Working Lives
Women Workers
These women, photographed c.1910, are employed in the box making room at John Knight's Primrose Soap Works in Silvertown.
General Strike
Chaos in Stratford Broadway brought about by the General Strike of 1926, which was well supported in the area.
Triangle Camp
Land Grabbers at their camp for the unemployed in the St Mary's Road/Queens Road area of Plaistow.
Dock workers
"Call-On" at the Docks was the notorious process used for hiring casual labour to unload ships.
Tool
Sack hook frequently used in the docks or corn merchants. It was hooked into a sack (usually then made of hessian), which was then lifted onto a man's back to carry. Sometimes me would work in pairs shifting a consignment onto pallets for lifting by crane. Whichever way - it was heavy work.
Ray Scull Canning Town
Ray Scull who grew up in Canning Town, is project manager for construction firm, Higgins, whose £3.7 billion scheme was to build up to 10,000 new homes. With new community and leisure facilities, in Canning Town and Custom House.
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Balaam Street 48-56
Plaistow Motors & Garage. It has black boards advertising removals and a booking office for day tours. Readable examples are Forest Tours, tours to the hop fields, and Southend. There is a large poster for West Ham Lane Kinema, and adverts for Rosemary (tobacco) and Bovril.
Photo 21/7/1933
Advertising 4
Photographer at 160 Forest Lane, E7 advertises that he will also produce postcards from photographs.
Appeal for Funding
An Open Letter appealing for funds to support the work of the County Borough of West Ham Juvenile Organisations Committee.
