Working Collection

Winston Churchill building a wall at his house Chartwell near Westerham Kent. At one time he held a card in Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers c 1930

Manufacture of cork balls at Chingford General view of the house 28 November 1922

Hop Picking fun for all the family. Young and old pick hops by the binful. 1950s

R36 Ready for launching at Inchinnan Woman workers putting the finishing touches to the airship 19 March 1921

Tiverton Town Council buys Newts Hill Woods to provide fuel for the town people. Workmen chopping down trees. 26 October 1920

Scotch lassies engaged in curing kippers at Douglas, on the Isle of Man September 1916 Fish where the fish are!

Ice Cream for the Fruit pickers The ice cream vendor does a steady trade throughout the day - on Kent fruit fields during the hot weather

German prisoners have started work on the London County Council housing estate at Vendant - lane. Downham, Lewisham. Small parties are being used as an experiment

Norman Whiting, aged 11, plays at being a real milkman on Saturdays and Sundays - and has done every year since he was eight. He does it for nothing of course, but gets quite a lot of fun

Farm workers in Farningham load hay on to the trailer being pulled by a tractor. 1935

Cartoon by Sax love couple romance romantic for valentines day be my valentine

Home Front. Land girls in Kent

The gypsies are leaving their hundred year old settlement on Hurtwood Hill in Surrey. They lived in huts, caravans and benders ( huts with branches bent over and covered with sacks)

Royal Wedding. John Houghton (right), a sea scout of 7 Barnsdale-Road, Reading seen placing a name card on one of the seats in Westminster Abbey, helped by Paul Collins of 56 Heol-y-Felin

Churchill with Christopher Soames and Anthony Eden on his farm at Chartwell in Westerham Kent 1950

Pulling down 300 year old trees in Bushy Park, London, that had become dangerous. The work was undertaken by unemployed Welsh and Durham miners. 16 January 1929

Colonel Stewart Roddie a distinguished member of the Inter Allied Military Commission, Berlin 1922

Herring harvest at Lowestoft Scotch fisher girls gutting and packing the fish on the quay side Lowestoft. 6 November 1920 Fish where the fish are!

Cricket Bat Making at John Wisdens Pressing a blade to harden it, several tons of pressure are brought to bear on it 26 March 1920

The making of cricket balls at London football compny station road, South Norwood Making the quilt, cork to the weight of about 2 3 4 oz is bound by pure worcester wool and hammered into shape 1926

Making way for new road, London Hastings Road to Dartford. 1937

Dog leaping a trench in the battlefields of World War I. The message carrier, holding
A dog leaping a trench in the battlefields of World War I. The message carrier, holding vital military information, is attached to the dogs collar. May 1917

Mr J Chamberlain and his bloodhounds on the trail
Mr J Chamberlain and his bloodhounds on the track of the masked man who made a attack on the proprietor of a garage at Hucklesbrook, Fordingbridge. 24 and 25 May 1937

Olive Mount Cutting

Track crew laying the track photographed at the 100th Meridian Photo by Carhutt (?) 1866 Union Pacific Railroad

Print of Newcastle Coalwagon 1773 from Arts and Metiers

The rush to buy silk hats for the Royal Wedding keeps London factories busy. 5 November 1934

Tree felling. Stockbury. Kent 1937

London. Bermondsey brightens up her bomb sites. 1950. Alma Grove, Bermondsey. Women working on a rock garden at the bottom of their gardens

London to Birmingham Railway North Church Tunnel under construction

London. Bermondsey brightens up her bomb sites. 1950 Humming Bees Club gets to work on a bombsite

Constructing the new stands at courts Wimbledon

Kneading pizza dough on stainless steel surface. credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Christmas at the General Post Office, dealing with the parcels at Mount Pleasant 18 December 1921

Mr Bernard Abinger, well known sporting solicitor, who is writing a book of reminiscences. 15 July 1920

Superintendent Smith Late Law Courts 1922

Distinguished artist potter who has his studio and kiln in London garden. Beautiful stoneware pieces sought by collectors. Mr Murray " drawing " one of the chambers in the oil fired kiln

Easter novelties at Pascalls, Mitcham 19 February 1924

The making of veritas incandescent gas antlers The sewing room 7 December 1922

The making of veritas incandescent gas antlers Garratt Lane Wandsworth 7 December 1922

Manufacture of cork balls at Chingford Sawing cork blocks 28 November 1922

Roberts Austin Winner of British School in Rome Scholarship in engraving 3 June 1922

Cricket Bat Making at John Wisdens Splitting the willow 26 March 1920

Cricket Bat Making at John Wisdens Chopping to approximate shape 21 March 1920

The making of cricket balls at London football company station road, South Norwood Weighing and fitting the quilt and outside cover before seaming

Cricket Bat Making at John Wisdens Drawing out shaping the willow into its shape 21 March 1920

Manufacture of cork balls at Chingford Weighing the compound before moulding 28 November 1922

Manufacture of cork balls at Chingford Vulcanising 28 December 1922

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