Whitehaven Collection

Coronation bonfire at Whitehaven, 1902
A superbly constructed bonfire at Whitehaven, 120 feet in height and 155 feet in circumference, containing 600 tons of timber and brushwood

Female Gurner
A woman gurner pulls a truely awful face through a leather ring during the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

whitehaven harbour

Boys at Whitehaven harbour

Whitehaven fair in 1899
whitehaven fair in 1899 funfair lake district bioscope cinematograph Date: 1899

whitehaven fair in 1899 funfair lake district gallopers Date: 1899

Swallows Funfair, Whitehaven Fair in 1899
Swallows funfair whitehaven fair in 1899 funfair lake district gallopers Date: 1899

sailing ship in whitehaven harbour

Lowther Street, Whitehaven early 1900's

Whitehaven Lowther Street early 1900s

The Harbour, Whitehaven early 1900's

Whitehaven Docks Victorian period

Whitehaven Harbour early 1900s

1840s Victorian Map of Cumberland

FALL / TOY POODLE / 1972
WHITEHAVEN WHITE WITCH Head study. Owner: Martin Date: 1972

Gurning Man
A male gurner with his ugly face through a leather ring at the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Lowther Street, Whitehaven, Cumbria Date: circa 1910s

Old Man Gurner
An old man gurner with his ugly face through a leather ring at the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Mulitiview, Whitehaven, England
Mulitiview, Whitehaven, near Workington, Cumbria, England. Date: 1954

Erie Street, Whitehaven, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: 1912

House, Rottington, Cumbria
House, Rottington, Whitehaven, near Workington, Cumbria, England. Date: 1900s

Parade, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Parade, Whitehaven, near Cleator Moor, Cumbria, England. Date: 1900s

The Village, Possibly Ravenglass, Cumbria
The Village, Possibly Ravenglass, Whitehaven, near Egremont, Cumbria, England. Date: 1900s

Nursery Road, Beckermet, Cumbria
Nursery Road, Beckermet, Whitehaven, near Egremont, Cumbria, England. Date: 1920s

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

Scene of mine disaster at Wellington Pit
The under-seas tomb of over a hundred men. The scene of the great mine disaster at Whitehaven: Wellington Pit, which extends five miles under the Irish Sea

Chalked message at Wellington Pit
The Wellington Pit explosion and fire at Whitehaven on 11th May 1910 was one of Britains worst mining disasters in which 136 men and boys lost their lives

Workhouse Teachers Salary Receipt, Whitehaven
A receipt for the quarterly salary payment of twelve pounds and ten shillings. It is from the Whitehaven Union, signed by workhouse teacher William Benson on 24 December 1856

Lear / Nonsense / Whitehaven
There was an Old Man of Whitehaven, who danced a quadrille with a raven; But they said, Its absurd to encourage this bird! So they smashed that Old Man of Whitehaven

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