A gala day for staff at Lohn Laing plc, Elstree Sports Ground, Barnet, Greater London
A gala day for staff at Lohn Laing plc and their families. Competitors are at the starting line of a wheelbarrow race during the annual Laing Gala Day at the Elstree Sports Ground. It is possible that the women in the image are workers for Laing, but it is more likely that they were wives of male workers. In the late 1970s, substantially fewer women were in paid employment compared to today and the construction industry was particularly male-dominated.
Location
Greater London BarnetPeriod
1970s (1970 - 1979)Themes
