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At Parades: Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester
Three photographs and accompanying text, which includes a reference to dock strikes in Liverpool
Quintinshill Rail Disaster 1915
Photograph of the disaster site published in the Daily Sketch 24 May 1915
Tags: Cumbria, photograph, railway, transport, World War 1
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.
Tags: Carlisle, photograph, railway, transport, war work, women, World War 1
Platelayers in Carlisle
Photograph of platelayers in Carlisle, 1899. Platelayers were employed to inspect and maintain the track, including all its component parts such as rails, sleepers and bolts. Duties included greasing points and generally watching for wear and tear.…
Tags: Carlisle, Cumbria, photograph, railway, transport
Carlisle Women Munitions Workers Football Team, 1917
The photograph shows women dressed as munitions workers, posing with a football that has been inscribed with 'EAST CUMB WMW 1917'. Two of the women wear the triangular 'On War Service' badges that were issued to munitions workers.
The implication…
The implication…
Tags: Carlisle, Cumbria, football, photograph, sport, war work, women, World War 1
Cumberland and Westmorland Suffragettes, 1911
On 17 June 1911, suffrage societies joined together in London in a procession of some 40,000 women to demand the vote, with the date chosen as it was the coronation of King George V.
The event included an empire pageant with women representing…
The event included an empire pageant with women representing…
Tags: Ambleside, Carlisle, children, Cockermouth, Cumbria, Kendal, Keswick, Maryport, Penrith, photograph, suffrage, women, Workington
Sal Madge - a Whitehaven colliery worker and wrestler
Sal Madge worked in Whitehaven's colliery and wrestled men for sport. She usually dressed as shown the photograph, with a man's jacket, shirt and waistcoat above a long skirt, and is said to have worn her hair cut short.
Sal Madge was born in a…
Sal Madge was born in a…
Tags: Cumbria, horses, mining, Penrith, photograph, sport, Whitehaven, women
The Camera in the Field: things pleasant and unpleasant
An example of war reporting, with an emphasis on the immediacy of photography, including a portrait of Drummer Spencer John 'Joe' Bent of the East Lancashire Regiment, awarded the Victoria Cross for three acts of heroism.
The parade of veteran war-horses at Olympia in the International horse show of 1934
Photographs of 24 horses, with captions and descriptive text, across two pages. A number of the anecdotes about the horses indicate a very strong bond between the rider and the steed.
Note that horse no. 7 is called 'Nigger', doubtless because of a…
Note that horse no. 7 is called 'Nigger', doubtless because of a…
British and French prisoners of the Turks: our groups named
Photographs of Prisoners of War, reproduced from a Turkish newspaper, with identifying names and regiments. Includes three members of Lancashire regiments, as well as some naval personnel. Note that the men all seem to be wearing civilian clothes…
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Plan of a slave vessel
Engravings of two drawings showing how slaves were transported by ship, illustrating an account of a debate on the slave trade in the House of Lords. …