Eighties Gallery

Crossley and Porter Orphanage, Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax's Crossley Orphanage was founded in 1864 by Joseph, John and Francis Crossley. The building was designed by John Hogg. To mark a benefaction by Thomas Porter in 1887 it was renamed the Crossley & Porter Orphanage. In 1919, it began operating as a day school, then in 1984 merged with Heath Grammar School to form Crossley Heath School

© Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection

Cornelia Bayley, owner of Plas Teg - Jacobean house in Wales

Cornelia Bayley owner of Plas Teg, a Grade I listed Jacobean house in North Wales, near the village of Pontblyddyn, Flintshire. She is seated in the sitting room with a very large dog. In 2019 she still owned and ran the house which is open to the public. The Times Date: 1988

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

1980s, 80s, Bayley, Building, Cornelia, Dane, Dog, Eighties, Fire, Fireplace, Flintshire, Grade, Great, Hound, House, Jacobean, Listed, Log, North, Plas, Plasteg, Pontblyddyn, Room, Settee, Sitting, Teg, Tripe, Wales, Woman

Two bridges over the River Tamar, Devon and Cornwall

Two bridges over the River Tamar, connecting Plymouth, Devon and Saltash, Cornwall. On the left is the Royal Albert Bridge, a railway bridge designed by Brunel and completed in 1859. On the right is the Tamar Bridge, a road bridge completed in 1961.
circa 1980s

© Mary Evans Picture Library/ANDREW BESLEY

1850s, 1859, 1960s, 1961, 1980s, 80s, Albert, Bridge, Bridges, Brunel, Concrete, Connecting, Construction, Cornwall, Country, Devon, Eighties, Engineering, Modern, Parallel, Plymouth, Rail, Railway, River, Road, Royal, Saltash, Suspension, Tamar, Train, Transport, Victorian, Water, West