A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing Nigel Havers 5 litre super-charged V12 unit

5 litre super-charged V12 unit designed for the job by Aurelio Lampredi

A woman buys from a pickled salmon seller who carries his produce in a basket on his head

she is knitting a blue-stocking

Conwy Castle is one of the ring of fortresses surrounding Snowdonia built by Edward I during his campaign against the Welsh

Tazio Nuvolari is in car 2

A group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing Nigel Havers 5 litre super-charged V12 unitA group of women receive a lesson in boot repairing, World War I, c1914 c1918. A cobbler showing women how to repair boots at Scaynes Hill Women's Insititute, Sussex. Cobbling was traditionally regarded as an occupation only for men, but was efficiently taken over by women during the war.