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Loch Sloy dam under construction circa 1948 -1949 Hydro electric dam
Sellafield Nuclear Power Station formerly Windscale in Cumbria January 1990
Sacks of coal in Germany waiting to be flown to Berlin as part of the Allied airlift. July 1948
Coal supplies for the British, American and French sectors of Berlin are being flown in by the RAF from Fassberg near Celle in the British Zone of Germany during the Berlin Airlift
A signing on a petrol pump informing customers of the lack of petrol during the fuel shortage. November 1956
Jean Kerwin of Chorlton-on-Medlock calls in her neighbour, Mrs. Lydia Fox, to share their fire. They ve been burning lino, and their gas-light goes out when they light the kitchen stove
Mr. Douglas Pursers Ford 1600 cc Capri on coal. February 1975 75-01164-001
Man driving a steam powered out in the countryside December 1970 70-11615-003
Man driving a steam powered car near his home December 1970 70-11615-002
Coke queue Manchester. Pram loads of coke leaving Gaythorne Gasworks this morning. December 1950 P009433
ATS girls at a Welsh Anti aircraft gun site are watching their fuel target. From small coal which they mix with cement, they make coal bricks
Women with buckets, bags and sacks scrounge for pieces of coal amongst the slag at the local pit near Gorton in Manchester during the coal shortage of World War Two
A miner looks over the fence toward the Gorkie Colliery during the miners strike in World War Two. The flagstaff at the top of the pithead is now bare
London housewives queue up to receive thier supply of coal from the roundsman. The coalman has been supplied with an army lorry to make his deliveries during the Second World War February 1945
Man driving a steam powered out in the countryside December 1970 70-11615-005
Huge pile of coal at a a colliery. January 1941 P017675
Coal arriving by boat iat a dockyard. February 1947 P017677
Enter the Coalmen - both in bowler hats. Two bowler-hatted gents turned up on Grandma Gwen Henstocks doorstep yesterday. They smilingly passed the time of day Then they humped coal into Mrs
Drilling from a tower 4 miles off the shore in West Hartlepool, County Durham, the National Coal Board tries to find out how far the coal seam extends under the sea from mines near there
Lignite-brown coal -is being surface mined at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire. The mine was first opened 100 years ago but has been closed several times. New workings have recently been opened
Women digging at a coal mine to gather winter fuel. August 1947 P017706
Wearing headscarves for protection, Lancashire women and girls are doing a grimy but important job of work in the screening plant in a Leigh colliery
Scotlands only coal-woman. Dorothy Riddell (23) who runs her own coal merchants business in Glasgow delivers coal herself to customers in the Shieldhall District of Glasgow
Two women who were serving coal at the emergency coal dump at Chiswick. They are Floe Powell (left) and her friend Ellen Stacey. They volunteered to help their men folk. February 1947 P017804
Mrs. Mary Fagan carrying a large sack of coal on her back at St. Helens March 1939 P017801
Coal girl Patricia Oliver, aged 23, of Earlsfield, London, who took over her fathers coal delivery business four years ago after her fathers illness. May 1962 P017802
Five foot woman does coalmans job. Mrs. Pittock is a bright and willing little woman and when the coalman employed by Mr. E
Picture shows women from the Southwark district of London gathering coal from a Bomb site in Sumner Road Southwark. The coal is mystery as no one seems to know how it came to be lying in an old
Coal has been found in King street, the main street of Brynmewr, Monmouth. April 1950 P017823
Broxbourne Grammar Schoolgirls Christine Wallace (L) and Jone Hay walk home from school with 2 sacks of fuel as well as homework. January 1963 P017811
Illuminate the work at Bothal, near Ashington Northumberland. April 1946 P017827
The coal shortage has hit many homes this winter, contractors are low if not out of stocks and don t know when the next quota will arrive
Woman wheeling a wheelbarrow filled with a sack of coal at Bentley Lane in Walsall, Staffordshire. April 1968 P017825
Coal Miners underground scenes. A miner pushing a cart loaded with coal along the track April 1936 P017831
Space age power for an old car 17th January 1967. No clutch, no gears and no petrol to run short of! A 1912 baker Electric with solar panels fixed to its roof
Man driving a steam powered car near his home December 1970 70-11615
Black Friday in London at 2pm today - cars were obliged to light up in the sudden darkness. November 1969 Z11029
Coal shortage - a scene in sloshy Caledonian Road, London, as women assist a worker to get the coal home. January 1945 P017813
Pit props held up a corrugated iron roof about two feet from the ground, to give the impression of the general depth of the coal seams in the North-East
Electricity: the Turbine Room at Battersea Power Station. OP 639 H. Circa 1946 P018767
Fulham gas works. October 1948 P018794
The power game. Theres no stopping some people - even during a petrol shortage. Environment Minister Geoffrey Rippon and his answer to the petrol shortage
Battersea Power Station illuminated for World Power Conference, 17th July 1950
