LevelItem
Ref NoOBS/6/9/3/1/1/I
TitleGeneral subject negatives - I
Datec1964-c1987
Extent4 boxes
Creator NameThe Observer Limited; Picture Desk; Observer Picture Library
DescriptionBox 1:
Asians (underpaid farm workers): 3 September 1976 (by Mike Wells)
Immigration - Heathrow Airport: 2 November 1979 (by John Hodder)
Immigrants - Asian Immigrants from Kenya at Heathrow: 2 March 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
Immigrants - Asian Immigrants leaving Nairobi: 2 March 1968 (by Marion Kaplan)
Immigrants - Working in Industry: 14 March 1969 (by Jack Hickes)
Immigrants - Working in Industry: 20 Match 1969 (by David Newell Smith)
Immigrants - Meeting held by National Federation of Pakistani Associations: 18 April 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
Immigrants - Indian and Pakistani immigrants at London Airport after being refused permision to stay her: 30 December 1967 (by David Nwell Smith)
Muslims in Bradford - Mosque power struggle: 22 August 1980 (by Arthur Foster)
Ugandan Asians in [Austria]: 24 November 1972 (by David Newell Smith)
Immigration - Pakistani immigrants in scuffle with Police: 10 February 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
Immigrants - Pro Immigrant Committee of Leicester: 1 June 1968 (by Paul Hill)
Immigrants - Indian Workers Assocations elections, Southall, Middlesex: 19 April 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Immigrants Advice Bureau: 26 April 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Asian immigrants living in Birmingham: 17 February 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Immigrants - Asian immigrants from Kenya: 1 March 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Immigrants - Asian immigrants from Kenya at Heathrow Airport: 2 March 1968 (by Mike Stroud)
Immigrants - Asian immigrants from Kenya at Heathrow Airport: 24 February 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
Immigrants - Asian immigrants from kenya - Passport picture: 1 March 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Immigrants in Wolverhampton: 6 September 1969 (by Joh Haynes)
Industry: Pimm's factory, Hackney: 21 November 1969 (by Chris Smith)
Industry: Glass Making and Blowing - Langham, Norfolk: 4 March 1982 (by Ian Bradshaw)
Industry - Asbestos cement pipes and corrugated sheets: 26 August 1982 (by Sue Adler)
Laburnum Mill - Athwrton: 29 August 1980 (by Sue Adler)
Industry - Chemical Gas Processing at Shell, Moss Morran Plant, Fife: April 1985 (by David Liddle)
Industry - Chemical - Shell - Moss Morran Gas Liquid Plant - Fife: 19 April 1985 (by Murdo Macleod)
Industry - Construction: £1.5 million pipeline at Dulbverton: 17 August 1984 (by John Hodder)
Industry - Lymeswold Cheese Facrory, Cannington, Somerset: 30 October 1982 (by Nick Rogers)
Industry - NCB: 30 May 1987 (by Jed Murray)
Industry - watchmakers: 19 January 1983 (by Steve Mc[Mullian])
Industry - lampost manufacturer in Darlington: 4 August 1983 (by Sue Adler)

Box 2:
Bristol - Unemployment: 18 February 1959 (by Jane Bown)
Bristol - Unemployed - Aircraft Factory: 18 Febraury 1959 (by Jane Bown)
Poppy Factory: c.1959 (by Jane Bown)
Unemployed - Belfast: 26 February 1959 (by Kerry Dundas)
Strikes - Hardy Spice Dispute: 3 October 1964 (by Tom Smith)
Strikes and Disputes - Stockport Union meeting: 4 March 1967 (by ray Green)
Strikes - Ford Dispute - Shop Stewards: 4 October 1974 (by David Newell Smith)
Strikes - Miners 'Stay down', Coventry: 29 August 1964 (by Colin Jones)
Strikes - Pilkington Glass Factory: 16 may 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Strikes - Pilkington Glass Factory workers who struck for 2 months, secret ballot: 14 May 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
Strikes - Pilot's Strike: British Airline Pilots Association Union meeting - deciding whether or not to strike: 17 February 1968 (by Mike Stroud)
Strikes - Pilot's Strike: B.O.A.C at London Airport: 9 December 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
Strikes - Heathrow - British Airway's Ticket Strike: 1 Febraury 1975 (by Anthony Vincent)
Strikes - Ford Strikers - Halewood: September 1975 (by Ray Green)
Strikes - Ford Strikers - Halewood: 21 February 1969 (by David Newell Smith)
Strikes - Ford Strikers - Dagenham: 28 February 1969 (by Neil Libbert)
Strikes - Ford Talks, c.i. Barbara Castle, Les Cannon and Hugh Scanlon: 15 March 1969 (by Tony McGrath)
Industry - Nissan Car Factory, Tyne & Wear: 10 April 1986 (by Alan Glenwright)
Rolls Royce, Derby - Meeting between represenattives of ASTMS: 5 February 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Rolls Royce, Derby: Meeting between representatives of ASTMS & Philip Whitehead, M.P for Derby
Rolls Royce, Glasgow: Workers leaving the factory after the announcement of the 'Receiver's' appointment: 6 February 1971 (by George Wilkie)
Strikes - G.P.O Strike - Private Postal Service: 23 January 1971 (by david Newell Smith)
Strikes - G.P.O Strike - Pickets: 12 January 1971 (by Bryn Campbell)
Strikes - Vauxhall Motors, Luton - Women working on the final assembly line: 9 February 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
Strikes - Vickers Armstrong Factory at Brooklands, Nr. Weybridge: 24 July 1964 (by David Newell Smith)
Industry - Whisky Distilling in Capbelltown, including Mike Smith: 9 December 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Whisky Factory, Scotland - December 1962 (by Gerry Cranham)
Strikes - Rush at the Post Offices before the commencement of the strike: 16 January 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Strikes - G.P.O Strike - Empty Telephone Exchange: 23 January 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Post Office - Line Picket outside Faraday House: 30 January 1971 (by Tony McGrath)
Post Office Strike - Mount Pleasant Post Office: 11 July 1964 (by John Hopkins)
Post Office Strike - c.i. Lionel Andrews by phone (Deputy General Secretary), Fred Moss sleeping (General Treasurer): 17 July 1964 (by David Newell Smith)
Post Office Strike: 11 July 1964 (by Jackie Mackay)
Post Office Strike - Engineers: June 1961 (by Stuart Heydinger)
Railway 'Go Slow' for more money, taken at Waterloo Station: 28 June 1968 (David Newell Smith)
Railway 'Go Slow' for more money. passengers at Cannon Street Station: 28 June 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Railway 'Go Slow' over dispute between ASLEF and NUR unions: 2 December 1967 (by Chris Smith)
Railway Strike - St. Pancras Station: 20 October 1967 (by Bryn Campbell)
Electricty workers strike - People in the Kings Road buying candles: 10 December 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Strike at Foyles bookshop: 21 May 1965 (by Tom Smith)
Industry - Spaghetti Factory - Pasta Foods in Great Yarmouth: 28 March 1975 (by Chris Smith)
Industry - Disputes - Trico Co. Strike for equal pay: 9 July 1976
British Leyland Advisory Team meeting with unions and shop stewards: 7 February 1975
AUEW officials at ACAS, Page Street on British Leyland dispute (see Wedgewood Benn)
Bank Strike - Pictures taken in South Wales: 25 November 1967 (by Ieuan Davis)
BEA Strike: 5 June 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
BEA Strike Meeting: 11 June 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
GEC / English Electrical factories' dispute in Liverpool, c.i. Anthony Wedgewood Benn, Jack Scamp and Arnold Qeinstock: 19 September 1969 (by Neil Libbert)
Industry - Electrical - Toaster Testing, Russell Hobbs: 23 February 1984 (by Sue Adler)
Industry - Glue - Bostil Glue, Leicester: 16 December 1982 (by Neil Libbert)
Industry - 1 unlabelled set (depicts car factory)
Industry - Shoe Manufacturer - Equity Shoe Factory and Cooperative, Leicester: 27 July 1983 (by Sue Adler)
Industry - Pharmaceutical - Glasco Laboratories: 6 March 1987 (by Michael Steel)
Carreras Rothmans Ltd, Factory at Basildon: 20 September 1963 (by David Newell Smith)
Brick making factory, Bedfordshire
General Electricity, work to rule - No street lights in London: 10 December 1970
General Strike against the Industrial Relations Bill, Headlines of the 'Morning Star': 4 December 1970 (by Neil Libbert)
B.M.C Workers: nd (by Paul Hill)
Underpaid workers - Greater Manchester: 10 May 1985 (by Jed Murray)

Box 3:
British Alumnium - Smeltering Plant - Invergorden, Scotland: 2 January 1982 (by Steve MacMillan)
Industry - ‘B’ - ‘Back Britian’ campaign - The girls who originated the campaign by volunteering to work 1/2 hour extra: 20 January 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Industry - Occupation at Plessey’s Bathgate Plant: 27 February 1982 (by David Liddle)
Industry - Chemical - ICI Petrochemical Wilton - Teeside: [March 1974, by Ian Cook]
Industry - Printing - Factory - WRP Printing Plant presses at Runam: 27 September 1985 (by David Mansell)
Railway Strike over the Stretford Freight Terminal, c.i. Ted Bowers (strike leader): 23 June 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
First Racial Strikes at Loughborough: 30 January 1972 (by Tony McGrath)
Renold Chain factory Strike of 500 women: 10 january 1969 (by David Newell Smith)
TGWU Strike - Demonstration: 8 January 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
CADCO factory: 2 December 1966 (by Tony McGrat
BMG Works, Birmingham: 5 March 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
Fords: 26 February 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
B.M.C. factory: 16 September 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
Industry: 8 May 1978 (by Steve Benbow)
Allied Breweries: 30 November 1963 (by Colin Jones)
AEI Factory at Woolwich due for closure: 16 February 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
Labour dispute - Dunlop picket by workers from Speke: 19 April 1979 (by Nobby Clark)
Industry - Labour Disputes - G: TGWU members picketingGarebers Steak Houses in dispute over union recognition: 25 March 1978 (by Neil Libbert)
Industry - Labour disputes - M - Murray strike (Tunnel workers), c.i. Jim Duffy: 28 September 1977 (by Eamonn McCabe)
Rock bolting as a means of mine roof support: October 1992
Strikes - Rootes group strike meeting: November 1961 (by Patrick Ward)
G.K.N Sankey workers: September 1970 (by Paul Hill)
Rubbish - due to strike in Scotland: 26 October 1974 (by David Liddle)
Stablelads strike at Newmarket: 3 May 1975 (by David Newell Smith)
Schools Action union strike - Four of the pupils from Kingsdale Comprehensive School, Dulwich, who have been suspended for striking: 21 January 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Trawlermen - strike-bound trawlers at Hull: 3 April 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
Trawlermen - Hull - Shows strikers taunting ‘blackleg’ trawlermen on a ship returning to port; idle ships; strike meeting: 26 February 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Underground strike meeting: 13 March 1965 (by Colin Jones)
Seamens strike: 20 May 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
Seamens strike - Dover Car Ferry: 21 May 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
Independent inquiry into shipping strike: 4 June 1966 (by David Newell Smith)
Miners Strike, South Wales: 29 May 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
Teachers Strike: 18 November 1973 (by David Newell Smith)
Newspaper dispute: 3 July 1959 (by Peter Keen)
B.M.C strike: 28 August 1965 (by Peter Boyce)
Bus strike at four garages: 12 October 1963 (by Colin Jones)
Building workers meeting: 22 August 1963 (by Colin Jones)
Strontium ‘90’ Machine: 9 May 1959 (by Peter Keen)
Car strike: 20 January 1960 (by Peter Keen)
Chobham Farm - Container dispute: 15 June 1972 (by Ian Cook)
Container strike at Chobham Farm: 25 May 1972 (by Neil Libbert)
Clean-up in Barkeley Square: 7 November 1970 (by Tony McGrath)
Coneygre Foundry workers strike, Tipton, Staffs: 29 April 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
Council workers strike in Whitechapel High Street: 10 October 1970 (by Anthony Prime)
Industry - Labour dispute - Strikers on picket duty at Grunwick film processingL 4 November 1976 (by Tony McGrath)
Dockers go back to work at Llanelli: 11 August 1972 (by Ieuan Davies)
Strike pickets - Derby and Son Limited, Bradford: 18 September 1964 (by Colin Jones)
Dockers on strike in protest against imprisonment of 5 docks: 21 July 1972 (by John Hodder)
Dock strike - Liverpool Dock strike: 21 October 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
National dock strike - Movement of Cargo by air at Marston, Kent: 25 July 1970 (by Peter Powell)
London dockers strike meeting: 15 September 1967 (by Tony McGrath)
National dock strike - Meeting of Ministry of Labour - c.i. Vic Feather and Robert Carr: 11 July 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Dustmen’s strike - London: 4 October 1969 (by Neil Libbert)
Dustmen’s strike - Rubbish around the streets of London: 4 December 1970
Electricty strike - London without lights: 10 December 1970 (by Ian Cook)
Industry - Strikes - TUC day of action over GCHQ: nd (by Ben Gibson)
Textile Industry: Titanic Mill, Colne Valley: 25 March 1978 (by Daniel Meadows)
Textile Industry - Colliery banner repair workshop: 5 December 1986 (by Allan Glenwright)

Box 4:
Industry - Trade Unions - TUC: 5 December 1984 (by David Mansell)
Industry - Trade Unions - TGWU - Moss Evans Press Conference over TGWU ballot rigging: 19 April 1985 (by John Russell)
Industry - Trade Union - Miners Banners, Durham: nd (by Allan Glenwright)
British Steel: 9 September 1978
British Steels 'Anchor' Project - Scunthorpe: 24 September 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Costa Brave Wine Co: December 1960 (by Kerry D[undas])
Steel Workers Strikes: 3 April 1980 (by Lorrie Graham)
Port Talbot Steel Works: 14 January 1967 (by Ieuan Davies)
Candle Factory: c.1959 (by Jane Bown)
Sales and Service company of Jospeh Lucas Ltd: 1 June 1971 (by David Newell Smith)
Electricty - P - Pencon Plugs: 22 January 1980
Ford's of Dagenham: 31 August 1972 (by David Newell Smith)
Insects - Bee Keeping - Apiarist's at Chalfont St. Peter: 14 July 1973 (by Neil Libbert)
British Bee Keeping Association - centenery at Maidenhead: 25 May 1974 (by Neil Libbert)
Insects - Butterflies: nd (by Peter Keen)
Insects - Locusts: 21 February 1975 (by David Newell Smith)
Insects - Moths: 27 October 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
Wasps destroying a coen crop: nd (by Niel Doull-Connolly)
Ivory Tusks: 21 April 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
System Of ArrangementAlphabetical -
Access StatusOpen
FormatPhotograph

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