The National Dock Labour Board was set up in 1947 to find a solution to the prevailing casual labour system in Britain's ports. Its two aims were to ensure that dock work was undertaken only by ...
Cotman painted this romantic scene of rustic domestic life at the Black Boy Inn at Hurley on Thames. It shows a farmer (posed by the inn keeper) returning home for his meal, while his horse leans ...
The King's Regiment was one of Britain's oldest regiments with a straight, direct lineage. Created in 1685 as the Princess Anne of Denmark’s Regiment, it became the King’s (Liverpool) Regiment in 1881 ...