This week's Sepia
Saturday prompt photograph features a group of workmen emerging from a tunnel, with bloggers being asked to follow a theme of "Down".
Down tools for these Greek workmen, taking a break - my husband encountered this group whilst on holiday in
1971 and when he took a photograph, they wanted some money!

Arthur Stuart Ingram Smith
(1908-1979) was my cousin's father, here emerging from down under a manhole cover, during his work as a linesman for the General Post Office in Blackpool, Lancashire.

Sitting down is my grandfather William Danson (1885-1962) of Poulton-e-Fylde, Lancashire. He worked as a general labourer at the ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries) Works at nearby Thornton,. Was there a reason why he was given pride of place here?

Bending down - men
working with the heavy machinery in the textile mill in Earlston in
the Scottish Borders. From the mid -19th century through to 1969, the
mill was the chief employer and main stay of the
local economy.

Coming down - Steeplejacks climbing the mill chimney at Simpson and Fairbairn Textile Mill in Earlston, Scottish Borders - early 1900s.
More bending down by these sheep shearers, hard at work in Earlston in th Scottish Borders where I live.

Staff
and visitors at Earlston
Railway Station, c.1920, posed in front of, not a tunnel, but the station footbridge. The
Berwickshire Railway reached Earlston in the Scottish Borders in
1863, but following severe flooding in 1948, the line only continued
with freight traffic not passengers and was finally closed in 1965.
Earlston photographs courtesy of the Auld Earlsotn Heritage Group
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Did your husband pay them for posting? Lots of downs here.
ReplyDeleteGreat way to look for those "down"! And mostly hard working men no less! Thanks for posting a SS again!
ReplyDeleteMany different forms of "down" here - and cleverly pulled from your collection of photos to meet the prompt. :)
ReplyDeleteSome great matches for the theme
ReplyDeleteVery clever! I liked the steeplejacks photo because I've been a fan of Fred Dibnah's videos for several years. That kind of up and down work takes real courage and great skill!
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