MPX5124408: Voluteers manning the lost property tent and canteen in Hyde Park on the 9th day of the General Strike. Hyde Park was closed for the duration of the dispute and rapidly transformed into great milk and petrol dump. The General Strike came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and the strike began on 3 May 1926. Millions obeyed the strike call, bringing transport systems to a halt while newspapers were not printed. The government responding by using volunteers to run trains and buses and sent in troops to move supplies from the London docks. There were clashes between police and crowds in many areas and at least 4000 strikers were arrested. There were attacks on buses and trains, including the derailing of the Flying Scotsman. The strike was called off unilaterally by the TUC on 12 May with no guarantees of fair treatment for the miners who fought on to bitter defeat in October, 11th May 1926 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124450: Soldiers parade on Horseguards Parade in London before patrolling the streets on the 10th day of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and the strike began on 3 May 1926. Millions obeyed the strike call, bringing transport systems to a halt while newspapers were not printed. The government responding by using volunteers to run trains and buses and sent in troops to move supplies from the London docks. There were clashes between police and crowds in many areas and at least 4000 strikers were arrested. There were attacks on buses and trains, including the derailing of the Flying Scotsman. The strike was called off unilaterally by the TUC on 12 May with no guarantees of fair treatment for the miners who fought on to bitter defeat in October. 12th May 1926 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124453: Scene at Hammersmith Broadway on the 10th day of the General Strike; showing a man being escorted to the police station after making a disturbance. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and the strike began on 3 May 1926. Millions obeyed the strike call, bringing transport systems to a halt while newspapers were not printed. The government responding by using volunteers to run trains and buses and sent in troops to move supplies from the London docks. There were clashes between police and crowds in many areas and at least 4000 strikers were arrested. There were attacks on buses and trains, including the derailing of the Flying Scotsman. The strike was called off unilaterally by the TUC on 12 May with no guarantees of fair treatment for the miners who fought on to bitter defeat in October. 12th May 1926 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124465: Car park behind Bush House, London two days after the end of the General Strike. The national dispute came about after negotiations between the miners and mine owners failed over wages and the strike began on 3 May 1926. Millions obeyed the strike call, bringing transport systems to a halt while newspapers were not printed. The government responding by using volunteers to run trains and buses and sent in troops to move supplies from the London docks. There were clashes between police and crowds in many areas and at least 4000 strikers were arrested. There were attacks on buses and trains, including the derailing of the Flying Scotsman. The strike was called off unilaterally by the TUC on 12 May with no guarantees of fair treatment for the miners who fought on to bitter defeat in October. 14th May 1926 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images
MPX5124657: The statue of Boudicca (Boadicea) Queen of the Iceni, driving a chariot by Thomas Thorneycroft and positioned at the end of the Victoria Embankment in 1902. Boudicca led a revolt against the Romans in 61 AD. In the background is the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament which houses the clock and 13-ton bell known as Big Ben. The clock, designed by Sir Edmund Beckett, and bell is named after Sir Benjamin Hall, who was Commissioner of Works at the time of their installation in 1859. 16th November 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images