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Images of Archives and Local Studies collections

Churchgate 3b: Street Scene with crowd near Market Cross and old Parish Church behind
Churchgate 4: Masonic Procession with Star Inn behind
Churchgate 17: Street scene with horse cabs and old Parish Church being demolished
Churchgate 5: View to parish church with Capitol Cinema, Derby Arms Hotel, Golden Lion with motor vehicles
Churchgate 8a: Street scene Old Market Place , Deansgate with Cross
Churchgate 13: View towards Parish Church with Market Cross and buses
Churchgate 14: Street Scene with Market Cross and Horse Carriage plus Policeman
Churchgate 15: Looking towards Deansgate with market Cross in centre with motor vehicles and Prestons clock tower
Churchgate 31: Sandwich Inn exterior view
Churchgate 32: Walsh's Pasty Shop exterior view
Churchgate 36: Street scenes
Churchgate 37: Street scene
Churchgate 39: ABC Cinema exterior view
Churchgate 40: Booths Music exterior view
Churchgate 42: Boars Head exterior view
Churchgate 43: Olympus and Old Man & Scythe exterior view
Churchgate 44: Olympus Restaurant exterior view
Bradshawgate 35a: Street Scene at Bollings Yard with H. Baron Shop, horse carts and people
Bradshawgate 12: Street scene with vans and cars
Bradshawgate 13: Street scene with bus and lorry
Bradshawgate 46: Street scene towards Preston's shop with snow
Bradshawgate 47: Street scene with Arndale Centre with Pedestrian crossing and cars and people.
Bradshawgate 54: View of shops J Walsh, A Morris, and the Red Cross Hotel with pedestrian
Bradshawgate 36: Street scene with Albert Ward Sports Shop and Street Cleaning ladders and bucket
Bradshawgate 56: Saddle Inn Public House, Shops, North Fur Company and Harry Fenton Menswear and Refuge Insurance.
Bradshawgate 48: Street Scene before Arndale Centre with pedestrian crossing and cars.
Bradshawgate 17: View from Prestons corner showing traffic flow & retailers.
Bradshawgate 34: Street scene with Red Cross Hotel, Voses UCP Restaurant and cars, including Rover
Deansgate 1: Greyhound Public House & Beardsworth's Hairdressers
Deansgate 2: View of Deansgate Head Post Office, Bakers, Tobacconist, Hairdressers & Furnishing Warehouse.
Deansgate 3: View towards White Lion brow with Manchester furnishers, Bert Small butchers & grocers.
Deansgate 4: View towards Knowsley Street with Fifty Shilling, Dolcis Shoes & Alexandre Shops Tailors
Deansgate 5: View of Deansgate, St Edmund Street, extreme left Holroyds Cycles Chemist & Berry Washington Shops.
Deansgate 20: View at night from Knowsley St junction with Westminster Bank & Co-op Insurance, buses & cars.
Deansgate 55: View of traffic & shops with BRS Parceles van
Deansgate 56: View from Churchgate with shops & Traffic.
Deansgate 57: View from Churchgate, shops & vehicles.
Deansgate 44: View of Hughes Chemist, Manor photo services, D.Jones Hairstylist & public.
Deansgate 59: Busy street with shops, cars, & pedestrians.
Deansgate 58: View from Churchgate With shops & Vehicles
Deansgate 60: View towards Burtons & Marks & Spencers with the Parish Church in the background.
Deansgate 62: Street scene at junction with Knowsley street with three tailors shops & traffic.
Deansgate 66: View of Arndale House with Jackson the Tailor & Dixons cameras, Oxford St junction.
Deansgate 67: Corner of Deansgate, Bradshawgate with Jax & Curtess shoes.
Deansgate Health Centre 1: Rear view looking on to car park with cars.
Victoria Square 1: View from Grapes Hotel looking towards Commercial Hotel with Jacks bargain store
Victoria Square 2: View from Commercial Hotel of Naisbys departmental store
Victoria Square 3: View along Hotel Street with Naisbys Department store
Victoria Square 4: View from Old Hall St with Battersbys Furnishers, Manchester & Singer shops soon to be demolished
Victoria Square 5: View from centre Victoria Square looking towards Battersbys, Manchester & Singer, shops empty or closing down.
Victoria Square 7: View from corner of Newport St with old library & retailers
Victoria Square 9: View from front of Town Hall, Naisbys & Northern House Clothes retailers
Victoria Square 10: View looking at War Memorial with retail shops Toffee, Ribble Travel, Cleggs, Lumb & Smith curtains.
Victoria Square 11: Corner of Exchange St with retailers.
Victoria Square 12: Looking up Newport St with old Ref' Library & retailers.
Victoria Square 13: View from old lending library with Grapes Hotel in the distance.
Victoria Square 14: View of War Memorial with Newport St in the distance
Victoria Square 121: Ariel view of square with pedestrians, fountains & retailers.
Victoria Square 29: Looking towards Commercial Hotel with Co-op, Cenotaph, retailers, cars & pedestrians.
Victoria Square 30: View at night towards Commercial Hotel with Cenotaph in foreground
Victoria Square 31: Cenotaph gardens & East side of Square with retailers.
Victoria Square 40: View from Town Hall roof with fountain, wimpy bar & old ref library.
Town Hall Square 1: View to square with charabanc trip to Blackpool, two telephone boxes, retail shops tailors, butchers, outfitters, grocers, policemen & a crowd of people.
Canal 6: Ringley Locks with cottage
Canal 5: View from Bradford St towards Burnden showing canal filled in
Canal 4a: View from canal to Church Wharf with Parkers garage, Crompton plumbers & other traders
Canal 4b: View from Church Wharf along Canal
Canal 3a: View of canal & Bradford St bridge
Canal 3b: view of canal with Bradford St bridge
Canal 2a: View towards Church Wharf railway bridge with Bolton-Bury-Manchester canal.
Canal 2b: View of canal yard
Canal 1a: Bolton-Bury-Manchester Canal cleared site with mills in the background
Canal 1b: Bolton-Bury-Manchester canal cleared site with buildings in the background.
Church Wharf 2: Rail bridge with scrap yard & cleared site Bolton Wanderers in the Background.
Church Wharf 3: View of Parish Church with rail bridge, scrap yard, partial cleared site.
Church Wharf 12: View up Church Wharf with Grand Theatre, cars & retailers.
Church Wharf 13: View up to Castle St with Shell garage, scrap yard with handcarts & cyclist
Church Wharf 14: View from Bury New road of railway bridge, advert hoardings & truck with retailers Kenyons & Bratburys
Church Wharf 15: View from Parish Church with a row of cars & piano retailers
Newport Street 1: View from Victoria Square with retailers,
Newport Street 4: View from Ashburner St with retailers
Newport Street 5: View from Great Moor St with retailers
Newport Street 6: View from Great Moor St with retailers, Proffitts Television & Radio.
Newport Street 8: View towards Victoria Square with Battersbys Furnishers Morris's Shoes, Town hall tavern
Newport Street 9: View towards Victoria Square with retailers.
Newport Street 10: View towards Victoria Square with Warwickshire Furnishers
Newport Street 11: View towards Ashburner Street junction demolition in progress retailers Ketterings boots Hesfords Carpets.
Newport Street 12: View towards Victoria Square retailers, furniture.
Newport Street 16: View South from Victoria Square with retail shoes, buses & cars
Newport Street 17: View towards Town Hall with retailers, Pegrams Grocers, Mac fisheries, Shoe shops
Newport Street 40: View from Great Moor Street towards Town Hall with traffic flow.
Newport Street 21: West side, looking towards Town Hall with retailers.
Newport Street 24: East side looking away from precinct with Building society (old library) & retailers.
Newport Street 25: View towards Victoria square with tram & retailers, newsagent & public house.
Newport Street 124: View of retailers mainly shoe shops and pedestrians.
Newport Street 122: View of Halfords retail with the Town Hall to the right.
Newport Street 121: View towards Great Moor St with shoe retailers & pedestrians
Newport Street 120: View towards Victoria Square with old ref library, retailers & shoppers.
Newport Street 119: View from Victoria Square looking towards old ref library with retailers & shoppers
Newport Street 118: View towards Great Moor St with retailers & pedestrians.
Newport Street 78: View along street with traffic flow Warburton's van, buses & retail shoes.
Newport Street 77: View towards Victoria Square with parked and traffic in flow & retailers.
Newport Street 76: View towards Victoria Square with pedestrians & retailers
Newport Street 75: Looking south from Victoria Square with shoppers, retailers & people seated.
Newport Street 54: Victoria Square, Newport Street prior to pedestrianisation with buses, cars & retailers.
Newport Street 3: View with Post Office, Avery Scales, pedestrians & retailers.
Bolton Central Library 1: View of Library on Victoria Square with Grapes Hotel & shops.
Bolton Central Library 1a: View of Library display, books & information.
Bolton Central Library 2: Newport St interior view with people lending books.
Bolton Central Library 20: Staff Photograph possible Xmas
Bolton Central Library 3 (Junior): Junior Dept interior with children reading & choosing books.
Bolton Central Library 4 (Reference ): Exterior view Victoria Square.
Bolton Central Library 5: Lecture Hall interior
Bolton central Library 6 (Reference): Reference Dept interior
Bolton Central Library 7(Reference): Exterior view Howell Croft Victoria Square
Bolton Central Library 8 (Lending): Interior of lending library with H.Hamer chief librarian issuing books to his daughter
Bolton Central Library 9: Three men wheeling books across Victoria Square from old ref library to new library, large barrows with books & onlookers.
Bolton Central Library 10: Removing books from shelves, old ref library to new library with men waiting for barrows to be filled Susan Ramsden (duster) Alec Wilson (assist)
Bolton Central Library 11(Lending): Rear view, building was civic restaurant during 2nd World War & National Insurance Office
Bolton Central Library 12 (Lending): General public, interior of new lending library
Bolton Central Library 13: View of old lending library Victoria Square with cars, town Hall public house & shops.
Bolton Central Library (Reference): Interior of Reference Library with counter & books.
Bolton Central Library 23: Foyer before alterations in 1978 with reference library entrance.
Bolton Central Library 22 (Reference): View reference library Victoria Square with Grapes public house.
Bolton Central Library 22a: View of central lending library Victoria square.
Bolton Central Library 22b: Interior of reading room in old reference library
Bolton Central Library 21: View of Library & art Gallery with old lending library & air raid shelter.
Bolton Central Library 19: Staff photograph
Bolton Central Library 17 (Junior): View of interior junior library
Bolton Central Library 16: Entrance Hall with pillars, interior view.
Bolton Central Library 14a: Interior view of Lecture Hall.
Bolton Central Library: View of Le Mans Crescent
Civic Centre 16: View of Le Mans Crescent
Civic Centre 15: View from back of old reference library with view of Town Hall.
Civic Centre 8: View towards arches from Howell Croft.
Civic Centre 7: View with possible Coronation decoration with parked motorcycle.
Civic Centre 6: View of Crescent Arches, looking through.
Civic Centre 1: Library showing Law Courts.
Civic Centre 2: View taken towards entrance of Central Library & Museum with old lending library in background with cars & a bus.
Civic Centre 3: Ariel view of Town Centre with Town Hall, Le Mans Crescent & surrounding areas.
Civic Centre 4: Ariel view of Town Hall, Le Mans Crescent, Odeon Cinema & gas works in the distance.
Civic Centre 14: View from Howell Croft of Central Library, Old reference library & air raid shelter.
Civic Centre 35: View of Crescent with cars & snow, from library steps
Civic Centre 28: Opening of Civic Centre by Lord Derby.
Civic Centre 30: Opening by Lord Derby standing on steps to Museum & Library
Civic Centre 31: Inspection by Lord Derby on Victoria Square with Grapes Hotel & old lending library.
Civic Centre 23: View towards Arches from Magistrates Courts with about 20 parked cars.
Howell Croft 4: View looking to Newport St with Worthington, Coopers hardware, Timpsons shoes.
Howell Croft 20: View of Octagon car park
Howell Croft 21: View of back Newport St with octagon car park & pedestrians.
Howell Croft 22: View of Octagon car park with Town Hall.
Howell Croft 19: View of car park near Octagon Theatre & Syds butchers in the background
Oxford Street 4: View of East side looking from precinct towards Deansgate
Oxford Street 18: View from Town Hall with British Home Stores, Commercial Hotel & traffic
Oxford Street 2: View towards Deansgate with Co-op Superstore & retailers
Oxford Street 3: View towards Whitakers & Bank with Hargreaves Engine.
Oxford Street 1: View from Hick Hargreaves Engine towards precinct with suede centre & army stores.
Oxford Street 19: View to Street looking towards Town Hall.
Oxford Street 33: View towards Knowsley St with Hargreaves Engine, Mrs Nat Lofthouse Hair fashions, Co-op, Whitakers.
Oxford Street 34: view to Knowsley St with Army Stores, Times Furnishers & retailers.
Oxford Street 36: View from Town Hall looking down to Commercial Hotel
Oxford Street 32: View towards Hargreaves Engine with Leeds Building society, Co-op & John Collier Tailors.
Oxford Street 35: View from Oxford Street to Knowsley St with retailers, shoppers, temp pedestrian scheme.
Oxford Street 25: View from Town Hall steps with Commercial Hotel & retailers
Oxford Street 39: Looking North towards Knowles St with Tonge Moor bus.
Nelson Square 13: View looking down side of Pack Horse to Silverwell St, with parked cars
Nelson Square 14: Monument in foreground
Nelson Square 24: View towards Prudential Building.
Nelson Square 15: View towards Bradshawgate with Red Cross Hotel & parked cars
Nelson Square 23: View to Prudential Building with retailers.
Nelson Square 19: View towards Bradshawgate with men's clothes shops Scholes & Scholes & Man.
Nelson Square 18: West view towards Bradshawgate with cars.
Nelson Square 20: Four views of Prudential Assurance Company, corner of Bradshawgate looking up the square left side.
Old Hall Street. 8: View towards Public House
Old Hall Street. 3: View angled towards Victoria Square & Hall St with Lancashire wallpaper, Batterbys Furnishers & vehicles
Old Hall Street. 1: View to street with Antiques & Brokers
Old Hall Street. 4: From Victoria Square Lancashire wallpaper & retailers
Old Hall Street. 7: View from Howell Croft with side of Town Hall
Old Hall Street. 6: Taken across Howell Croft from Museum steps with retailers awaiting demolition.
Old Hall Street. 5: From Victoria Square with old lending library on the right
Old Hall Street. 9: View towards Town hall with Whitakers store on the right with vehicles.
Coronation Street 1: Looking down Slade Street Brooke's & Spring Wholesale fruit & shops.
Coronation Street 2: View towards Great Moor St, with Jubilee Stores Fish, Poultry, Game, car & people.
Coronation Street 4: Looking towards Ashburner St Wholesale Fruit & Veg with vans & cars, Town Hall clock in the background
Coronation Street 5: View Towards Great Moor St, Hesfords & Ellison's Carpets, van & cars parked.
Coronation Street 6: View from Great Moor St Terminus for Deane & Westhoughton Trams, Attendants hut with Wheatsheaf Public House & Timothy Whites Chemist.
Coronation Street 8: View towards Ashburner Street with Wholesale fruit & veg wholesale, cars, van & Ellison & Hesford Carpets
Corporation Street 3: View towards Knowsley St with shops, buses, cars & shoppers, Dewhurst Butchers, Kelsall Opticians, Market Hall.
Corporation Street 4: View towards Knowsley Street with shops & buses
Corporation Street 5: View towards Bridge St Woolworths Shops & Pedestrians & zebra crossing.
Hotel Street 3: View to Victoria Square, Naisbys clothing store.
Mealhouse Lane 2: View towards Bradshawgate with Makinsons stationery, Haywoods Chemist, Ransome,& Dunn & Co Hat makers.
Mealhouse Lane 1: View to Bradshawgate looking down left of street with R. Howarth Chiropodist, J.Stokes, Taylors jewellers.
Mealhouse Lane 15: View towards Hotel Street with the Midland Bank, Empress Club & Tillotsons newspaper office
Mealhouse Lane 14: View towards Hotel street with the Empress club & Tillotsons Newspaper office.
Mealhouse Lane 18: View from Bradshawgate looking up the street to C & A store with Marks & Spencers & cars.
Mealhouse Lane 17: Exterior view of Tillotsons newspaper offices
Mealhouse Lane 16: View looking towards Bradshawgate with Tillotsons Newspapers, Club Empress.
Mawdsley Street 44: View towards Infirmary St, with parked cars.
Mawdsley Street 43: View from Exchange St with parked cars
Mawdsley Street 8: View towards Exchange St Arndale centre, Refuse wagon & cars parked
Mawdsley Street 5b: View from Great Moor St with Robert Fairhurst surveyor & vehicles.
Mawdsley Street 4: View from Exchange St with old Law Courts, Vehicles & Willan Estates.
Mawdsley Street Congregational 1: Congregational Church standing on the corner of Great Moor Street, Mawdsley Street.
Blackhorse Street 6: View from Ashburner Street, Ambulance Station in background, cars & pedestrians.
Blackhorse Street 4: Blackhorse Street from Crook Street, with Bonney & Co Electrical suppliers.
Blackhorse Street 7: View towards St Paul's with Northern bus (Crompton Electricals Ltd) Experimental town centre bus no charge.
Ashburner Street 1: View from Newport Street Central Library in Background Battersby Furnishers & brush shop, Bus in background four people browsing.
Ashburner Street 2: View towards Newport Street, Market Street Inn, Brush Shop and Battersby's Furnisher's.
Ashburner Street 3: View corner Coronation Street with Hesfords Carpets & shoppers
Ashburner Street 4: View to Timpsons Shoes Newport Street, with shoppers
Ashburner Street 5: View to Newport Street Timpsons Shoes with shoppers & Public House.
Ashburner Street 6: View to Newport Street with Timpsons Shoes &Robin Hood Public House, boarded up for demolition.
Ashburner Street 9: View of Weights & Measures Building
Ashburner St Market 1: View of exterior of market with wholesale fruit & veg, with cars and unloading of produce.
Ashburner St Market 2: Open air section of Market with stalls clothes & various trades.
Ashburner St Market 3: View of E. Gleesons fruit & veg with other retail stalls and shoppers.
Ashburner St Market 4: View of fish market with retail stalls, Alf Critchley & shoppers.
Ashburner St Market 5: Back view of stalls where stallholders held stock and deposited boxes and pallets, with E. Johnson & son.
Ashburner St Market 6: View of fish stalls with H. & S. Openshaw, R. A. Hurst & shoppers.
Ashburner St Market 23: View of interior of fish market with stalls.
Ashburner St Market 24: View from Blackhorse street looking down Ashburner street.
Ashburner St Market 22: View of market from Ashburner St with cars, horse & carts
Market Hall 51: View of interior of market with a vast array of goods on sale.
Market Hall 8: Interior view of Gregory & Porritts stall.
Market Hall 54: View of Market Hall pillared entrance with zebra crossing.
Market Hall 2: View of Market Hall Knowsley Street, Corporation St corner, with Liptons stores.
Market Hall 60: View of Market Hall from Knowsley St with people horses & goods in front
Market Hall 3: Interior view with retailers, Bowden biscuit stall and an array of different vendors, butter, tea, jam.
Market Hotel: View at corner of Ashburner street, Old Hall street with a lady pedestrian, Hotel demolished 1957.
Great Moor St Railway Station. 2: View from trackside, no trains towards platforms.
Great Moor St 2: Rear view of Great Moor St with outside w.c.
Great Moor St 8: View towards Derby St with George Hotel, shops, bus & cars.
Great Moor St 11: View from Mawdsley St junction past Newport St to Flag Hotel, Schofield shoe shop, various shops, buses, cars, van and shoppers.
Great Moor St 9: New block of shops between Wheatsheaf Hotel & Flag hotel
Great Moor St 3: Junction Ormrod St, Reynolds bedroom suites various shops & cars.
Great Moor St 4: View, junction with Crook St,Townson builders yard & car.
Great Moor St 5: Looking towards Derby St with Grocers, Timber/DIY, shops and Townson Builders.
Bold Street 1: View to Mawdsley St,Shops, Openshaws aids & surgical supports, Orrell DIY,Aincient Shepherd Public House.
Acresfield 1: Acresfield from Hotel Street
Exchange Street 1: View looking from Victoria Square down the street with Jacks bargain store & Grapes hotel
Exchange Street 10: Corner of Mawdsley street Morris stockbrokers.
Exchange Street 6: View towards Victoria Square with solicitors offices.
Hotel Street 9: View to arcade with parked cars.
Exchange Street 7: View towards Victoria Square
Exchange Street 8: View to Bradshawgate Arcade with cars.
Princess Street 2: View looking towards Bradshawgate from Parish Church grounds.
Silverwell House: Grand house with large gardens, gentleman with top hat in picture & gardener.
Silverwell Street 3: View from Bradshawgate, Nelson Square looking down the street.
Silverwell Street 4: View with Artillery H.Q.
Silverwell Street 12: View towards Churchgate, New site of Bolton Evening news.
Silverwell Street 7: Looking towards Institute Street with car park at the end.
Silverwell Street 13: View of archway & street.
Silverwell Street 6: View of street with cars
Silverwell Street 8: View towards Institute Street with car park, Hospital Saturday & Sports Centre.
Silverwell Street 14: View towards Churchgate with archways, terraced Street.
Silverwell Works Entry 1: View from works towards Bridge Street with cars.
Silverwell Works Entry 2: View towards Bridge Street
Silverwell Works Entry 3: View towards Bow street multi storey car park
Silverwell Street 10: view of street with parked cars, archway on terrace.
Wood Street 2: Exterior view Halifax Building society & other three storey properties.
Wood Street 6: View of a large Georgian town house, cobbled street & gas lamp.
Wood Street 5: View looking down the centre of the street with Thomas Crompton & son & parked cars.
Wood Street 4: View of Halifax building Society, looking down the street.
Wood Street 3: View of property with a car
Mawdsley Street 47: View towards Great moor street Eastern side with cars & pedestrians.
Mawdsley Street 48: View of hearing aid centre.
Mawdsley Street 49: View to Horrocks & Hanscomb Accountants.
Mawdsley Street 50: view of street with gas lamp.
Mawdsley Street 51: view of former court building.
Mawdsley Street 52: view looking towards Exchange Street with parked cars.
Wood Street 10: Exterior view of Entwistle Auctioneers & Assessors.
Wood Street 11: Left side view of Wood Street from Bradshawgate.
Wood Street 12: View of East End of street
Wood Street 13: View of Street both sides with Provincial Building Society & parked cars.
Nelson Square 40: View of War Memorial with Education Offices in the background.
Nelson Square 41: View with Crompton Statue, Prudential Insurance, scholes & Scholes menswear.
Nelson Square 42: View of Education Offices
Silverwell Street 20: View of street with Hospital Saturday council & parked cars.
Silverwell Street 21: View along Street
Silverwell Street 22: View along street with Oddfellows society & parked cars.
Bank St / Manor St 2d: View from Folds Road junction showing traffic flow with Whitehursts grain feed mill.
Bank St / Manor St 2e: View from Folds Road showing traffic flow.
Bank St / Manor St 3: View from Bradshawgate showing traffic flow with coach & lorry, Retailers Prestons jewellers, Knickers & Frocks women swear, Manor carpets, Allsops furnishers.
Bark Street 1: View of Tannery from St Georges road.
Bridgeman Place 1: View of corner of Carlton Street with small grocers shop & a car
Bridgeman Place 2: View from Carlton Street up to Bradshawgate
Bridgeman Place 3: View towards Bradshawgate
Bridgeman Place 6: View of two Georgian style houses.
Bridge Street 1: View towards Higher Bridge Street showing fish market.
Bridge Street 2: Looking towards Deansgate showing old fish market & hall with retailers along street.
Bridge Street 3: Extension to Woolworths looking towards Deansgate.
Bridge Street 4: Re- construction to Co- op building & extension to Woolworths with vehicles & Co-op Butchers shop.
Bridge Street 5: View of Moulds China shop
Bridge Street 6: View of property.
Bridge Street 7: View of property looking towards Deansgate with Moulds China shop.
Bridge Street 8: View of Constantine Bros' shop.
Bridge Street 9: View towards old fish market with mill chimney retailers, carts & pedestrians
Bridge Street 10: Showing Imperial Playhouse & Woolworths with trams, pedestrians & retailers.
Brown Street 1: View from Manor Street junction with Grapes hotel far end & Joseph Taylors store selling spice, drugs, paint, oil an array of goods also pictured horse & carts.
Carlton Street 1: View towards Bridgeman Place looking at side of college with parked cars.
Higher Bridge Street 6: View of St Georges street with the old Town Hall.
Higher Bridge Street 7: View of property on street wit