Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West 03-11-2017

Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West 03-11-2017

Rosharon, Texas, USA Cambodian immigrant farmers living in poor conditions more than two months afer Hurricane Harvey swept through southeast Texas. Im Vanthan, 76, is living in a makeshift tent after... © Jim West 03-11-2017

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Group tour Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Death Row Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West 13-07-2015

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West 13-07-2015

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West 13-07-2015

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West 13-07-2015

Group tour Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Death Row Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation. © Jim West 13-07-2015

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 after housing 13,500 inmates in its 80 years of operation © Jim West 13-07-2015

Gas chamber Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West 13-07-2015

Exercise yard Wyoming Frontier Prison USA the former State Penitentiary closed in 1981 © Jim West 13-07-2015

The National Mining Museum Scotland, on the site of Lady Victoria Colliery in Newtongrange, Midlothian. The pit ceased production in 1981. © Philip Wolmuth 15-08-2013

Rusting hulk of a cargo ship, port Muelle de Los Marmoles, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. The Temple Hall was built at the Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd in Dundee. In 1969 Temple Hall was re-... © Jess Hurd 05-01-2013

Peace protestor Connie Picciotto, protest camp against nuclear weapons, outside the White House since 1981 © Howard Davies 31-05-2006

Peace protestor Connie Picciotto, protest camp against nuclear weapons, outside the White House since 1981 © Howard Davies 31-05-2006

Detail of stainless steel gates in The Great Hall, Winchester. The gates were designed and made by Anthony Robinson as a gift from the people of Hampshire to commemorate the marriage of the Prince and... © Paul Carter 17-03-1999

Stainless steel gates in The Great Hall, Winchester. The gates were designed and made by Anthony Robinson as a gift from the people of Hampshire to commemorate the marriage of the Prince and Princess... © Paul Carter 17-03-1999

Youth on the site of the demolished KME factory on the edge of the Kirkby, an area of high unemployment, poverty, multiple deprivation and dependency on welfare. Much of the site is polluted with toxi... © John Harris 03-11-1986

Vigil by the Polish community in protest at martial law in Poland, London 1982, brought in by General Jaruzelski in 1981 to try to crush dissent against the Stalinist regime. Crosses represent workers... © NLA 11-11-1982

London 1982 Lambeth direct labour council workers protest against government cuts and privatisation of services © NLA 04-02-1982

The Stock Exchange, City of London 1981 © NLA 16-12-1981

THe Stock Exchange, City of London 1981 © NLA 16-12-1981

Protest against martial law in Poland, Polish Embassy, London 1981, introduced by General Jaruzelski in an attempt to crush political opposition © NLA 13-12-1981

Train accident, Seer Green, Buckinghamshire 1981, caused when a driver stopped to clear a fallen tree across the line after heavy snowfall and another train crashed into the first, killing one driver... © Peter Arkell 11-12-1981

A car on slippy roads as Southern UK covered in snow, 1981 © Peter Arkell 11-12-1981

Peter Tatchell, Bermondsey byelection Labour Party Press conference, 1981 to support their candidate Peter Tatchell (C) after he was denounced by Michael Foot for allegedly supporting extra-parliament... © NLA 07-12-1981

Peter Tatchell, Bermondsey byelection Labour Party Press conference, 1981 to support their candidate Peter Tatchell after he was denounced by Michael Foot for allegedly supporting extra-parliamentary... © NLA 07-12-1981

Dentists at work, London, 1981 © NLA 01-12-1981

Funeral of 12 year old Carol Ann Kelly 1981, shot in the head and killed by a plastic bullet fired by a British soldier. Kelly was one of eleven children, this small boy cries as they stood at the gra... © David Mansell 01-12-1981

Lionel Bart 1981, memorial service for Jessie Matthews, Covent Garden, London. Lionel Bart, writer and composer of British pop music, film music and musicals © NLA 01-12-1981

Margaret Thatcher with press secretary Bernard Ingham 1981, EEC press conference London © NLA 27-11-1981

Lord Scarman with his Report on the Brixton Riots, London 1981 © NLA 25-11-1981

Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Act which abolished censorship in the theatre and against prosecution for gross indecency by Mary Whitehouse... © Martin Mayer 24-11-1981

Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Act which abolished censorship in the theatre and against prosecution for gross indecency by Mary Whitehouse... © Martin Mayer 24-11-1981

Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Act which abolished censorship in the theatre and against prosecution for gross indecency by Mary Whitehouse... © Martin Mayer 24-11-1981

Playwright Howard Brenton 1981 with Andrew Leigh, The Old Vic (C), Laurence Harbottle, President of the Theatrical Management Association at a meeting to set up a defence fund for the 1968 Theatres Ac... © Martin Mayer 24-11-1981

Protest against threats by Ronald Reagan to bomb Libya, London 1981. Portait of Colonel Gaddafi © NLA 22-11-1981

Gordon McLennan CP (L), Mick McGahey Scottish NUM 1981 Communist Party Congress © NLA 15-11-1981

Press conference 1981 by the leaders of the Fine Gael Labour Party coalition government in Ireland: Michael O'Leary (L) and Taoiseach Garret Fitzgerald © NLA 06-11-1981

Bilston steelworks, Wolverhampton 1981, being demolished and cut up for scrap © NLA 05-11-1981

Sacks of entries for the 1982 London marathon at County Hall with Chris Brasher (R) and John Disley (L) the joint founders of the event and Illtyd Harrington of the GLC © NLA 04-11-1981

Sacks of entries for the 1982 London marathon at County Hall with Chris Brasher (R) and John Disley (L) the joint founders of the event and Illtyd Harrington of the GLC © NLA 04-11-1981

Alan Thornett picketing, British Leyland, Cowley, Oxford 1981 strike over pay and redundancies © NLA 03-11-1981

Split workforce. Placards for and against ending a pay strike, British Leyland 1981, Longbridge, Birmingham. They voted to return to work. © Martin Mayer 03-11-1981

Jack Adams TGWU Convenor, BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Convenors Brian Chambers (AEU facing camera) and Jack Adams (TGWU) address BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Jack Adams TGWU Convenor, BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Jack Adams TGWU with mike, amd Brian Chambers AEU on platform at BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge and Media .BL November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

BL Mass meeting Cofton Park, Longbridge. November 1981 Over the tops of heads of Jack Adams (bald rhs bottom and Brian Chambers lhs bottom). © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Picket Line at BL Longbridge. November 1981 Les Huckfield Labour MP for Nuneaton is on the far left (!). Jack Adams and Derek Robinson also present for the TGWU. © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Convenors Jack Adams (TGWU) and Brian Chambers (AEU) at British Leyland (BL) Mass meeting outside the car factory, Longbridge. November 1981 © Roy Peters 02-11-1981

Film and television director Roland Joffe, London 1981 © NLA 02-11-1981

Film and television director Roland Joffe, London 1981 © NLA 02-11-1981

Film and television director Roland Joffe, London 1981 © NLA 02-11-1981

Jarrow marchers set off from Jarrow to London 1981 in the footsteps of the famous Jarrow March of 1936, to highlight unemployment and the collapse of industry in the town. Michael Foot MP (C) © NLA 31-10-1981

Domestic workers occupy the adminstration offices of St.Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road, London, in protest at the imposition of short-term contracts and the proposed closure of the hospital. © Philip Wolmuth 28-10-1981

London 1981 Ted Knight leader of Lambeth Council speaking, mass meeting of direct works workers against government plans to cut, privatise services and rate capping © NLA 27-10-1981

Police searching shopping bags, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London 1981 during IRA bombing campaign © NLA 27-10-1981

250,000 CND protest against the siting of USAF cruise missiles in the UK, London 1981 © NLA 27-10-1981

250,000 CND protest against the siting of USAF cruise missiles in the UK, London 1981 © NLA 27-10-1981

Michael Foot speaking 250,000 CND protest against the siting of USAF cruise missiles in the UK, London 1981 © NLA 27-10-1981

250,000 CND protest against the siting of USAF cruise missiles in the UK, London 1981 © NLA 27-10-1981

Tenant cleaning windows, poor housing estate, Toxteth, Liverpool 1981 © NLA 26-10-1981

Elvis Presley statue being delivered to Capital Radio, London 1981 © NLA 26-10-1981

Michael Foot at a CND demonstration. © John Sturrock 24-10-1981

Hoover Art Deco building, Perivale, Ealing, London, 1981 © NLA 22-10-1981

An girl and a boy reading at a shared desk in a school classroom. © Janina Struk 17-10-1981

Industrial wasteland in Walsall, during the recession in the 1980s. © John Sturrock 14-10-1981

Norman Tebbit at the Conservative Conference, in 1981. © John Sturrock 12-10-1981

Margaret Thatcher © John Sturrock 10-10-1981

Unemployed queuing for social security as engineering factories close and jobs are lost Coventry 1981 © John Harris 09-10-1981

Unemployed waiting outside a DHSS benefit office Coventry as recession in manufacturing intensifies 1981 © John Harris 09-10-1981

Unilateral nuclear disarmament, a hugh CND demonstration by peace campaigners in Hyde Park. Estimates of numbers varied between 250,000 to 500,000 people © John Harris 07-10-1981

Workers at St.Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road, London, march in protest at the imposition of short-term contracts and the proposed closure of the hospital. © Philip Wolmuth 03-10-1981

Workers at St.Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road, London, march in protest at the imposition of short-term contracts and the proposed closure of the hospital. © Philip Wolmuth 03-10-1981

Workers at St.Mary's Hospital, Harrow Road, London, march in protest at the imposition of short-term contracts and the proposed closure of the hospital. © Philip Wolmuth 03-10-1981

Striking British Leyland car workers lobby trade union officials against acceptance of 3.8% pay offer Birmingham © John Harris 02-10-1981

Eric Heffer MP wearing a Solidarnosc T-shirt in support of the Polish trade union, 1981 Labour Party conference © Martin Mayer 29-09-1981

Michael Foot speaking Labour Party 80th Annual Conference Brighton 1981Michael Foot speaking Labour Party 80th Annual Conference Brighton 1981Michael Foot speaking Labour Party 80th Annual Conference... © Ian McIntosh 29-09-1981

George Best, book signing London 1981 with his wife Angie. Where Do I Go from Here?: An Autobiography by George Best and Geoffrey Wright © Martin Mayer 17-09-1981

George Best, book signing London 1981 with his wife Angie. Where Do I Go from Here?: An Autobiography by George Best and Geoffrey Wright © Martin Mayer 17-09-1981

George Best, book signing London 1981 with his wife Angie. Where Do I Go from Here?: An Autobiography by George Best and Geoffrey Wright © Martin Mayer 17-09-1981

Relatives of Irish hunger strikers press conference, Conway Hall, London 1981 © Philip Wolmuth 17-09-1981

Relatives of Irish hunger strikers, press conference, Conway Hall, London, 1981 © Philip Wolmuth 17-09-1981

Lord Gifford, Sue O'Halloran (Sinn Fein), Owen Carron MEP, Realtives of Irish hunger strikers press conference, Conway Hall, London 1981 © Philip Wolmuth 17-09-1981

Derelict housing and the Swan Hunter Shipyard, Tyneside, Newcastle on Tyne © John Sturrock 06-09-1981

1980s Recession. A sign: welcome to Coventry city of skills and opportunities © John Sturrock 04-09-1981

1981 police stand guard on the corner of Westbourne Park Road and Portobello Road beneath a mural of anti slavery American president Abraham Lincoln during the Notting Hill Carnival © Philip Wolmuth 31-08-1981

Len Murray TUC Gen Sec speaking, Peoples March for Jobs Rally Trafalgar Square London 1981 © Tessa Howland 31-08-1981