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  • A group of cycling mates gather for a photo on the Passo Falzarego (Pass) in the Dolomites, south Tyrol, Italy.
    passo_falzarego01-20-07-2015.jpg
  • In a London street, an apprentice in the bakery or milk industry endures a shower of fresh milk being poured over his head after a dusting of flour. This traditional ritual is usually performed on the unfortunate young man when he has successfully passed his apprenticeship term in the company - his mates participating in making his day as miserable as possible. But he takes it with good humour as it means he is now initiated into the industry.
    apprentice_ritual-02-07-1998.jpg
  • Seen from slightly behind, a young woman stands taking shelter from early evening rain in Goodge Street, London England. Holding a lit cigarette in her left hand and with an unused ashtray to her right, she is chatting with friends who are also enjoying a relaxing hour after work. Under the UK Government's recent laws on smoking in public places, the work mates are forced outside the pub to smoke on the street in a special area away from the anti-smoking people indoors. Lit by glowing red lights that also provide warmth on this chilly January night, the friends are comfortable in their own company.
    electricity113-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • Football supporter mates mess around in a London street before going on to watch their team's match elsewhere in the capital. But this man in the green stripes of his team is NOT a pickpocket as might be suggested on first look. He reaches into the unbuttoned pocket of the older-looking man in shorts. But recaptioning this picture to suggest he is a street criminal might be thought libelous, giving this brief moment a misinterpretation and misrepresentation.
    pocket_men1-29-09-2011.jpg
  • A greasy spoon cafe fry-up breakfast for a worker surrounded by dirty crockery left by his mates in industrial Grays, Essex
    river_business43-31-08-2007.jpg
  • A young boy plays with his mates in a street corner in the Aigburth district of Liverpool, on 14th June 1991. Aigburth is a suburb of Liverpool, England, bordered by Dingle, Toxteth, Sefton Park, Mossley Hill, Garston and Grassendale.
    liverpool_strike03-14-06-1991.jpg
  • Two men drink and talk in the window of Smiths Bar on Cannon Street in the heart of the Square Mile, the capital's historical and financial centre, on 1st November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    bar_mates-02-01-11-2017.jpg
  • Two men drink and talk in the window of Smiths Bar on Cannon Street in the heart of the Square Mile, the capital's historical and financial centre, on 1st November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    bar_mates-01-01-11-2017.jpg
  • Office workers enjoy the warmth of autumnal sunshine outside the Willis Towers Watson building on Fenchurch Avenue in the heart of the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile),  on 24th September 2018, in London, England.
    city_people-10-24-09-2018.jpg
  • Office workers enjoy the warmth of autumnal sunshine outside the Willis Towers Watson building on Fenchurch Avenue in the heart of the capital's financial district (aka The Square Mile),  on 24th September 2018, in London, England.
    city_people-09-24-09-2018.jpg
  • With most Londoners still working from home, friends talk beneath the columns of Royal Exchange while walking along a quiet Threadneedle Street during the evening rush-hour during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
    royal_exchange10-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Residents of members of the same social bubble sit in sunshine, on a balcony of a block of new apartments in Camberwell during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 26th February 2021, in London, England.
    southwark_apartments01-26-02-2021.jpg
  • Amateur tennis serve in local court near high-rise flats seen from Brockwell Park, Herne Hill, South London.
    london_high-rise10-15-11-2010.jpg
  • Two window cleaners safely attached to an outside cradle, wash the large panes of glass at a building at Broadgate in the City of London. While stretching with his long sponge into the corner of this window, one worker on the left is wiping soapy liquid onto the grimy glass before cleaning it off with a squeegee. His colleague on the right is communicating with the cradle operator in the building's roof, way above these men, in order to raise the cradle and allowing the men to achieve the correct operating height. Far below them is the capital's Square Mile, London's financial and oldest area. The famous dome of St Paul's Cathedral can be seen most prominently although it is a grey day across this modern metropolis skyline.
    window_cleaners07-16-1993.jpg
  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
    ernst+young_counsillors18-18-09-2007.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-12-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Afternoon drinkers enjoy warm summer sunshine beneath the architecture of the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), on 17th Juy 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-03-17-07-2017.jpg
  • Film students on location on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-08-30-04-2017.jpg
  • Member of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team handshakes his helicopter ride's pilot after landing.
    Red_Arrows717_RBA.jpg
  • After an afternoon of sunshine and warm temperatures during the continuing UK Coronavirus lockdown, a sudden and torrential downpour of rain catches park users by surprise, in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, on 14th June 2020, in London, England. The current UK Covid-19 death toll now stands at 41,662, an increase over the last 24 hours of 181, although Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under pressure to review the case for a reduction of the 2 metre social distance rule, due to its effect on jobs and wider economy.
    park_downpour-03-13-06-2020.jpg
  • A young Pole brings a beer to the table with friends enjoying mountain views across the valley, on 21st September 2019, in Jaworki, near Szczawnica, Malopolska, Poland.
    poland-212-21-09-2019.jpg
  • A man and woman say goodbye outside one entrance of Bank Underground Station in the City of London, the capital's ancient, financial district, on 14th May, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    city_people-19-14-05-2019.jpg
  • Friends reach out in the busy Coventry Street in London's West End, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
    piccadilly_circus-07-06-02-2018.jpg
  • Two afternoon drinkers stand outside a public house (pub) enjoying cool beers on a hot day in the Square Mile, the capital's ancient financial district dating back to the 1st century Roman era, on 17th Juy 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_pub-01-17-07-2017.jpg
  • Film students on location on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-12-30-04-2017.jpg
  • Two old friends regularly spend afternoons sunbathing at Brixton Lido and talk of old times in the sun. The friends gather every morning in the summer at Brockwell (Brixton) Lido. This is a favourite place in the capital for varied groups of people  to meet, swim or just hang out like these London taxi drivers who regularly meet for exercise sessions, accumulating sun tans during long periods in the sunshine. Brockwell Lido in Herne Hill SE24 was originally built in 1937 at a time of coastal and city pool-building but went into decline when bathers preferred to holiday in warmer Spain. Its revival happened when local entrepreneurs re-opened the business and it now enjoys a reputation for some of the best urban swims in the UK.
    lido_men01-25-08-1995.jpg
  • Schoolboys performs rock and roll song in a teenage band in a south London pub.<br />
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YouTube video link: http://bit.ly/Rw4cGs
    stereotypes_showcase07-25-11-2012.jpg
  • Lifeguards in the seaside resort of Lowestoft practise the recovery position and resuscitation to a volunteer seaside victim. Lying on the smooth sand near the water's edge, a young man wearing a wetsuit lies pretending to be unconscious, having ingested sea water and requiring immediate treatment by the staff, well-versed in saving lives. As one starts chest compressions, the other holds on the mouth before continuing mouth-to-mouth. Passing time is vital if they are to start a heart and get air into the brain.
    lifeguard_exercise-19-07-1993.jpg
  • Veteran and former soldiers of the Parachute regiment parade through the streets of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day.
    war_veterans02-11-11-1993.jpg
  • Two students study outside at London Metropolitan University's Holloway Road campus.
    met_london_university62-02-11-2010.jpg
  • Surrounded by black bin-bags during the Merseyside dustmans' strike of 1991, two young "Scouse' girls lean against a brick wall in a rear alleyway between poor terraced housing in Liverpool, England. There is an older, taller white teenage girl with blonde hair dressed in a blue shell-suit and a shorter and younger friend of Asian-descent. Looking suspicious and amused at something across the cobbled alley of these 'back to back' houses in a poor area, South of the city centre, home to deprived families. The industrial action aginst the local authority was a health problem for Liverpool during the summer of '91 when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks filled with every kind of refuse and garbage. Few of these back-to-backs exist after being cleared to allow construction of high-rise tower-blocks and flats.
    RB_017-14-06-1991.jpg
  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
    Ernst+Young_Academy47-21-09-2007.jpg
  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
    ernst+young_counsillors55-18-09-2007.jpg
  • Royal Navy crew rest in the Junior Ratings wardroom aboard HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard class nuclear submarine
    5105-RPB59-faslane163-26-09-2007.jpg
  • Teenage boys carrying bathing towels walk past a yellow beach hut while enjoying fine summer weather on the seafront promenade at Whitstable, on 18th July 2020, in Whitstable, Kent, England.
    whitstable_beach06-18-07-2020.jpg
  • Friends greet each other opposite the temporary renovation hoarding of luxury brand Louis Vuitton in New Bond Street, on 25th February 2019, in London, England.
    vuitton_corner-27-26-02-2019.jpg
  • Busy street corner with yellow scaffolding protection sleeves and passing pedestrians on Long Acre near Covent Garden, on 1st September 2017, in London, England.
    covent_garden_corner-29-01-09-2017.jpg
  • Modern English and ancient Latin marks the re-burial place of an unknown Roman girl near afternoon drinkers enjoying warm summer sunshine beneath the architecture of the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), on 17th Juy 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-05-17-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-14-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Film students on location at a stormy beach, on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-25-30-04-2017.jpg
  • Amid the hectic arrivals concourse of Heathrow airport's Terminal 5, two friends hold on to each other tight after an international arrival. Standing in front of a Mastercard ad which shows scenes of London, the coupe squeeze each other tight amid an otherwise hectic airport concourse in heathrow's Terminal 5. They have clearly missed each other after such a break apart but are otherwise oblivious to the crowds that surround them in this busy international airport. They embrace with genuine affection for each other in a display of sexual freedom that is otherwise seen as a taboo in other countries. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport592-15-07-2009.jpg
  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
    ernst+young_counsillors13-18-09-2007.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and some art galleries such as here, at the Royal Academy, will open again on Saturday 4th July. Two Londoners sit and chat separated by 2 metres, according to the government's rules, as shown on many social distance notices around the capital, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-42-02-07-2020.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants and hairdressers will be able to reopen on 4th July, providing they adhere to COVID Secure guidelines. The Ducksoup dining room remains closed and Londoners sit outside while bar customers sit alongside on Dean Street in Soho, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-14-02-07-2020.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-09-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-01-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Modern English and ancient Latin marks the re-burial place of an unknown Roman girl near afternoon drinkers enjoying warm summer sunshine beneath the architecture of the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), on 17th Juy 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-04-17-07-2017.jpg
  • Film students on location at a stormy beach, on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-24-30-04-2017.jpg
  • A group of Portugese Forcados stand outside the bullring and show their camaraderie before the evening's bullfight (Corrida de Touros), on 15th July 2016, at Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. A forcado is a member of a group of men that performs the pega de cara or pega de caras ("face catch"), the final event in a typical Portuguese bullfight. They were initially professionals from lower classes but nowadays people from all social backgrounds practice their art through amateur groups. Unlike Spanish bullfights, in the Portuguese version, they do not kill the bull. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    portugal_caldas-11-15-07-2016.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed in Afghanistan, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance12-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Executives learn cookery and teamwork at a corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel, Docklands.
    Ernst+Young_Academy94-21-09-2007.jpg
  • Employees stop for well-earned elevenses at a counselling workshop held for company London staff
    ernst+young_counsillors44-18-09-2007.jpg
  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for accountants during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theatre and each employee will attend this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
    Ernst+Young_Academy123-21-09-2007 co...jpg
  • City workers beneath the architecture at 122 Leadenhall Street, (aka the Leadenhall Building) on Leadenhall Street in the City of London during the Coronavirus pandemic, a time when office workers are still largely still working from home, on 16th September 2020, in London, England. The commercial skyscraper opened in July 2014 and was designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and is informally known as "The Cheesegrater" because of its distinctive wedge shape.
    leadenhall_architecture02-16-09-2020.jpg
  • On the day that Coronavirus deaths passed the 20,000 mark in the UK, and during the continuing pandemic lockdown, a group of young men kick a ball about on the grass in early evening sunshine in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, south London, on 25th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_football-04-25-04-2020.jpg
  • A group of friends enjoy drinks while sitting outside The Cambridge, a typical pub at Cambridge Circus in London's West End, on 12th March 2020, in London, England. The Cambridge was built in 1887 on the site of The King's Arms, next to the Palace Theatre.
    the_cambridge-01-12-03-2020.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy a tranquill lunchtime high above the City on the rooftop garden at Fen Court in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    roof_garden-01-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine outside the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-45-22-08-2019.jpg
  • Lunchtime City workers enjoy drinks in summer sunshine beneath the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 22nd August 2019, in London, England.
    city_people-40-22-08-2019.jpg
  • As heatwave temperatures climb to record levels - the hottest day of the year so far, office co-workers sunbathe on the grass beneath St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London (the capital's financial district aka the Square Mile), on 25th July 2019, in London, England.
    city_heatwave-32-25-07-2019.jpg
  • As heatwave temperatures climb to record levels - the hottest day of the year so far, office co-workers sunbathe on the grass beneath St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London (the capital's financial district aka the Square Mile), on 25th July 2019, in London, England.
    city_heatwave-28-25-07-2019.jpg
  • As heatwave temperatures climb to record levels - the hottest day of the year so far, office co-workers sunbathe on the grass beneath St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London (the capital's financial district aka the Square Mile), on 25th July 2019, in London, England.
    city_heatwave-27-25-07-2019.jpg
  • As heatwave temperatures climb to record levels - the hottest day of the year so far, office co-workers sunbathe on the grass beneath St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London (the capital's financial district aka the Square Mile), on 25th July 2019, in London, England.
    city_heatwave-26-25-07-2019.jpg
  • Immediately after their graduation ceremonies, new graduates meet relatives and family outside the London School of Economics (LSE), on 22nd July 2019, in London, England. (
    LSE_graduates-32-22-07-2019.jpg
  • Sheltering under a shopping bag, two women hurry through London's streets during unseasonal June showers, on 15th June 2019, in London, England.
    west_end_people-21-14-06-2019.jpg
  • Friends greet each other opposite the temporary renovation hoarding of luxury brand Louis Vuitton in New Bond Street, on 25th February 2019, in London, England.
    vuitton_corner-25-26-02-2019.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-03-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Film students on location on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-14-30-04-2017.jpg
  • Two women seen in close-up while shopping in Knightsbridge.
    women_shoppers01-04-04-1993.jpg
  • England World Cup football fans watch their team's opening match versus USA on TV outside West End pub.
    england_fans17-12-06-2010.jpg
  • England World Cup football fans watch their team's opening match versus USA on TV outside West End pub.
    england_fans12-12-06-2010.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen Somerset regiments soldiers killed in action, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance15-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed in Afghanistan, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance13-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed during recent conflicts, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance02-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
    Ernst+Young_Academy42-21-09-2007.jpg
  • Role-play and positive thinking at a counselling workshop held for company staff in Borough, Southwark.
    ernst+young_counsillors09-18-09-2007.jpg
  • During the Coronavirus pandemic, when social distancing and partying is being discouraged, a group of hen party women walk through Waterloo, one of whom is swigging from a bottle of booze, on 29th August 2020, in London, England,
    hen_party02-29-08-2020.jpg
  • On a rainy night in Soho, three friends hug on Dean Street during the coronavirus pandemic, on 27th August 2020, in London, England.
    soho_night10-27-08-2020.jpg
  • With a further 89 UK covid victims in the last 24hrs, bringing the total victims to 43,995 during the Coronavirus pandemic, pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and some art galleries such as here, at the Royal Academy, will open again on Saturday 4th July. Two Londoners sit and chat separated by 2 metres, according to the government's rules, as shown on many social distance notices around the capital, on 2nd July 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_WestEnd-43-02-07-2020.jpg
  • After an afternoon of sunshine and warm temperatures during the continuing UK Coronavirus lockdown, a sudden and torrential downpour of rain catches park users by surprise, in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, on 14th June 2020, in London, England. The current UK Covid-19 death toll now stands at 41,662, an increase over the last 24 hours of 181, although Prime Minister Boris Johnson is coming under pressure to review the case for a reduction of the 2 metre social distance rule, due to its effect on jobs and wider economy.
    park_downpour-04-13-06-2020.jpg
  • US Navy personnel line-up for a below-deck briefing on the  aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, a Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, on 8th May 2000, in the Persian Gulf.  <br />
Launched on 7 September 1996 and costing US$4.5 billion, the Truman (CVN-75) is named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The Truman is the largest of the US Navy's fleet of new generation carriers, a 97,000 ton floating city with a crew of 5,137, 650 are women.
    truman_crew-08-05-2000.jpg
  • Three days after the killing of Jack Merritt, 25, and Saskia Jones, 23, by the convicted teorrorist Usman Khan at Fishmongers' Hall on London Bridge, emotional friends and families of the victims and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn, London Mayor Sadiq Khan plus City and police officials, hold a vigil at the Guildhall in the City of London, on 2nd December 2019, in London, England.
    london_bridge_terrorism-17-02-12-201...jpg
  • Walking friends rest and one puts socks back on after cooling his feet on a warm day at Rowberrow on Burrington Combe, 20th April 2019 near Langford, North Somerset, England.
    nailsea_family-02-20-04-2019.jpg
  • Two young women high-five each other at Elephant & Castle in Southwark, on 25th March 2019, in London, England.
    high_five-01-25-03-2019.jpg
  • A group of 1990s work colleagues drink outside in summer sunshine, beneath the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the City of London (aka The Square Mile), the capital's financial centre, on 20th June 1993, in London, England. (Photo by Richard Baker / In Pictures via Getty Images)
    90s_drinkers-20-06-1993.jpg
  • Two women talk beneath the brick wall of a railway arch near Borough Market, on 6th September, in London, England.
    borough_girls-01-06-09-2018.jpg
  • A man tends to the foot of a woman, on 17th April 2018, in the City of London, England.
    woman_foot-01-17-04-2018.jpg
  • Afternoon drinkers enjoy warm summer sunshine beneath the architecture of the Swiss Re building (aka The Gherkin), on 17th Juy 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-02-17-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduates wearing rented gowns and mortarboards have photos taken by family members after their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    york_graduation-22-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-12-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Young women graduands wearing rented gowns and mortarboards take a selfie with a smartphone at a private drinks party before their university graduation ceremony, on 13th July 2017, at the University of York, England.
    ella_graduation-13-13-07-2017.jpg
  • Seen through the distorting glass of a City pub on Lime Street, male businessman enjoy after-work drinks, on 10th May 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_pub-05-10-05-2017.jpg
  • Film students on location on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-22-30-04-2017.jpg
  • Film students on location on 30th April 2017, at Winchelsea, England
    sam_winchelsea-16-30-04-2017.jpg
  • City men seen through a City of London cafe.
    window_men01-11-05-2012.jpg
  • Layering water reed on to the roof of a Suffolk cottage, traditional thatchers work together in afternoon sun. While in the background new straw is brought up onto the roof while in the foreground another thatcher leans into the ladder and the roof's slope. Using a thatching tool called a Leggett, Legate, bat or dresser to position the thatch on the roof. Typically one end is treated so as to catch the ends of the reed used. This tool is used by the thatcher to dress the reed into place and ensure an even finish. Using techniques developed over thousands of years, good thatch will not require frequent maintenance. In England a ridge will normally last 10-15 years. Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge, rushes and heather, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
    thatchers02-16-08-1993.jpg
  • Four office workers are outside their place of employment in central London for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on their fags that have sought a dark place on the pavement beneath some shelter although it is warm enough for two of the men to wear only shirts and ties while the only lady present is in a jumper. One member of the group draws heavily on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A recent report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their  workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
    smokers02-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Accountancy employees watch motivational circus acrobats at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
    Ernst+Young_Academy128-21-09-2007.jpg
  • Accountancy employees watch their Chairman speaking at their corporate rally day, held for 3,000 UK staff at Excel
    Ernst+Young_Academy138-21-09-2007.jpg
  • With most Londoners still working from home, friends talk beneath the columns of Royal Exchange while walking along a quiet Threadneedle Street during the evening rush-hour during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 26th February 2021, in London, England. At the top of Doric and Ionic columns with their ornate stonework, powerfully strong lintels cross, bearing the load of fine artistry and carvings which feature the design by Sir William Tite in 1842-1844 and opened in 1844 by Queen Victoria whose name is written in Latin (Victoriae R). It’s the third building of the kind erected on the same site. The first Exchange erected in 1564-70 by sir Thomas Gresham but was destroyed in the great fire of 1666. It’s successor, by Jarman, was also burned down in 1838. The present building is grade 1 listed and cost about £150,000.
    royal_exchange09-26-02-2021.jpg
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