Women Only Collection

Neighbours Mrs Moria Foster (left) and Mrs Phillis Tanner chat over the garden wall on the new housing estate built in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. 5th June 1963

Durham Laides Hockey Team. (left to Right rear) E. Bennison, G. Etherington, G. Pedley, J.Pringle, D.Anderson, J.Edward. (Left to Right front) R.Grainger, J.Mason, C

1954 Tallest woman in the world Katja Van Dyk, 8 foot 4 and a half inch tall and wighs 32 stone checking into her London hotel. 2nd March 1954

"Thats Life"presenter Esther Rantzen presents her month old baby Emily to
" Thats Life" presenter Esther Rantzen presents her month old baby Emily to Annie Mizen today. Annie, 86, who became famous on Thats Life by eating caviar and Chinese food

Pollards Ice Cream factory in February 1973. Newton Abbot, Devon

Under the educational and valuational training scheme the R. A. F
Under the educational and valuational training scheme the R.A.F. Station at Arundel have stared a dramatic school. John Dobbas, professional ballet dancer instructs a ballet class

A female butcher working in the South East of England Second World War. 2nd December 1940

Womens Land Army Girls, womans work is never done, especially when a girl needs a stitch in the seat of her pants, its her number one priority, October 1943

Boosbeck potato picking. (Picture) Two women picking potatos in a field. Circa 1973

Frys Chocolate factory at Keynsham. Packing chocolates Mrs Ilene Sommhill of St George, Bristol who has worked for Frys for 13 years. And she still likes chocolate. 1st March 1967

Female workers putting lids on tins of Mansion Polish at Cherry Blossom Boot Polish and Mansion Polish Works, Chiswick, 12 November 1931

Au Fait girdle being sewn at the Spirella Corset factory in Letchworth 14th January 1949

Scottish herring girls in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, circa 1936

Friends rolling skating in the August sunshine at the Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth 8th August 1949

Pro Europe Women wearing traditional costumes ahead of referendum, pictured in Solihull, West Midlands, England, 31st May 1975

Shop assistants pose outside the New Woolworth store, East Kilbride, 30th January 1970

The clogs of the cotton-mill workers on the cobblestones in the street were once part of everyday life - but now their sight and sound have gone forever. 17th August 1932

Ice Skating competition, Billingham Forum Ice Arena, Stockton on Tees, Billingham, Teesside, 27th February 1994

The Guisborough Ladies hockey team are heading for Europe - with a little help from the Gazette. We are sponsoring the trip to a tournament in The Hague

Marianne Faithfull arrive at Granada studios. 31st July 1967

Easter bonnet parade at luton, Beds. April 1953 D1737

Airport assistance hostesses. 21st April 1965

Elton John fans pose outside the Coventry Theatre before his concert 27th May 1976

The Murray Theatre Girls seen here performing at the Belle Vue fairground in Manchester. May 1950

Patricia Kirkwood, right, and Irene Handl in a scene from A Chorus of Murder, at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle 16 June 1972

Lifeboatman William Howells sisters. 8th April 1992

Land Army Girls stooking the corn in a Cambridge field. Circa 1939

Mrs. Annie Kelly, typical of these women of steel. She is working hard boring a shaft of a submarine, and she is the wife of a crane driver in the same factory. 4th October 1944

A. T. S. members taking part in the fortnight shoot for the first time
A.T.S. members taking part in the fortnight shoot for the first time. But for the moment Lance-Corporal Audrey Chaplains satisfied to lend a helping hand to the girl with the gun - Wren T. Brown

The Auxiliary Territorial Service was the womens branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a womens voluntary service

Nation Fire Service Agility team of 38 Fire Force Area (Wimbledon) seen here going through their demonstration. 14th December 1942

Nation Fire Service Agility team of 38 Fire Force Area (Wimbledon) seen here going through their demonstration. 14th December 1942

Private Mary Lynn wielding a Churchill tank in an Ordnance Depot. 28th October 1942

Sister E. C. Cowell and Miss R. E. Donahoe of the American Field Surgical Team drinking
Sister E.C. Cowell and Miss R.E. Donahoe of the American Field Surgical Team drinking their tea after coming off night duty. 9th March 1944

N. A. A. F. I. in North Africa. Some of the girls in the E. F. I. billets
N.A.A.F.I. in North Africa. Some of the girls in the E.F.I. billets. They include:- Miss Westman of Ackworth Miss Harding of Aspatria, Cumb

Five pairs of sisters who are part of an A. T. S. company
Five pairs of sisters who are part of an A.T.S. company. Front row: Ivy and Diana Polkinghorn and Josephine Croker. Behind them are Vera and Iris Jones, Doris and Edna Hughes

A. T. S. Officers arrive in Canada. Left to right - J / C Elizabeth McHaughton
A.T.S. Officers arrive in Canada. Left to right - J/C Elizabeth McHaughton of Edinburgh, who will undertake personnel selection duties, was born in Manchuria and lived there for some years

A German civilian views wreckage of her home that was destroyed by a German artillery shell. 22nd November 1944

Cheshire marshland being reclaimed by Land Girls. Here Jean Graham, Dorothy McLoughlin and Katherine Carey break for lunch. 16th March 1943

Five million Players cigarettes readied for dispatch to B. E
Five million Players cigarettes readied for dispatch to B.E.F forces during the Second World War. 19th December 1939

Land girl at Long Ashford (Bristol) Horticultural and Agricultural Research Station. 11th July 1944

The Womens Land Army was a British civilian organisation created during World War II so women could work in agriculture, reviving a disbanded World War One organisation

Land Army logging camp in Haltwhistle during Second World War. 9th February 1944

N. F. S. women at a course for instructors at the Regional Reserve Training Station at
N.F.S. women at a course for instructors at the Regional Reserve Training Station at Tandridge, Surrey. 14th May 1945

Conductors undergoing training for their duties with the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport. 4th July 1940

W. A. A. F airwomen on an R. A. F. station checking the equipment on a new boat
W.A.A.F airwomen on an R.A.F. station checking the equipment on a new boat. Circa December 1942

Under palm trees on the fringes of the Ceylon jungle, W. A. A. F
Under palm trees on the fringes of the Ceylon jungle, W.A.A.F. equipment assistants handle spare parts for a flying boat moored on the lagoon

Schoolgirls demonstrating cooking to their mothers at Orange Hill School in Burnt Oak. 10th May 1940

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