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The skills of working life have changed over the centuries, but work in one form or another has remained central

Flint hand axe
E12
Flint hand axe
500,000-8000BC

Copper alloy flanged axe
NW2
Copper alloy flanged axe
1600-1000BC

Bronze flanged axe, Royal Victoria Docks, '30ft below T.H.W.M.'
E16
Bronze flanged axe, Royal Victoria Docks, '30ft below T.H.W.M.'
1500-1400BC

Flanged axehead
SE13
Flanged axehead
c. 1400-1200BC

Bone rule
SE17
Bone rule
1485-1714

Slipware vase
SE26
Slipware vase
1485-1714

Hand grenade
SW6
Hand grenade
c.1673

Cloth seal
SE6
Cloth seal
1676

Bow china figure
E15
Bow china figure
1754-1756

Chamber pot
SW14
Chamber pot
c.1842

Cast iron capital
E6
Cast iron capital
1869

Coal tags
SW8
Coal tags
1900-1974

Cyclostyle copying machine
N17
Cyclostyle copying machine
1910

Porter's token used at Billingsgate fish market
N2
Porter's token used at Billingsgate fish market
1930-1939

Invoice from Jay's furnishing stores
N13
Invoice from Jay's furnishing stores
1952

Photograph of the interior of a Woolworth's shop by Henry Grant
NW6
Photograph of the interior of a Woolworth's shop by Henry Grant
c.1965

Photograph of Thamesmead Industrialised Building Factory by Henry Grant
SE28
Photograph of Thamesmead Industrialised Building Factory by Henry Grant
1968-9


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