Workmen Collection (#3)

London sewermen seen here with Mirror photographer Bela Zola at Blackfriars. April 1st 1947

Rail workers extending the track for the Stephenson Railway at Percy Main on 15th August 1989

Edward Farmer and assistant seen here checking a sewage flow meter on the embankment. April 1st 1947

London sewermen seen here standing close to the bust of Joseph Bazalgette on the Embankment, Bazalgette was the man who engineered the London sewer system. April 1st 1947

London sewermen seen here in their rest room near Blackfriars. April 1st 1947

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

Edward Farmer and his gang inspect the flow back from the Thames into the Kings Scholars Pond Sewer. April 1st 1947

Edward Farmer and his gang wade through the flow back from the Thames into the Kings Scholars Pond Sewer. April 1st 1947

Shirley Park Race Course. 3rd March, 1938

A British Rail workman escorts a pedestrian across the line after a wall crashes down blocking the subway at Broom, near Lanchester on 3rd November 1978

A British Rail workman using the old fashioned hand and flag signal on 1st, December 1994

Railway platelayers making alterations at Newcastle railway crossings on 26th October 1936, for the electrification of the Newcastle to South Shields line

Locomotive 41001, British Rails High Speed Train at Newcastle Central Station on 19th July 1973. It is capable with its twin Locomotive 41002 of travelling from Newcastle to London in three hours at

An Inter-City 125 on the King Edward Bridge on its way to Kings Cross, London on 30th September 1985

The crate containing Graham Sutherlands huge tapestry, " Christ in Glory" for Coventry Cathedral arrived from France yesterday

The construction of the new high rise flats at Shieldfield in Newcastle 17 April 1961, you can still see the old style housing in the foreground

Workman and rescue workers search through the rubble and shell of the Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital in Stoney Stanton Road, following the air raid of the 8th April 1941

Waterloo Bridge, London, under construction. Circa December 1941

People of Coventry wandered around in a daze taking in the destruction around them following the air raid of the 8th April 1941. 9th April 1941

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

Barrels being tested in the bonded warehouse at the Knockando Whisky Distillery, Moray, in the Strathspey whisky producing area of Scotland. January 1972

Workmen sift through the debris following the previous nights air raid on Central London. All material that could be recycled would have been recovered and used for the war effort. May 1941

Preparations for the FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Portsmouth at Wembley start with workmen arranging the seats April 1934 C7789

Workmen repair and tidy the remains of the Roman fort at Housesteads in Northumberland in January 1966

Dan Wilkinson and Raymond Johnson renovating a fresh section of the Roman fort at Housesteads, Northumberland in September 1968

Glass is being taken away to cool after being extracted from the mould in March 1965

Trees being planted in the Lower Precinct, Coventry city centre. 7th February 1970

A dry dock at Tees Dock Yard in Middlesbrough in 1994

A ship being built in dry dock at Tees Dock Yard in Middlesbrough in 1995

Workmen busy at the poles erected in Shield Street, Gateshead where they are putting electricy into houses for the first time in 1959

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, meets workers at British Sidac in Wigton in Cumbria 15th December 1983

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visits Hartlepool to tour HMS Warrior. 19th March 1980

Craftsmen at work in a taxidermist workshop seen here taking a tea break amongst the big cats they are preparing for an exhibition Circa 1964

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

Rubens masterpiece "The Assumption of the Virgin"
Rubens masterpiece " The Assumption of the Virgin" being removed from Antwerp Cathedral to a place of safety. The Belgian authorities were taking no chances with the priceless artwork being

Works of arts being removed from Malines Cathedral, to save them from the advancing German army. August 1914

A workman sprays on the gas pipelines concrete coat in December 1974

Safe at last, Belvedere owned by Carmen Dene is rescued from the floor of Alexandra Palace by three maintenance men John Gallagher (not in picture), Jim Cracknell and Jim Underwood

New menIs club in Sloane St. S. W. I. While the decorators are still trying to complete
New menIs club in Sloane St. S.W.I. While the decorators are still trying to complete their work in the new boutique models Nikki Ross (in water)

The "spidermen"painters with plenty of paintwork to cover of the golf ball
The " spidermen" painters with plenty of paintwork to cover of the golf ball radar domes at RAF Fylingdale in North Yorkshire. May 1966 P004911

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, chats to a group of workers on his visit to the tunnel being built underneath Vauxhall Park during the construction of the new Victoria Line in London. July 1968

Patients having complained that their recovery was impeded by lack of light, due to the blast walls at Ham Green Hospital, Bristol, the Royal Navy from barracks at Crosham, Wilts

Danger - Men At Work ! Warming up - TV toppers dancers warm themselves round the blazing brazier watched by workmen during their lunch break. December 1969 Z12188-001

Huntley and Palmer Biscuits: Boys in biscuit factory seen here loading crate for export. August 1958

Huntley and Palmer Biscuits: Boys in biscuit factory seen here loading crate for export. August 1958

Workers Playtime? No. and its not a see-saw game either. Explanation of the antics of these workers in the city streets at Hull, Yorkshire

Coal Men filling bags with coal imports from America. December 1954 P005126

Yorkshire craftmans work lives after him. Richard Olds wonderful model of the Cathedral stands 9 ft. high and made from 6000 pieces, and took 4 1/2 years to complete

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