Browse Items (1648 total)
Sort by:
Gala Queen - ALC00185
Can you identify?
May Queen, Colden School, 1945 - ALC00184
Queen is Ruby Rawsthorne; train bearers: Keith Stansfield, Sheila Yomans; cushion bearer:Kenneth Collinge; young attendant is Ann Ann Marklew.
Parade, Bridge Lanes, Hebden Bridge - ALC00183
Formerly AT361
Mayday Celebrations - ALC00179
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Parade, Market Street, Hebden Bridge - ALC00177
Parade coming from Market Street to Bankfoot, possibly celebrating George V's Coronation. Card addressed to Mr J Stansfield, Melbourne St Hebden Bridge. Sent by S Pickles. General banners and horse pulling a "Golden Horse" (a model of the Gold State…
Gala Queen Nellie Speak - ALC00169
Gala Queen - Nellie Speak, later Mrs Dawson. Attendants from left to right - Ida Burton, Clara Sutcliffe, Nellie Sutcliffe, Margaret Shaw, Alma Riley, Alice Greenwood, Norman Parker and Jonathan Forest. They had just got down from the float.
Concert Party - ALC00144
Can anybody identify the entertainers or the event?
Young Thesbians - ALC00115
Formerly AT072
Harry Stell at Big Rock, Scout Woods, Mytholmroyd - RSC00253
Situated below Scout Rocks, this was a popular spot for children to climb on and have picnics. It was covered under tons of rubbish when the area was used as a council tip.
Big Rock, Scout Woods, Mytholmroyd - RSC00251
Situated below Scout Rocks, this was a popular spot for children to climb on and have picnics. It was covered under tons of rubbish when the area was used as a council tip.
Pictured here are cousins Christopher, Bernard and Monica Stell.
Pictured here are cousins Christopher, Bernard and Monica Stell.
Clifton Beck, Brighouse - BIM00135
Postcard. 1960s.
Lifeboat Saturday, 1906 - MOT00468
Lifeboat Saturday procession, 7th July 1906. The RNLI lifeboat 'Busbie', from Fleetwood, is being turned at the end of Richmond street to complete its voyage through the town.
Band of Hope Demonstration - MOT00466
The Demonstration of the Band of Hope Union c.1908. Most of the chapels took part in this annual parade in July. The photograph shows the procession leaving Hazlewood Street.
Electricity Supply - MOT00438
Electricity cables being laid along Halifax Road, 1905-6. Roomfield Buildings are seen on the right.
Holidays - MOT00392
The Collinge and Greenwood families, of Cornholme, outside their boarding house in Blackpool during the annual wakes. John Collinge is standing at the left of the group and Luther Greenwood at the right.
Cotton workers had one major annual holiday,…
Cotton workers had one major annual holiday,…
After Work : Waiting to join Band of Hope procession - MOT00384
Children of Roomfield Baptist Sunday School waiting to join the annual Band of Hope procession, at Anchor Street, Halifax Road.
In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society,…
In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society,…
After Work : Roomfield Baptist Chapel - MOT00383
A typical Sunday Service at Roomfield Baptist Chapel in the early 1900s.
In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society, lectures and Musical Events. All social events and…
In the late 19th Century every Chapel and Sunday School had its library, Mutual Improvement Society, Debating Society, lectures and Musical Events. All social events and…
Burnley Road, Cornholme - MOT00226
General view of Burnley Road, Cornholme, dominated by Wilson Bros' mill and their factory clock, 1905
Hill Farming & The Growth of the Cottage Industry. - MOT00114
Three hundred years ago, most of the population would be found in the farms and cottages on the upland "shelf", in areas such as Shore, Mankinholes and Bottomley. Families were self-sufficient, growing and producing most of their own food and…