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Thornbers - PNH00745
A consignment of Thornbers hatching eggs for export being delivered to BOAC (merged with BEA 1974)
Gathering at Thornbers Personnel - CVH00171
Back row, l to r: Tom Ashworth; Bill Harrison ; ? ; Bill Riley, Hebden Bridge; Harry Southwell, Mytholmroyd Hatchery Manager; Keith Holt, Peterborough Manager; Student from Ghana; Frank Bottomley.
Middle row: Tim McManus, Farm Manager, St Mellons,…
Middle row: Tim McManus, Farm Manager, St Mellons,…
Aerial View of Breeding Pens and a Hatchery - THB00194
Unknown location.
Aerial View of a Poultry Farm - THB00183
Unknown location.
Aerial View of Breeding Pens and Hatchery - THB00181
Unknown location.
Aerial View of a Hatchery - THB00180
Unknown location.
Aerial View of Breeding Pens and Hatchery - THB00178
Unknown location.
Aerial View of Mytholmroyd - THB00176
Showing the Thornber breeding pens. Note the railway sidings.
Aerial View of a Hatchery - THB00175
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Aerial View of a Hatchery - THB00174
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Aerial View of a Hatchery - THB00173
Unknown location.
Aerial View of Breeding Pens - THB00172
Unknown location.
Aerial View of Breeding Pens - THB00166
Unknown location.
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.
Brooder Houses at Elphaborough - THB00157
Scarbottom Mill is beyond the poultry houses. The footpath in the foreground was affectionately known as Duck Muck Lane.
Demonstrating Egg Handling - THB00155
Doug Shaw on far right.
Vaccinating - THB00153
Cyril Thornber on the right.
Eggs Being loaded for Delivery - THB00152
Peter Lloyd, Manager at Occold Hatchery, Suffolk on the left.