ivy Harboard. The ladies hard work

This is the other chorus at Londons Drury Lane Theatre. The line that gets no applause from the audience The cleaners start work when the ballerinas of the show " Carousel" have gone home

These Salendine Nook High School pupils have made a clean sweep. Pupils have armed themselves with shovels and brushes to tackle litter

Catching the sun on the highest spot in London. The statue of Nelson at the top of the column is being cleaned once again, and steeplejacks perched on the top made the most of the sun

Four cleaning ladies polishing up one of the motors at the Earls Court Motor show. 12th October 1968

A Chimpanzee brushing up on the housework at Twycross Zoo. 30th May 1980

One of the Twycross Zoo Chimpanzees helping with a Spring clean around the zoo. 18th February 1981

Office workers of Rochfort Associates, Stourbridge, are seen during their six hour charity car wash in aid of Comic Relief, they are Ann Sailsbury (front) L-R Kay Green, Jane Collins

Members of Granada TVs Coronation St cast today visited the Remedial Teaching Centre at Mount Pleasant School, at Clayton-le-Moors, Lancs, where children play Coronation St parts

Workers are Honoured in glass, Mrs. Mopp has been given a place of honour in a new church, for one of the churchs stained glass windows shows office cleaners at work

Clean Fun... ! Cleaner Vivien Richardson, 41, got a shock when she met David
Clean Fun...! Cleaner Vivien Richardson, 41, got a shock when she met David, an 11ft nude replica of Michaelango statue. Its in the entrance of a bakery where Vivien works

After a day in the countryside, its time for these children from Abingdon Road School, Middlesbrough, to clean and dubbin their boots. 27th March 1979

Mrs Elsie Wardle (left) and Mrs Betty Gee get to work on cleaning up the plastic statues in Smithford Way, Coventry, West Midlands. 13th April 1970

Guisborough Baths. 13th August 1968

Actor Donald Sinden seen here polishing his Ford Consul. Circa February 1955

Donald Sinden and son Jeremy inspect their very dusty and grimy Consul. Circa February 1952

Teesside boss Bernard Roddam whips a hoover out when hes not too busy - to keep overheads down. All four partners, Keith Thompson, Steve Klincke, John Forde and Bernard Roddam, of Beta Electronics

Panoramic view of Bristol from the roof of the ES &A Robinson and Son building. The window cleaners in their cradle are Brian Priddis and Alan Tuckett of the New Century Cleaners. 1st March 1967

The 1. 15pm Bristol to London Pullman service standing at platform 9 Bristol Temple Meads
The 1.15pm Bristol to London Pullman service standing at platform 9 Bristol Temple Meads station shortly before departing for Paddington 8th February 1967

Clare Johnson (r) and Louise Granger, aged 12, pupils at Kings Cross Manor School, Acklam, who received a trophy on behalf of the school for work they are doing to clean up the Thornby Marshalling

Park Rangers, John Smith (l) and Derek Jones, water down and clean the statues at Stanley Park, Liverpool, 28th July 1995

Hard at work on a new nature reserve are these Reinwood Junior School, Oakes, pupils (from left) Mark Rayner, Paul Coupland, Sukdip Kaur and Lyndsey Anchor

Hartlepool Show held at Grayfields - The Cleveland BSA Owners Club had many of their rare classic bikes on show, Martin Bonner, 10, polishes up his father Dereks rare 1966 BSA 250 Spotsman machine

Wringing out the old... nine-year-olds Victoria Clegg (left) and Mary Claydon help out on a monster clear-up at TP Woods, Marsh

Vintage Car Show at The Ship pub in Worsall, 11th June 1995. Pictured, the oldest car at the show, 1925 Bullnose Morris Oxford. It has taken Tim Clark 20 years to get it into this condition

1928 Lincoln Limousine owned by My Ayrton of Marske, gets a wash and polish from the Wash and Brush Up Boys, Two Minute Car Wash, Middlesbrough, 16th April 1964

Clearing up at Charlton Athletics football ground, The Valley. After seven years in a state of disrepair, with the ground not being used

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