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The Great Railway Strike: comments and responses
The files on this item are all drawn from the same edition of the Illustrated London News, from early October 1919. They all relate to a national railway strike which started on 27 September 1919.
During World War One, and its immediate aftermath, …
During World War One, and its immediate aftermath, …
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…
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…
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.
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
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
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
At Parades: Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester
Three photographs and accompanying text, which includes a reference to dock strikes in Liverpool
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Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester rail-way, Edge-Hill
Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel was constructed to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and Manchester, as part of the planned…