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Excavations for air raid shelters at Parkfields Cedars School, Derby. 15th November 1939
Cellars of serval firms in Derby are being rapidly adapted as public air raid shelters. Here is a view of the old wine vaults of Messrs. Alton and Co. Ltd
Council workmen constructing a public air raid shelter outside Lloyds Bank in Church Road, Birmingham on the eve of the outbreak of the Second Word War. 1st September 1939
Birmingham University students and workmen from the City Council seen here filing sandbags in a pit near the University, for the protection of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on the eve of the outbreak
Birmingham council workmen construct an emergency water container in the city centre on the eve of the outbreak of the second world war. 1st September 1939
Harnessing this pony at Ashington Colliery are some of the boys who are being trained under a newly instituted scheme. 17th June 1941
An instructor at the Government pit school showing Bevin Boys how to follow a seam of coal in Morrison Old Pit, Annefield Plain. 30th December 1943
The director gives the cameraman instructions on how he wants the shot to look, during filming at the War Cemetery at Madingley
Reed Cutting on the Thames 1st May 1927 Within a stones throw of Chiswick church, not far from Hammersmith Bridge is a small island in the River Thames
A group of workmen at Doigs Grimsby yard in the 1920s
An old time production at Dunlop s. Circa 1925
Badges and decals being applied to the saddle tanks of the BSA motorcycles at the BSA Factory, Small Heath, Birmingham. Circa 1965
Saddle tanks for BSA motorcycles on the production line at the BSA Factory, Small Heath, Birmingham. Circa 1965
The engine is fitted to a Austin Mini on the production line, Longbridge. 10th March 1963
The transverse engine assembly line for the Mini The Austin Mini production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
Metal sheets are fed into the body panel press at the The Austin Mini production line, Longbridge. 10th March 1963
Austin Mini body panels are assembled prior to welding and being placed on the production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
Body panels for the Austin Mini seen here being welded on the production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
The transverse engine assembly line for the Mini. The Austin Mini production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
Sir Alec Issigonis designer of the Morris Minor and the Mini seen here in his Longbridge Office 10th March1963
Body shells for the Austin Mini await to go through the production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
The front axel and engine seen here being mounted on to a Austin Mini on the production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
A new employee being shown how to insert a inner liner into a flat cap at the Denham and Hargreaves factory, Atherstone. Circa 1960. Circa 1960
Flat cap being pressed on to a mould at the Denham and Hargreaves factory, Atherstone. Circa 1960
Women working in the wool felt section at the Denham and Hargreaves factory, Atherstone. Circa 1960. Circa 1960
Denham and Hargreaves Hat Factory, Atherstone. Circa 1960. Circa 1960
Seamstress sewing the inner band into a flat cap at the Denham and Hargreaves factory, Atherstone. Circa 1960
Gunsmith making a stock for a shotgun in Birminghams Gun Quarter. Circa 1973
Gunsmith inspecting the barrels for a shotgun in Birminghams Gun Quarter. Circa 1973
Gunsmith taking a pair of shotguns to the Gun Barrel Proof House, Birminghams Gun Quarter. Circa 1973
Welding plates on an unnamed ship in the Swan Hunter shipyards on the Tyne. 30th April 1973
Gunsmith taking a shotgun to the Gun Barrel Proof House, Birminghams Gun Quarter. Circa 1973
The the luxury liner Vistafjord under construction at the Neptune Yard of Swan Hunter on the Tyne. 27th January 1972
The bows of the the luxury liner Vistafjord are eased into place at the Neptune Yard of Swan Hunter on the Tyne. 27th January 1972
A worker at the pencil manufacturers Chambers factory in Stapleford, seen here loading pencils in to a stamping machine which will place the companys name and logo on the finished product
Woman operating a hank to cone machine at the factory of J Henry Smith, Cooper Street, Nottingham. 9th May 1966
Trouser manufacture at an unknown Nottingham clothing factory. 15th March 1965
The main workshop at Sydney W Widdowsons Limited factory in Nottingham manufacturing household textiles 17th August 1964
An automatic work transporter in operation at the Ruddington factory of Cooper and Roe, who are one of the UKs leading hosiery manufacturers. 6th July 1964
Apprentice at the British Rail Research Laboratories electrically testing a rail fastening assembly. 18th May 1964
Mass production in the machine shop of small components for the mining industry. Pit prop cups being manufactured at Fairway Instruments, Nottingham. 31st August 1964
One of the plastic moulding shops in the Rennett Engineering and Plastic Works, Wigman Road, Aspley, Nottingham. 20th February 1966
Mr David Ennals MP Under Secretary for the Army, seen here in the forge shop of Nottinghams Royal Ordnance during a tour of the factory. 10th August 1966
Painting being manufactured at the Beardill Victoria Works in The Wells Road, Nottingham. 20th February 1965
Windscreen being fitted to a Austin Mini van on the production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
The engine bay on a Austin Mini is prepared to receive its engine on the production line at Longbridge. 10th March 1963
Bilston Pottery 1958 The team measuring and cutting clay for the manufacture of flower pots at the Bilston Pottery
Bilston Pottery 5th May 1958 Women in the drying room loading flower pots ready to be fired
