RM2T1FJ52–The British Army in Pre-1914 Period Officer of one of the Scottish mounted regiments on his horse wearing civilian cloths.
RM2T1FYPR–Women at work during the First World War Women war workers prepare filter cloths for the filter presses at a sugar refinery in Scotland.
RM2T1M83C–The Employment of Women in Britain, 1914-1918 Female war workers prepare filter cloths for the filter presses at the Glebe Sugar Refinery Co., Greenock, Scotland, November 1918.
RM2T1KWE4–Women Run a Boat- Life on Board the Canal Barge 'heather Bell', 1942 On arriving at the warehouse where the barge is to be unloaded, Miss March stows the top strings which have kept the cloths near the flour in place during transit.
RM2T1KW3E–Village Gardens Feed Schoolchildren- Food Production at Knighton-on-teme, Worcestershire, England, UK, 1943 After lunch at the village school in Knighton-on-Teme, the dining room is cleared and returned to its normal state as a classroom. Boys move the benches and desks whilst girls fold up the table cloths.
RM2T1KXC1–A group of diners give their order to the waiter at a restaurant in the West End of London, spring 1941. A group of four friends give their order to the waiter at this restaurant, somewhere in the West End of London. This restaurant is operating quite a luxurious service, with white table cloths and linen napkins visible on all the tables.
RM2T1KJ62–Civil Defence and Welfare Services in Wartime Britain- the work of the Rest Centre, 1942 A bombed-out family enjoy a meal at a rest centre. Checked table cloths and flowers provide a welcoming and cheery atmosphere to those who have lost their homes through air raids. One of the two welfare workers visible in the photographs brings a cup of tea over to the table.
RM2T1KJ88–A Modern Village School- Education in Cambridgeshire, England, UK, 1944 At Bottisham Nursery School, children sit at tables to enjoy their mid-morning snack of fruit and milk. The children take it in turns to lay the tables and serve each other. Here, a young girl wearing an apron pours a cup of milk for one of her friends. The tables are set out nicely, complete with table cloths and flowers.
RM2T1KM3M–Hopping in Kent- Hop-picking in Yalding, Kent, England, UK, 1944 Two men work to compress dried hops on the press in the oast house on a hop farm in Yalding, Kent. The original caption explains the process: 'sometimes coal heated furnaces are used, the hot air from the being conveyed to the top storey of the oast house by suction fans, to blow on the hops laid out in horse hair cloths'. The hops are then compressed into sacks or 'pockets', which contain 140-150 bushels and weigh 1 and a half cwts. The pockets are then sent off to the brewer.
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