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Blackpool, the South Jetty from the Wellington Hotel
The South Jetty – latter to become the Central Pier, opened in May 1868, five years later than the North Pier. Both were designed to extend over the sea to allow people to 'promenade' above the water, and they also served as docking stages for boats.…
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Engine cleaners (?) at Upperby Depot, Carlisle
Photograph which possibly shows women engine-cleaners, who would have been drafted in to undertake this work during World War One.