Road Collection (page 97)

Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Geography lesson at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls sit at desks, possibly reading Braille, in a rather bare room

Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Cricket team at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. The school cricket team pose with a trophy and their cricket bats

Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Gymnastics display at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. A group of child acrobats performs a balancing act in front of a house

Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys sewing at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Young boys sew by hand and use sewing machines

Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, London, 1900
Boys on parade at the Boys Home Industrial School, Regents Park Road, London, 1900. Boys in uniform stand in line; a brass band plays on the right

Children playing in the nursery at Banstead Residential School, Surrey, 1931. Young children sit at a table and others play with sand

Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Penge, 1908
Boys making shoes at the Anerley Residential School for Elder Deaf Boys, Versailles Road, Penge, 1908. Boys at work in the Shoemakers Shop; pieces of leather lie on the floor in the foreground

Boys sitting at their desks, Ashford Residential School, Middlesex, 1900. Serious-looking boys sit obediently at their desks in an extremely long classroom. There seem to be at least four teachers

Official Opening of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The Prince and Princess of Wales approach the gates on the south side in Brunel Road

The Prince of Wales officially opening the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1908. The prince opens the gate to the southern entrance to the tunnel under the Thames

Men standing in the shield used to cut Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, July 1907. Front view of the cutting edge of the shield where it emerges into Shaft 1 (Tunnel B)

Construction of the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, November 1906. Front view of the shield with men standing on it in Shaft 2

Southern approach to the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, September 1906. View looking east across the the bridge over the East London Railway towards the mouth of the tunnel under the River

Construction of the bridge approach to Rotherhithe Tunnel, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Building a bridge across the East London Railway for the southern approach to tunnel under the River Thames

Official opening of the Blackwall Tunnel, Poplar, London, 1897. The Prince and Princess of Wales in a horse-drawn carriage accompanied by other carriages and soldiers in a royal parade

Traffic driving on to the Woolwich Ferry, London, 1945

Railway bridge across Globe Road, Bethnal Green, London, 1914. The north side of the railway bridge across the cobbled Globe Road

Train passing over the Chelsea Road, London, 1936. A Southern Railway train crosses a railway bridge with an advertisement. A horse shunts railway trucks on the Chelsea Road underneath

Great Eastern Railway Bridge over the Bow Road, Poplar, London, 1915. Ticket prices on the Great Eastern Railway at a penny single

The New Vauxhall Bridge looking north towards Victoria, London, 1906. The road across the new bridge looking north towards Grosvenor Road and the spire of Holy Trinity Church, Vauxhall Bridge Road

Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921
Workmen using wooden tools on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921. Work in progress on the carriageway looking north from Queenstown Road, Battersea, towards the Western Pumping Station

Long queue of people at Blackfriars Tramway shelter, London, 1912. People waiting to board trams near Blackfriars Bridge at 1.25 pm

Queue of people at Blackfriars Tramway shelter, London, 1912. People waiting to board trams near Blackfriars Bridge at 2.05 pm. To the left of the trams is the River Thames

Transport workers washing a tram at the Holloway Car Shed, London, 1932. Interior of a tram shed with men using hoses to wash a Route 29 tram which has an advertisement for Hudsons soap

Men using a car lifting hoist at Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932. Men use the hoist to position trucks under tram car number 1584

Man stencilling signs for tram cars at Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932. A man wearing an apron makes signs advertising cheap fares to be put on the sides of trams

Men welding, Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932. Men using butt and spot welder to repair tram parts. The welder is wearing a bowler hat

Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, London, 1932
Man using a miller and planer, Charlton Central Repair Depot, Greenwich, London, 1932. Workshop with men using machinery to make or repair parts for trams

Trams in Balham Car Shed, Wandsworth, London, 1903. Front of the shed with open-topped trams standing partly outside the building

Platform with advertising posters, Holborn Underground Tram Station, London, 1931. Advertising posters on the north-bound platform at Holborn Underground Tram Station, Kingsway, seen from the stairs

Advertisements for beer and port, Holborn Underground Tram Station, London, 1931. Advertising posters on the south-bound platform at Holborn Underground Tram Station

Men laying tramlines at a junction, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Men laying tramlines at a junction, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Crossover tramlines being laid at the Commercial Road junction with Whitechapel High Street

Men laying tramlines in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Men laying tramlines in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Tramlines being laid as traffic passes on the right: view looking west

Tramlines being laid, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Tramlines being laid, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Men work laying the track and points at the crossover, Commercial Road junction

Tramline being laid in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, London, 1929
Tramline being laid in the middle of the road, Whitechapel High Street, Stepney, London, August 1929. Workmen lay track for trams

Men working on tramline electricification, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Men at work on interlacing the track near Wandsworth Town Station, by the junction with Alma Road

Arches over the District Railway exposed during tramway electricification, London, 1906
Arches over the District Railway exposed during tramway electricification, Somerset House, Westminster, London, 1906. Workmen excavating during electrification of the tram system have exposed arches

Laying tramlines at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road, London, 1907
Laying of electrified tramlines at the junction of Whitechapel High Street and Commercial Road, Stepney, London, 1907. Workmen assisted by horse

Workmen extending tramlines, Brixton Road, London, 1907. A crowd of men and boys watches the insertion of special work on existing lines for Stockwell Road Lines

Tramway electrification at the junction of Goswell Road and Old Street, London, 1906
Tramway electrification: men laying tracks across the junction of Goswell Road and Old Street, Finsbury, London, 1906. Traffic and roadworks between the Hat and Feathers public house and the London

Electric trams at Victoria Terminus, London, 1932. Passengers boarding London County Council electric trams by the Windsor Castle pub

Men in hats and coats in the interior of an electric tram, London, 1933. Passengers sitting in the lower saloon of a London County Council electric tram, (car number 1441)

Class M electric tram, 1930. End-on view of a London County Council class M electric tram, car number 1440

Overturned electric tram and onlookers, London, 1913
Overturned electric tram and onlookers, Mitcham Lane, London, 1913. London County Council electric tram which has overturned, showing wheel tracks in the road

Official London County Council cars and chauffeurs, County Hall, London, 1935. Austin cars parked with drivers in caps and coats standing beside outside the headquarters of the London County Council

Hackney carriages and drivers at a taxi rank, Bishopsgate, London, 1912
Hackney carriages and uniformed drivers at a taxi rank, Bishopsgate, London, 1912

Kerle electric streetlamp, Victoria Embankment, London, 1928. Ornate lamppost by the River Thames

Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, London, 1911
Nurse cutting childrens verminous hair, Finch Street Cleansing Station, Stepney, London, 1911. A nurse treats children whose hair is infested with lice and nits

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