Working History
This collection reflects the historic trade and industry of the city through tools and workshop treasures, from clocks to wheelwrights to ballet shoe-making.
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The 1889 London dockers’ & tailors’ strikes
When workers from two key local industries – tailoring and the docks – fought for better pay and working conditions
Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers
Chimney sweeps’ soot-stained past
Brush up on the history of a trade that once sent children climbing into danger
Science & Technology
Science & Technology
How the telegraph took off in Victorian London
This invention marked the beginning of instant messaging – and standardised time
