Title

WD And HO Wills, Whitchurch Lane, City of Bristol, 17/05/1973. Creator: John Laing plc.

Caption

Wills staff handing out packets of Embassy cigarettes to construction workers at the topping out ceremony on the roof of the office block at the Wills tobacco factory at Hartcliffe, Bristol. This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Date

1973

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM21B15_483

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

78,3Mb (3,0Mb) / 17,4in x 17,5in / 5208 x 5252 (300dpi)

Keywords

building England female women woman people male work job man men ceremony industry worker country guy occupation British English ceremonial industrial smoking factory location century Britain profession cigarettes construction worker company concept Bristol B&W seventies 1970s Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century workers TGN photograph cigarette WD & HO Wills Historic England tobacco factory John Laing plc Laing John plc topping out