Employment Collection (page 5)

The first bar of gold at Dolaucothi Gold Mine with day shift workers. Afternoon and night shifts are also being worked. February 1938

Team work counts in the great steel works of Britain. Most of the furnace teams have worked together for many years. Pop Moss

From the face to the main haulage, some as long as half a mile, the tubs have to pushed by men through absolute darkness. Sometimes the roof is just an inch higher than the tb

Salvation Army handing out free coffee to unemployed men in Manchester. 12th December 1933

A female police officer, circa 1930

Scottish fishergirls preparing fish for curing after the landing of a heavy catch at North Shields Fish Quay. 22nd August 1936

Mending their nets - Amble fishermen repairing their crab pots on the pier. 26th February 1932

The new Post Office building in Bishop Street where the sorting system will be housed. 17th July 1975

Coventrys new head post office cost £2, 600, 000
Coventrys new head post office cost £ 2, 600, 000, has nearly four acres of floor space and will employ 800 people. The building, in Bishop Street

Post office workers sorting the Christmas mail at Coventry Sorting Office. The final trip from the office to the van. 16th December 1991

Sorting mail at Bishop Street. 21st July 1984

Vivyan Barton of Harborne, prepares samples of tea from plantations throughout India and Ceylon for tea taster Mr Pedvin at the Ty-phoo Tea factory Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham

A production line worker at the Ty-phoo Tea factory, Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham takes a tea break and catches up with the latest show business gossip in the newspaper. 4th February 1960

Brenda Boyle of Corbett Road, Hollywood seen here weighing out tea for sampling at theTy-phoo Tea factory Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. 4th February 1960

Assistants in the tea tasting department at the Ty-phoo Tea factory Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham prepare samples for testing. 4th February 1960

Boxes of Ty-Phoo tea packed and ready to go travel along the conveyor belt to the dispatch area at Ty-phoo Tea factory Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. 4th February 1960

One of the production team at Ty-phoo Tea factory, Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham takes a well earned tea break from the production line. 4th February 1960

Some of the hundreds of chest of tea from all of the world being unloaded at the Ty-phoo Tea factory Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. 4th February 1960

A young female employee checks that the machine has correctly filled and sealed the loose leaf tea before dispatch at the Ty-phoo Tea factory Bordesley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham. 4th February 1960

The Stock Exchange opened early today to enable stockbrokers to buy and sell the latest privatised shares - in Associated British Ports

Following the weekend devaluation of the pound the London Stock Exchange and banks were closed today - Monday. Jobbers were not allowed to deal in any shares but brokers gathered in Throgmorton

The London Stock Exchange admitted at last about 12 women members. Six of them appeared on the floor amongst the 2, 500 men who work there

A workman drilling holes in one of the bedstones on the Gateshead abutment for the bearings of the steel girders of the new Tyne Bridge

Four craftsmen who repair and rebuild the commercial longboats, in Walsall, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire). 4th March 1971

Lollipops for a lollipop lady... Upperthong Junior and Infant school pupils have said goodbye to Mrs Daisy Knapton who has done the job for 10 years

A boy is shown how to replace the heel of a boot. He is "at work"
A boy is shown how to replace the heel of a boot. He is " at work" at the Lion Boys Club in Hoxton, London, where members do shoe repairs for old age pensioners free of charge

A boy carries a bundle of shoes. He is "at work"
A boy carries a bundle of shoes. He is " at work" at the Lion Boys Club in Hoxton, London, where members do shoe repairs for old age pensioners free of charge

Pupils discuss prospects with Army Schools Liaison Officer, Major Ken Beavan (left) and Mr Don Murray, Careers officer, at a careers convention at Sacred Heart RC Secondary School in Redcar

Barnacles Restaurants Gordon Irvine, 2nd Right, pictured with ops director Frances Smith, right, managers Anthony Coverdale, Jane Cuthburt and Jennifer Thwaites. 23rd January 1996

Gladiator Wolf (Michael Van Wijk) entertains the crowds of children and parents while opening the new Bells store in Thorntree Road, Thornaby. 19th October 1996

Thanks to Middlesbrough company Bed King, Tracey Moore, who is on a Billingham model agencies books, was able to go St Lucia to take part in a beauty patent after she won the Mrs Great Britain title

Business Focus piece on BLF, Snowdon Road, Middlesbrough. Husband and wife partners Derrick and Sheila Wild who run the BLF with works manager David Jones. 10th December 1996

John Wales at Batleys Pet Food Store. 4th December 1997

Safety conscious Ballast Nedam Construction staff have teamed up to win the firms in-house safety contest. Site agent David Lennon

A Middlesbrough firm that exports steelwork all over the world has gained accreditation to BS5750. Booth and Partners, specialists in design, fabrication and erection

A showpiece hi-tech development in Cleveland has been given a £650
A showpiece hi-tech development in Cleveland has been given a £ 650, 000 boost from the public purse. The grant from Stockton Council was handed over by Councillor John Scott, left

A Darlington company has prepared itself for a larger share of the countrys market and for Europe by purchasing a new machine

Partners at Baker Mallett Chartered Surveyors toast 35 years on Teesside and their move to new offices in Yarm Road, Stockton

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

Easy does it production manager Sandra Wilson with two examples of the
Easy does it.. production manager Sandra Wilson with two examples of the terracotta tubs that are in great demand at Bowdene Plastics. 14th February 1990

Baird Menswear, Guisborough. Mike Baker, sales director, at his desk. 13th December 1994

Staff from a cash and carry in Darlington carried off the honours in a charity trolley push, The team from Booker Cash and Carry were regional winners of an around-Britain trolley push in aid of

Work is now underway on the 8 million extension of the Tees container terminal at Teesport The plan to more than double the size of the existing quay at the terminal a total waterfront of 290 metres

The new Boyes store in Redcar High Street. 26th August 1981

Boro Taxis. 14th October 1994

Barker & Stonehouse furniture shop. 1st July 1987

A video goody helped save 93 jobs and provide work for these lucky seven new recruits at the Brandtex clothing factory in Stockton when the present owners took over from Peter Blond ltd

An £800, 000 extension at the Dannimac raincoats
An £ 800, 000 extension at the Dannimac raincoats factory has been opened in Middlesbrough - with the workers earning more

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