General Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection

Black and white images capturing moments during the largest industrial dispute in Britain's history

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General Strike Tram Novice
14th May 1926: A volunteer driving a tram during the General Strike. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Bus
4th May 1926: An independent bus crammed with commuters at Ludgate Circus, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Colliery
17th November 1926: The Pleasley Colliery in Derbyshire, back in operation after the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Baton Charge
6th May 1926: Police beginning a baton charge on demonstrating strikers at Walworth, South London during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Special Constable
May 1926: A Special Constable from Hornsey, North London involved in policing the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Arriving Soldier
4th May 1926: A soldier arriving in Hyde Park during the general strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

General Strike Mounted Police at the Elephant and Castle
1926: Mounted policemen armed with batons, clearing the road after a riotous outbreak at the Elephant and Castle, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Strike Bicycle Traffic
circa 1926: A policeman controlling the bicycle traffic in the city during the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Smithfield Meat Marke Barricade
1926: Police on duty at the barricade at the entrance to Smithfield Meat Market, London, to enable vehicles to pass during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Volunteer Workers
A crowd of volunteer workers in the forecourt of the Foreign Office in London, at the start of the General Strike, 3rd May 1926

A free get you home car in Eaton Square London
May 1926: A free get you home car in Eaton Square London, one of Stanley Baldwins ideas to ease the effect of the General Strike.The driver is putting up a sign on his car to show where he is going

Red Cross Volunteers
11th May 1926: Two Red Cross volunteer drivers during the general strike. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Back To Work A group of railwaymen outside Liverpool Street Station
15th May 1926: A group of railwaymen outside Liverpool Street Station after the end of the general strike, the largest industrial dispute in Britains history

Scotland Yard Strike Tea
1926: Volunteers working in the canteen at Scotland Yard during the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Volunteer Guards
May 1926: Booking out volunteer guards to trains at Kings Cross LNER railway station in London, during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Lorry Strike Driver
1926: A volunteer transport driver in her lorry during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Voluntary Porter
April 1926: A volunteer porter working at Kings Cross Railway Station, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Kings Cross Station Volunteers
1926: Volunteers working at Kings Cross Station, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Carrying On
A volunteer porter working at Kings Cross Railway Station, London, during the General Strike, April 1926. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Miners Return
1926: Miners at a Midlands colliery return to work after the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cranking Up
circa 1926: A volunteer driver, with police escort, cranking up his bus during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sailors Unloading
8th May 1926: Sailors unload rations from a lorry guarded by soldiers during the General Strike. The sailors are keeping the machinery going to supply electricity to Neasden Power Station

Hyde Park Troops
4th May 1926: Troops in Hyde Park, London, during the general strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Anti-Strike
1926: Civilians queue in Whitehall to enlist as helpers during the General Strike. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

From The Docks
9th May 1926: Troops escorting a food convoy from the docks in London during the general strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Volunteers At Work
May 1926: Volunteer workers at work at a railway station during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Sorting Mail
December 1926: Mount Pleasant sorting office, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Strike Cooker
1926: A woman volunteer at the canteen in Hyde Park during the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Volunteers Unloading
10th May 1926: Students unloading supplies of bacon on to trolleys at Hays Wharf near London Bridge on the seventh day of the General Strike. They are working on a voluntary basis

Old Bus
May 1926: A Thomas Tilling Ltd bus with bonnet up and sign reading Maurice Moscovitch - The Great Lover shown at the Shaftesbury Theatre, during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Omnibus Depot
1926: Men wiring the bonnets of buses to stop strikers getting to the engine during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Strike Volunteers
1926: Cambridge undergraduates who have volunteered to work in one of the specials services groups assembled during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Paper Rolls
1926: Policemen helping to unload rolls of paper for the Argus Press in Tudor Street during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Guarded Bus
6th May 1926: A General Omnibus Company bus leaving the garage under police protection during the Great Strike. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Handing Over Beer
May 1926: Volunteer enginemen exchange greetings and beer on changing over duties at Kings Cross LNER railway station in London, during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

General Strike marchers heading down a London street
May 1926: General Strike marchers heading down a London street. The strike involved union members of key industries, who came out in support of miners resisting lower pay and longer hours

Strike Scenes
1926: An armoured vehicle in a London street used to protect goods deliveries during the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Police In Street
1926: Mounted police clear a street during the General Strike, a time of civil unrest. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Police Canteen
1926: Policemen in the canteen at Scotland Yard, with some of the women who volunteered to work in the canteen during the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Military Coup
10th May 1926: A British armoured tank leaving Wellington Barracks in London on the 8th, and penultimate, day of the General Strike. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

General Strike
April 1926: A crowd of people watch as a burnt out bus is towed away from the Elephant and Castle, London, England, during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Strike Transport
4th May 1926: A steam engined lorry and trailer loaded with City workers at Bank, London during the General Strike. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

General Strike
May 1926: Women engine drivers at work during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Women At Work
December 1926: Lady engine drivers, in light shoes, turn their hand to the coal shovelling on their steam engine whilst a male colleague looks on, during the General Strike

Strike Drivers
December 1926: Two women driving a steam engine in Britain during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Strike Breakers
Railway volunteers at work on railway track during the General Strike of 1926, in which trade union members from various key industries in Britain stopped work for a week in support of the miners

Labour Strike
May 1926: A scene from the General Strike with mounted armed militia riding through the street. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Refreshments
1926: Volunteers on a mobile refreshment stand at the Horse Guards Parade, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

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