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Three Day Week Collection

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: The shop floor of George Angus in Wallsend is empty and the lathes

The shop floor of George Angus in Wallsend is empty and the lathes and presses are silent due to power blackouts in 1972

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Liverpool footballers Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway eating their lunch by candlelight

Liverpool footballers Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway eating their lunch by candlelight during the Three Day Week. 18th December 1973

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: This pensioner received her ration of coal during the fuel shortage in January 1972

This pensioner received her ration of coal during the fuel shortage in January 1972

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Miner Arthur Knox, 21 and his friend 23 year old Anthony Proudlock digging for coal at

Miner Arthur Knox, 21 and his friend 23 year old Anthony Proudlock digging for coal at Washington F Pit in February 1972 during a fuel shortage

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Gas heaters were used in some schools during the fuel shortage in February 1972

Gas heaters were used in some schools during the fuel shortage in February 1972

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: The scene in The Journal newsroom during one of the power cuts in 1972

The scene in The Journal newsroom during one of the power cuts in 1972. Much of the preparation for the newspaper was done by the light of hurrican lamps and candles

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Motorists facing crisis after crisis, are being offered a little cheer as they drive

Motorists facing crisis after crisis, are being offered a little cheer as they drive along the Al through Gateshead. St. Marks Methodist Church, Shipcote Terrace

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: These men are trying to make a quick getaway with this rail truck full of coal during

These men are trying to make a quick getaway with this rail truck full of coal during the fuel shortage in February 1972

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Two men make their way along a beach with their sacks of sea coal that they have

Two men make their way along a beach with their sacks of sea coal that they have collected during the fuel shortage of January 1972

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Necessity is the mother of invention, and Lanchester garage owner David Close certainly

Necessity is the mother of invention, and Lanchester garage owner David Close certainly had to do something to keep the petrol flowing during power cuts

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Here is the news about power cuts. Radio newsreader Alan Rogers tells listeners about

Here is the news about power cuts. Radio newsreader Alan Rogers tells listeners about the power crisis - with candles lighting his studio

Background imageThree Day Week Collection: Beating the power crisis. With most firms in Britain only allowed to use electricity

Beating the power crisis. With most firms in Britain only allowed to use electricity on three days a week due to the power crisis


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