Wandsworth Collection (page 5)

Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, London, 1908
Boys making baskets at Linden Lodge Residential School, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 1908. Workshop with boys making baskets and cribs, with completed baskets hanging from the ceiling

Widening of Putney Bridge, London, 1931. View of extensive building works with cranes

The building of the new Chelsea Bridge, London, 1937. Construction of the new bridge in progress, with scaffolding and cranes

Workmen on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921
Workmen using wooden tools on old Chelsea Bridge, London, 1921. Work in progress on the carriageway looking north from Queenstown Road, Battersea, towards the Western Pumping Station

Learner-driver under instruction in a mock-up of tram car cab, London, 1932
Learner-driver under instruction in a mock-up of tram car cab, Wandsworth, London, 1932. An instructor at the Clapham Motor School stands on the bumper of a model of a tram while a driver works

Trams in Balham Car Shed, Wandsworth, London, 1903. Front of the shed with open-topped trams standing partly outside the building

Men working on tramline electricification, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Men at work on interlacing the track near Wandsworth Town Station, by the junction with Alma Road

Overturned electric tram and onlookers, London, 1913
Overturned electric tram and onlookers, Mitcham Lane, London, 1913. London County Council electric tram which has overturned, showing wheel tracks in the road

Laundry work, Tennyson Street School, Battersea, London, 1907. One girl folds clothes on a table while another puts them through a mangle. Behind them a blackboard reads; Folding and mangling

Housewifery, Surrey Lane School, Battersea, London, 1908. A group of girls are busy cleaning the outside of a house used as the domestic economy school

Girls dancing in the assembly hall, Clapham Secondary School, London, 1910

Children in the playground, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. Some of the children are sitting on the ground drawing from nature while others are digging sand in a box

Music lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906
Childrens band, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. A class of infant schoolchildren sit in a circle on the floor while their teacher plays the piano

Motor room, Wandsworth Technical Institute, London, 1937. With a row of cars in various states of completeness

Typewriting room, Balham and Tooting Commercial Institute, London, 1931. Furnished with tables, chairs, and typewriters

Number work, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907. Children, divided into two groups sitting in lines down either side of the hall

Class reading from books, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907. A class full of children sit in rows behind their desks, all reading from books

Children performing a maypole drill, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1906. A group of girls dance around a maypole in the school playground, while other children look on

Sailing barges, Battersea, London, 1906
Sailing barges, Nine Elms Wharf, Battersea, London, 1906. These barges are moored on the River Thames at Messrs AH Lavers wharf looking north

Opening ceremony on Ruislip Street, Totterdown Estate, Wandsworth, London, 1903
Opening ceremony of Totterdown Dwellings by His Majesty the King Edward VIII, Ruislip Street, Totterdown Estate, Wandsworth, London, 1903

Car converted into London County Council ambulance, Wandsworth Depot, 1940. On the side of the car and written on a sign on its roofare the words LCC Ambulance Hackney

Battersea Ambulance Station, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, 1925
Battersea Ambulance Station, Battersea Rise, Wandsworth, London, 1925. A view of the ambulance station from the street with ambulances visible, with two paramedics standing alongside the vehicles

Students attending a conference, Furzedown Training College, London, 1935. A view of the hall from the back, with students listening to the lecturer in the background on the stage

Housewifery students, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Making the beds and cleaning out the bedroom

The ironing room, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students ironing on long tables

The washing room, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students at work in the washing room, washing clothes by hand in basins, with washboards resting against the window

Student teacher in a cookery lesson, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Taking a cookery lesson for children, but under supervision

Art class for female students, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. A line of students in front of their chalkbaords, drawing fleu-de-lys shapes

Domestic chemistry class, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1907. Female students at work in a laboratory

Mechanical laboratory, Battersea Polytechnic, London, 1912

Outside toilet, Belleville Road School, London, 1936. The flushing cistern and toilet with a wooden seat

Swimming class, Lavender Hill Girls School, Bermondsey, London, 1906. A large group of girls pose by the poolside at an indoor swimming pool

Girls with hoops, Lavender Hill Girls School, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Girls performing an exercise drill involving the use of hoops in the school hall

Classroom scene, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907
Spelling lesson, Southfields Infants School, Wandsworth, London, 1907. Children are being taught the formation of the word fish by a teacher

North-west view of the Church of St Nicholas, Tooting, Wandsworth, London, c1800

Back view of Salvadore House Academy, Tooting, Wandsworth, London, 1787. Scene showing parents or guardians with the boys of the academy involved in various activities, including kite flying

View near Putney, with the River Thames in the background, Wandsworth, London, c1850

Church of St Mary, Putney, Wandsworth, London, 1783. Artist: Robert Laurie
Church of St Mary, Putney, Wandsworth, London, 1783. View of the church and the timber bridge over the River Thames, which was replaced by a stone structure in 1886

Bowling Green House, Putney, Wandsworth, London, c1800. View of the residence of Lady Grantham

View of Clapham Manor House and its garden, Clapham, London, c1800

Railway line near Wandsworth Station, London, 1838. Artist: JR Jobbins
Railway line near Wandsworth Station, London, 1838. View showing navvies working on the line. Possibly the Surrey Iron Railway, a narrow guage railway that opened in 1805

Clapham Special Constables dinner, Clapham, London, 1848. Artist: HM Whichelo
Clapham Special Constables dinner, Clapham, London, 1848. Scene showing figures outside marquees

All Saints Church, Wandsworth, London, 1848. Artist: I Shaw
All Saints Church, Wandsworth, London, 1848. View with figures in the street, including three on horseback

The great telescope erected on Wandsworth Common, London, c1853. The telescope was constructed in 1852 by the Reverend John Craig and was the lagest refracting telescope in the world at that time

Wandsworth, London, c1750. East view of Wandsworth, including a windmill, figures and cattle

Riverbank view of Wandsworth, London, c1798. Artist: John William Edy
Riverbank view of Wandsworth, London, c1798. Scene showing figures in front of a windmill and a boat on the River Thames

Staircase at Wandsworth Manor House, St Johns Hill, Wandsworth, London, 1887. Artist
Staircase at Wandsworth Manor House, St Johns Hill, Wandsworth, London, 1887

Garden front of Wandsworth Manor House, St Johns Hill, Wandsworth, London, 1887

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