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Work Rights Managed Collection

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Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Maids, Byfield, Northamptonshire BB98_06062

Maids, Byfield, Northamptonshire BB98_06062
Before the liberating 1960s a career for many women meant making the choice between secretarial work, healthcare or service

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500

Postman, Harnham, Salisbury OP04500
HARNHAM, Salisbury, Wiltshire. View from the Old Mill at Harnham, looking across the water meadows towards Salisbury Cathedral with a postman pushing his bicycle along the Town Path in

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09745

Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames BB87_09745
BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. A cargo of bananas in specially ventilated crates is unloaded and transferred into the warehouse via a conveyor belt while two foremen in bowler hats look

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Comptometer Room, Stratford Cooperative Society 1914 BL22762

Comptometer Room, Stratford Cooperative Society 1914 BL22762
STRATFORD CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY, Maryland Street, Stratford, Greater London. Interior view of the Comptometer Room at Stratford Co-operative Society

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880020

Dover Castle wartime tunnels 1945 N880020
DOVER CASTLE, Kent. The secret wartime tunnels. Interior view. The Annexe Level Underground Hospital was constructed in 1941-2 to provide a medical dressing station for casualties

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Collecting water, Hellidon, Northamptonshire a97_05936

Collecting water, Hellidon, Northamptonshire a97_05936
General view showing unidentified elderly woman carrying bucket, Hellidon, Northamptonshire. July 1902. Alfred Newton and Sons

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Corn harvest, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire a97_05375

Corn harvest, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire a97_05375
General view of worker in field harvesting corn, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire. 1900. Alfred Newton and Sons

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316

Harvest time, Lower Cadsden, Buckinghamshire a97_05316
LOWER CADSDEN, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire. View of people in a field, including farm workers taking a break from harvesting, with a smart lady and gentleman

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009

Woad production, Algarkirk, Lincolnshire NMR02_01_00009
Algarkirk, Lincolnshire. A group of man and women cropping woad and collecting it in large wicker baskets. The earliest woad production in Britain dates from the Iron Age

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Farrier, Woodbastwick, Norfolk a98_13563

Farrier, Woodbastwick, Norfolk a98_13563
Woodbastwick, Norfolk. Interior of blacksmiths shop. A farrier shoeing a horse. A working horse would need re-shoeing about every five weeks

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Foundrymen of James Hews Ironmongers CC97_02752

Foundrymen of James Hews Ironmongers CC97_02752
King Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire. The foundrymen of James Hews the Ironmonger s, standing in the yard of their work premises with various iron pipes in the background. Photographed by Henry Taunt

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Darkroom CC025397

Darkroom CC025397
Beech Bowls, Quarry Wood Road, Cookham Dean, Berkshire. Herbert Feltons darkroom, c.1944. Chemical bottles line the shelves and there are developing trays and a projector on the work surfaces

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Post Lady, Kerrier, Cornwall, 1901 BB98_01839

Post Lady, Kerrier, Cornwall, 1901 BB98_01839
This woman, working as a post lady, is emptying a post box at an unidentified location in Kerrier, Cornwall. Although it was relatively unusual for women to hold positions such as this at the time

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Dockmaster JLP01_01_064_41

Dockmaster JLP01_01_064_41
TILBURY DOCKS, CHADWELL ST MARY, THURROCK, ESSEX. Captain W. R. Crouch, Dockmaster at Tilbury Docks, directing operations in the lock as the cooling water intake caisson for Coryton Oil Refinery

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Working at height JLP01_01_089_54

Working at height JLP01_01_089_54
PLYMOUTH B POWER STATION, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. A worker laying bricks to the top of the chimney shaft during the construction of Plymouth B Power Station

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Roll call for work BB87_09665

Roll call for work BB87_09665
Butlers Wharf, Shad Thames, Southwark, Greater London. An elevated view looking down onto men queuing for work at Butlers Wharf c. 1910

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Flower seller OFH01_01_02_077

Flower seller OFH01_01_02_077
A flower seller at work

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Kiosk OFH01_01_02_042

Kiosk OFH01_01_02_042
Clock House, West Hill, East Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London. A man sitting beside a drinks kiosk in front of the Clock House stables

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Road worker OFH01_01_02_002

Road worker OFH01_01_02_002
Wandsworth Common North Side, Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth, Greater London. A road worker photographed beside Wandsworth Common with the houses on North Side seen from junction of West Side

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Putney toll booth OFH01_01_01_f01_20

Putney toll booth OFH01_01_01_f01_20
Old Putney Bridge, Putney, Wandsworth, Greater London. Two images on a single glass plate negative, both showing the the toll keeper

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Long service award JLP01_08_062940

Long service award JLP01_08_062940
WEMBLEY TOWN HALL, FORTY LANE, BRENT, GREATER LONDON. E L Davies shaking hands with Sir John Laing during an award for 25 years of service at a long service

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Team celebration JLP01_09_781094

Team celebration JLP01_09_781094
THE SHOPPING CENTRE, SILBURY BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES. Workers at the Milton Keynes shopping centre development posing for a group photograph with pints of beer

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Topping out JLP01_09_781093

Topping out JLP01_09_781093
THE SHOPPING CENTRE, SILBURY BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES. The last load of concrete being shovelled on the roof of the John Lewis store restaurant during the construction of the shopping centre in

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Meeting JLP01_09_820415

Meeting JLP01_09_820415
Sir John Laing Building, Page Street, Mill Hill, Barnet, Greater London. A meeting of the Treasury Department team at the Sir John Laing Building, Mill Hill

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Computer room JLP01_10_08168

Computer room JLP01_10_08168
Shire Hall, Shinfield Park, Shinfield, Wokingham, Berkshire. A small section of the computer suite at the Shire Hall, the headquarters of Berkshire County Council

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Welding JLP01_11_32608_10

Welding JLP01_11_32608_10
SEVERN BRIDGE, M48, AUST, SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE. A welder within one of the deck sections of the Severn Bridge strengthening the joints between the steel ribs

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Carpentry JLP01_08_008287

Carpentry JLP01_08_008287
RAF Gaydon, Gaydon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. A workman using an electric circular saw to cut wood for use in the construction of buildings at Gaydon Airfield

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Speeches JLP01_11_44926_09

Speeches JLP01_11_44926_09
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. Martin Laing and two other men giving speeches during the topping out ceremony for the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Topping out JLP01_11_44925_12

Topping out JLP01_11_44925_12
NATIONAL INDOOR ARENA, KING EDWARDS ROAD, BIRMINGHAM. Members of the site team raising their hard hats in celebration during the topping out ceremony for the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Buffet JLP01_08_080009

Buffet JLP01_08_080009
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. Catering staff standing beside a buffet laid on for former director WM Johnson

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Master and apprentice JLP01_09_762552c

Master and apprentice JLP01_09_762552c
Furzehill Road, Borehamwood, Elstree and Borehamwood, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire. A man with a spirit level assessing the work of a Laing apprentice bricklayer during the construction of the Furzehill

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Look at the view JLP01_08_060386a

Look at the view JLP01_08_060386a
EMPRESS STATE BUILDING, Lillie Road, Earls Court, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, GREATER LONDON. Two women with a construction worker and manager gathered on the roof of Empress State Building

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Supervising JLP01_08_060385

Supervising JLP01_08_060385
EMPRESS STATE BUILDING, Lillie Road, Earls Court, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, GREATER LONDON. Managers gathering to watch a worker pour out the topmost load of concrete on the roof of the Empress State

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Annual General Meeting JLP01_09_831388

Annual General Meeting JLP01_09_831388
An elevated view of Laings 1983 Annual General Meeting, showing rows of guests facing the stage during a group retirement presentation

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Computer operator JLP01_09_831757

Computer operator JLP01_09_831757
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Southernhay, Basildon, Essex. An office worker seated at a Datapoint 1550 computer, with a view through a window overlooking the construction of the new Eastgate Shopping

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: On-site catering JLP01_08_022423a

On-site catering JLP01_08_022423a
FAWLEY RESERVOIR, FAWLEY, NEW FOREST, HAMPSHIRE. Workers employed on the construction of Fawley Reservoir queuing at a mobile canteen

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Crane operator JLP01_08_060070

Crane operator JLP01_08_060070
CIS BUILDING, COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY TOWER, MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. Bill Whelan, a Weitz G.60 tower crane driver

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Open plan office JLP01_10_30073

Open plan office JLP01_10_30073
COTTONS CENTRE, TOOLEY STREET, LONDON BRIDGE CITY, SOUTHWARK, GREATER LONDON. A large open plan office filled with banks of computers in the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at the Cottons Centre

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: keypunch office JLP01_08_066810

keypunch office JLP01_08_066810
COUNTY HALL, A6352, AYKLEY HEADS, DURHAM, COUNTY DURHAM. Office workers operating IBM 056 card verifier machines in the new County Offices at Durham

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Computer screens JLP01_10_30071

Computer screens JLP01_10_30071
COTTONS CENTRE, TOOLEY STREET, LONDON BRIDGE CITY, SOUTHWARK, GREATER LONDON. A bank of computer screens in an office of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce at the Cottons Centre in London Bridge

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Buttercross renovation JLP01_10_18910

Buttercross renovation JLP01_10_18910
BUTTERCROSS, HIGH STREET, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE. Two stonemasons carving replacement stone blocks during renovation work at the Buttercross

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Buttercross renovation JLP01_10_18909

Buttercross renovation JLP01_10_18909
BUTTERCROSS, HIGH STREET, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE. A stonemason holding a spirit level prior to replacing a block of stone during renovation work at the Buttercross

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Film conservation JLP01_10_30129

Film conservation JLP01_10_30129
BFI National Archive, Kingshill Way, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire. Two members of staff operating video tape machines in the new conservation centre for the British Film Institute

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Tree clearance JLP01_08_059352a

Tree clearance JLP01_08_059352a
Stafford, Staffordshire. Two men felling trees on a piece of land destined to become part of Section A of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6)

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Grass cutting JLP01_01_164_23

Grass cutting JLP01_01_164_23
STAFFORDSHIRE. Two Laing workers cutting grass on a section of the Birmingham to Preston Motorway (M6) between Junction 13 and Junction 16, using a tractor with a boom machine attachment

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Management team JLP01_08_086230

Management team JLP01_08_086230
WD AND HO WILLS, WHITCHURCH LANE, CITY OF BRISTOL. The management team for the Wills tobacco factory construction at Hartcliffe, Bristol, scrutinising site plans

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Product promotion team JLP01_08_095146

Product promotion team JLP01_08_095146
WD AND HO WILLS, WHITCHURCH LANE, CITY OF BRISTOL. Wills staff handing out packets of Embassy cigarettes to construction workers at the topping out ceremony on the roof of the office block at

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Ceremony and protest JLP01_08_095149c

Ceremony and protest JLP01_08_095149c
WD AND HO WILLS, WHITCHURCH LANE, CITY OF BRISTOL. Sir Maurice Laing at the topping out ceremony on the roof of the office building at the Wills tobacco factory at Hartcliffe

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Trade union meeting JLP01_08_096776a

Trade union meeting JLP01_08_096776a
Westcombe Park, Greenwich, Greater London. Shop stewards from the Isle of Grain Power Station gathered for a meeting at a hotel in Westcombe Park, Greenwich

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Electronic console JLP01_08_080154

Electronic console JLP01_08_080154
Whitbread and Company Limited, Oakley Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. Two workers operating the electronic console panel at the Whitbread brewery

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Surveying JLP01_10_54656

Surveying JLP01_10_54656
Second Severn Crossing, M4 Motorway, New Passage, Pilning and Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire. A student engineer and a chain girl surveying

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Stonemason JLP01_09_860342

Stonemason JLP01_09_860342
MARKET CROSS, MARKET PLACE, CARLISLE, CUMBRIA. A Laing stonemason carrying out repairs at the top of the Market Cross in Carlisle, with a Laing Stonemasonry sign on display in the background

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Celebration JLP01_09_781626

Celebration JLP01_09_781626
Peel Common Waste Water Treatment Works, Peel Common, Fareham, Hampshire. A group of workers toasting the launch of a twin barge from Woolston, Hampshire

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Gangers JLP01_08_053945

Gangers JLP01_08_053945
PORTISHEAD DOCK, PORTISHEAD AND NORTH WESTON, NORTH SOMERSET. A group portrait of three gangers employed on the Portishead Dock project A cropped version of this image was published in the People

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Welder JLP01_08_053944

Welder JLP01_08_053944
PORTISHEAD DOCK, PORTISHEAD AND NORTH WESTON, NORTH SOMERSET. A portrait of a Laing welder working on the Portishead Dock project

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Rivetting JLP01_08_044527

Rivetting JLP01_08_044527
POPPLETON SUGAR BEET FACTORY, BOROUGHBRIDGE ROAD, YORK. A worker loading a riveting gun during the construction of two sugar silos at Poppleton Sugar Beet Factory

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Site nurse JLP01_08_053292

Site nurse JLP01_08_053292
MILTON KEYNES. A site nurse wading through mud in Section B3 of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1) during its construction

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Pesticides filling hall JLP01_09_832103

Pesticides filling hall JLP01_09_832103
Napp Laboratories, Milton Road, Cambridge Science Park, Milton, South Cambridgeshire. A team of women working in the pesticides filling hall at Napp Laboratories

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Catering supplies JLP01_08_053299

Catering supplies JLP01_08_053299
NEWPORT PAGNELL, MILTON KEYNES. A man and woman loading a van with crates of food and drink from the canteen at the headquarters of the London to Yorkshire Motorway project

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Tracking progress JLP01_08_052041

Tracking progress JLP01_08_052041
NEWPORT PAGNELL, MILTON KEYNES. Four office workers, probably at the project headquarters in Newport Pagnell, updating charts

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Surveying JLP01_08_059482

Surveying JLP01_08_059482
M6 Motorway, M6, Acton Trussell and Bednall, South Staffordshire. A Laing worker carrying out surveying during the construction of the Stafford/Wolverhampton railway bridge (Bridge 302)

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Joiner JLP01_08_049264

Joiner JLP01_08_049264
PORTISHEAD B POWER STATION, PORTISHEAD AND NORTH WESTON, NORTH SOMERSET. A Laing joiner, working on the construction of Portishead B Power Station

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Checking JLP01_08_049265

Checking JLP01_08_049265
PORTISHEAD B POWER STATION, PORTISHEAD AND NORTH WESTON, NORTH SOMERSET. A Laing Checker, working at the Portishead B Power Station site

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Working at height JLP01_01_089_55

Working at height JLP01_01_089_55
PLYMOUTH B POWER STATION, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. A worker laying bricks to the top of the chimney shaft during the construction of Plymouth B Power Station

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Inside the pipe JLP01_08_083826A

Inside the pipe JLP01_08_083826A
North Cotes, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire. A worker repairing the epoxy resin lining on the welds inside the Northcoates pipeline

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Construction work JLP01_08_044355

Construction work JLP01_08_044355
ICI RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, ALDERLEY PARK, NETHER ALDERLEY, CHESHIRE EAST. A workman posed with an electrical machine used for fusing pieces of water-bar on the construction site of the ICI research

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Lager lab JLP01_08_064327a

Lager lab JLP01_08_064327a
Harp Lager Brewery, Draymans Way, Manor Park, Alton, East Hampshire, Hampshire. A man working in a laboratory containing pressure gauges at Harp Lager Brewery

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Planning the M6 JLP01_08_058593

Planning the M6 JLP01_08_058593
JOHN LAING AND SON LIMITED, PAGE STREET, MILL HILL, BARNET, GREATER LONDON. A group of people at the Mill Hill office of John Laing & Son Ltd

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Assembling Easiform housing jlp01_08_001308

Assembling Easiform housing jlp01_08_001308
HOLLINGTON, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. A man fixing the framework for a doorway into the shuttering of an Easiform house during the construction of a housing estate in Hastings

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Surveyor jlp01_08_001275

Surveyor jlp01_08_001275
HOLLINGTON, HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. A man using a mounted theodolite to survey the construction site of an Easiform housing estate in Hastings

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Crane operators JLP01_08_093216C

Crane operators JLP01_08_093216C
Graythorp, Hartlepool. Two workers at Graythorp, one seated at the controls of a crane during lifting being carried out on site

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Measuring tubes JLP01_08_093174

Measuring tubes JLP01_08_093174
Graythorp, Hartlepool. A team of Laing workers measuring a large metal tube in one of the welding huts at Graythorp. In the early 1970s Laing Pipelines Offshore constructed the Graythorp fabrication

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Welding JLP01_08_092403

Welding JLP01_08_092403
Graythorp, Hartlepool. Two people working in the welding school at Graythorp. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Occupational healthcare JLP01_08_053294

Occupational healthcare JLP01_08_053294
A view of a site nurse employed on Project B of the London to Yorkshire Motorway (the M1), examining the eyes of a Laing worker

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Site office JLP01_08_023296

Site office JLP01_08_023296
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Two men in a portable building on the construction site of Coventry Cathedral, carrying out administrative work

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Stonemasonry JLP01_01_026_60

Stonemasonry JLP01_01_026_60
COVENTRY CATHEDRAL, PRIORY STREET, COVENTRY. Masons fixing a section of a window sill into position during the construction of Coventry Cathedral

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Laing workers Manchester JLP01_08_058576

Laing workers Manchester JLP01_08_058576
CIS BUILDING, COOPERATIVE INSURANCE SOCIETY TOWER, MILLER STREET, MANCHESTER. A group portrait of the tunnel team on the Co-operative Society CIS/CWS contract

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Laing workers JLP01_08_045876

Laing workers JLP01_08_045876
PLYMOUTH. A group portrait of five Laing workers involved in the construction of three-storey blocks of flats for the Plymouth 20 Easiform housing contract

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Brewery workers JLP01_08_022457

Brewery workers JLP01_08_022457
Carlisle State Management Brewery, Bridge Street, Caldewgate, Carlisle, Cumbria. A group of female workers posed at the opening ceremony for the new bottling plant at the State-owned brewery in

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Gas masks JLP01_09_841262

Gas masks JLP01_09_841262
BRITISH LIBRARY, EUSTON ROAD, ST PANCRAS, CAMDEN, GREATER LONDON. Three men wearing Draeger gas masks during a safety course at the British Library construction site

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Blacksmith, Southrop BBL_02524

Blacksmith, Southrop BBL_02524
The Forge, Southrop, Cotswold, Gloucestershire. Interior view of the Forge, showing the blacksmith at work. Photographed in 1938 by Sydney Alfred Pitcher

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Domestic servants, King's School House, Gloucester CC96_00045crop

Domestic servants, King's School House, Gloucester CC96_00045crop
A group of domestic servants posing outside King's School House. A cropped version of image number CC96_00045. Photographed by Henry Taunt

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Building Hadrians Wall IC048_001

Building Hadrians Wall IC048_001
HADRIANs WALL, Cumbria. Reconstruction drawing by Philip Corke showing the construction of Hadrians Wall to the immediate west of Banks East Turret (Turret 52a), in the early second century AD

Background imageWork Rights Managed Collection: Children labelling tins of tea c. 1910, Butlers Wharf BB87_09690

Children labelling tins of tea c. 1910, Butlers Wharf BB87_09690
BUTLERs WHARF, Shad Thames, London. From 1921 children had to be at least 12 years old before they could work full-time, though some of these boys look younger




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