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Shop and street at Ulrome, East YorkshireView of a shop and main street at the village of Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1940s
View of the Smithy at Ulrome, East YorkshireView of the Smithy at the village of Ulrome, near Driffield, East Yorkshire. Date: 1950s
North Landing, Flamborough, North YorkshireView of the North Landing at Flamborough, North Yorkshire, with boats and holidaymakers. Date: 1940s
Radio set up in Castleford church, YorkshireAn Ultra radio set up in Hightown Parish Church, Castleford, Yorkshire, so that the congregation can follow the celebrations for the Silver Jubilee of King George V. Date: 1935
Five views of Pontefract, Yorkshire: two of the Market Place, and one each of the Castle, the Beastfair, and Friarwood Valley Gardens. Date: 1950s
Hawes Market 1950SThe shoe stall, a market day scene at Hawes, Yorkshire, England, with the tower and its church in the background. Date: late 1950s
Middleham Castle / YorksMiddleham Castle, Yorkshire Date: 1790
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
Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, YorkshireA gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856
Prisoner of war camp, Catterick, YorkshireA group of six inmates pose amongst flower beds at a World War One prisoner of war camp at Catterick, North Yorkshire
Female wool weaving operators, YorkshireFemale wool weaving operators tend their machines at a Yorkshire factory
Docks, fishing vessels and smoke houses, Hull, YorkshireView of the docks in Hull (Kingston upon Hull), Yorkshire, with fishing vessels and smoke houses, where the fish was smoked
Tending pigs, Inebriates Reformatory, Ackworth, West YorkshiInmates tending pigs at the North Midlands Inebriates Reformatory at Ackworth near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. The institution was one of several operated by National Institutions for Inebriates
NIPRCC BrochurePart of a promotional brochure produced by the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control, an organisation privately run by the Rev Harold Burden to house feeble minded children
Kitchen, Inebriates Reformatory, Ackworth, YorkshireInmates working in the kitchen at the North Midlands Inebriates Reformatory at Ackworth near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. The institution was one of several operated by National Institutions for
Cookery lesson, Askham Grange Prison, North YorkshireInmates at Askham Grange female training prison in North Yorkshire take part in a cookery lesson. The instructor has written a recipe for scones on the blackboard. Date: circa 1945
Cell contents, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireThe interior and meagre contents of a cell at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire. The inmate sleeps on a plank bed covered by a thin mattress
Inmate at cell window, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireAn inmate of Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, stands on a stool to catch a glimpse of the outside world through the high window of his cell
Prison visit, Wakefield Prison, West YorkshireAn inmate at Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, receives a visitor. The meeting takes place through a metal grille and is observed by a prison officer
Richard Oastler, factory reformerRichard Oastler (1789-1861) was a labour reformer and abolitionist, born in Leeds, Yorkshire. He fought for the rights of working children in the Factory Act of 1847
Boys being winched up a mine shaft at Halifax, YorkshireTwo boys being winched up from a coal mine at Halifax, Yorkshire. The winch is extremely primitive with no safety features
Boy pushing coal wagon in mine at Halifax, YorkshireA boy with a belt and chain around his waist pushes a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire
Boy dragging coal wagon with belt and chain in mineA boy with a belt and chain around his waist drags a heavy coal truck along a low underground passage in a mine at Halifax, Yorkshire
Menu from Halifax Union Board of Guardians dinnerThe cover of the commemorative menu at the Halifax Union Board of Guardians final dinner. The abolition of all the countrys Boards of Guardians after April 1930 marked the end of the workhouse system
Whitby Parish poor relief voucher for coalA voucher for a shilling bag of coal, issued as poor relief by the Churchwarden at Whitby, North Yorkshire
Workhouse Sports Day, Sheffield, YorkshireInmates of the Sheffield Union workhouse at Fir Vale watch as male competitors take part in an obstacle course during a sports day
Hull Poor Law GuardiansA Board of Guardians was elected annually by the ratepayers of Hull, Yorkshire, to administer poor relief in the city. This group portrait of the 1912 Board - all men - was taken in front of the main
Union Walk, Selby, West YorkshireUnion Walk at Selby, West Yorkshire. The Selby Union Workhouse runs along the left of the lane
A Huddersfield Horse cabA fine photograph of an equally fine horse-drawn cab, with an open soft top, driven by the proprietor of the firm, W Haigh. Mr Haigh specialised in furniture removals, cabs and as a Daily Carrier
William Thomas Burgess, Channel swimmerWilliam Thomas Burgess (right) at Walmer after his successful channel swim, which took place on 5-6 September 1911. He was the second person to swim the channel after Captain Matthew Webb in 1875
Union Workhouse, Sedbergh, North YorkshireThe Sedbergh Union workhouse erected in 1857 at the south of Sedbergh, North Yorkshire (now Cumbria)
St Lukes Hospital, Halifax, West YorkshireA birds eye view of St Lukes Hospital at Skircoat, Halifax, West Yorkshire, opened in 1901 as the Halifax Union workhouse infirmary
Selby, YorkshireThe market place at Selby, Yorkshire
Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, viewed from the south east
Saltersgate, YorkshireThe Hole of Horcum at Saltersgate, Yorkshire
Saltburn, Yorkshire
Saltaire, YorkshireThe factory and model town of Saltaire, Yorkshire, built by the manufacturer Titus Salt to house the workers in his factory. Apparently there were no pubs!
Middlesbrough, ClevelandAn almost incredibly rural view of Middlesbrough, Teesside, Cleveland
LEEDS, YorkshireExamining cloth in the Coloured Cloth Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire
HullThe Market Place, Hull, Humberside, with an equestrian statue
HullThe docks at Hull, Humberside
Hackfall SpringThe alum spring at Hackfall, Yorkshire
The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (1 / 2)The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (1/2) - The Hot Air treatment (Greville System). A remarkable collection of health paraphenalia!
Doncaster InnAdmiring a horse outside the Salutation Inn, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
