Please could anyone date the workmen?

[chinakay]

Anything on the back, Trees?

China

[Treetotal]

Hiya China....Nice to see you ......I'm afraid it doesn't have a back...it was emailed to me some time ago
Carol

[chinakay]

Oh

Well, if you should happen to be in touch with the email source, and should happen to ask what's on the back, be sure to mention it here

China

[LyndonD]

Hi there
Fabulous image with not too many clues? They are clearly working with a lot of dust and possibly the 'lumps' of stone are the clue. Your relative is certainly looking good for for his age if he is 60+ ? Has he a watch in his pocket; he looks in charge? His beard is a clue to rural or coastal surroundings as are those bags? East Anglia? Could that be beer in narrow necked bottles or is it likely to be cider? These guys are used to covering up with those 'hankies' and someone clever might recognise the 'bonding' on the brickwork.
.....Can only guess at around 1900.
Good luck
Lyndon

[Treetotal]

Hi Lyndon,
Thanks for your interest...if it's the right George...and the pic is dated around 1900..that would make him 54 years old...he was a Bricklayer born in Leicester.
I think it's a great image of the working classes of the day!
Carol

[walkerpete]

The bags, with their fold over top section  look like a superior version of what we used to call a 'bass' on the Yorkshire coast in the 50s & 60s.

We used them to carry our fry of fish home from the harbour. You could give them a quick swill and they didn't smell to bad, though mother insisted I kept mine in the wash house!

Pete

[Treetotal]

Aw pete...I remember the Bass bags from my childhood too...Cue for the Dvorak's Classic Hovis theme tune
Carol

[beady]

This looks like the original training lesson for Local Government employees. They still haven't filled in the pothole.

[ali607]

Hi, i don't know if this may help but I have a workmen's photo from about 1906 - possibly a year either side but no more. It is of my great grandad as an apprentice for a building firm...he was the plumber. he's the young man at the back 2nd from left. I personally think the men in the pictures look a quite similar in the way theyre dressed although obviously yours is a more casual shot. I would perhaps plump for a few years earlier for yours - just after turn of century perhaps...of course I could be totally wrong , but though you might like to see the picture to compare

Alison