File W - General subject negatives - W

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OBS/6/9/3/1/1/W

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General subject negatives - W

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  • c1959 - c1987 (Creation)

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Box 1:
Countries - Bangladesh, 5th January 1972 (by Tony McGrath)
Countries - Bangladesh Indo-Pakistan war, 14th December 1971 (by Tony McGrath)
Countries - Israel, Israeli- Arab war (2nd Week), 20th October 1973 (by Tony McGrath)
Countries - Israel, Israeli- Arab war, October 1973 (by Tony McGrath)
Countries - Israel, Israeli- Arab war (1st Week), October 1973 (by Tony McGrath)
Countries - Wargraves, Alamein and Heliopolis [John and Jane], nd
Countries - England, Cumberland Workington and Bootle, 17th November 1967 (by Tony McGrath)
Countries - Cyprus (2nd Week), July 1974 (by Tony McGrath)
People/ Types - Veterans of first world war making a pilgrimage to Zeebruge, 20th April 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
War - London in WW2: 14th April 1983
War - WW2 Sherman tanks arrive at Southampton Dock, 19th November 1983 (by Tony Prime)
War - World War Two, nd
War - World War Two- Seige of Leningrad, nd
War - World War Two- Sherman Tanks raised off Torcross Sands, 19th May 1984 (by Simon McBride)
War - D Day, 1984 (Rex Features)
Washing powder - Radiant washing powder, June 1970 (by Gary Woodhouse)
Watches - Eterna, 29th February 1980 (by John Hodder)
Water - Water research station, 10th November 1977 (by Tony McGrath)
Water-power - London hydraulic power company, 17th October 1975 (by Tony McGrath)
Waxworks - Madame Tussauds, 14th December 1966 (by Tony McGrath)
Waxworks - Madame Tussauds, 23rd April 1966 (by Bryn Campbell)
Waxworks - Madame Tussauds, Heroes of our Time exhibition, 3rd October 1967 (by John Hodder)
Waxworks - Madame Tussauds, Commonwealth prime ministers waxworks, 3rd January 1969 (by Tony McGrath)
Weather - Drought in Hampshire, 21st August 1976 (by Tony Prime)
Weather - Rain (at last!) showers in London, 28th August 1976 (by Tony Prime)
Weather - Heatwave in London, 26th June 1976 (by Tony Prime)
Weather - Sunny days at Highgate Ponds, 7th June 1975 (by Anthony Prime)
Weather - Snow: conditions over Canterbury, Kent as seen from AA spotter plane, 8th February 1969 (by Chris Smith)
Weather - Floods/ Kent, 29th December 1979 (by Jane Bown)
Weather - Floods in Wales, (by Chris Gregory)
Weather - Thames in flood, 23rd January 1979 (by Chris Smith)
Weather - Floods, working model of Thames flood precautions, 23rd January 1970 (by David Newell Smith)
Weather - Floods, Flood damage caused in the East Moseley area, 17th September 1968 (by Bryn Campbell)
Weather - Floods, aftermath of flood damage caused in East Moseley, 2nd October 1968 (by David Newell Smith)
Weather - Floods caused by heaving rain after snow, Canterbury. Pix show homes without electricity and men working on lines, 10th March 1970 (by Neil Lilbert)
Weather - Floods, Thames flood barrage, 14th January 1978 (by Tony Prime)
Weather - frost, nd
Weather - Bank holiday summer, 29th August 1981 (by Chris Gregory)
Weather - Fog- Blackfriars station, 6th December 1962 (by Colin Jones)
Weather - Fog in London (people wearing masks), 7th December 1962 (by Colin Jones)**
Weather - The air ministry, Met Office, Bracknell, Berks, 4th January 1963 (by Colin Jones)
Weather - Floods in Lincolnshire, 2nd May 1981 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Autumn at the bottom of the garden, nd
Weather - Agricultural implements, tractors and men [sitting] Somerset, March 1964 (by Jane Bown)

Box 2
Weather - Floods in Derby, 11 December 1965 (by David Newell Smith)
Weather - Britain, weather watch gales, 3 September 1983 (by Nick [Rogen])
Weather - Meteorology, Britain floods, 2 January 1982 (by Chris Gregory)
Weather - Floods, Lewes, November 1960 (by Stuart Heydinger)
Weather - Floods, Tooley Street?, 22 August 1959 (by Peter Keen)
Weather - Floods, Chobham bridge, Surrey being repaired after damage caused by floods in the area, 21 September 1968 (by Chris Smith)
Weather - Floods, West Country, October 1960 (by John [Hedgecal])
Weather - Gale damage, 3 January 1976 (by Tony Prime)
Weather - London heatwave, sunbathing at Serpentine, 16 July 1983 (by David Mansell)
Weather - Rainy summer (or summer rain), 26 July 1980 (by Ian Bradshaw)
Weather - Snow in Inverness, 2 February 1978 (by Tony McGrath)
Weather - Snow in Inverness, 4 February 1978 (by Tony McGrath)
Weather - Snow, Sphinx at base of Cleopatra’s needle, Lion at base of Nelson’s column, 9 February 1985 (by Sue Adler)
Weather - Snow scenes, 12 December 1981 (by Chris Gregory)
Weather - Winter scenes, Parliament Hill, 12 December 1981 (by Chris Gregory)
Seasons/weather/farming - Snow conditions in the Amersham area after country caught in sudden blizzard, 8 February 1969 (by Cassidy and Leigh)
Seasons/weather/farming - Conditions in London, the day after sudden blizzard, 8 February 1969 (by Tony McGrath)
Seasons/weather/farming - Snow scenes in and around London, 10 January 1967 (by David Newell Smith)
Seasons/weather/farming - Power supplies cut by snow, East Kent, 7 March 1970 (by Alasdair Dunbar)
Seasons/weather/farming - Snow, postponed football match, 28 December 1968 (by Chris Smith)
Seasons/weather/farming - Snow clearing, 2 January 1963 (by Colin Jones)
Seasons/weather/farming - Snow scenes, 11 January 1968 (by Tony McGrath)
Weather - Storm damage in Polperro, 1976 (by Gordon Moore)
Weather - Winter scenes, 12 December 1981 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Snow scenes, 12 December 1981 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Searching for sheep in mid Wales, 17 January 1982 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Snow scenes, January 1960
Weather - Winter scenes, 11 December 1981 (by Tony Prime)
Weather - Snow in May, 30 April 1981 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Snow, 9 January 1982 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Snow in Cumbria, 27 January 1984 (by John Hodder)
Weather - Snow, Aberdeen, Scotland, 12 February 1983 (by J Gallicker)
Weather - Snow, 1984 (by Sue Adler)
Weather - Snow on Hampstead Heath, 9 February 1985 (by Roger Hutchings)
Weather - Wet weather at spring bank holiday, 26 May 1984 (by David Mansell)
Weather - Winter, ice on Serpentine, 19 January 1985 (by Brian Harris)
Weather - Winter, Shere, 9 February 1985 (by Judah Passow)
Wedding - Persian, 9 April 1966 (by Peter Boyce)
Wedding - Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown’s wedding, 9 April 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Wedding - Michelle Booth and Stephen Howe’s wedding, 16 July 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Wedding - TV pictures [of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer’s wedding], 30 July 1981 (by Matthew Harris)
Wedding - TV pictures, 30 June 1981 (by Garry Woodhouse)
Whisky - Teachers, 26 June 1974 (by Tony McGrath)
Wildlife hunt - Camberley Common, Ministry of Agriculture’s organised shoot of wildlife, re dog with rabies, 31 October 1969 (by David Newell Smith)

Box 3:
Windmills, 6th November 1986 (by [John] Wildgoose)
Windmills, 14th July 1977 (by Ron Atkin?)
Windmill - belonging to British Steel, 10th April 1982 (by Barry [Wilkinson])
Wine - Vineyard in Bordeaux District, 10th October 1975 (by Tony McGrath)
Wine - Great English wine rally, 26th March 1983 (by Tony Prime)
Wine - Wine producer near Inverness, 5th May 1983 (by David Liddle)
Wine - Californina wine tasting, 4th February 1987 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Wine - Contaminated wine - Austrian wine scandal, 17th August 1985 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Wine - Polluted Austrian wine in Warwick, 9th August 1985 (by Richard Mildenhall)
Wine - Wine cellars, 23rd October 1969 (by Tony McGrath)
Wine - Wine bottling, September 1961 (by Peter Keen)
Wine - Wine tasting exam, 16th May 1967 (by D.N. Smith)
Wine bars - The Dome, Hampstead, 25th May 1985 (by Roger Hutchings)
Wine bars [License] - Archduke Wine Bar, Waterloo Bridge, nd (by David Mansell)
Witchcraft, 16th July 1983 (by Ben Gibson)
Wombles, 28th December 1974 (by Chris Smith)
Women - NAT Federation of Business and Professional Women, 27th August 1971 (by Bryn Campbell)
Women - In traditionally 'male' trades (Rose, general builder in Sheffield), 7th July 1977 (by Ray Green) [empty - no negs]
Women - Women's unit, Birmingham council - sexual harrassment story, 5th September 1986 (by Gillian Eddlestein [Jillian Edelstein])
Women - Red Lion setters all women types setting firm, 14th August 1979 (by John Hodder)
Women - Waitress at the Royal Hotel, Longeation, 18th August 1984 (by Ged Murray)
Women - Women and alcohol, 17th July 1979 (by Tony McGrath)
Women - Women and alcohol, public Blackfriar pub, 17th July 1979 (by Tony McGrath)
Women - Punk girl Kings Road, 26th February 1983 (by David Mansell)
Women - In advertising, 18th November 1981 (by Tony Prime)
Women - War/ G.I. brides, nd (by Micky Brennan)
Women - Women against rape 'trial', 16th July 1977 (by Tony McGrath)
Women - [unidentified], 25th March 1981 (by John Hodder)
Wood Preserve - Cuprinol, 14th July 1984 (by David Mansell)
World Record - Guiness record children/ trocadero, 30th May 1986 (by Sue Adler)

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