Photo collection

You can browse the Worktown photographs by the following themes:

This famous Lancashire seaside resort was a popular holiday destination for Bolton's mill workers

Bolton people photographed at public gatherings and ceremonies

Mass Observation saw graffiti as a form of expressive art

The industrial landscape of Bolton

Photographs of Boltonians at play

Photographs featuring Worktown observers

Election campaigns and voting

Mass Observation made a special study of Bolton's pub culture

Bolton churches and congregations

Shopping in Bolton in the 1930s and 1980s

Photographs of Bolton people playing and spectating at sporting events

Everyday life on the streets of Bolton

Bolton people photographed at work

Photographs in the collection taken in Ashington in Northumberland.

BOLTON WORKTOWN