Lancashire Collection (#33)

Great Crosby Cross
The site of the ancient Roman Catholic Cross at Great Crosby, Lancashire, England. Date: 1960s

Thomas Shadwell - 1
THOMAS SHADWELL Playwright, including The Lancashire witches : poet laureate, ridiculed by Dryden. Date: 1642 - 1692

Thomas Shadwell - 2
THOMAS SHADWELL Playwright, including The Lancashire witches : poet laureate, ridiculed by Dryden. Date: 1642 - 1692

Southport Pleasureland
A corner of Pleasureland, the fine Amusement Park at Southport, Lancashire, England, showing the Big Wheel. Date: late 1950s

Peel (Father) Birthplace
The birthplace of Robert Peel (the elder) at Blackburn, Lancashire. Date: 1750 - 1850

Punch and Judy Man
A excited crowd of children on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, following the Punch and Judy man, carrying his tent on his back, about to start the show. Date: early 1930s

Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, Lancashire, England, the original terminus for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, which was opened in 1830. Date: 1960s

Seaside Playground
A corner of the childrens playground, including an umbrella roundabout and swings, on the beach at Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1960s

The Belfry Tower, Furness Abbey, Lancashire (1798). Wheatley, Francis 1747 - 1801. Date: 1798

The Cenotaph, Blackpool, Lancashire - dedicated in 1923. Date: 1923

Hotel Metropole, Blackpool, England. Date: circa 1906

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Butterfly Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Lifeboat Date: circa 1920s

Blackpool, Lancashire - Illuminated Gondola. Date: circa 1920s

John A Collins - Lancashire Industrialist and Inventor
John A Collins - Lancashire Engineer, Industrialist and Inventor. Produced bicycle bags (Cykewear Limited) with a distinctive red dot in the centre

Central Promenade, Blackpool - At Night Date: 1911

Waves crashing on the front at Morecambe, Lancashire. Visible (just) back right is the Morecambe Tower, built in 1898 and standing some 232ft high

Heysham Church and Stone Coffin - Lancashire
Heysham Church and Medieval Stone Coffin - Lancashire Date: 1905

Chew Brook Waterfall, Greenfield, Lancashire Date: 1907

Boating Lake and Boathouse, Oldham, Lancashire
Boating Lake and Boathouse, Alexandra Park, Oldham, Lancashire - opened in 1903. Date: circa 1905

Children paddling in the sea - Blackpool Beach, Lancashire Date: circa 1909

East Promenade, Morecambe, Lancashire Date: 1910

Heysham Church, Morecambe, Lancashire Date: circa 1907

SS Monas Queen leaving port at Fleetwood, Lancashire
SS Monas Queen leaving the harbour at Fleetwood, Lancashire. Date: circa 1907

The Mount, Fleetwood, Wyre district, Lancashire, England. The focus of a half-wheel street layout by Decimus Burton, who laid out what would be the first planned town of the Victorian era

Rough Sea - Blackpool, Lancashire - view from the Central Pier Date: circa 1904

Blackpool - Entrance to the Winter Gardens
Blackpool, Lancashire - Entrance to the Winter Gardens Date: circa 1904

Promenade looking east, Morecambe, Lancashire toward the West End Pier. One can also see the Morecambe Tower, built in 1898 and standing some 232ft high

East Beach at Lytham - Donkey Rides / Windmill
East Beach at Lytham St. Annes - Donkey Rides / Windmill Date: 1904

Water Chutes at Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Lancashire
Blackpool Pleasure Beach - Lancashire - Thw Water Chutes Date: circa 1908

Lancashire - Poulton, The Stocks and cross
Poulton-le-Fylde (also known as Poulton) - a market town in Lancashire, England. The Stocks and market cross. Date: circa 1905

Medals of Valour for Heroes of Pit Disasters
Postcard celebrating (with a poem) the medals of Valour awarded by King Edward VII to the Heroes of the Pit Disasters at Whitehaven

Knuzden Vicarage, Lancashire, England. Two mysterious ladies are hiding amongst the trees... Date: circa 1908

St Marys Church, Lancaster, Lancashire, England Date: circa 1910s

Meteoric stone, Appley Bridge
One of a series of 5 postcards featuring British meteorites produced and sold by the museum in the 1920s

Preparing a giant plum pudding at Marylebone Workhouse, Lond
Members of The United Cooks Society preparing a monster plum pudding for during the festive season at Marylebone Workhouse for the Lancashire operatives

Burnley Workhouse, Lancashire
Dining Hall of Burnley Workhouse, Lancashire with male inmates seated at long tables. It appears to a special occasion, with workhouse staff accompanied by Union Guardians and a small child

Bandstand, Morecambe 2
The bandstand at Morecambe, Lancashire Date: circa 1910

North Lancashire Regiment cheer their return to war
An inspiring picture showing the men of the the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment cheering gaily when ordered to take their turn in the trenches. Date: circa 1915

Charcoal burners, Ulverston
Charcoal burners burners at work near Ulverston, then part of Lancashire Date: circa 1900

Station at Whittingham Asylum, Lancashire
The terminus station at Whittingham Asylum, Cumeragh Lane, Goosnargh, near Preston, Lancashire. The asylum opened in 1873 as the Lancashire County Lunatic Asylum

Stoodley Pike at Eastwood, Lancashire
Stoodley Pike which dominates the moors above Todmorden, West Yorkshire - a bunch of chaps are sitting at the base of the obelisk

Blackpool - Illuminated Gondola
Blackpool, Lancashire - an illuminated Gondola Date: circa 1930s

Blackpool from the Central PIer
Blackpool, Lancashire - popular coastal resort town, dominated by the famous Tower. The view from the central pier, also featuring sailing boats and the large ferris wheel. Date: 1905

Princess Parade, Blackpool Date: 1924

Sawley Abbey Stonework
Carved stonework detail in the gateway of Sawley Abbey, Lancashire, England. It was an abbey of Cisterian monks from 1147 until its dissolution in 1537. Date: founded 1147

Brights home Rochdale
The home of John Bright, - One Ash, Rochdale (a suburb of Manchester, Lancashire.) Date: 1859

Two friends on holiday in Blackpool, Lancashire
Two female friends walking along the street while on holiday in Blackpool, Lancashire. Date: early 1950s

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