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Work and Industry

The People's Archive ®

A selection of the People’s Archive documenting our working lives and industrial heritage in 20th-century Britain. 

Toolmakers on lunch break, Coventry, 1940s.

Photo © Elissa Bruce / The People’s Archive®

Mill Workers, 1950s.
Mill Workers, 1950s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

NHS Nurses, Newcastle, 1960.
NHS Nurses, Newcastle, 1960.

Photo © Iain White / The People’s Archive®

Iain “My mum and her nursing friends in Newcastle, 1960. She was and still would be so proud of the NHS.”

Trainee Hairdressers, Lincoln, 1965.
Trainee Hairdressers in Lincoln, 1965.

Photo © Austin / The People’s Archive®

Austin: “My mum (left) and her workmates who were all doing their hairdressing training. She was a hairdresser all her life, and she loved it!.”

YTS Youth Training Scheme, Stafford, 1980s.
Youth Training Scheme (YTS). Stafford, 1985.

Photo © Mark Archer (Altern 8) /The People’s Archive®

British Telecom Workers, Bristol, 1990.
British Telecom Workers. Bristol, 1989.

Photo © Steve Chapple/The People’s Archive®

Steve: “British Telecom Workers left to right: Bob Ellis, myself and Bob Holmes. Bob Holmes (Holmer) was the eighties equivalent of Gene Hunt from ‘Life on Mars’, a great laugh and a very funny man. This was my last day working in Bristol, which is why Bob has a custard slice.”

Wall's Ice Cream, 1950s.
Workers at the Wall's Ice Cream Factory, 1950s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Newspaper Seller, Doncaster, 1970s.
Newspaper Seller, Doncaster, 1970s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Miners at Markham Main Colliery. Doncaster, 1983.
Miners at Markham Main Colliery, Doncaster, 1983.

Photo © Lee Curran / The People’s Archive®

Cardiff Dock Workers, 1970s.
Cardiff Dock Workers, 1970s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Workers at Empire Bingo, Grimsby, 1980s.
Workers at Empire Bingo, Grimsby, 1980s.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Newsagents in Walkden, Salford, 1991.

Photo © The People’s Archive®

Smithfield Meat Market, London, 1986.
Smithfield Meat Market, London, 1986.

Photo © Marilyn Root/The People’s Archive®

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