The foreman stonemason who worked on a building complex at Durham University posed by a 'geological wall'

Date:
29 Oct 1964
Location:
Durham University, Science Laboratories, City of Durham, Durham, County Durham
Reference:
JLP01/08/069809
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Between 1963-1964, the Northern Region of Laing's Construction Company built a complex of buildings for Durham University consisting of chemistry, geology and a mathematics building, shown on maps as 'Science Laboratories'. This photograph was published in December 1964 in Laing's monthly newsletter 'Team Spirit'. It shows the foreman stonemason for the site, Billy Robson, posed beside a brick wall into which fossil and rock specimens had been added by geology students.

This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.

Content

This is part of the Series: JLP01/08 John Laing Photographic Collection Black and White Negatives; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection

Keywords

Mid 20th Century University, People Posed