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18 year old Karen Kerr wearing a patchwork bikini made by the Womens Institute. 29th May 1970
Harry Crabb seen here making concertinas in his workshop at Liverpool Street, Islington, London 15th May 1967
Eric Owen, chief modeller at the Minton China Works in Stoke On Trent, creating a vase to a clients specifications. In the foreground are models for a vegetable dish and coffee pots. 1946
A handframe knitter seen here with his apprentice at The Shawl Factory of GH Hurt and Son in Nottingham 31st March 1954
A group of female workers at the Minton China Works in Stoke On Trent, remove newly created articles from their moulds after the liquid state clay was poured in and left to stand for half an hour
New Inshore lifeboat at Hartlepool Lifeboat Station. 27th April 1972
The Seaton Sluice lifeboat. 8th June 1974
The new Llandudno lifeboat the Lilly Wainwright arrives at the resort after sailing from the building yards at Cowes. She will replace the existing reserve boat
An American built Waveny Class lifeboat touring Britain, speeds past a boat off Mumbles Pier, Wales. The lifeboat, un-named but nicknamed " The Yank" was built by the USCG at Curtis Bay
A famous West Wales lifeboat will be launched on a new career as the centrepiece of a maritime museum. Enthusiasts have rescued the 81-year-old William Cantrell Ashley lifeboat which for more than 40
The new Mumbles Tyne Class lifeboat Ethel Anne Measures. 28th June 1985
The crew of Little Haven Inshore Lifeboat testing a new Honda miniature tractor. The machine could soon be part of equipment at lifeboat stations throughout the country if it passes strict tests
After 27 years of gallant service, the William Gammon lifeboat plunged down its slipway at Mumbles Lifeboat Station, Swansea for the last time on 27th August 1974
Fishguards new lifeboat Howard Marryat. 4th June 1957
The 75 foot ketch Garlandstone moored at Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. 6th May 1971
The Mumbles lifeboat William Gammon returned to Swansea yesterday after an £; 8000 engine refit at the Cowes yard where she was built 21 years ago. Two new 60 h.p
Women at John I Thorneycroft & Co, Hampton Launch Works, Platts Eyot have just put the finishing touches to a Whaleback boat. 25th April 1943
Occupational Therapy held at Mill Hill Emergency Hospital. No location mentioned, but there is a Mill Hill in North London which looks correct for this picture
Harry Crabb seen here with his son Neville making concertinas in his workshop at Liverpool Street, Islington, London 15th May 1967
A man making stone models from rock, Cornwall. One of the industries of Penzance is making souvenirs for visitors out of serpentine rock. This rock is to be found out at The Lizard
The flying bedstead. A sail propelled rail yacht at Spurn Head, she can carry 20 passengers. East Riding of Yorkshire. Circa 1922
Potter Bridget Appleby and the staff of the Briglin Pottery Crawford Street, Marylebone, London, showing of their Harold Wilson commemoration mugs
Harold Collins, age 8, of the canal boat "Whitley and Bayswater"Harold Collins, age 8, of the canal boat " Whitley and Bayswater" painting a cabin block decoration. When the boats are laid up
St Peters Church on Thornaby village green, workman Gary Sayer at work on restoration. 3rd February 1986
John Garland-Taylor and his son James at the Hatton Craft centre in Warwickshire, published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph under the headline Smithy bashes out a living. 30th May 1989
Sixteen year old Vera Mary Stone blowing glass at Prestons on West Street, Sheffield during World War Two. June 1942
The Seaton Sluice inshore rescue boat shortly after being launched. 8th June 1974
A 16ft rubber inshore rescue craft belonging to the Mumbles lifeboat team begins its trials in Swansea Bay. A present to the RNLI from the Rotary Club it has a speed of 25 knots
The Mumbles lifeboat is launched from its base on the Gower Peninsula. 13th March 1974
The new Mumbles lifeboat passes in front of the temporary one which replaced the SS Samtampa which broke up on the rocks near Porthcawl a few months earlier
The Mumbles lifeboat. 3rd September 1964
The dediocation ceremony of the lifeboat John Cresswell at Penarth. 16th August 1989
A newlife-saver made a splash at its official launch in West Wales yesterday. The town of New Quay welcomed a new, 16-foot inflatable lifeboat bought with proceeds from a charity concert
The American built lifeboat that is touring lifeboat stations around the British Isles put In to the Mumbles Pier on Sunday morning for members of the Mumbles Lifeboat Crew to try out for themselves
The Mumbles lifeboat plunges down from the slipway as she leaves to deliver Christmas Cards to various light vessels in the Bristol Channel. 23rd December 1963
Invited guests being brought being given a trip around the bay on the Llandudno lifeboat Lilly Wainwright, leaving Rhos jetty
New Quay mechanic Mervyn Thomas on board the RNLB "Birds Eye"New Quay mechanic Mervyn Thomas on board the RNLB " Birds Eye" at New Quay Lifeboat Station, It was replaced in 1990 with a new Mersey Class lifeboat. Circa 1990
The arrival of the new motor lifeboat at New Quay, Cardiganshire. The old sailing lifeboat can be seen on the left of the picture. The name of the new vessel is " St Albans"
Boys make model ships from cardboard in a London hospital ward, being made to keep as souvenir of the ward during the Second World War. 26th March 1942
Miss Gladys Harrison and Mrs. Winterburn in their studio near Oxford Street, making wigs for tank corps and RAF men who have lost their hair through burns. 24th August 1943
Scotlands First Basic Education Centre. Soldier pupils whose ages range from 18 - 44 years, attended a first Army experimental course in Basic Education in Scotland
Units of General Transport, RASC, Medical Corps, Hamburg, Royal Engineers and CREs embark on a landing ship tank from Hamburg, Germany bound for Norway
The service men and AT patients at the Mill Hill Emergency Hospital found that Nurse Joan Simes had a good profile, so she poses for the clay modellers who are being taught craft work which is part
Picture shows an unusual craft on The River Thames outside Westminster. Suggests it is a small set or landing crafts. Picture taken circa 1st November 1941
American shock troops board new invasion craft during training exercises in England. The invasion craft would be used in The Allied invasion of Sicily
American made amphibious cargo carriers "Weasels"American made amphibious cargo carriers " Weasels", with tracks instead of wheels being used in flooded areas of Holland during the Second World War. January 1945
A Special SHAEF issued 24th March 1945 says "The Allied Forces are today crossingA Special SHAEF issued 24th March 1945 says " The Allied Forces are today crossing the Rhine River on a wide front, north of the Ruhr
