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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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Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike Tram Novice

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: London Bus

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Baton Charge

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Colliery

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Special Constable

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Arriving Soldier

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike Mounted Police at the Elephant and Castle

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike Bicycle Traffic

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Smithfield Meat Marke Barricade

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Volunteer Workers

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: A free get you home car in Eaton Square London

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Red Cross Volunteers

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Back To Work A group of railwaymen outside Liverpool Street Station

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Scotland Yard Strike Tea

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Volunteer Guards

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Lorry Strike Driver

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Voluntary Porter

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Kings Cross Station Volunteers

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Carrying On

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Miners Return

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Cranking Up

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Sailors Unloading

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Hyde Park Troops

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Anti-Strike

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: From The Docks

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Volunteers At Work

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Sorting Mail

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Cooker

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Volunteers Unloading

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Old Bus

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Omnibus Depot

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Volunteers

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Paper Rolls

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Guarded Bus

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Handing Over Beer

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike marchers heading down a London street

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Scenes

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Police In Street

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Police Canteen

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Military Coup

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Transport

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)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Women At Work

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Drivers

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Breakers

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Labour Strike

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Refreshments

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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Volunteer Drivers

Volunteer Drivers
May 1926: Civilians who have volunteered to be drivers during the General Strike gathered for a briefing in Horse Guard Parade. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Railway Workers

Railway Workers
1926: A group of volunteers working on the railway during the General Strike. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: St Pancras Strike

St Pancras Strike
May 1926: Striking railwaymen at St Pancras Station in London, during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Patrolling Crowds

Patrolling Crowds
1926: Police patrol onlookers on a London street during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Volunteer Attacked

Volunteer Attacked
1926: Strikers attacking a volunteer worker at Kings Cross during the General Strike. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strikers Game

Strikers Game
May 1926: A group of miners passing the time with a game of cards outside Prestonpans Colliery, East Lothian, during industrial action at the time of the General Strike

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Protected Bus

Protected Bus
1926: A London bus protected against attack during the General Strike with wire mesh over the windscreen and boarded up side windows. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strikers March

Strikers March
1926: Strikers on a march during the General Strike which was organized by the Trade Union Congress in support of the miners strike to resist wage cuts. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: End Of Work

End Of Work
May 1926: A volunteer engine driver bidding farewell to the station master after the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Milk Depot

Milk Depot
1926: Volunteers load milk churns from a central collection point in Hyde Park, London during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Sifting Coal

Sifting Coal
May 1926: Volunteers working in a coal mine in Preston 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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Milk Pool

Milk Pool
May 1926: Volunteers load milk churns from a central collection point in Hyde Park, London during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Food Convoy

Food Convoy
May 1926: An armed convoy of food supplies escorted by troops and police, makes its way through London during the 1926 General Strike. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Coal Rations

Coal Rations
May 1926: Boys bring home the family coal rations from a colliery near Edinburgh, during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: London Traffic

London Traffic
May 1926: Traffic on one of Londons bridges during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Loading Coal

Loading Coal
May 1926: Volunteers working in a coal mine 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

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Safetys Sake

Safetys Sake
May 1926: A police officer rides with volunteer bus drivers during the General Strike of 1926. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Military Convoy

Military Convoy
May 1926: A convoy of supplies escorted by an armoured car, and lorry-load of steel-helmeted troops, making its way through the City of London during the 1926 General Strike

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Barbed Bus

Barbed Bus
May 1926: A police officer rides with volunteer bus drivers during the General Strike of 1926. Barbed wire across the bonnet gives added protection against attack

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Riding Shotgun during the General Strike

Riding Shotgun during the General Strike
6th May 1926: A policeman rides beside a volunteer bus driver during the General Strike. There is barbed wire round the bonnet to stop strikers getting at the driver of the bus which belongs to

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Over

Strike Over
14th May 1926: Mounted and foot police clearing the streets before the first tram left the New Cross depot at the end of the General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: All Rounders

All Rounders
8th May 1926: Sailors feeding the boilers at Neasden Power Station during the General Strike. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Coal Scrounging

Coal Scrounging
1st May 1926: Young children with their sacks, scrounging in the coal yard for odd pieces of coal which fall from vans at Kings Cross, London during the General Strike. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Coal For Fires

Coal For Fires
8th May 1926: Sailors and students working at Neasden Power Station during the General Strike. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Motor Spirit

Motor Spirit
15th May 1926: Volunteers collecting cans of petrol from the dump in Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: The Great Strike

The Great Strike
10th May 1926: Volunteers unloading ships at Hays Wharf, London Bridge, during the 1926 General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Volunteers

Strike Volunteers
3rd May 1926: A crowd of volunteers in the forecourt of Londons Foreign Office, during the General Strike. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: General Strike

General Strike
7th May 1926: An independent bus driver drives a vehicle with barricaded windows to protect him from attack, during the British General Strike of 1926

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Labour

Strike Labour
10th May 1926: A replacement workforce at Hayes Wharf, London Bridge unload sacks of bacon on the seventh day of the General Strike

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Scene

Strike Scene
10th May 1926: Two fully manned armoured cars used to protect envoys arriving from the docks during the General Strike. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Crisis

Strike Crisis
3rd May 1926: A convoy of Scots Guards troops arriving in Hyde Park in London during the General Strike, called for by the Trades Union Congress

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Breaker

Strike Breaker
18th May 1926: An LGOC bus being driven in London by a volunteer driver with a police escort during the General Strike, May 1926. (Photo by Davis Snr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Sailors Truck

Sailors Truck
5th May 1926: Sailors arriving on the back of a truck to start strike duty during Britains General Strike of May 1926. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Clearing The Streets

Clearing The Streets
14th May 1926: Mounte and foot police clearing the streets before the first tram leaves the New Cross depot, London, after the general strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Strike Breaking

Strike Breaking
8th May 1926: Sailors unload provisions from a lorry guarded by soldiers as they man the power station at Neasden during the General Strike. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageGeneral Strike 3rd to 12 May, 1926 Collection: Sailors At Neasden

Sailors At Neasden
8th May 1926: Sailors keeping the engine room going at Neasden power station during the general strike. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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