Historical Collection

A smokey view with the typical scene of bottle ovens and kilns during the industrial period of Stoke on Trent - Pottery - Potteries - Pot Banks Picture taken circa 1950

Picturesque Scene in Prince Street, Hull

Test stars in Hull - Geoff Boycott and Phil Sharpe go out to open Yorkshires innings at Fenner s. Boycott (70) was Yorkshires top scorer in their winning total of 184 for four

Bridge workers board on 007, the Humber Bridge service bus, for the journey over the centre span of Humber Bridge from Hessle towards to Barton

The horse wash at at Victoria Pier, Hull 15th June 1948

Mr John Prescott, MP for East Hull, in his diving suit at Burstwick

Determined "Flash"Flanagan sets out on a run - followed by Bunting Hull
Determined " Flash" Flanagan sets out on a run - followed by Bunting Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby

Hotwell Road, Bristol, around the turn of the century 1900

Bristol Old Market about 1908 - showing trams and the Empire Theatre

Two boys fish in the Barmston Drain - Hulls killer drain, which over the years has claimed many victims

One of the many Bristol slums in Victorian times 1890s

German airship Graf Zeppelin flies over Bristol docks and the destroyer HMS Warwick (D25) July 7 1932

A picturesque, but long gone, corner of old Bristol, this photo shows Steep Street in the 1850s

Quaker Meeting House, St Helens, Merseyside, 8th February 1951

The Northumberland lifeboat Lizzie Porter, which entered service at Holy Island in 1909 until 1925 before moving to North Sunderland where stayed until 1936

Picture shows the original dress worn by Florence Nightingale, on display at The Nursing Exhibition in 1942, opened by Earnest Brown, Minister of Health

Mr. R. C. Askew, who has been a dairyman in Willingham for 36 years, uses a tricycle to deliver his milk Cambridge 15th April 1968

Kingston Cycle shop at 175 Hessle Road Hull 15th March 1968 Various

Hull City new name plate over player tunnel

Storm clouds gather - Dark clouds, pierced by the rays of a setting sun, help to make this dramatic picture of Hulls dockland, brought to a halt by the strike. Various

Mrs Olive Pearson operating a machine in the "enrobement"
Mrs Olive Pearson operating a machine in the " enrobement" department at Hull sweet-makers, Needlers Ltd. Her job is to make sure the centres are properly coated with chocolate before going

The Regal welcomes Miss Beryl Ray renown film star to Hull

Prince Street, Hull

Mrs June Barrett, Tufty Club organiser, recording six road safety stories from the Tufty book for Hull Corporation Telephone Department bedtime story service, which begins on Monday

Edwardian elegance at Torquay Regatta Fair Circa 1910

The Torquay Road at Hollacombe, Paignton in about 1910 when trams and horses competed for road space

Torquay Road at Hollacombe in 1868 showing the first gasworks buildings. Notice the narrow road and the ford at the bottom of the hill

Sea Mills, Bristol, 19th century slums

WD & HO Wills Tobacco Company tobacco shop and warehouse on Mary Le Port Street, Bristol which was demolished in 1904. Circa 1890s

Trams in West Street, Bedminster, Bristol circa 1910s

School children photographed in the village of Brislington, 1910s

The Drawbridge Hotel on the Centre, Bristol. Circa 1920

Brislington, in the days when it was regarded as one of the prettiest villages in Somerset, Circa 1910

Bedminsters first cinema 1910, East Street Picturedrome, Bedminster, Bristol

Remains of the Tivoli cinema in Weston Super Mare after the air raid of the 28th June 1942

Easton Road, Bristol the morning after a large air raid on the city. The bus in the foreground was from the Lawrence Hill depot and was destroyed by a bomb. Victor T

Roundabouts on The Horsefair, Bristol 1880

COLLEGE GREEN IN 1950 As Bristols new Council House was nearing completion in the late 1940s it was decided that the public view of the building would be vastly improved by lowering College Green by

Williams hardware shop, Sandy Park Road, Brislington, Bristol Circa 1920

RAF Westland Whirlwind search and rescue helicopters queueing to land at the RAF Fylingdales construction site to take off personnel trapped by heavy snow falls. 15th January 1963

The Siege of Reading, 1643, Tilehurst. English Civil War, re-enactment, performed by The Sealed Knot, an educational charity, Reading, June 1980

John and Dorothy Crawley outside their West Derby home, Tue Brook house. The pair are celebrating a full year as residents of the oldest dated house in Liverpool. 22nd April 1982

The interior of Tue Brook house, the oldest inhabited house in Liverpool. 4th March 1952

Boxer Tiger Pomphrey as an 18 year old 1931 Albert Pomphrey - Bristol boxer

Ripon - Yorkshire. An ancient custom is the blowing of the mayors horn - three blasts at 9.p.m. every night, and at the opening of the market. Tom Horley, aged 78, is the hornblower or wakeman

The old churchyard wall surrounding the cemetery, with the Parish Church, which is on the site of the old St Elwyns Chapel, in background, St Helens, Merseyside, 15th June 1970

Picture shows Mr Albert Little, a 69 year old retired Manchester businessman, holding a lamp given to him by Florence Nightingale, when he was 12 years old

In June 1934 a major historical pageant was held on the water-meadow at Runnymede, to raise money for local hospitals and charities

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