Digging Collection (page 5)

Construction crew seen here working against the clock to complete the laying of a new twin track at Dairycoates which will allow the transfer from the overhead tracks from which this picture was

Garden in the Citys Heart. A garden is being created on the new roundabout in Whitechapel, Roe Street, Liverpool City Centre

Nuns build a convent. Every moring 18 nuns don aprons over their habits and start building. They are out to build their own chapel, cloisters, choir and cells

Pope John Paul II, tree planting ceremony ahead of Mass at Heaton Park, Manchester, Monday 31st May 1982

Archaeologists digging up a perfectly preserved wooden railway which had lain buried beneath colliery spoil at the site of the former Lambton Cokeworks in Sunderland on 16th October 1996

Lazy summer days. The midday sun sends holidaymakers to sleep on Margate Beach. However one youngster continues to build his sandcastles whilst everbody else has 40 winks. August 1946

Boys and girls taking part in a Communist Youth labour camp in former Yugoslavia. They were working on a river project. Date: 1963

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

Labourer Mr Idris Silman takes a break, Tredegar, Wales
Mr Idris Silman, a manual labourer, takes a short break while digging up the road in Tredegar, South Wales. He sits on the raised pavement with his shovel. The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 2
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Alfred Gee, one-man coal mine, Cheshire - 1
Alfred Gee working his one-man coal drift mine in Cheshire, England. Mr Gee did not wear a miners helmet, and used a carbide (acetylene) lamp in the mine Date: 1971

Miner at coal face -1
Coal miner working underground at the coalface of Acres Nook private coal mine, near, Kidsgrove, Staffordshire England. The mine closed in 1991. First published The Sunday Correspondent Date: 1990

Yellowstone National Park, a grizzly bear sow digs in the grass with her cub

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) digging in snow, Kamchatka, Far east Russia, January

The Vale of Rest, 1858-1859, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
The Vale of Rest, 1858-1859, (c1902). After a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Subtitled, Where the weary find repose

Yellowhead jawfish (Opistognathus aurifrons) spitting out sand as it digs its burrow. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea

Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus) digging, Tasmania, Australia

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Dredging a Ditch, 1886. Creator: Erik Werenskiold
Dredging a Ditch, 1886

Winter at Norrebro, 1912-1913. Creator: Peter Rostrup Boyesen
Winter at Norrebro, 1912-1913

Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Boys digging for potatoes(?) in field, 1901. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pa. Boys digging for potatoes(?) in field, 1901

Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Miners at work on the Mesabi Range in northeast Minnesota, 1903

Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with mud on beak after digging burrow, Great saltee Island, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland

Clamming brown bear reflected at low tide along Cook Inlet

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Potato digging machines Moorhead Minnesota USA early 1900s

WW1 Training Lord Kitchener's Army, trench digging

WW2 Birthday Card, Digging Up Good Luck!
A WW2 birthday greetings card, Getting down to it and digging up a bumper crop of good luck for your birthday. The illustration portrays a boy digging up some horseshoes beside a black cat

WW2 Birthday Card, Digging For Victory
A WW2 birthday greetings card, Hoping you're full of beans and digging for victory! The image shows a man carrying his fork and rake towards the allotment of good wishes. Date: circa 1940s

A family taking their summer holiday on the South Coast of England - seated in deckchairs on the beach, the couple's young baby havig great fun digging in the sand. Date: 1936

WW2, Digging For Victory
An illustration of a young boy helping with the Digging For Victory campaign set up by the British Ministry of Agriculture to encourage civilians to grow their own food during times of harsh

Villegiature
This sketch displays a scene in which an elderly man is standing in a hole that he has started digging, speaking with a larger gentleman above him

Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret playing in a sandpit
Princesses Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) (1926-) and Margaret (1930-2002), daughters of the Duke and Duchess of York playing in a sandpit at St

Henry III granting licence to dig coal in 1234. Different historical moments when coal was first noted to be used. The King is seen here giving permission to men in Newcastle to dig coal

Springbok Hunting, South Africa
Various depictions of the process of Springbok hunting by Bushmen in South Africa. We see their camps, lookout spots, methods of using bow and arrow or dogs, stalking ostriches

Advert, Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools
Advert, Messrs Burgess and Key, wholesale agents for Parkes steel digging forks and draining tools Date: 1856

Women Digging for Coal during 1912 Miners Strike
The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main aim was securing a minimum wage

Henry V - after the battle. 1862

The Curse: Adam is digging in the ground, assisted by Death.. Handcolored engraving by Chretien de Mechel from Hans Holbein's The Triumph of Death

Disruption extending the entire length of Haymarket, Piccadilly, London, closed until September. Date: August 1928

Royal visit to Leicester - planting oak tree in Abbey Park
Prince and Princess of Wales (later Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark), opening the new Abbey Park by planting a young oak tree, on Whit Monday. Date: June 1882

PLAGUE OF LONDON 1665
Bodies are brought out of the city in carts and buried in pits dug for the purpose during the Great Plague of London Date: 1665

Labour digging up a narrow road for repairs on a burst waterpipe in London. Date: 1901

Laying big main water pipes, Southwark and Vauxhall 1900
Photograph showing engineers and assistants lifting up heavy large circular piping with a crane ready to be put underground, in the streets of South London

Study for The Vale of Rest (w/c, gouache & gum arabic on paper)
5890678 Study for The Vale of Rest (w/c, gouache & gum arabic on paper) by Millais, John Everett (1829-96); 13.3x20.9 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Graveyard scene at twilight)

Work: Workman with Carnation in his Mouth, 1852-65 (oil on canvas) (see also 198054 & 100701)
MAN63030 Work: Workman with Carnation in his Mouth, 1852-65 (oil on canvas) (see also 198054 & 100701) by Brown, Ford Madox (1821-93); Manchester Art Gallery, UK; (add.info.: Navvies laying a drain)

Two Sockeye / Red Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), female digging riverbed to lay eggs on spawning ground. Trees showing autumnal colours, Adams river, British Columbia, Canada. October

Red legged spider wasp (Episyron rufipes) digging nesting tunnel in sand. Oxfordshire, England, UK. July

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"Digging: Unearthing the Essence of Hard Work and Resilience" When Adam delved and Eve span, they laid the foundation for human perseverance through digging. "A Miner Success" by Bruce Bairnsfather, a poignant WW1 cartoon that captures the grit and determination of those who toiled underground. "The Flemish Proverbs, " an oil on canvas masterpiece depicting the wisdom gained from digging deep into life's experiences. From the depths of soil to hidden tunnels, the Common Mole teaches us about persistence in its relentless pursuit underground. In England, February saw roadside drainage ditches reclaimed from overgrowth with the help of a powerful JCB digger - a testament to human ingenuity in restoring order. During WWII, "Dig for Victory" posters inspired communities to cultivate their own food by digging up every inch of available land. Two miners navigating narrow coal seams in South Wales exemplify teamwork and bravery amidst challenging conditions below ground. A farmer harnessing a team of working horses ploughs a field, showcasing how traditional methods rooted in digging continue to shape agriculture today. The precision required when digging golf bunkers demands skillful hands and strategic thinking on lush green fairways worldwide. Mechanical diggers revolutionized construction projects as they dug deeper foundations for towering structures that define modern skylines globally. Hamsters find solace in sand as they tirelessly dig burrows - reminding us that even small creatures can teach valuable lessons about perseverance and finding comfort within ourselves. WW2 witnessed cans being recycled in East Ham, London; each act symbolizing how even seemingly insignificant efforts can contribute towards larger causes during times of war.