The Rat Catchers

Rat-catchers Jim Fortey and Alf Greenwin at South Tottenham Station, London, with their dogs and caged ferrets, September 1941. The men are employed to keep down the number of rats on LMS (London, Midland and Scottish Railway) property. Original publication: Picture Post – 861 – The Railway Ratcatchers – pub. 20th September 1941 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)