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B&G Carpets on Portrack Road are expanding to the Naafi building in Darlington. Pictured is Dad and Chairman William Maguire with his sons Billy, Jason and Frank. 8th May 1997
A group of men standing outside the Ministry of Labour on the High Street, Barnstaple, North Devon. 9th January 1966
Fanous raincoat manufacturers Dannimac are making a massive £800Fanous raincoat manufacturers Dannimac are making a massive £ 800, 000 vote of confidence in Teesside by siting their main UK factory in the area
Ray Winney, 16, and Tony Scrivens, 16, on the boat Tobago. Dockside Dandies at Lowestoft, Suffolk. 16th May 1962
Dockside Dandies at Lowestoft, Suffolk. 16th May 1962
Women working in Hintons supermarket, Redcar. 26th October 1981
King George Dock in Hull, East Yorkshire. 16th March 1965
A scene typical of Widnes - factories and smoke. 28th July 1973
ICI apprentice plumbers Andrew Hutchinson (left) and Michael Wilson have swapped places with their counterparts at Middlesbrough Council for two weeks
Two former pupils at Stokesley Comprehensive School scooped the top prizes at an annual apprentices competition at ICI Wilton
ICI Awards - fitter Paul Ralph, Gordon Caddy, Improved second-year apprentice APP. Instrument Artificer Tim Walker, fourth-year runner up award. Mr George Guy presents the prizes. 2nd May 1979
One of the worries when the closure of Smiths Dock was announced was the plight of the firms 42 apprentices. Now, however
ICI managers have completed the difficult job of picking 72 youngsters out of nearly 200 for a career at the Wilton complex
Coal miners Phillip Jenkins (left) and Chris Lee seen here at the Taff Merthyr Colliery, South Wales. 23rd March 1983
Workers at J & J Cash Ltd. 11th February 1972
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
The Summer Palace restaurant in Sale, Manchester, this restaurant is 15 years old, 2nd July 1992
Unfinished garments in tailors workroom, due to tailors strike, Conduit Street, London, 7th May 1912
Workers at William Pretty and sons Ltd in Ipswich sitting at their singer machines putting in the elastic bands in underwear November 1935
Interior of workmens canteen at North Eastern marine Engineering Co. at Wallsend. 1st February 1930
Rupert Murdoch at The Times building, Grays Inn Road, London. He is there for talks over the future of The Times and Sunday Times in a bid to stem £ 15 million a year losses. 22nd February 1982
A scene inside the Leece Street labour Exchange in Liverpool when the 1920 class of women attended for registration. From early 1941
A scene inside the labour Exchange in Cardiff when the 1920 class of women attended for registration. From early 1941, it became compulsory for women aged between 18 and 60 to register for war work
Members of the new London Fire Force swing orchestra, all firemen who have been out in the London blitz, get together for a practice at their station at Albert Embankment
Disabled and blind men and women take a petition to the House of Commons asking for better pay for disabled. The petition
Frost Fishmongers Delivery Bike, Reading, Wednesday 8th July 1992
Asquith Xavier in his new job as a guard at Euston Station, London. The story - In 1966: Euston staff colour bar ended A West Indian refused a job at Euston Station will now be employed there after
Volkswagen assembly line worker Peter Schredewitz at work in Wolfsburg, Germany. 15th January 1982
Martin Blackwell, Middlesbrough Butcher, 2nd September 1988
Master Butcher from Guisborough, Circa 1975
No petrol signs at garage during the strike at Kingsbury Oil Depot, near Birmingham. 7th January 1979
Ford stay on strike. At at mass meeting at an open-air swimming pool in Dagenham, Essex. Ford Union officials claimed that the show of hands were in favour of continuing the strike
Empty petrol tankers during the strike at Kingsbury Oil Depot, near Birmingham. 7th January 1979
Pictured, apprentices of Driver Southall Ltd, who found an answer to label snags. 4th September 1972
Instead of the long dole queues, a shiny row of cars. This scene at the Hoover factory symbolises Merthyr Tydfils spectacular change of fortune since the hungry 30s. 10th August 1962
The packed car park at the Hoover washing machine factory, Pentrebach, Merthyr Tydfil. 4th December 1964
Workers employed by Hoover Ltd sign on for unemployment benefit at Merthyr Employment Exchange at the star of their week off under the firms " Four Weeks out of Five" working scheme
Lyons workers visit Barnsley. Key workers from other parts of the country who will be coming to live in Barnsley to work at the new Lyons factory, are taken round the town by coach
At the Lyons Nippy School at Oxford Street Corner House, girls are taught how to become efficient waitresses. This Nippy is showing potential candidates just how they should look
British Legion Village, near Maidstone, Kent. The most unique village, teaching a trade. Dog kennels and chicken coops are made in large numbers. 5th February 1927
Making shell novelties They are being fitted with small thermometers which will be popular at resorts. 27th March 1926
Killaloe Slate Quarry at Portroe, Nenagh, Ireland. 27th June 1929
Floating a billiard bed at Dinorwic Slate Wharf, Rotherhithe. Slate splitting is an art acquired by long practice. It is an unusual Thames-side occupation
Unemployed sailors thrusting their discharge books through a landing-stage barrier at Liverpool in the hope of filling a last-minute vacancy on a departing liner
Unemployed men in the Newcastle area. 16th January 1932
National Unemployed Workers Movement Hunger March. seen here levying Newcastle. The NUWM march was to highlight the plight of the unemployed workers during the economic depression. 1st February 1934
