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A glimpse of the vast Gaskell-Marsh works at Widnes. The men are conveying loads of sodium formate which goes into the making of Oxalic acid. Circa 1920s
ICI apprentice plumbers Andrew Hutchinson (left) and Michael Wilson have swapped places with their counterparts at Middlesbrough Council for two weeks
Two former pupils at Stokesley Comprehensive School scooped the top prizes at an annual apprentices competition at ICI Wilton
ICI Awards - fitter Paul Ralph, Gordon Caddy, Improved second-year apprentice APP. Instrument Artificer Tim Walker, fourth-year runner up award. Mr George Guy presents the prizes. 2nd May 1979
One of the worries when the closure of Smiths Dock was announced was the plight of the firms 42 apprentices. Now, however
ICI managers have completed the difficult job of picking 72 youngsters out of nearly 200 for a career at the Wilton complex
Men and women looking at the work being carried out on the construction of the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, built on St Jamess Mount, Liverpool, Merseyside. 26th July 1938
Outstanding workers painting the eyes in 900 dolls a day between them, are Miss Vida Rose (plain overalls), who turned out cartridge cases during the war, and Miss Barbara Slater (flowered overall)
This 68 year-old flower seller of Liverpool presents an unusual picture as she carries her flowers on her head from the market to her stall
Coal miners Phillip Jenkins (left) and Chris Lee seen here at the Taff Merthyr Colliery, South Wales. 23rd March 1983
Workers at J & J Cash Ltd. 11th February 1972
Antique shop in The Old Salthouse, St Ives, Cornwall. 15th February 1954
Blizzard conditions felt by Teessiders as they wait for a bus outside the Town Hall, Middlesbrough, 15th February 1979
Office Cleaner Mrs Packham seen here on the tram from Vauxhall to Central London, 13th June 1946
St Peters Church on Thornaby village green, workman Gary Sayer at work on restoration. 3rd February 1986
World War Two Home Front. A woman delivery boxes full of fish to traders in Billingsgate market, London September 1943
Southern Railways engine shed at Nine Elms July 1932
John Garland-Taylor and his son James at the Hatton Craft centre in Warwickshire, published in the Coventry Evening Telegraph under the headline Smithy bashes out a living. 30th May 1989
Palmers shipyard in Jarrow. ( Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company ). The HMS Marshal Soult ship under construction in June 1915
Daily Mirror Offices, Holborn, London, 1961. Newsroom
Horse and cart pulling coal through the sreets of London. Franklins Coal June 1955
The Western Cinema in Leeds which is run by the Shann family. Dad is the projectionist while mum and daughter are working in the box office, confectionary stand and selling ice cream in the interval
Miners at Coventry Colliery seen here working at the coal face. 5th March 1987
Workers at Massey Ferguson celebrate the 517, 651st and last TE 20 tractor to roll off the assembly line at Banner Lane, Coventry Circa June 1956
Parish Priest Father Paul Devaney, of Our lady of The Assumption Church in Tile Hill, Coventry. Photo was taken to accompany an article about Father Devaney rounding up help in a local working mans
A sculptor working on a sculpture of an angel for the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool. The foundation stone for the cathedral was laid in July 1904, and it was consecrated in 1924
Workmen on their way from the quayside pass through the arch at the head of the Castle Garth steps - one of the oldest throughfares in Newcastle. 28th January 1959
The foyboatmen go to work after the launch of the SS Eleanor Brooke at Austins yard in Sunderland. 2nd February 1938
Victoria Square, Newcastle, where a motorway fly-over interchange is being built. 10th September 1973
A Tyne foyboatman, member of a dying trade, ties up his boat alongside others at the ferry landing at Mill Dam, South Shields
One of the toughest jobs on the river Tyne is that of the foyboatmen - the men who have to deal with the mooring of ships
Miners working at the coal face at the Frances Colliery in Scotland. 2nd March 1983
Fish porter wearing his distintive hat at Billingsgate Fish Market in the East End of London. 28th February 1954 Bela Zola Life in the Mirror Series
Farmer gathering in the havest in the fields and hills in and around the County Donegal village of Glencolumbkille Northern Ireland 7th September 1963
Nissan Car Factory at Sunderland May 1993 Nissan Micro production line
Newspaper Seller setting up a stall outside a train station. Circa 1940
Porters checking parcels that have arrived by train at Ashby-de-la-Zouch railway station. Glass negs taken 1958
Terry Watts Radar tracker at London Airport Sits before apparatus. She has just brought 1, 000th airliner to safe landing. 1949 019021/2
The porduction line at the Volswagen factory at Wolfsburg, Germany. December 10th 1952
Female office worker / Women in office 1960s
Factory where model aircraft for the travel agents are made. Men making model planes. Model maker painting tailplane of model Circa 1960
Taxidermist Workshop. January 1960 A715-003
Woman escapologist Jill Fletcher. 1965 A1140
BBC Commissionaires at their Lime Grove Studios. Circa 1956
Commuters / Commuting: People walking to work. January 1975 75-00539-004Commuters/Commuting: People walking to work. January 1975 75-00539-004
Roy Spring steeple jack at the top of Salisbury Cathedral. April 1985 P005208
Steeplejacks repairing the spire on Salisbury Cathedral. April 1985 P005207
Dustman wears a monocle. August 1953 D5255
