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John Spinks has taken some photos of the factories and workers that Albam creates its clothing with. You can download high resolution images at East Photographic . Very nice indeed. The book of his handsome photos is available here , priced £30. Images, from top to bottom: Rough Rounders, Rushden 2009 / Shears, Long Eaton 2009 / Packing Room (II), Leicester 2010

Thanks to the ever excellent Spitalfields Life for bringing the work of Homer Sykes to our attention. We suggest that you check out his site to gain an appreciation of his excellent documentary photography, the pictures here are merely portions of larger photos. The top photo shows a factory worker in Bradford , 1983. Directly above is an image of a lady working in Salts Cotton Mill , Saltaire, 1981. Images from ' The Way We Were, England 1968 - 1989 ' by Homer Sykes

We spent a wonderful winter's morning 40 floors above London today. On our visit we were told that the steel used in the construction of The Shard (as it wishes to be known, no colloquial nicknames needed sadly) is from the north of England. View of The Shard's shadow from the 40th floor by Manufacture & Industry

Thank you to Mr. Alex MacDonald for this handsome picture postcard of an engine house by Bernd and Hilla Becher. I am going to do some reading on the Bechers as I am lacking in knowledge regarding them and their work.

Paper making in Northfleet A furnace a t Dagenham Weaving in Derbyshire A great article on the photographer/factory worker, Maurice Broomfield by Nina Caplan in the Financial Times (20th February 2010) here . Mr. Broomfield's engaging photographs will be on display in Chichester and Derby later this year.