Lancashire Collection (#35)

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

Pierrots at Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire
The Blackwites pierrot troupe at the Langho Colony in 1925. The colony, at Langho in Ribblesdale, Lancashire, was set up in 1906 by the Chorlton

Fylde Union Cottage Homes, Kirkham, Lancashire
The Fylde Union cottage homes for children, Kirkham, Lancashire. The homes were built in 1913-14 on the site of the original Fylde Union workhouse after it was replaced by a new

Improvised harbour at Gallipoli WWI
The improvised harbour at Lancashire Landing on W Beach. It was constructed of grounded ships, and proved a highly successful haven from the heavy seas experienced in this area

Gallipoli WWI
Entrance to Gully ravine at Gully Beach where the 42nd East Lancashire Division was stationed during World War I

Lock House at Mossley, Manchester
Mossley, Manchester, Lancashire - the Lock House on the canal. The tight entrance to the lock is whitewashed (and labelled thus) to make it very distinct when travelling late in the day and at night

The riots in the cotton districts
A page from the May 1878 Illustrated London News, detailing the cotton riots in Lancashire, which were the response to a proprosed 10% reduction in workers wages

Departure of troops by the London and Birmingham Railway
Troops departing from Euston Station, London, to Manchester and other industrial districts of Lancashire to supress the riots and strikes there

Lancashire fusiliers in a bay of a front trench showing a Lewis gun and wire. Opposite Messines near Ploegstreert Wood, Belgium during World War I in January 1917

Hay Harvesting, National Childrens Home, Edgworth, Lancs
Boys harvesting hay at the National Childrens Home, Edgworth, near Bolton, Lancashire. They carry pitchforks and a horse-drawn wagon is fully loaded

Childrens Home on the Moor, Edgworth, Lancashire
The Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, Lancashire, was founded in 1872 by the Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Preston wage dispute
George Cowell addresses an open air meeting of factory operatives in The Orchard, Preston, Lancashire, during the strike resulting from a wages dispute

British 36th Division in Burma - 1944
Two members of the British 36th Division (consisting of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the East Lancashire Regiment)

Rochdale, Lancashire
On the way to One Ash, Rochdale, Lancashire, now part of Greater Manchester

18th Earl of Derby
Edward John Stanley, 18th Earl of Derby (1918-1994). Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire from 1951-1968. Established Knowsley Safari Park at his Knowsley Hall estate in 1971

Cleethorpes Beach
Donkeys on the beach at Cleethorpes, Lancashire

Blackpool Pier
Opening of the new pier at Blackpool, Lancashire, adding yet another attraction to this popular holiday resort

Blackpool, New Pier
The opening of the new pier at Blackpool, Lancashire

Blackpool, Donkeys
Blackpool, Lancashire, has already become a popular holiday resort in the mid-19th century - ladies are conducted for a shore excursion in a donkey-cart

Drummer Spencer John Bent, East Lancashire Regiment, awarded the V.C

British Troops making a stand near Dunkirk; Second World War
Illustration showing Captain Ervine-Andrews (top left) leading his men of the East Lancashire Regiment in a determined stand against an attack by three German Battalions, near Dunkirk, 1940

Holmfirth Reservoir
Terrible inundation and loss of life at Holmfirth when the reservoir burst its banks in 1852

Two friends on a bench at Blackpool, Lancashire
Two female friends rest on a bench with the Blackpool Tower in the background

Cotton Plaiting Machine
Plaiting machine, Lancashire

WHALLEY - 1921
Whalley Viaduct, Lancashire

A Maclaren - Cricketer
Archie C MacLaren - Cricketer for Lancashire and England

R H Spooner - Cricketer
Reginald H Spooner - batsman for Lancashire and England

J T Tyldesley (Lancs)
John Thomas Tyldesley - cricketer for Lancashire and England

Cricket / Team / Lancashire
Lancashire: Mold, Paul, Lunt, Baker, Smith, Sugg, Ward, Tindall, MacLaren (C), Bardswell, Briggs, Smith, Tinsley

Cricketer, A. Ward
Albert Ward Cricketer - Yorkshire and Lancashire

Cricketer, Sugg
Frank Sugg Cricketer - Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Lancashire

South Prom, Blackpool
Strollers on the South Promenade at Blackpool, Lancashire

Tram at Blackpool
At Blackpool, Lancashire, a tramload of holidaymakers are about to take the Circular tour of the town - but first, the souvenir photo !

Cricketer, Bardswell
Gerald R. Bardswell Cricketer - Lancashire

Cricketer, Paul
Arthur Paul Cricketer - Lancashire

Cricketer, Barlow
Richard Gorton Barlow Cricketer - Lancashire

Cricketer, Maclaren
A.C. Maclaren Cricketer - Lancashire

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