Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Headington, Oxford, Oxfordshire

Photograph taken 1860 - 1922 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: CC71/00055

General view of mobile unit of riflemen. Their guns are attached to their bicycles.

Location

Oxfordshire Headington

Period

Edwardian (1902 - 1913)

Themes

The interior of the carriage tyre shop showing employees at work. All the workers are dressed in their everyday clothes and wearing aprons to protect them. These jobs were skilled, indoor jobs rather than manual labour and this is reflected in the clothing.

Transport - Road

Tags

military parade soldier riflemen gun people men clothing bicycle defence war Edwardian (1902 - 1913)