A General Strike photograph album

These are copies of press photographs taken during the General Strike in May 1926. The majority show scenes in London, including of strike-breaking work by volunteers on the transport system and in the docks, food distribution (including the great food convoy), and the aftermath of riots in the capital.

The photograph album was part of the collection of the late Mr AW Mills, and was loaned to us for scanning by his family. The Modern Records Centre does not hold the original album or photographs, only digitised copies.

For more archives relating to the General Strike, search our online collection of more than 450 digitised documents.

Volunteer buses leaving Regents Park (note the guard), 2 buses in front destined for Ealing
Strikers watching a bus being towed away, after it was disabled by strikers at St George's Road / Southwark Street
Volunteers getting horses ready for milk delivery
Scene at Paddington Station GWR: Arrival of passengers on a train from Slough driven by amateurs
Milk arriving at Paddington Station
Scene at the London General Omnibus Depot. Changing the Guard at the Garage
Food Convoy escorted by armoured cars passing through Poplar after leaving East India Dock
Mounted Police escorting a lorry of food from the docks
London's Great Food Convoy leaves the Docks for Hyde Park. The photo shows Food Convoy loaded and guarded ready for departure
Mounted Police clearing the roads after a riotous outbreak at the Elephant and Castle
Volunteer engine drivers and firemen study their map of the route before setting out with their train
Armoured cars seen leaving the Docks
Hyde Park, London's Milk Centre
Armoured cars seen in the streets of London (Ludgate Hill)
Mr Stanley Baldwin on his way to the Houses of Parliament from Downing Street
The Strike has caused a rush on the Imperial Airways
Mounted Police armed with batons clearing the road after a riotous outbreak at the Elephant and Castle
Volunteers unloading food at the Docks
Docks
Hundreds of Volunteers are being housed and fed at Earls Court in the Empress and Queens Hall. Photo shows: Volunteers laying down their bed of army biscuits and blankets
Volunteers turning an engine on the turntable at Kings Cross
Military precautions in London: Tanks manned with troops in steel helmets leaving Wellington Barracks for an unknown destination
A scene at the Dock Gates: Armoured cars and guards marching in to escort the great food convoy
London's Great Food Convoy: Cars entering Hyde Park
Plymouth trams which were seriously damaged by rioters are running. The glass parts and drivers and conductors platforms have been protected with wooden battens, wire netting & barbed wire

Volunteer buses leaving Regents Park (note the guard), 2 buses in front destined for Ealing

Strikers watching a bus being towed away, after it was disabled by strikers at St George's Road / Southwark Street

Volunteers getting horses ready for milk delivery

Scene at Paddington Station GWR: Arrival of passengers on a train from Slough driven by amateurs

Milk arriving at Paddington Station

Scene at the London General Omnibus Depot. Changing the Guard at the Garage

Food Convoy escorted by armoured cars passing through Poplar after leaving East India Dock

Mounted Police escorting a lorry of food from the docks

London's Great Food Convoy leaves the Docks for Hyde Park. The photo shows Food Convoy loaded and guarded ready for departure

Mounted Police clearing the roads after a riotous outbreak at the Elephant and Castle

Volunteer engine drivers and firemen study their map of the route before setting out with their train

Armoured cars seen leaving the Docks

Hyde Park, London's Milk Centre

Armoured cars seen in the streets of London (Ludgate Hill)

Mr Stanley Baldwin on his way to the Houses of Parliament from Downing Street

The Strike has caused a rush on the Imperial Airways

Mounted Police armed with batons clearing the road after a riotous outbreak at the Elephant and Castle

Volunteers unloading food at the Docks

Docks

Hundreds of Volunteers are being housed and fed at Earls Court in the Empress and Queens Hall. Photo shows: Volunteers laying down their bed of army biscuits and blankets

Volunteers turning an engine on the turntable at Kings Cross

Military precautions in London: Tanks manned with troops in steel helmets leaving Wellington Barracks for an unknown destination

A scene at the Dock Gates: Armoured cars and guards marching in to escort the great food convoy

London's Great Food Convoy: Cars entering Hyde Park

Plymouth trams which were seriously damaged by rioters are running. The glass parts and drivers and conductors platforms have been protected with wooden battens, wire netting & barbed wire