The General Strike - travelling by trailer 1926

Londoners travelling by a steam-wagon and trailer combination past the Royal Exchange in the City of London during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts, the Trades Union Congress called a General Strike in early May 1926. The strike only involved certain key industrial sectors (docks, electricity, gas, railways) but, in the face of well-organised government emergency measures and lack of real public support, it collapsed after nine days

Picture No

10223090

Media ID

45996183

Size

3709px x 5202px (3.7MB)

Credit

Source

Photograph in The Illustrated London News', 15 May 1926 and also in The Sphere', 8 May 1926, page 158

Date

1926