Working Collection (page 2)

Birmingham factory worker Mrs Ann Cottrell of Theodore Street, Birmingham, aged 83, at work at a munitions factory in the West Midlands during the Second World War. 11th September 1941

Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour, accompanied by his wife, Florence Anne Townley, talking with one of the operators at the Ministry of Labours wartime headquarters in the North West

At the famous Wills tobacco factory in Bristol, the staff work overtime on their very popular brand of cigarettes which sell as much as 24% of the market

Staff at work at Viners Cutlery, Sheffield. 3rd September 1967

General views of Hepworths Tailors, Leeds. 13th December 1967

King George V and Queen Mary of Teck visit the factory Soap Works of Sir William Hesketh Lever, Port Sunlight, Merseyside, Wednesday 25th March 1914

First productions pictures of the new Crusader Cruiser type tank, the fastest fighting vehicle in the world, Built in Wolsely factory at Drens Lane, Ward End, Birmingham, Circa 1939

Newbolds Butchers, Middlesbrough, 13th September 1983

Butchers, Middlesbrough, Circa 1973

Chris Manson, his wife Jackie and their daughter Nicky, in their family butchers shop, Cs Manson, in Crescent Road, Middlesbrough, 26th July 1996

Terry Meynell of Licenced Game Dealers, Meynell Limited, pictured with a tray of pigeons, Stockton, 20th January 1993

New abattoir supplying Teesside with fresh meat, Marton, Middlesbrough, 8th March 1967

Cleveland Butchers Association held a Food Fantasia at Marton Hotel & Country Club, to promote butchers and boost meat sales, 3rd July 1996. Crown of Lamb

Butchers, Stokesley, Circa 1973

Penlee stone quarry, Newlyn, Cornwall. Rock-boring machine driven by compressed air drilling a hole for an explosive charge

Parc Level Mine, Rhiwfawr, Swansea Valley. A tram of coal is brought out by Kenyon Guinn. 18th April 1967

Piper Mitch Mitchinson plays bagpipes to Newcastle Brewery dray horses to get them used to the wail of the pipes, after a life time with brass bands. April 1970

Young girls form Crescent school take part in a procession in their new roles as members of the Womens Land Army during the First World War. 26th May 1918

Members of the Women Land Army (WLA) being helped by German Prisoners of War to gather in a harvest as they get to work on a farm in Hertfordshire, England after the Second World War. Circa June 1946

Frances "Poppy"Northcutt, mathematician aged 25 who works at the Mission
Frances " Poppy" Northcutt, mathematician aged 25 who works at the Mission Control Centre in Houston, Texas, pictured in London

Betting Odds on first man to land on the moon, UK, Friday 4th February 1966. On the day that Russian spacecraft Luna 9 sends back the first picture ever taken on the moon, bookmakers William Hill

General view showing a section of the huge mashing floor of the Louis Edwards and Co. textiles factory in Maesteg, Bridgend Borough, Wales. Picture shows: Machinists at work on the floor

Dray horses at the Vaux Brewery being prepared for their delivery rounds in Sunderland and Newcastle. 28th April 1954

A worker stacking shelves at a Tesco Store in Middleton, Manchester. 30th October 1972

Staff busy stocking shelves at Batemans, The Welsh Grocers, Supermarket, Cardiff, Wales, December 1964

Port Talbot steel works. West Glamorgan, Wales. 30th April 1965

Mr Morris talks with operators at new computer centre, Liverpool, Circa 1970

Standard Triumph assembly facility in Speke, Liverpool, 23rd February 1968. Our picture shows, bodies of the Triumph 1300 range being assembled on the production line

Workmen use gas heaters to free the points at Cardiff Station, Cardiff Central railway station, South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, Wales, 20th February 1978

Milkman Jack Jones keeps the daily pints on the move in Aberfan, South Wales, 20th February 1978

Medical Records Department at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry, West Midlands, 8th May 1973. Transferring files into new medical records library are (left to right) Jean Bate

Production line at E. M. I. factory in Hayes Middlesex where the new Beatles LP Rubber Soul
Production line at E.M.I. factory in Hayes Middlesex where the new Beatles LP Rubber Soul is being manufactured 24th November 1965

Mr and Mrs Lambert, Mr and Mrs Fraser, engineering shop, Stockport. 23rd June 1941

Fishwives of Cullercoats filling their creels for the days rounds at North Shields Fish Quay. April 1936

A postman on skis in the snow, Reading, Berkshire. January 1982

Daily Mirror photographer Bela Zola pictured in the centre, with London sewer men who he spent the day photographing. 1st April 1947

Comedy script writer Talbot Rothwell at work in his Fulking, Sussex, home. He doesn t have a study - makes do with the dining room or a corner of the sitting room. 29th April 1970

Royal Ordnance Factory, Ministry of Supply, Wales, June 1941

Double Decker Bus completely burnt out, driver Ann Mossman and all passengers escaped unhurt, Middlesbrough, 24th July 1980

Part of the history of Guisborough is being given new life. The old-fashioned cobbles, are being relaid only a short distance from the towns market cross

Women working in Hintons supermarket, Redcar. 26th October 1981

Hop pickers arrive on the train from London to help harvest this years crop. This family are shown leaving Paddock Wood station heading off to the hop fields - note the carpet

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

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