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Denise McAdam, Hairdresser, 5th July 1986. In 1986 Denises work came to the media attention when she styled the Duchess of Yorks hair for her wedding to Prince Andrew
News by candlelight, and battery power. Radio Durham news reader John Pickles had to rig up a makeshift power supply when the station was hit by a power cut, 7th December 1970
Evening Chronicle delivery girl Donna Brown posted the paper to the Prime Minister at Number 10 Downing Street. Donna, 15
Caldicot Castle, Monmouth, southeast Wales, 19th March 1969. The opening night of the Mediaeval banquets at Caldicot Castle
Kix 96 presenter Graham Torrington kicks off Coventrys newest Radio station today. 14th January 1995
Coach and Horses, being used to beat the fuel shortage at Walton Hall, Walton, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, Wednesday 12th December 1973
Office Cleaner Mrs Packham seen here on the tram from Vauxhall to Central London, 13th June 1946
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
No health and safety here as this painter stands precariously on top of the hand rails of the safety cradle on 14th September 1985
Nuns build a convent. Every moring 18 nuns don aprons over their habits and start building. They are out to build their own chapel, cloisters, choir and cells
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
Master Carpenter, Mr Puffett puts the finishing touches to a skirting, using a 400 year old carving as his model, for one of the restored Manchester Regiment chapel screens at Manchester Cathedral
Signalman Ron Challenor in the British Rail signal box at Dudley which has gone over to closed circuit television on 11th September 1973
The final touches being made to a steam engine before the public arrive at Marley Hill Colliery Sheds on 28th May 1973
Tanfield Railway carriage foreman Mel Deighton working on the 50 year old LNER Ballast Brake which was converted to a passenger carriage
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
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
Scottish herring girls in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, circa 1936. Fisherwomen carrying a tub of herring on the quayside
Girls gossiping in the office, September 1960 Secretary typist office worker
Woman taking dictation, 1955 Secretary office worker
Any day is washday for the housewives of Talworth, Surrey, thanks to the ten automatic machines in this new shop. Here is Miss Doreen Borcham who runs the new sevice, receiving a customers laundry
Newspaper Seller setting up a stall outside a train station. Circa 1940
One hour old Falabella miniature horse Angelica born to Sandstorm at Kilverstone Wildlife Park in Norfolk October 1985 animals animal horses horse farm
Ponies and their handlers at Greenside Colliery in 1932. It was claimed that the ponies were kept in better conditions than many animals on the surface. 24th December 1932
Workers at William Pretty and sons Ltd in Ipswich sitting at their singer machines putting in the elastic bands in underwear November 1935
A female butcher seen here at work in her shop, hanging up joints on the rack ready to be sold. 1963
Doctors: The ever busy desk of an overworked doctor, often interrupted by telephone calls while working on something else. (Picture posed by model). June 1974 S74-3600
Female office worker / Women in office 1960s
Thames yields harvest of shrimps at Gravesend, Kent Skipper Henry Sutherland is getting fine hauls of shrimps in the Gravesend Reach of the Thames
Fish Friers. Lovely! Thats 20 years old Mrs. Margaret Barbers verdict on the mass-production chips she is eating. Margaret is one of the chip-loving workers at the giant Ford Car factory at Halewood
Taxidermist Workshop. January 1960 A715-003
Mending their stocking at training and reception Depot for ATS girls in Aldermaston, Berkshire. April 1941 P007952
Woman escapologist Jill Fletcher. 1965 A1140
BOAC Air stewardesses line up together at a London airport. October 1969 P004614
Irish peat cutters on Achill Island County Mayo, Ireland New use for peat. It has been found that peat makes an excerllent addition in the manufacture of cattle food
Dustman wears a monocle. August 1953 D5255
Dustman wears a monocle. August 1953 D5255-002
Dustman wears a monocle. August 1953 D5255-001
Coal Mining Pit Ponies. March 1941 P017821
Coal Mines underground scenes. Norton Hill Colliery, Somerset. Ernest Knowles, 40 years a miner, heaving coal. March 1946 P017838
The first lady entrant in the Ladies section of the International Ploughing Championships organised by the Northern Ireland Ploughing Association
Womens Voluntary Service at Withington Hospital. Out-patients in the Physiotherapy Department are able to have tea whilst they wait for treatment. May 1959 P009583
"Mary"the elephant aged 25 from Burma and "Kieri"" Mary" the elephant aged 25 from Burma and " Kieri" aged 35 from Ceylon helping to clear up bombed sites in blitzed Hamburg, Germany. They can lift 3000 lbs easily
Traffic Warden, Denise Taylor, looks at a parking meter in London. August 1973 P018265
