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Holt's Picker Works, Eastwood, c1930 - MOT00231
In the centre is Arnold Knight who lived nearby at Callis Bridge. Arnold was laid off in 1934 because of the trade depression caused by the Wall Street crash. Information supplied by his grandson Jonathan Greenwood.
Inside the Graham & Normanton factory - DEP00254
Lathe bed being machined on a planeing machine
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00127
View from fitting shop into a machine shop. The drawing office can be seen through the glass window, note the heating pipes in the roof truss.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00128
Horizontal log bandsaw.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00129
Double ended tenoning machine in fitting shop, looking toward the old mill bottom.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00130
c1935. Vertical log saw, here it was in the fitting shop, after building extension it became the machine shop.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00132
c1967, a gang chain morticer. Wilie Cole.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00133
Derek Pollard on left, Roy Baker on right, both fitters working on a two drum sanding machine. In background is the centre lathe turning department. Roy later became the dynamite worker on the building of the M62.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00134
Vertical bandsaw, part of machine shop, and old mill bottom in the background.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00135
Large planing machine for Mersey Docks and Harbour Board for making lock gates, in fitting shop looking towards old mill bottom. Eric Warrington and Herbert Ellison are both in the picture.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00136
Machine/fitting shop. See the big crane, the driver was John Cockroft whose father was the architect of the trestle bridge at Blake Dean.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00137
Horizontal log bandsaw in fitting shop. c1950
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00138
Double ending tenoning machine in fitting shop
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00139
Veneer peeler
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00140
Saw sharpening and setting machine
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00141
Large planing machine for long beam, mqade for the Mercy docks and Harbour Board. Herbert Ellison and Eric Warrington, on left , Albert Cockroft with his back to the camera. c 1961
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00142
Machine for head rounding and bevelling barrel lids, in the packing bay.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00143
Multi spindle moulder, used for making skirting boards etc. Douglas Parker holding the sheet.
John Pickles & Son, Mytholm - DEP00144
Machine in fitting bay, the despatch bay is in the background
Lifeboat Saturday Parade - MOT00290
Aston and Barker's wagon is paraded through the town in the Lifeboat Saturday procession on 7th July 1906
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00303
An illustration of the Lord Bros site, showing Stackhills Road and Baltimore in the foreground.
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00305
Edward Lord, 1st March 1812 - 10th September 1875. He was a pioneer in the manufacture of cotton spinning machinery and the founder of the firm.
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00306
The engineering workshop in the Canal Street works.
Lord Bros. Textile Machinery, Canal Street Works. - MOT00307
Interior view of the packing department on the Baltimore site.