Lancashire Collection (#34)

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

Knowsley Hall

PRESTON, Lancashire
Distant view of Preston, Lancashire - a nice contrast between countryside and industrial development. Date: circa 1835

Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
A dog chases a swan and a gaggle of ducks across the lawns of Rufford Old Hall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire, the seat of Thomas Henry Hesketh Esq - today a National Trust property. Date: 1845

Daffodil Field
A woman picking daffodils in a field at Hale, Lancashire, England. Date: 1950s

Blackpool from Tower
A fine overview of the promenade and sea front at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, taken from the sea front. Date: 1950s

Three Lonk Sheep beside a wall. Lonk Sheep are bred in the central and south Pennines of northern England, a horned, carpet wool breed. Date: 1960s

Blackpool Funfair
A fairground ride on Blackpool Pleasure Beach funfair, Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s

Tacky Blackpool
The Monster from the Bowels of the Earth, one of the attractions on offer, along with palm reading, hamburgers, tattooing, on the Golden Mile, Blackpool, Lancashire, England Date: late 1960s

Marian Millicent Barton
MARIAN MILLICENT BARTON daughter of James Barton of Penwortham Hall, near Preston, Lancashire. Date: circa 1833

Winter Beech Trees
The bare branches of beech trees amid winter snow in Reynolds Park, Woolton, Lancashire, England. Date: 1950s

Blackpool Casino
The splendid Art Deco building which houses Blackpool Casino, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

Blackpool Beach
The delights of Blackpool beach, the scene of many a fun-packed family holiday! Lancashire, England. Date: late 1960s

Bright Birthplace
The birthplace of John Bright, - Greenbank, Rochdale (a suburb of Manchester, Lancashire.) Date: 1859

SNOWY PARK
The snow-covered path, a scene in Oakhill Park, Accrington, Lancashire, England. Date: 1930s

Twee Farmhouse
An old farmhouse, grotesquely modernised with rather twee shutters and a picket fence, Halewood, Lancashire, England. Date: 19th century

Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, England. The present cathedral dates from 1215. It was damaged during World War Two air raids and by an I.R.A. bomb in 1996. Date: 1967

Train Driving Lesson
Driver Instructor CYRIL BULL, Lostock Hall, Preston, Lancashire, England (left), explains the cab layout of an electric locomotive to Preston train driver RICHARD THOMAS. Date: circa 1980

HALL I TH WOOD
Hall i th Wood, near Bolton, Lancashire, England. Once the home of Samuel Crompton, the inventor of the Spinning Mule (1779), which revolutionised the cotton industry. Date: 15th century

Edgworth Youth Hostel, Lancashire, England - a farm at over 1000 feet above sea level, on the moors. Date: 1930s

Clock Tower & Promenade, Morecambe, Lancashire Date: circa 1920s

Gracie Fields and her dog Ming
The English singer and actress, Gracie Fields (1898-1979), with her dog Ming, sitting at the top of a slide. Date: 1938

Operation dugout of field ambulance, Western Front, WW1
An operation dugout of a field ambulance of the 42nd East Lancashire Division during the First World War. A bullet has just been removed from a mans arm. Date: 1914-1918

Turkish prisoners captured, Tuz Khurmati, WW1
Turkish prisoners captured during action in Tuz Khurmati on the Tigris (now in Iraq) during the First World War. They were captured by the 38th Lancashire Brigade, 13th Division. Date: 29 April 1918

National Childrens Home & Orphanage Lancashire Branch - Clo
The Lancashire branch of the home and orphanage run by the National Childrens Home (NCH). Here, boys in aprons and surrounded by the tools of the trade are learning the craft of clog-making

Bootle Day Industrial School
The Day Industrial School on Marsh Lane, Bootle, Lancashire. The school opened in 1895 to provide non-residential training facilities for youths sent there by the courts. Date: circa 1905

Westinghouse Railway Works, Manchester
Machine shop aisle Westinghouse Train Works, Manchester, Lancashire, England. circa 1906

The Carlton Hotel, Blackpool - fronting the Promenade Date: circa 1910s

Blackpool Sands Competition
A Sandcastle building competition on the famous beach at Blackpool, Lancashire, England. This entry is a SENSATIONALLY fabulous sea monster, complete with limbs

Cotton Mill, Lancashire
Cotton mill, Lancashire. Date: 1964

Dinner dance at Fulford Barracks, CRE Preston
Staff of Fulford Barracks, CRE Preston, Lancashire, with guests, at a dinner dance. Date: 1946

Potatoes, Lancashire
Lifting potatoes at Rainhill, Lancashire, using a tractor Date: 1960

Locomotive no 1505 0-8-2

Locomotive no 404, 2-6-2

Locomotive no 301 2-4-2

Locomotive no 67 8 coupled engine

Locomotive no 1403 4-4-2

Newtown Colliery, Mining
Newtown Colliery, Nr Bolton, Lancashire. An unusual view of the colliery with Victorian housing and a streetlamp in the foreground

Bank Hall Colliery, Mining
Bank Hall Colliery, Burnley, Lancashire, England. Study of an Italian migrant worker, fresh from the pit face

Technical Institute, Mining
Mining Technical Institute, Burnley, Lancashire, England. A smiling young boy in a hard hat, finishes a mug of tea before returning to class

Technical Institute, Mining
Mining Technical Institute, Burnley, Lancashire, England. A class of teenage boys in hard hats, all hopeful to be one of tomorrows miners

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