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#ukhistory #LHR #London #WW1 Woolwich Arsenal in South London, nd … since 1671, the Home of the Whopper. Peak employment here occurred during World War One when the arsenal employed 18,000.  Trivia fun: ‘Bombs bursting in air’ were invented by Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842). Undated, unused postcard. View high resolution

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Woolwich Arsenal in South London, nd

… since 1671, the Home of the Whopper. Peak employment here occurred during World War One when the arsenal employed 18,000. 

Trivia fun: ‘Bombs bursting in air’ were invented by Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842).

Undated, unused postcard.

#GWR #ukhistory #railroad #WW1  Great Western Railway, Paddington Station, London, 1918 When male employees of the Great Western were ‘called to the colours’ women were hired to perform some of their duties. Above is one of the refreshment carts at Paddington Station, London, England in 1918. from: GWR Company Servants; Janet K L Russell; 1983; Wild Swan Publications. View high resolution

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Great Western Railway, Paddington Station, London, 1918

When male employees of the Great Western were ‘called to the colours’ women were hired to perform some of their duties. Above is one of the refreshment carts at Paddington Station, London, England in 1918.

from: GWR Company Servants; Janet K L Russell; 1983; Wild Swan Publications.

#London #LHR #transit #bus #sixties London Buses in Oxford Street, 1962 from: Buses, Trolleys and Trams; Chas S Dunbar; 1967; Paul Hamlyn.  View high resolution

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London Buses in Oxford Street, 1962

from: Buses, Trolleys and Trams; Chas S Dunbar; 1967; Paul Hamlyn. 

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starfishpaws:

Petticoat Lane (1903)

I love the man at 1:51 who raises his hat to the camera. And the two boys at 2:25 posing with their arms around each other.

A really nice study of humanity, showing retailing and oratorical techniques. In East London … and generally open on Sunday (hint). Couldn’t get the sound to work(!) - you try. In this era, motion picture cameras were all hand-cranked, requiring very consistent technique. If only they really had sound - imagine the now-vanished accents and expressions.

(Reblogged from starfishpaws)
#England #ukhistory #horse Islington Fire Brigade, 1901 “The picture shows the very smart horse equipment typical of the London borough fire brigades at this date. Soon the petrol engine was to oust the more picturesque horse in this as in other spheres.” from: 100 Years in Pictures; D C Somervell; 1950; Odhams Press, London. Notice how the horses’ hooves are also polished. View high resolution

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Islington Fire Brigade, 1901

“The picture shows the very smart horse equipment typical of the London borough fire brigades at this date. Soon the petrol engine was to oust the more picturesque horse in this as in other spheres.”

from: 100 Years in Pictures; D C Somervell; 1950; Odhams Press, London.

Notice how the horses’ hooves are also polished.

#GM #EMD #London #railroad B12 Export Unit, Built by Electro-Motive, London Right click, open in new tab … to read all the system labels. photo from: Locomotives from London; Peter Cox; 1968; Upper Canada Railway Society View high resolution

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B12 Export Unit, Built by Electro-Motive, London

Right click, open in new tab … to read all the system labels.

photo from: Locomotives from London; Peter Cox; 1968; Upper Canada Railway Society

#EMD #GM #London #railroad Diesel Division, General Motors, London, Ontario GM in London produced a large order of passenger locomotives for Canada’s VIA Rail between 1987 and 1989. This display is the cover from a service publication for these units. View high resolution

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Diesel Division, General Motors, London, Ontario

GM in London produced a large order of passenger locomotives for Canada’s VIA Rail between 1987 and 1989. This display is the cover from a service publication for these units.

#GM #EMD #railroad #London General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario [CANADA TODAY: 60 YEARS OF LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCTION ENDED] This photo shows the plant in the 1960s. The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (manufacturing primarily diesel railroad locomotives) was sold off to private capital firms in 1995. Later the facilities, patents and technology of EMD were purchased by Caterpillar. Today, CAT announced that the plant would be shut down. Earlier, London workers had been locked out for not agreeing to a 50% cut in wages.  History General Motors had a head start into mainline diesel locomotive design just before US wartime production controls began. With advanced diesel engines being needed for the US Navy, GM was able to continue research and development during the war while its competitors were not. Because of Canadian import tariffs in the 1950s … obviously gone since the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, and then NAFTA … GM was at a competitive disadvantage here. Canada’s other two locomotive manufacturers already had plants in Canada, thus ducking most of the tariffs. In 1950, GM built the plant shown above in London to be able to sell large numbers of units in Canada - as steam locomotives were soon to be retired. In addition, ‘export designs’ for Asia etc, Newfoundland narrow gauge, and special Canadian locomotives (think cold climate and light prairie branchline trackage) would later be developed. Trade Policy and its Effects This plant began operating because of Canadian government policies requiring that capital goods used in Canada be manufactured in Canada. After ‘Free Trade’, the plant remained competitive for a while because of the low Canadian dollar - roughly $.65 USD With ‘right to work’ anti-union legislation in Indiana (and another CAT railroad plant in Mexico) and training subsidies from that state … the Canadian workers are no longer required. CAT has excess capacity in a converted heavy manufacturing plant in Muncie where much cheaper labour will do the work. ‘Canada’s’ two largest railways have long since ‘continentalized’, purchasing more assets in the US. Please note: CNR management doesn’t want you to refer to the Canadian National Railway - just call it ‘CN’, please. Shhh. photo from: Locomotives from London; Peter Cox; 1968; Upper Canada Railway Society View high resolution

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General Motors Diesel, Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario

[CANADA TODAY: 60 YEARS OF LOCOMOTIVE PRODUCTION ENDED]

This photo shows the plant in the 1960s. The Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (manufacturing primarily diesel railroad locomotives) was sold off to private capital firms in 1995. Later the facilities, patents and technology of EMD were purchased by Caterpillar. Today, CAT announced that the plant would be shut down. Earlier, London workers had been locked out for not agreeing to a 50% cut in wages. 

History

General Motors had a head start into mainline diesel locomotive design just before US wartime production controls began. With advanced diesel engines being needed for the US Navy, GM was able to continue research and development during the war while its competitors were not.

Because of Canadian import tariffs in the 1950s … obviously gone since the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, and then NAFTA … GM was at a competitive disadvantage here. Canada’s other two locomotive manufacturers already had plants in Canada, thus ducking most of the tariffs.

In 1950, GM built the plant shown above in London to be able to sell large numbers of units in Canada - as steam locomotives were soon to be retired. In addition, ‘export designs’ for Asia etc, Newfoundland narrow gauge, and special Canadian locomotives (think cold climate and light prairie branchline trackage) would later be developed.

Trade Policy and its Effects

This plant began operating because of Canadian government policies requiring that capital goods used in Canada be manufactured in Canada. After ‘Free Trade’, the plant remained competitive for a while because of the low Canadian dollar - roughly $.65 USD

With ‘right to work’ anti-union legislation in Indiana (and another CAT railroad plant in Mexico) and training subsidies from that state … the Canadian workers are no longer required. CAT has excess capacity in a converted heavy manufacturing plant in Muncie where much cheaper labour will do the work.

‘Canada’s’ two largest railways have long since ‘continentalized’, purchasing more assets in the US.

Please note: CNR management doesn’t want you to refer to the Canadian National Railway - just call it ‘CN’, please. Shhh.

photo from: Locomotives from London; Peter Cox; 1968; Upper Canada Railway Society

#ushistory #ukhistory Elizabeth Taylor in London from: Picture Post 1938-50; ed: Tom Hopkinson; 1970; Penguin Books. View high resolution

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Elizabeth Taylor in London

from: Picture Post 1938-50; ed: Tom Hopkinson; 1970; Penguin Books.

#London #ukhistory #map London Map, c.1920 from: The Citizen’s Atlas of the World; ed: John Bartholomew; 1924. The railways and stations of London are shown in black. Right click, open in new tab … to enlarge for your reading pleasure. View high resolution

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London Map, c.1920

from: The Citizen’s Atlas of the World; ed: John Bartholomew; 1924.

The railways and stations of London are shown in black.

Right click, open in new tab … to enlarge for your reading pleasure.