2-357-428 - Worldwide Photography/Heritage-Images

Damp proofing, Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. Two workers use a cutting machine used to create a channel in which to insert a damp proof membrane. This photograph was taken for the Brooks Damp Proof Course Machine Company and the property being treated is in Furlong road in Goldthorpe. The 1950s and 1960s saw damp proofing installed in many houses which were originally built without any damp proof protection.