Weather vane on the tower of Halliwell Road Free Church. This Unitarian Church is still in use today (2012).
Weather Vane - Photograph
Weather vane on the tower of Halliwell Road Free Church. This Unitarian Church is still in use today.
Worktown to Cottonopolis - Blog post
…put on for the Manchester Histories Festival. A day long workshop based upon the Mass Observation archive of everyday working-class life in Bolton in the late nineteen-thirties. Explore the working and social lives of a Lancashire cotton town. Learn about Bolton Museum’s Humphrey Spender’s Worktown Collection and his contribution to social documentary photography. Join us and the award winning cartoonist Tony Husband(Private Eye, the Times) and b…
Brooks Fabric Stall - Photograph
…Shoppers in front of Brooks fabric stall Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….
Market Hall - Photograph
…Shoppers in Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….
Market Hall - Photograph
…Biscuits for sale on a stall in Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The clothing stall visible in the back of the photograph is called The Trendsetter. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….
Redmans Dried Fruits - Photograph
…Redmans Dried Fruits and other stalls in Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….
Market Hall - Photograph
…Shoppers in Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….
Market Hall - Photograph
…Shoppers in Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….
Pointing Man at the Market - Photograph
…A man pointing in Bolton’s market hall in the early 1980s. The hall has now become an indoor shopping centre. Bolton’s other market on Ashburner Street is still open and bustling (2012)….