Social history images

Images of the Museum social history collection

Railway map: Printed map / diagram of the existing and proposed railway network in Lancashire in 1832. Headed Bolton and Preston Railway
Quilt weavers trade card: Trade card of the Marseilles Quilt Weavers Society - a group of Bolton handloom weavers. Design features a hand loom and weaver as well as a spinning wheel and a sailing ship delivering raw materials. Whole is topped with an elephant and castle.
Victoria Square: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View looking south across Victoria Square towards Newport Street c1925. Chadwicks statue visible on right of picture.
Victoria Square: Black and white photograph of house built specially for Civic Week, 1928 in Victoria Square behind the Town Hall. Picture shows rear of house (with child playing in the garden!).
Victoria Square: Black and white photograph of house built specially for Civic Week, 1928 in Victoria Square behind the Town Hall. Picture shows house front with crowds outside. Sign says Admission 3d each / All proceeds to the infirmary / Andrews Savework
St Marks Methodist Chapel: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View across waste ground to St Marks Methodist Chapel and associated buildings on Fletcher Street soon after completion in 1861.
Queen Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture of Queen Street, Bolton prior to demolition in 1926. Bolton Town Hall can be seen in the background.
Silverwell House: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View across gardens to Silverwell House, off Silverwell Street in 1870. Owner (John Thirlwell?) posed with the gardener on foreground. This grand house was built in 1795.
Velvet Walks, Deansgate: 2 Black and white photographs mounted on cream card. 1 is View of the rear of houses on Velvet Walks, off Deansgate, Bolton in 1927. Three men can be seen at the end of the alley. Other is view of house fronts on Velvet Walks.
Armistice Day, Victoria Square: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture of the crowds in Victoria Square on Armistice Day 1918. View from Newport Street end of the square looking across to the Commercial Hotel. Flags visible on many of the shops.
Zeppelin raid, Kirk Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph of crowds outside yards of houses at Back Kirk Street.
Back Spring Gardens: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture looking along Back Spring Gardens in 1916. Washing can be seen on a line strung across this street just off Deansgate.
Nelson Square: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture shows people walking along Bradshawgate in front of Nelson Square and the statue of Crompton c1900. Woman in shawl is looking straight at the camera.
Deansgate: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture shows row of buildings along Deansgate, Bolton c1910. Talbots Cafe at extreme left whilst the old Lower Nags Head public house is further along the row.
Deansgate 1910: Black and white photograph of Deansgate, Bolton. General view looking along the tram lines before the road was widened c1910.
Velvet Walks: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View of house fronts on Velvet Walks, off Deansgate, Bolton. A snowy scene from 1927.
Deansgate: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1910 shows buildings on Deansgate - Pares Dispensing Chemist at centre.
Canal bridge: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1931 shows the canal bridge at Darcy Lever before widening. Black Horse public house on left-hand-side.
Great Moor Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1920 shows buildings along the north side of Great Moor Street and the corner with Back Spring Gardens.
Ashburner Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken from Ashburner Street in 1931 is of derelict building on Howell Croft South. Part of the site now occupied by Bolton Museum and Art Gallery.
Howell Croft North: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken from Deansgate in 1910 shows junction of Howell Croft North and Spring Gardens. Central building had been the Junction Inn until 1908.
Bolton Infirmary: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1924 shows view across Queens Park of the Bolton Infirmary.
Bolton Infirmary: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1924 shows Bolton Infirmary before extension work was carried out.
Howell Croft: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1910 shows building on corner of Howell Croft and Deansgate prior to demolition. Building covered in posters - adjacent plot has sign above door Premises coming down for street
Corner of Knowsley Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1925 shows building on corner of Corporation Street and Knowsley Street. Tram tracks on Knowsley Street in foreground.
Moor Lane: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1935 shows derelict building on the east side of Moor Lane, Bolton.
Newport Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1925 shows view along Newport Street from Victoria Square. Building on the left was the towns main library from 1853 to 1939. Row of buildings on the right was demolished in 1950s.
Ridgway Gates: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1935 shows a derelict town centre property at Ridgway Gates.
Spring Gardens: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1908 looking along the length of Spring Gardens in Bolton town centre. Long exposure means that distant people appear as blurs but note girls face at bottom right.
Spring Gardens: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1910 shows building on corner of Spring Gardens and Deansgate.
Howell Croft: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1931 is of land at the corner of Howell Croft South and Ashburner Street. Bolton Town Hall can be seen in the background. Empty site now occupied by Bolton Museum and Art Gallery.
St Michaels School: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in late 19th century - thought to be St Michaels School on Manchester Road, Bolton.
The Sixty three Steps: Hand-coloured postcard showing The Sixty Three Steps, Barrow Bridge, Bolton. Handwritten message in pencil on reverse. Addressed to Miss Woods & Miss Asten in Blackpool.
Barrow Bridge: Hand-coloured postcard showing The Lake Barrow Bridge. Man in a boat in middle. Wood grain design effect as border. Bolton coat of arms appears at top.
Bolton Parish Church: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing the Parish Church, Bolton, in an oval frame. Wood grain effect border with flowers in each corner. Bolton coat of arms appears at top.
Jumbles: Hand coloured postcard photograph. View of the Jumbles in an oval frame. Bridge with girl looking over edge at river below. Circa 1911. Handwritten message in black ink on the reverse addressed to Miss Woods of Blackpool.
Rivington Hall Barn: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Rivington Hall Barn with people outside; one has a bicycle.
Deane Wood, Rivington: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing a waterfall at Deane Wood, Rivington.
Bolton Parish Church: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Bolton Parish Church. Handwritten message in black ink on the reverse addressed to Miss Wood, from Annie, August 17, 1904.
Thicketford Bridge: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Thicketford Bridge, Tonge Moor, Bolton. Wood panel design effect as border.
Town Hall: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing the Town Hall, Victoria Square, Bolton decorated with streamers and lights to celebrate the Coronation of George V in 1911. Illuminated lettering reads LONG LIVE THE KING. Union Jack flies at the back. 1911.
Theatre Royal playbill: Playbill advertising forthcoming show at the Theatre Royal on Churchgate. Rob Roy featuring Mrs Edward Saker and Mr Henry Loraine. To run for 6 nights from June 28th, year not given.
Town Hall: Hand-coloured postcard photograph. View of Bolton Town Hall and view of Infirmary arranged above and below illustration of Bolton coat of arms. Reverse has been written on and sent to an address in Haulgh, postmarked 6/10/1906
Old Hall Barn in Rivington: Black and white photograph on postcard showing interior of the Old Hall Barn in Rivington. Triangular framed window can be seen at the far side of the room, with open beams supporting the ceiling. Tables covered with clothes and decorated with vases of fl
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card with finely scalloped edge. Design features Father Christmas raising a glass as a toast. Text below picture reads Merry Christmas to You. On reverse is message in pencil - For dearest Papa with Lucy's love 1872.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a text panel set amongst foliage and a deer.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card with finely scalloped edge. Design features short stout man holding a plate of roast turkey.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features baby in cot holding a wooden rattle.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features two children in a snowy landscape looking towards a robin in a tree. Text beneath picture.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a girl and a robin. Text beneath picture reads "A Merry Christmas".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a costumed child holding a large tambourine with holly, mistletoe and robins around cards edges.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a text panel set amongst foliage, a dog and game bird. Text reads Health and prosperity your life to cheer / with every blessing for the bright New Year. On reverse is message in ink - Dear little Miss wishing
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a robin on a sprig of holly. Text above reads "A Happy New Year". On reverse is message in ink - "With Sabillas (?) love".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a text panel set amongst flowers on a black background. Text reads "May you have a happy Christmas and many of them". Dated 1876 on reverse.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a text panel set amongst flowers on a black background. Text reads "Another leaf of old Times book is turned / From us to day / Right full with joy and peace and love / May be your New Years day".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features two girls, two cattle and a cockerel. Text below reads The compliments of the season. On reverse is a printed poem in two verses entitled Christmas.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card with scalloped edge. Design features a cat and a tortoise. Text reads "A Happy Christmas To You".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a text panel set amongst flowers on a gold background. Text reads "Wishing you and yours a Happy Christmas". On reverse is message in ink - "With (illegible)s best wishes. Xmas 1876".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features a white cross set amongst holly and ivy. Text on cross reads "Peace be unto you" and on scroll below "A Happy Christmas".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features an elaborate flower arrangement. Text beneath reads "A merry Christmas and a happy new year".
Victorian Christmas / New Year card: Victorian Christmas / New Year card. Design features an insect using a telescope to look across a pond. Text below reads "Looking into things far off. A happy New Year".
Victorian Christmas / New Year card: Victorian Christmas / New Year card. Design features a fox hunt with lead horseman about to jump a fence. Text on fence reads "Wishing you a bright and glad New Year".
Victorian Christmas / New Year card: Victorian Christmas / New Year card. Design features three Japanese figures in kimonos. Text above reads "Wishing you a happy new year!". Whole is surrounded by a decorative border.
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features Father Christmas playing Blind Mans Bluff with four adults and two children.
Memorial bookmark: Printed silk bookmark with text and photograph. Black and white photograph of soldier. Text headed "In proud and loving memory of Lance-Corporal Frank E Walker 10th L.N.L Regt. who died of wounds received in action on September 23rd 1917 In His year."
Temple Opera House playbill: Play bill of the Temple Opera House, Bolton. Appearance of the Carl Opera Company, September 1878.
New Theatre Royal invitation: Invitation to laying of a memorial stone at New Theatre Royal, Bolton on October 17th, 1888; folds out to four pages, colourful royal crest on front cover, details of Henry Irving Reception Committee members within.
Daguerreotype of Mrs Annie Birchall: Daguerreotype portrait of Mrs Annie Birchall as a young girl. Picture taken in mid 1860s. Subtly hand-coloured so that her cheeks are pink and the jewel at her neck is gold. The picture is framed in a gold coloured oval mount and held in a brown leather
Membership card: Membership card for the National Anti-Corn Law League. Two illustrations show effects on family life of Dear Bread and of Cheap Bread. Name and number of the cardholder have been added in black ink.
Portrait of Lieutenant Brandram Jones: Enlarged Black and white photographic copy of a cigarette card. Portrait of Lieutenant R. B. Brandram Jones with text below that reads given the V.C. for holding his platoon together when isolated by artillery fire.
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features four national flags above the words "Glory to the Allies". Mounted within frame of embossed white card.
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features national flags surrounded by blue, purple and white flowers above the words "To my dear wife". Mounted within frame of white card embossed with oak leaf and horseshoe design. Fabrication Francaise printed also
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered Christmas postcard. Design features four national flags and several groups of flowers on two pieces of muslin which form an envelope. Mounted within frame of white card embossed with holly and mistletoe. Inside envelope is small card feat
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design is headed "To my dear" with the word "wife" formed from flowers. Also features heart-shaped fragment of British flag. Mounted within frame of embossed white card.
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features six national flags and several groups of leaves on two pieces of muslin which form an envelope. Mounted within frame of embossed white card. Inside envelope are two small cards. One features flowers the words
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features badge of DCO Middlesex Regt. Mounted within frame of white card embossed with four leaved clover and horseshoe design. Printed on reverse. CARTE POSTALE J.J. Saint Omer - Paris Modele Depose - Copyright by G
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features flower with a British Union Flag as its head. On sash across the stem are the words "Thinking of you". Mounted within frame of embossed white card.
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features badge of York and Lancaster Regt. Mounted within frame of embossed white card.
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features six flags arranged as a star around a circular British Union Flag. Below the design are the words Happy Birthday. Mounted within frame of embossed white card. On reverse in pencil is written To my wife from
Embroidered WWI postcard: WWI embroidered postcard. Design features British and French flags either side of Badge of the Royal Engineers on two pieces of muslin which form an envelope. Mounted within frame of embossed white card. Inside envelope is small card featuring and flow
WWI postcard: World War I postcard. Black and white photograph of soldier within an oval-shaped frame. beneath this a box of text. handwritten on the back "Wishing you a very Happy Christmas. Billy"
Special Constable appointment: Document appointing John Ormrod as a Special Constable. Dated 19th October 1915. Printed letter on blue paper with gaps filled in black ink.
Itinerary: Postcard informing Special Constable Ormrod of forthcoming parades at the Town Hall, Bolton.
Song sheet: Printed song sheet giving the words to the opening hymn and the national anthem - both to be sung at the opening of the bazaar in aid of the funds for liquidating the debt on the temperance hall Bolton March 29th 1859
Temperance event card: Card (admission ticket?) for a peace soiree in the Temperance Hall Bolton on May 29th 1856. Illustration features The New Testament at the centre below a rainbow titled Peace on Earth. Event to mark the end of the Crimean War.
WWI postcard: First World War postcard - humorous cartoon. coloured drawing features old man in chair startled by the sound of his purring cat (he thinks it is the sound of an approaching Zeppelin).
Crompton centenary handkerchief: Cream background with Samuel Crompton Centenary and Bolton coat of arms at centre. Border with skyline of Bolton, Hallith Wood, Firwood Fold, and the Mule. Printed in green, yellow, blue and red.
Pretoria Pit Disaster survivors: Black and white postcard of the three survivors of the Pretoria Pit Disaster, 1910. Photo portrait of each man on a scroll titled "Good Luck".
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features Father Christmas leading a small child through the snow whilst carrying a fir tree. Text alongside reads "Christmas / Is come and a New-Year here / May all your worst days be past / May hope still days to come /
Victorian Christmas card: Victorian Christmas card. Design features figures walking towards a church in a snowy landscape. Text below reads "A merry xmas". Embossed border of series of lines. Card is mounted on paper with 1968.30.4 BY and dated at edge 1873.
Fabric sample: Sample of blue and gold brocade fabric mounted in cream card. Fabric design features the Bolton coat of arms amidst a scroll and leaf motif. Text on the bottom of the mount - Bolton Civic Week 1929.
Soda water bottle: Unopened bottle of soda water. oval shaped bottle with no base so cannot stand up. cork stopper attached with wire. water still inside. oval label stuck on outside "Burrows Malvern Soda Water". drawing of a "View of Malvern"
Croft Road, Smithills: Black and white postcard photograph showing Croft Road, Smithills (now Smithills Croft Road); houses on right with bicycle leaning against a wall; Barrow Bridge chimney in the background. Sent 19.11.1934.
Trinity Street station: Black and white postcard photograph showing L and Y station, Trinity Street Station, Bolton. Various people walking about. Circa 1912
Queen's Park: Hand-coloured postcard photograph showing two views of Queens Park, designed as if looking through binoculars. Left view is of pond with a man sat on a bench and an walking in the distance. Right view is of a band stand and the circular garden.
Queen's Park: Black and white postcard photograph. View of Queens park (called here The Park), showing the main pathway, with benches either side, and two statues. Two people stand in the distance. Circa 1915. Handwritten message in black ink on the reverse.
Queen's Park: Hand-coloured postcard photograph. Showing the fountain Queens park, Bolton. Fountain on a rock in the middle of a lake (?). Handwritten message on the reverse addressed to Miss Annie Harwood of Morecambe.
Queen's Park: Hand-coloured postcard photograph. Showing Queens park in the foreground and Bolton in the background. Childrens swings can be seen to the right. Handwritten message in black ink on the reverse to Jim from Bert.
War Memorial: Black and white postcard photograph. Showing the War Memorial (cenotaph) for W.W.1, Town Hall Square (Victoria Square), Bolton. Circa 1920-1936. White printed text at the bottom WAR MEMORIAL TOWN HALL SQUARE, BOLTON.
Sixty-Three Steps, Barrow Bridge: Hand-coloured postcard photograph. Sixty Three Steps, Barrow Bridge, Bolton. Part of The Woodbury Series. No. 1045 Bolton date stamp: 9.10AM APR 28 04 Handwritten message in ink. Addressed to Miss A. Howard 14 Huxby Street Halliwell Bolton
Sixty Three Steps, Barrow Bridge: Black and white postcard photograph: SIXTY THREE STEPS BARROW BRIDGE Red ONE PENNY stamp on reverse. Addressed to Mr & Mrs Harwood (Annie & Jim) from Dora. Handwritten message to arrange meeting for tea with note about sending reply.
Barrow Bridge: Hand-coloured postcard photograph. 4 scenes from barrow bridge showing the bridge, the Sixty Three Steps, the old mills and the cottages. Handwritten message on reverse addressed to Mrs Harwood in Rhyl, from Nellie
The Cottages, Barrow Bridge: Black and white postcard photograph. Showing The Cottages, Barrow Bridge, Bolton. Date stamped: BOLTON JUL 2 14. Handwritten message in ink on reverse, addressed to Mrs A Howard in Douglas, Isle of Man.
Sixty Three Steps, Barrow Bridge: Hand coloured postcard photograph. Showing The Sixty Three Steps, Bolton. Circa 1905. Makers name J.W. Gledsdale, Bolton in bottom left corner. Addressed to Miss Marren in Co. Sligo from B.M. Green HALF PENNY stamp tilted slightly to left at top.
The Lake, Barrow Bridge: Hand coloured postcard photograph: THE LAKE, BARROW BRIDGE BOLTON Showing 2 views of the boating lake at Barrow Bridge, Bolton. Postcard designed as if looking through a pair of binoculars. Bolton coat of arms appears at top.
Barrow Bridge: Hand coloured postcard photograph. Showing the stream and bridge at Barrow Bridge, Bolton. Bolton coat of arms appears at top. Wood grain design effect as border. Circa 1912. Green HALFPENNY stamp. Date stamped BOLTON 6.30PM JUL 2 12.
Barrow Bridge Lake: Hand coloured postcard photograph. Showing the boating lake at Barrow Bridge, Bolton. Two boats out on lake with two couples and two boats moored up, one with a man on board. The mill can be seen to the far left. Circa 1906.
Queen's Park: Hand coloured postcard of Bolton. Showing Queens park garden and band stand, and Queens Park lake half and half on the front, as a diagonal. On the diagonal, three small circles containing views of Bolton.
Views of Bolton: Black and white postcard photograph of Bolton. Split into 4 squares showing various scenes of Bolton - Bradshawgate, Sixty-three steps, The Jumbles and the stream and bridge, Barrow Bridge. In centre, an oval frame with photo of Town Hall and written in a
Views of Bolton: Black and white postcard photograph of Bolton. Split into 4 triangles containing various scenes of Bolton - Barrow Bridge, Knowsley Street, The Jumbles and Queens park (here known as Chorley Road Park). In each corner a small circle also showing of Bolton
Views of Bolton: Black and white postcard photograph of Bolton. Split into 4 small squares (top row) and 3 bigger squares (bottom row) showing various scenes of Bolton - Deansgate, the G.P.O, Churchgate, Bradshawgate, Bolton from Queens park, the Town Hall and the Church
Views of Bolton: Sepia (?) postcard photograph of Bolton. Split into 4 squares showing scenes of Bolton - The Infirmary, Bradshawgate, Deane Church and the park (unidentified). Large oval frame in centre showing the bandstand at Queens Park, Bolton. Circa 1930s?
Knowsley Street: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Knowsley Street, Bolton. Various carts on left side of street and tram coming down road. Shops on the left and Market Hall to the right. A number of people in the street. St Georges Church can be seen in distance
Crompton Fold Hospital: Black and white postcard photograph showing Crompton Fold Hospital, Breightmet Bolton. Three men stood on a balcony and two playing golf in the foreground.
Churchgate Cross: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Churchgate Cross (here called the Market Cross). Shops can be seen on both sides. Various people, with some stood around and at the bottom of the cross. Circa 1913.
Ye Old Man and Scythe pub: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Ye Old man and Scythe pub, Churchgate, Bolton. Over the door, sign giving Frank S. Hampson as the proprietor.
Mount Saint Joseph School: Black and white postcard photograph showing Mount Saint Joseph School, Deane, Bolton. Circa 1910.
Deane Clough: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Deane Clough, Deane, Bolton in a oval frame. Women walking in foreground. Wood grain effect as border with floral shapes in each corner. Bolton coat of arms at the top. Circa 1911.
Deane Clough: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Deane Clough, Deane, Bolton in a oval frame. Church tower visible in the background. Frame is designed as a belt. Circa 1910.
Firwood Fold: Black and white postcard photograph showing: FIRWOOD FOLD, BOLTON. BIRTHPLACE OF SAMUEL CROMPTON INVENTOR OF THE SPINNING MULE.
The Jumbles: Sepia postcard photograph showing The Jumbles, Bolton. Wood grain design effect as border. Handwritten message in black ink on the reverse :Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from your Friend Tess (?)
Gate House, Moss Bank: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing the Gate House at Moss Bank Park, Bolton. A family stood at the gate which is open. Circa 1900 - 1910. Text: Gate House, Moss Bank, Bolton in white in bottom left corner. Handwritten message in ink on reverse D
The Avenue, Moss Bank: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing the Avenue at Moss Bank Park, Bolton. Three boys in centre, with man or older boy on bike. Circa 1914. Text: The Avenue, Moss Bank, Bolton in white in bottom right corner. Handwritten note on reverse to Annie,
Rock Garden at Moss Bank Park: Sepia postcard photograph showing the Rock Garden at Moss Bank Park, Bolton. Figure visible near to a small pond. Circa 1914. ROCK GARDENS, MOSS BANK PARK, BOLTON in bottom left corner and 216524.J.V. in bottom right corner.
Mere Hall Park: Black and white postcard photograph showing flower gardens at Mere Hall Park, Bolton. Mere Hall (?) in the background with man stood on steps. Another man sat on a bench reading. Circa 1908. Text 10012-12 BOLTON. MERE HALL PARK ROTARY PHOTO E.C. in
Rivington Pike: Hand coloured postcard showing the Moors and Rivington Pike. Handwritten message in black ink on the reverse for Annie from H.R.J.
Hall I' th' Wood: Black and white postcard showing approach to Hall i th Wood. The house is largely hidden by trees. Circa 1920.
Victoria Crescent, Horwich: Black and white postcard showing Victoria Crescent in Horwich. Picture is framed by a raised decorative border. Card written to a Mrs Harwood and postmarked Horwich 18-5-1932.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged mill building. Structure collapsed, wheel barrow right mid-ground.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged mill building. Structure collapsed, cotton machinery to left.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building exterior. Structure intact, skip baskets in front of building.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building exterior. Structure intact, skip baskets and twisted metal etc. along side of building.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building . Structure collapsed, rubble, centre field, remains of northern lights roof line visible, as well as staff lockers.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building . Structure appears intact, but roof not visible.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building roof. Roof has smashed windows and a large hole.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building. Machinery in foreground with blown out area in back ground.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building. Tarpaulins over missing walls, rubble in right foreground.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building. Photo shows brick wall cracked and shifted by bomb blast. Left and right of photograph has shelves of packages.
Eagley Mills: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged of Eagley Mills mill building. Photo shows brick wall cracked and shifted by bomb blast.
Ardwick St.: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged to Ardwick Street on 12 October 1941. Photo shows street corner of Bk. Ardwick St. with rubble and destroyed terraces. Lomax Bros. and Magees trucks also in frame.
Ardwick St.: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged to Ardwick Street on 12 October 1941. Photo shows Bk. Ardwick St. with rubble and destroyed terraces. Central action is a group of men trying to salvage a wardrobe from a second floor of a destroyed terrace house. To the right a group of men are studying something with their back to the other party.
Ardwick St.: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged to Ardwick Street on 12 October 1941. Photo shows Bk. Ardwick St. with rubble and destroyed terraces. Central is a Lomax Bros truck with a salvage crew behind it.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged area (Punch Street) on 12 October 1941, showing Canteen truck. Truck has "Emergency Ford Food Van" written on it. From an open hatch a man is being served a plate of food. Men are standing around eating from their plates. In the background a crowd (standing of Deane Rd) can be seen looking on.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of bomb damaged area (Punch Street) on 12 October 1941, showing Canteen truck. Truck has "Emergency Ford Food Van" and "No. 149"written on it.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of interior of a canteen for displaced persons (possibly Flash Street School?). Photograph depicts women and children at a table eating from plates (stew and potatoes?) with cups and saucers.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of interior of a canteen for displaced persons (possibly Flash Street School?). Photograph depicts women and children at a table set with plates (stew and potatoes?) and with cups and saucers. Crowd are smiling for the camera.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of interior of a canteen for displaced persons (possibly Flash Street School?). Photograph depicts women and children at a table set with plates (stew and potatoes?) and with cups and saucers.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of interior of a canteen for displaced persons (possibly Flash Street School?). Photograph depicts 2 women at a table set with plates (dessert) and with cups and saucers.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of interior of a canteen for displaced persons (possibly Flash Street School?). Photograph depicts a group of women and children at a table set with plates and with cups and saucers.
Canteens: Black and white photograph of interior of a canteen for displaced persons (possibly Flash Street School?). Photograph depicts a group of women and children at a table set with plates and with cups and saucers. Child in the foreground has dessert spoon in bowl.
Matthew Street: Black and white photograph Matthew Street bomb damage, 9 January 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed terrace houses. Crowds of onlookers stand around. 4 people with salvaged objects can be seen net to the truck on the middle left. Number 01203 on bottom right in white.
Matthew Street: Black and white photograph Matthew Street bomb damage, 9 January 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed terrace houses. Framed sign still hangs inside a bombed out house above a fireplace.
Matthew Street: Black and white photograph Matthew Street bomb damage, 9 January 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed terrace houses. Number 01205 on bottom right in white.
Matthew Street: Black and white photograph Matthew Street bomb damage, 9 January 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed terrace houses. Number 01206 on bottom right in white.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed works buildings. Number 01559 and date 13-10-41 on bottom right in white.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed works buildings and large bomb crater. Number 01560 and date 13-10-41 on bottom right in white.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed works buildings and terraces on left. In background a large group of onlookers from Deane Rd can be seen.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed terraces. Number 01564 and date 13-10-41 on bottom right in white.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed works building. Number 01565 and date 13-10-41 on bottom right in white.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed works building and large bomb crater.
Punch Street: Black and white photograph of damage to Punch St works, 10 October 1941. Photograph depicts destroyed works building and large bomb crater. Number 01567 and date 13-10-41 on bottom right in white.
Firwood Fold: Hand coloured postcard photograph showing Firwood Fold, Bolton, birthplace of Samuel Crompton, inventor of the Spinning Mule. Winter scene, with a ladder up against one wall. Decorated with glitter.
Rivington: Hand-coloured postcard showing Rivington from Church Hill. Lake in foreground; Rivington Barn in middle and Rivington Pike (?) in background. Circa 1912. Will Smiths (series).
Sixty Three Steps, Barrow Bridge: Hand-coloured postcard showing Sixty Three Steps, Barrow Bridge, Bolton with people stood on it. Picture in an oval frame with a leaf border design. Circa 1910.
The Jumbles: Hand-coloured postcard showing The Jumbles, Bolton. People sat on steps next to the river. Picture in an oval frame with a leaf border design.
Pretoria Pit Disaster: Black and white postcard of crowds at the pit head in the aftermath of the Pretoria Pit Disaster, December 21st, 1910.
Pretoria Pit Disaster: Black and white postcard of officials at the tomb of the 13 unidentified bodies from the Pretoria Pit Disaster, December 21st, 1910.
Deane Clough: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of Deane Clough, Deane c1900. Queen Anne pub in background.
Bolton Corporation Tramway Committee: Black and white photograph of the Bolton Corporation Tramway Committee taken in 1910. The men are arranged in rows on a specially built platform that runs across three tramlines. Mayor of Bolton at centre of front row.
Spa Road Recreation Ground: Black and white photograph mounted on card. Picture of Spa Road Recreation Ground (now Queens Park) showing the festivities for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. Crowd on specially erected seating watching a procession of schoolchildren.
Hacken Hall: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of Hacken Hall, Darcy Lever c1900. Building was demolished in 1927.
Old Parish Church: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View of the interior of the old Parish Church, Bolton during demolition in 1868. Picture taken looking towards the east window.
Darcy Lever: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of Darcy Lever from Radcliffe Road.
Mealhouse Lane: Black and white photograph mounted on brown card with decorative border. View of Mealhouse Lane, Bolton looking towards Deansgate c1890. board with posters to the right screens area that was the White Horse Hotel, dating back to 1788.
Wholesale Market, Newport Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View of the Wholesale Market on Newport Street, Bolton c1910. Town Hall can be seen in the background.
Old Parish Church: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of the interior and east window of the old Parish Church, Bolton. Picture taken mid 1860s (the church was demolished in 1868).
Firwood Fold: Black and white photograph mounted on card. Picture of Firwood Fold taken around 1900 - stone plaque above window commemorating birth of Samuel Crompton.
Tramsway Committee: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken in 1910 shows group portrait of males, - the Tramsway Committee.
Old Parish Church: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of the east window and porch of the old Parish Church. Picture taken by Reuben Mitchell for his Photographic Views on Bolton published in 1868.
Old Parish Church: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View of the porch of the old Parish Church with datestone W L 1698 clearly visible. Picture taken by Reuben Mitchell for his Photographic Views on Bolton published in 1868.
Victoria Square: Black and white photograph printed as an oval on rectangular card. View of buildings in the corner of Victoria Square - The Grapes Hotel and the Public Library (the former now demolished and the latter now a building society).
Intack House, Rivington Park: Black and white photograph of Intack House in Rivington Park c1900. Picture is oval in shape.
Hacken Hall: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of ornate carved bed at Hacken Hall, Darcy Lever c1900. Building was demolished in 1927.
Cenotaph, Queen's Park: Black and white photograph mounted on card. Picture taken from amongst the crowd at the dedication of the Cenotaph in Queens Park. Mayor and officials just visible in front of the memorial. c1920
Zeppelin raid, Kirk Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph shows residents of Kirk Street outside their damaged houses.
Hacken Hall: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of panelled room and furniture at Hacken Hall, Darcy Lever c1900. Building was demolished in 1927 (and some panelling transferred to Hall ith Wood - can be seen in the Brownlow bedroom).
Knowsley Street: Black and white photograph mounted on brown card with shaded border. View of bunting along Knowsley Street for the coronation celebrations of 1902. Tram can be seen passing W L Robertson's Boot and Shoe Makers.
Peace Day, Victoria Square: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture of the crowds in Victoria Square on Peace Day in 1919. View shows guests on Town Hall steps whilst the Commercial Hotel is visible in the background.
Knowsley Street: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of tram tracks along Knowsley Street at the corner with Bark Street c1924.
Lower Nags Head public houses: Black and white photograph of the Lower Nags Head public houses on Deansgate, Bolton. Both the original building and its grand replacement (built in 1927) can be seen side by side.
Grammar School: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture shows pupils inside the old Grammar School, Bolton. The building was demolished in 1880.
Grammar School: Black and white photograph, mounted on card, of the old Grammar School, Bolton, built 1658? The building was demolished in 1880.
Oxford Street: Black and white photograph of buildings on Oxford Street in 1907. View across tram tracks to Kays Photographers and other shops.
Zeppelin raid damage: Black and white photograph mounted on card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph of people in the damaged yards of houses at Back Kirk Street
Zeppelin raid, Kirk Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph of people in the damaged yards of houses at Back Kirk Street.
Parish Church: Black and white photograph of Bolton Parish Church from Churchgate c1920.
Junction Road: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of Junction Road, Deane c1900. Work is progressing to relay the road - jackets of the workmen are hanging on the church railings at right of picture.
Knowsley Street: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of tram tracks at the junction of Knowsley Street and St Georges c1924. Building on the corner is the old St Georges Hotel - replaced by a new building in 1927 built by brewers JG Swales & Co. Ltd, of Na
Zeppelin raid damage at Ormrod and Hardcastles Mill: Black and white photograph mounted on card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Interior of Ormrod and Hardcastles Mill in Parrot Street which was hit by an incendiary bomb.
Zeppelin raid, Kirk Street: Black and white photograph mounted on card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph looking north along Kirk Street shows a damaged house that has lost its frontage.
St Stephens and All Martyrs Church: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View across fields of St Stephens and All Martyrs Church at Lever Bridge, Bolton. Built in 1840s at same time as the school house and parsonage which can also be seen.
Co-op society building fire being fought: photograph, black and white, backed onto dark black card, 1 of set of 156 donated by Bolton Camera Club 4/6/1970, Bradford Buildings, Mawdsley Street, Bolton. photo shows charred remains of Co-op building being hosed by fire brigade, after the 1902 fire
Artillery Drill Hall at Silverwell Street: Pair of identical Black and white photographs mounted on brown card (possibly for a stereoscope viewer). The image is of a row of artillery guns at the artillery drill hall on Silverwell Street, Bolton.
Hacken Hall: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View of courtyard at Hacken Hall, Darcy Lever c1900. Building was demolished in 1927.
Zeppelin raid, Kirk Street: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. Picture taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph of the five demolished houses (numbers 58, 60, 62, 64 and 66) on Kirk Street.
Silverwell House: Black and white photograph mounted on cream card. View across gardens to Silverwell House, off Silverwell Street in 1870. Owner (John Thirlwell?) posed with the gardener in foreground. This grand house was built in 1795 and the gardens in this were lat
Co-op Building fire: photograph, black and white, backed onto dark black card, 1 of set of 156 donated by Bolton Camera Club 4/6/1970, Bradford Buildings, Mawdsley Street, Bolton. shows 1902 Co-op fire, firemen fighting the blaze, with large crowd looking on
Haulgh Hall: Black and white photograph mounted on card of Haulgh Hall (also known as Haulgh Cottage?) on Hilden Street.
Co-op Offices, Bridge Street: photograph, black and white, 1 of set of 156 donated by Bolton Camera Club 4/6/1970, Bradford Buildings, Mawdsley Street, Bolton. backed onto white cardboard. shows Co-op offices on Bridge Street under construction, 3 men stood at foot of picture
Old Hall Street: Black and white photograph mounted on card. View along Old Hall Street, across Deansgate to Whitakers Department Store c1925. Bolton Town Hall is visible in the background.
Zeppelin raid: Black and white photograph taken on September 26th 1916 recording damage caused by a German Zeppelin raid the previous night. Photograph of people standing by a demolished end terrace.
St Georges Road: Black and white photograph mounted on card. A view along St Georges Road, Bolton with the Crofters Hotel in the foreground and the Lark Hill Hotel several doors further down.
Edgworth Children's Home: Black and white postcard photograph showing Edgworth Children's Home, on the Moors, in winter. Winter snow scene. People in foreground including two men with a wheel-barrow and shovel, digging up snow and a man with a dog.
Fabric panel celebrating Crompton's Centenary: Mauve coloured fabric panel with design in white. Floral border around the words Crompton's Centenary 1927 Bolton Technical College.
Bradshawgate: Hand-coloured postcard photograph showing Bradshawgate, Bolton. Shops, either side of road with a tram in the distance and various people milling about.
Ye Old Man and Scythe pub: Hand-coloured postcard photograph showing Ye Old Man and Scythe pub, Churchgate, Bolton. Theatre Royal is to the left of the scene. Two men stood looking into the pub and other people walking. Circa 1910-1925.
Churchgate: Hand-coloured postcard photograph showing Churchgate, Bolton. Market Cross, parish church and Derby Arms Hotel all visible. Man on a bicycle, various people and a policeman (?) on the right. Pre 1909.
Deansgate: Hand-coloured postcard photograph showing Deansgate, Bolton. Parish church and Preston's Jewellers visible in the distance pedestrians milling about and various shops on either side of the road.
Deansgate: Hand-coloured postcard photograph showing Deansgate, Bolton. Tram in midground, Preston's Jewellers visible in background. Shops on both sides of road, one containing a large poster on its side wall. Numerous pedestrians milling about.
The Jumbles: Sepia postcard photograph showing the Jumbles, Bolton. Bridge to the left and a house visible through the trees in the top right.
Mossbank Park: Sepia postcard photograph showing a view of Moss Bank park. Central path visible, along with numerous benches and bins. Text: MOSSBANK PARK, BOLTON at bottom.
Mossbank Park: Sepia postcard photograph showing a view of Moss Bank Park, Bolton. Circa 1910-1925. Trees in foreground, benches in background and text: MOSSBANK PARK, BOLTON at bottom.
Bolton War Memorial: Sepia (?) postcard photograph showing Bolton War Memorial, Victoria Square. Union Jack and flowers/wreaths adorn the memorial. Various people paying tribute.
Bolton School: Unused Colour postcard of Bolton School. View of Arch in the centre with lawns on either side. Black printed text above the flag pole. Scalloped edges. Green printed text on the reverse.
WWI memorial card: Memorial card. Black and white photograph of Private P Nisbet. text giving details of how he was killed in the 1st World War.