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Strikers crossing London Bridge (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • br@mbly said:
    Note the distinctive Trade Union banners. Also there is a band playing on the left of the picture.
  • Steven Pemberton said:
    Most likely the General Strike of 1926, since another picture in this series is dated May 1926.
  • swanq said:
    The first banner is for the Stepney branch of the "London Carmen." They were one of the primary unions involved in the August 1911 dock strike. According to 'A Summary Description of the Papers of National Union of Vehicle Workers' at www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/126vwcol.htm 'The National Union of Vehicle Workers was formed as the London Carmen's Trade Union in 1888. By 1892 the union's membership had declined from an initial figure of 6,000 to 2,000. The membership of the union rose again in the period 1895-1910. The London Carmen's Trade Union originally represented carters of East End traffic to and from docks and warehouses. The union had a tradition of collaboration with other unions and in 1911 delegates were sent to the first General Council meeting of the National Transport Workers' Federation. The General Secretary of the union, Sam March, sat on the Executive Council of the National Transport Workers' Federation. The London Carmen's Trade Union was strongly influenced by syndicalism and its members were prominent in the 1911 strikes in London. The failure of the 1912 London transport workers' strikes however resulted in a significant loss of membership from 8,000 members in the union to half that number in 1913. In the same year the union changed its name to the National Union of Vehicle Workers (NUVW) . The NUVW was one of the founding members of the Transport and General Workers' Union and played a significant role in bringing road haulage workers into the new union.' The TGWU was formed in 1922. So I think THIS picture is more likely to be from 1911 than 1926.
  • Yersinia pestis said:
    Agreed. To the right of the bridge, there now stands a much larger building, Adelaide House, built in 1924-5.
  • Mando Maniac said:
    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called ANYTHING GOES ENGLAND,VINTAGE PHOTOS,POSTCARDS,EPHEMERAetc..., and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Tower Bridge (nearly)

from The National Archives UK

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  • Fred J Carss said:
    Amazing shot - the bridge without its covering.
  • eilyshaw said:
    Folk often ask me how I am. I often reply "TOWER BRIDGE". I meaning that lifie's full of ups and downs - sometimes ok sometimes not. They look puzzled until I explain. And today?? AH TOWER BRIDGE.
  • jim moore said:
    wow first time i ever seen such a pic of tower bridge
  • Photos of the Past said:
    I love the photographer's name - Sidney Beer. Sounds like an Australian lager!
  • Josh Graciano said:
    I wondered what this is printed on. On closer examination Beer painted photo chemicals on heavy paper, 8x10, same as the glass plate negative. The image has held up well- great detail.

London Bridge, London (LOC)

from The Library of Congress