Tag: Labour history Records and researchOnce British Always British: Stories of Indian and Yemeni sailors in Britain in the 1920sThursday 11 March 2021In April and May this year The National Archives will be launching two new...Records and researchCoal, cricket and the camera: The photographs of Reverend F W CobbFriday 3 January 2020This is a story of how new and fascinating information about our collections can...Records and researchEarly Trade Unions and the Combination LawsThursday 27 June 2019The concept of a trade union, or a body of workers joining together to...Records and researchWomen in engineering in the First World WarThursday 23 June 2016For National Women in Engineering Day, we aim to highlight some of the achievements...Records and research‘Maimed and not fit for manual labour’?Tuesday 9 February 2016Employment schemes, employment bureaux within hospitals and training made available form a lens through...Records and researchStriking women: labour unrest among First World War female workersThursday 8 October 2015On 30 September 1916 ‘between 2,000 and 3,000 of the women employees of the Lancaster...