A double page spread from The Illustrated London News, celebrating the work of the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops in 1917.The workshops were set up to train and develop skills in various industries among men who had been wounded and disabled in the First World War. Pictured here is the casting room for making casts of dolls and animals, the painting room filled with dolls houses and cabinet making in the French polishing room. A man with one arm operates a sandpapering machine, and basket making and chair mending are also depicted.