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Painting Queen Elizabeth 2, Clydebank, 1967
Photograph of two workmen painting the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 at the shipyard of John Brown & Company, Clydebank.
Queen Elizabeth 2 under construction, 1967
Photograph of three quarter bow view of the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, with ship worker in foreground, taken from west side of dock during construction at the shipyard of John Brown and Company, Clydebank
Aerial view of Queen Elizabeth 2 under construction on Clydebank, 1967
Photograph of aerial view of the Cunard liner RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 under construction at the shipyard of John Brown and Company, Clydebank.
Miners and piper, Monktonhall Colliery, c 1980
Photograph of miners standing either side of a young piper positioned in front of one of the winding towers at Monktonhall Colliery. The miners appear to be in a celebratory mood.
Workers on pier of Forth Bridge during construction, 1884
Photograph of workers gathered on the base of south west pier of the Forth (Rail) Bridge during construction
Forth Bridge workers on mooring block, 1885
Photograph of workmen standing on a 30 tonne mooring block used in the construction of the Forth (Rail) Bridge
Miners' houses, Lanarkshire, c 1950
Photograph of row of miners' houses at Auchengeich near the village of Chryston in North Lanarkshire.
Miners' houses, Lanarkshire, c 1950
Photograph of row of miners' houses at Auchengeich near the village of Chryston in North Lanarkshire.
Co-op store, Brigend, c 1950
Photograph of shop of the Coatbridge Cooperative Society Ltd in Brigend near village of Chryston in Lanarkshire.