Halifax Stars: The Boxing Clubs of West Yorkshire
Discover the story of these northern English boxing clubs rooted in working-class community life.
Discover the story of these northern English boxing clubs rooted in working-class community life.
The Shell Works in Bootle fulfilled part of a complex process, with most of the production done by the factory’s female workforce.
Unusual and often puzzling surface structures can be found in our cities, towns and countryside.
Mills are a rich and fascinating part of our history. These sleeping giants are a defining feature on the skyline of our industrial landscape, standing as a tangible link to the past.
London is full of visual clues about its rich past. These handsomely rendered architectural details are easy to miss, often hidden away or located high up on buildings.
Historic manhole covers, embedded in pavements and roads across the country, often hide infrastructure systems deep below our streets.
More than three million workers from across Britain downed tools during the nine day strike.
The lives of Victorian mill workers were far from easy. Fines, beatings, maiming and even death, were commonplace.
Discover some of the people, places and heritage of the historic country of Lancashire.
With hundreds of thousands of men away fighting during the Second World War, labour shortages became acute. Women were needed to fill men’s roles.