Work : The Way We Were 2

We cite from the COVER:
"The photographs in this book, the second volume in The Way We Were series, depict how working life in England used to be. They show people at work in a wide range of occupations from Victorian times to the recent past. Many recall a time when work meant long hours of toil in field or factory, when ploughs were pulled by horses and the harvest gathered by hand."
"Spanning a period of over 150 years they show industries such as mining, shipbuilding and fishing, which have all but disappeared from these shores. There are also glimpses of some of the trades and traditional crafts now almost lost to us - coppicing, thatching and the art of the blacksmith."
"These unique images are all from the NMR, one of the country's most important photographic archives. The earliest is a remarkable photograph from 1857 showing the construction of Brunei's steamship the Great Eastern."
"The book is elevated from the everyday by the remarkable people in the photographs and the diversity of their occupations. From the porter at Billingsgate Market carrying a fish on his head, to the women painting shells in a munitions factory, these people and their professions are a true record of The Way We Were."
"All the oral testimonies in the book are taken from Along the waggon way, published by Yorkshire Arts Circus, 1987"--P. [1] of cover.
Includes index of picture reference numbers.