RM2JGF22D–1911 railway / transport strike in London. The photograph shows horse-drawn Pickfords vans being escorted across Waterloo Bridge by soldiers carrying rifles with fixed bayonets
RM2HCFARN–'The ticket collector': One of a series of silk cards portraying First World War women workers given away by the weekly magazine 'The Happy Home' as 'charming war souvenirs'. This image shows a woman standing in a railway station collecting tickets, the image of a commuter reading a newspaper is in the background
RM2HCERNE–1913 Black Country Strike: In May 1913 a procession of strikers from Handsworth & Oldbury travelled to Saltley to try to get support from local carriage workers. This photograph shows a large group of men demonstrating in the street. Two men are standing on a cart which has 'Uncle Joe of Saltley' written on it. Some men are holding up collection boxes with 'Railway carriage and waggon workers strike fund' written on. The shops in the background include Hewes and Edwards. A sign for 'Stephenson Place' can be seen on the streetlamp. The photographic postcard was sold by Ridge of Saltley
RM2HH5C22–1911 Liverpool general transport strike: crowd around horses and carts. Some men are watching events from the side of a raised railway line. Photograph by Carbonora
RM2HCERNB–'Coventry railwaymen's strike': photograph taken during the 1911 transport workers' strike. The image shows a large group of people blocking the road to the railway station, with carts stopped in the road. A young boy is looking into the camera
RM2E5BJTW–Edwardian platelayers working on the railway tracks, most wearing flat caps
RM2K1FKY5–'Ryde Express', Isle of Wight: cartoon by Reg Carter, showing an elderly steam train with packed railway carriages. Passengers are shown sitting on the engine, the carriage roof and fighting to get on. The postcard was sent in 1928
RM2HCRDJX–'The Southwold 'Express': A slight engine trouble causes a delay - but is soon remedied': cartoon showing various obstacles in the way of the narrow gauge Southwold Railway, including a bomb hurling suffragette in a tree (shouting 'Votes for women'), a bird's nest on the engine & a lack of water. The railway engine and carriages are portrayed as elderly & eccentric, with the train stopping with the aid of an anchor. The cartoon was drawn by Reg Carter (1886-1949)
RM2HH5CAM–Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants Widows & Orphans Fund procession, 1904
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