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Making bowls is a fine art. At Messers Clapshaw and Cleave works, Coventry Road, Birmingham where woods for the game of bowls are made
Glass blower Andy Murphy works on one of the furnaces in November 1997
A glass blower at Hartley Wood in Sunderland making stained glass lighting for the American market in February 1980
Repair squads at work in Liverpool, Merseyside, in filling up a crater caused by a Nazi bomb dropped in a recent raid. Picture taken 20th October 1940
Road workers, digging up the road at Oxford Street, London. Picture taken 20th July 1933
A council workman surveys the sandbag protection at an un-named school in the West Midlands. Circa September 1939
33 year old Patrick MacKenton from London, bursts into song on the parapet of the Albert Hall, 90ft above the Albert Memorial seen in the background
Workman lining the new Mersey Tunnel with glass. This tunnel is probably The Queensway Tunnel, which opened in 1934, and is one of 3 Mersey Tunnels that have opened over time
A workmen inspects the bell Big Ben during the major overhaul of all the bells and the clock mechanism in the Queen Elizabeth Tower
A workmen inspects the minute hand of the clock face of Big Ben during the major overhaul of all the bells and the clock mechanism in the Queen Elizabeth Tower
A Kingston Upon Thames council worker seen here cleansing the gullys and sewers. January 1939
Construction of a new road off of Long Lane signals the beginning of a new housing development. Circa 1931
Edward Farmer and his gang seen here going underground cleaning scraps of paper and anything likely to cause obstruction in the culvert under Ludgate Circus. April 1st 1947
Crofter, Callum MacLeod, 63, shoulders his shovel after another days work on the road... his OWN road, 29th April 1973. It weaves two and a half miles through two lines of hills
A workman fills his bucket from a public tap on the Ponte Vecchio bridge that spans the River Arno in the Northern Italian city of Florence Circa 1925
A worried householder understood that sitting on the sill to clean the windows was breaking the law, but, while the law says nothing about sitting on window sills
An employee of the Knockando Whisky Distillery checks the casks in the bonded warehouse. The whisky is left a minimum of three years but usually between 8 and 25 years in wooden barrels to mature
A member of the congregation digs through the remains of the belfry of St Clements Dane Church in Central London May 1941
A chimney sweep passes two land girls enjoying a well earnt break from their toil in the fields at the Travellers Rest in Caephilly. July 1943
As British Railways bring in to operation their new diesel and electric locomatives spare a thought for the old workhorses of the network
Dress Fashion Men Hats October 1972 Top hat road worker Peter Garthley in West street, Dundee
Cats - Dai Inker, a yardman for the Taff Ely Council in Pontypridd, whose responsibilities included looking after 30 or so stray mogggies (cats)
Glass blower Bill Tremble is tube drawing a glass bulb in July 1987
Duggie Davidson, a glass blower for 23 years at his skilled work in March 1965
Mr. Dave Jobling very rarely gets glassy-eyed. How could he looking at 200 litre distillation flasks all day in March 1965
A scene from the play Five Birds in a Cage. May 1915 P000277
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, chats to tool maker Alan Lake at NEI Parsons Factory in Heaton, Newcastle 24th February 1987
Rubens masterpiece "The Descent from the Cross"Rubens masterpiece " The Descent from the Cross" being removed from Antwerp Cathedral to a place of safety. The Belgian authorities were taking no chances with the priceless artwork being
Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales during his visit to the North East 28 January 1991 - The Prince meets staff during his visit to Vickers Scotswood
Peat Cutting: March 1954 P005169
Peat cut at Upholland Moss. April 1954 P005170
Cliviger colliery, near Burnley. Albert Smith a Deputy walks the mile to the coal face. December 1952 P005136
Snow scenes in London - Man springling salt on snow in Fetter Lane DM 3/1/1951 Photo Lea 2/1/1951 B44/1 B44/1
Seated comfortably in the presumably cold smokebox, army trainees watch their instructor remove scale from an LNER Thomson class B1 loco, in July 1944, 10 months before the warOs end
The Wash Stills at Knockando Whisky Distillery January 1972
A worker at the Knockando Whisky Distillery checks the Washback January 1972
An employee of the Knockando Whisky Distillery in Scotland checks the casks in the bonded warehouse. The whisky is left a minimum of three years but usually between 8
