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Nikki Harvey - JAE00525
c.2009
Mytholmroyd - THB00177
Cragg road runs across the bottom of the picture, and Dean Hey is to the bottom right of the picture.
Model Hatchery - THB00136
The incubators are on the right, the chicks are hatched, checked, sexed and packed for delivery all inside one day.
Hoo Hole, Mytholmroyd - HBC00929
Judging by the writing on the van outside the mill, Ascot Cages, this was probably when Thornbers used this site for production of battery cages.
Heptonstall From Pecket Wood - MCH00148
The photo shows the hilltop village of Heptonstall. The woodland is known as Lee Wood. the fields make up land belonging to "Lumb's" Egg Production business. In the bottom left hand corner of the photo is "Lee Holme" crown green bowling club. and the…
F & T Lumb's Hatchery, Hebden Bridge - LLG00135
In the foreground is Victoria Mill, now demolished. F & T Lumb's hatchery can be seen on the other side of the railway.
Eggs Being loaded for Delivery - THB00152
Peter Lloyd, Manager at Occold Hatchery, Suffolk on the left.
Egg Setting Using the Pneumatic Handling Device - THB00149
Cyril Thornber on the left.
Demonstrating Pneumatic Egg Handling - THB00131
Marian Lord at New House hatchery, Mytholmroyd. This ingenious device, copied from an American device, made egg handling quicker and easier and with less risk of breakages.
Demonstrating Egg Handling - THB00155
Doug Shaw on far right.
Day Old Chicks Being Despatched By Air - THB00158
This shows David Love, Hatchery manager at Twyford, Berks from 1968 onwards. He is despatching day old breeding stock to Japan from Heathrow.
Construction of Brooder Houses at Elphaborough - THB00147
The original brooder houses were made of timber but after the war they were gradually replaced by brick and concrete houses which each had a capacity og 12,000 birds.
Children's Playground, Calder Holmes Park, Hebden Bridge, 1962 - HBC01007
Watson's Hatchery can be seen.
