Street scenes in Dundee before the First World War:
notice the bare feet and bent legs of the child with rickets.

Mothers sitting on the pavement in Dundee before the First World War:
but there was no street litter in a pre-plastic world.

Fishing families at Ferryden, Angus, 1905.

Women gutting fish at Peterhead, 1910.  Notice the boys minding the baby.

Haymaking in north Fife in the 1930's;  notice how many people are required.

A farm bothy party in Straiton, Fife in the 1920's;  tea, girls, fiddle and accordion,
and bikes with flashy dropped handlebars.

The traditional skills of country towns:
Above:  Coopers at work on herring barrels, 1889.
Below:  Shipwrights at Pittenweem, Fife, 1905.

The engineering skills of Glasgow:
Engineering managers and foremen at Glasgow railway works, mid-19th century.
Every man his own Brunel.

The engineering skills of Glasgow:
Hydraulic riveters at work on the Lusitania at Clydebank, 1906.

Women in the Dundee jute mills:
Cop winders in the spinning department.

Women in the Dundee jute mills:
The weaving shop.   Spinners were regarded as giddy, weavers as responsible and
steady.   But here the weavers just look exhausted.