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Terracotta tiles on the roof of Saintoft Lodge, Newton-on-Rawcliffe, Ryedale, North Yorkshire. Grade II listed © Historic England Archive DP371715
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St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell, London, photographed in January 1894. Built in 1504 by Prior Thomas Docwra, St John’s Gate was the south gateway to the Priory of Clerkenwell, the headquarters of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem. Photographer: Adolphe Augustus Boucher, Bedford Lemere & Co. Source: Historic England Archive Image reference: BL12558
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Mountbatten House (formerly Gateway House), Basing View, Basingstoke, the former headquarters for the paper merchants Wiggins Teape by Arup Associates. Listed at Grade II. © Historic England
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Images by Theme: People at Work

A selection of images showing men, women and children at work.

A bricklayer at work on top of a chimney at Plymouth Power Station, Plymouth

A gala day for staff at Lohn Laing plc, Elstree Sports Ground, Barnet, Greater London

A man on a mobile platform lifting a box in the Pirelli factory, Carlisle, Cumbria

A worker adjusting a tool during the construction of an Electricity Sub Station, Harker, Cumbria

Barclays Bank, Norwich, Norfolk

Cunard Shell Works, Rimrose Road, Bootle, Merseyside

Delivery men, Osram Glass Works, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear

Workmen dismantling a tower crane while building the Barbican, City of London, Greater London Authority

Workmen in a canteen during construction at Heathrow Airport, Heathrow, Greater London

Workmen queuing at a mobile canteen, Fawley, Hampshire

Workmen rebuilding flood defences with sandbags at Coryton Oil Refinery, Coryton, Thurrock

Workmen rebuilding flood defences with sandbags at Coryton Oil Refinery, Coryton, Thurrock

Workmen rebuilding flood defences with sandbags at Coryton Oil Refinery, Coryton, Thurrock

Frank Cooper's Works, Victoria Buildings, Park End Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Harvesting in Oxfordshire

Haycock and Russell, General Store, Banbury Lane, Byfield, Northamptonshire

J Plater's Cart, Van and Carriage Works, Haddenham, Buckinghamshire

Men wearing gas masks at the British Library construction site, Camden, London

Pay day at Butlers Wharf, London

Picking tulips near Fulney, Spalding, Lincolnshire

Pouring molten iron, Backbarrow, Cumbria

Queuing for work at Butler's Wharf, London

Roddas Smithy, 15 Park Corner, Penzance, Cornwall

Tate and Lyle Sugar Silo, Huskisson Dock, Liverpool

Tootal, Broadhurst and Lee Warehouse, Oxford Road, Manchester

Trollope and Colls Ltd, Pleasant Works, Liverpool, Merseyside

Two workmen on a construction site for John Laing plc in Carlisle, Cumbria

Underground wagons, South Crofty Mine, Cornwall