Working Collection (page 8)

Jenny Wright, a medical laboratory scientific officer, preparing a batch of samples at Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital, Coventry, West Midlands, 4th June 1990

This is the other chorus at Londons Drury Lane Theatre. The line that gets no applause from the audience The cleaners start work when the ballerinas of the show " Carousel" have gone home

Ramming sand in preparation for the special welding operation used to repair the broken lever at the Works of the Steel Co. of Wales, 23rd January 1958

Philip Moody, chaser and embosser, pictured at workin his workshop, located at Legge Lane in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, 20th January 1970

Derek Radford, apprentice Jeweller with Eaton and Wrighton, pictured busy at work in Workshop located in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, 18th October 1966

Mr J Honeybone, Veteran Craftsman who has been in the Jewellery trade for 62 years, 49 with Eaton and Wrighton, pictured examining a ring which he has made in his Workshop located in the Jewellery

Heavy horses with their carts wait to offload their deliveries in this un-named Manchester street. Circa 1930

Beer delivery for the Old Shambles, Manchester, October 12th 1951

Office Secretary, Studio Pix, 27th January 1978

Diane Davies, supervisor in the duplicating room at the Round Oak Steelworks, Brierley Hill, West Midlands, 7th August 1974

The interior of Huntley & Palmers factory, women packing cartons of Coronation Assorted biscuits. Reading, 2nd May 1937

Molten metal draining from one of the furnaces at Ford Motor Factory in Dagenham, Essex. July 1939

Interior view showing the new central crossing in Worksop Priory Church following restoration work. October 1935

Women packing biscuits at Huntley & Palmers, Reading. 18th November 1935

Volunteer women messengers take an active part in the working of the Auxiliary Fire Services, Birmingham, 6th September 1939

Scottish fishergirls preparing fish for curing after the landing of a heavy catch at North Shields Fish Quay. 22nd August 1936

Computers at Leasco Offices, Reading, September 1980

Telephone Exchange Operators, 18th January 1938

Mending their nets - Amble fishermen repairing their crab pots on the pier. 26th February 1932

The new Post Office building in Bishop Street where the sorting system will be housed. 17th July 1975

Coventrys new head post office cost £2, 600, 000
Coventrys new head post office cost £ 2, 600, 000, has nearly four acres of floor space and will employ 800 people. The building, in Bishop Street

Post office workers sorting the Christmas mail at Coventry Sorting Office. The final trip from the office to the van. 16th December 1991

Sorting mail at Bishop Street. 21st July 1984

Fishermen prepare to beach their craft, after a morning spent fishing off the coast, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, England, 21st April 1937

Rural Farming Scene, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, 11th June 1937. The spire of Gosforth Church can be seen in the background

Construction at site of new Newcastle Civic Centre, a local government building located in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 25th June 1958

New receptionists at Newcastle Civic Centre, a local government building located in the Haymarket area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. 11th March 1971

General Views of Terceira Island, in the Azores archipelago, North Atlantic, 21st July 1986

A Chimpanzee brushing up on the housework at Twycross Zoo. 30th May 1980

One of the Twycross Zoo Chimpanzees helping with a Spring clean around the zoo. 18th February 1981

Southampton and England footballer Terry Paine at work as a furniture salesman. 4th December 1963

Workers from Amington Road Tannery, Tanyard Lane, Acocks Green, Birmingham, Circa 1905

Signalman, at work in his signal box, Circa 1960

Farming: Haymaking. October 1953 P003531

Postman Leslie White of Shirley, wearing the new summer lightweight jacket, is here seen making a collection this morning. July 1955 P001582

Workers are Honoured in glass, Mrs. Mopp has been given a place of honour in a new church, for one of the churchs stained glass windows shows office cleaners at work

Theres always plenty of activity here. Its the room where all the local history questions are answered just one of the many behind-the-scenes departments of the Central Library. 15th March 1956

This is part of the Lending Library that the public rarely see, always a hive of activity. There are empty shelves on the left - but they will only stay that way until reading starts falling off in

The Stock Exchange opened early today to enable stockbrokers to buy and sell the latest privatised shares - in Associated British Ports

Oxfordshire sculptor John Buckley seen here at work in his Wallingford studio. 10th January 1969

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

Four craftsmen who repair and rebuild the commercial longboats, in Walsall, West Midlands (formerly Staffordshire). 4th March 1971

Women Office Workers, Posed by Models. 2nd January 1990

Larry Marshall & Rikki Fulton (right) Comedians and Scriptwriters, busy working together on a new script, Glasgow, Scotland, 22nd July 1969

Two orangutans arrive at Chester Zoo, they have been named Martha and Kimbu, Chester Zoo, 21st July 1966

An £800, 000 extension at the Dannimac raincoats
An £ 800, 000 extension at the Dannimac raincoats factory has been opened in Middlesbrough - with the workers earning more

School leavers on the production line at Dannimac, Middlesbrough, where a further 30 new starters are being recruited at present at the rate of half-a-dozen a week

A child street vendor selling chick peas on the streets of Alexandria. 29th May 1976

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