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Edwin Macklow, second generation cobbler at work in his fathers shop
Farriery may become a lost art, but the ancient smithy at Blaydon flourishes now, for Messrs. Bell and Company, the owners, have turned their attention almost exclusively to the making of boat hooks
Mark Macklow is third generation cobbler at his grandfathers shop in Gateshead
Edwin Macklow, first generation cobbler at work in his shop
Actress Linda Hayden 1968 On location for the film Baby Love
Mountaineer Chris Bonington surrounded by some of the equipment he will take on his next expedition to Annapurna. 6th July 1969
ICI apprentice plumbers Andrew Hutchinson (left) and Michael Wilson have swapped places with their counterparts at Middlesbrough Council for two weeks
A glass blower at Hartley Wood in Sunderland making stained glass lighting for the American market in February 1980
Harry Secombe is about to bound back onto the West End stage as Schippel in The Plumberes Progress, which has its first night at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 8th
Metropolitan Lumber & Hardware on Spring Street in Soho in New York City with artwork signage, New York, USA, June 1984
Pupils from John Fisher School in Knowsley Village pictured with former Environment Secretary Mr Peter Jenkin, who popped in to see progress of a woodland garden reclaimed from scrubland at
Production line at the Triumph car factory in Coventry. 23 September 1931
Machinist at Newly Brothers Engineering works in Birmingham. 10th November 1949
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 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
Mr A Smith, the smith of the forge, Sutton Valence, Kent. 5th November 1935
Londons open air market traders. A second hand tool merchant who does good business. 22nd August 1925
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - workmen digging up the track at Cardiff Arms Park. July 1958
Gunsmith making a stock for a shotgun in Birminghams Gun Quarter. Circa 1973
Cricket Bat Making 14th April 1932. A scene in a Midland sports manufacturers factory where a craftsman is engaged in the delicate task of creating the blade of a cricket bat
A Birmingham Clock maker seen here in his workshop. 16th April 1962
Sailmaker and his apprentice in his work room at Rye. Circa 1910
Knife grinders seen here at work in a unknown village in the East of England Circa 1935
Craftsman making walking sticks circa 1935
Carpenters seen here making a new mast for a fishing boats moored in the Cornish fishing port of Looe. Circa 1935
Airborne British commando troops who arrived in support of the glider troops dig in after crash landing in Normandy, Northern France
Repairing York Minster, York, Yorkshire. April 1974
1960 - 1961 Tottenham Hotspur Double Winning Season. Cliff Jones pictured holding a lump hammer during a Spurs training session at Cheshunt. 28th February 1961
Night Watchman keeps himself warm by a brazier whilst guarding road works in Eastleigh. 20th July 1938
English grown chicory - 400 farmers of Hunts and Cambs are cultivating 1200 acres of chicory. The first factory in this country has been established at St Ives, Huntingdonshire
Turning the cut up chicory drying in a hot chamber. 23rd October 1932
Stonemasons at work in Manchester. 15th March 1932
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
Hard at work are members of Colne Valley Lions and Colne Valley Tree Society, who planted 750 saplings in less than two hours
Four craftsmen who repair and rebuild the commercial longboats, in Walsall, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire). 4th March 1971
A prestigious award made to an East Cleveland mining museum could mean supporters not having to dig so deep into their own pockets in future
Two budding miners - Kelly Plews, left, and Martin Robinson - pose outside the Tom Leonard Mining Museum. 27th January 1983
Digging for cash and helping the environment ? those are the pupils of Lindley County Junior School, who are pictured working on a marsh they have created for a competition organised as part of
Digging in... Parents and pupils at Flockton CofE First School are seen with spades and trowels at the ready to continue their work on bulb and tree planting
Wheeling them in... Scissett Middle School pupils get ready to dig in as they set off to plant a daffodil each around the school bus bay
Pupils of Scholes Junior and Infant School ready to plant seedlings grown in the new conservatory. They are (from left) Richard Bullas, Andrew Reader, Theresa Hobson
Clockwork? Huh, Kids Stuff! 6 year old David Redford working on a car in his foster fathers garage in Uckfield, Sussex. 17th January 1952
Workmen adding the finishing touches to the new trim and assembly hall at Longbridge for British Leylands new Mini Metro. 4th May 1979
Charlton Athletic team training session at the Valley. Goalkeeper Charlie Wright directs ice clearing operations in the goalmouth as Brian Kinsey
Unemployed and views of Liverpool, Merseyside, 30th November 1962. Carpenter lights his pipe down at the docks
Getting to the root of the problem... are, from the left, 11-year-olds: Steven Baines, Craig Walton, Daniel Bray, Andrew Wilson and William Beaumont
In a quiet and deserted East Works at Longbridge, car engines are covered with brown paper while maintenance squad overhauls the track. 29th July 1969
Children at Rievaulx School in Billingham have just finished building a greenhouse - and they want to give it away to a deserving pensioner. 3rd October 1980
