
4 0 c m
33cm
actual image size: 25cm x 32cm
Description
Women railway workers obscuring gas lamps at the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's Horwich works, Greater Manchester. During the First World War many women were called to work to replace the men who were serving overseas. Women worked in many areas including on the railways, on the buses and in munitions factories. LYR offical photograph.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10321665
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