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Tippler Toilet

1890

Lancashire loom

1890 - 1910

Wash boiler

circa 1945

Electric Washing Machine

circa 1945

Grain Scale

1890-1910

Forced lubrication mount from the mill engine

1903

Bailey & Waddington Davy lamp

1873

Sample of white Nylon fabric.

'Skyline' tin-opener for small tins, Burnley, Lancashire, 1945-55

1945-1955

Maker’s plate for horizontal cross-compound mill engine by Burnley Ironworks for Finsley View Mill, Harle Syke, Burnley, 1903

Maker�s plate for horizontal cross-compound mill engine by Burnley Ironworks for Finsley View Mill

1903

One photograph titled ‘Cotton’ showing a man working at a cotton weaving machine. [Dates provided are an estimate based on similar photographs on SSPL: https://www.ssplprints.com/search/artist/142147/crabtree-j-a. However, this is likely a copy print of an older print or negative and could therefore date from decades later.]

Daily Herald Photograph: Cotton weaving machine

1880-1890

Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled silver gelatin print

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Superintendant of Public Baths with two assistants'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Superintendant of Public Baths with two assistants

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club…

1970-05

Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled silver gelatin print

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Disc-jockey at an OAP's dance'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Disc-jockey at an OAP's dance

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Widows dancing at an OAP's club'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Widows dancing at an OAP's club

1970-05

Silver gelatin photograph 'May 1970. Burnley. Sign outside Salvation Army Hall', photographed by Nick Hedges.

Sign outside Salvation Army Hall

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Shop window' showing a shoe repair shop. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Shop window

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Slum clearance site'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Burnley, May 1970.

Slum clearance site

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Respectable splendour'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Bunley, May 1970.

Respectable splendour

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club…

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'An unposed group relaxing'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

An unposed group relaxing

1970-05

Lancashire loom used for weaving sheeting, in fairly original condition, with set of healds, reeds, and shuttles. Manufactured by Butterworth & Dickinson Ltd, Burnley.

lancashire loom

Two `Speedy Moisture Testers' made by Thomas Ashworth and Co, Burnley, 1950-1960

Speedy Moisture Testers

1950-1960

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Elderly crippled lady at her back door taking the sun'. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Burnley, May 1970.

Elderly crippled lady at her back door taking the sun

1970-05

Moisture tester, 1966, used for measuring the moisture content of sand aggregate, and " dry" mix in concrete batching, the Speedy Moisture Tester, no 34568, by Thomas Ashworth & Co. Ltd., Burnley

Moisture tester

1966

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972" taken by Roger Perry in 1972. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "Bizarrely Beautiful", shown in March 1976

Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972

1972

A black and white silver gelatin photograph entitled "Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972", taken by Roger Perry in 1973. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition "Bizarrely Beautiful", shown in March 1976

Welfare State: Beauty and the Beast, Burnley, 1972

1972

One photograph titled ‘Cotton’. Handwritten caption on the back reads: ‘Boys as dinner carriers’. [Dates provided are an estimate based on similar photographs on SSPL: https://www.ssplprints.com/search/artist/142147/crabtree-j-a. However, this is likely a copy print of an older print or negative and could therefore date from decades later.]

Daily Herald Photograph: Dinner carriers for mill workers

1880-1890

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Shop front', showing Direct Mill. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Shop front

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'House front'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

House front

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Café exterior', showing Snug Café. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Café exterior

1970-05

Untitled silver gelatin print, photographed by Nick Hedges, May 1970

Untitled silver gelatin print

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Blackboard sign giving details of local bowling matches; outside a hairdressers'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Blackboard sign giving details of local bowling matches; outside a hairdressers

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Sign on mill wall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Sign on mill wall

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Street scene in front of an old Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Street scene in front of an old Methodist hall

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club...

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Dancing at an OAP's club. Weekday, mid-afternoon, in a Methodist hall'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Dancing at an OAP's club...

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Exterior of 19th century mill'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Exterior of 19th century mill

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a slum clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a slum clearance zone

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Advertising sign'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Advertising sign

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Frontage', showing Dr Connolly surgery. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Frontage

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Back of Town Hall' showing car park with sign 'Mayor's car only' '. Photograph by Nick Hedges, Burnley, May 1970.

Back of Town Hall

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Wasteground near town centre with horse traders'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Wasteground near town centre with horse traders

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Playground'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Playground

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a clum (sic) clearance zone'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Neighbours on the doorstep of a terraced house in a clum (sic) clearance zone

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'Bathroom of a terraced house'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

Bathroom of a terraced house

1970-05

Gelatin silver print entitled 'School in the street'. Photograph by Nick Hedges.

School in the street

1970-05

Four headed rope twisting machine, late 19th century, used at the mill of Hartley Spencer Limited in Burnley, Lancashire.

Rope twisting machine

1880-1920

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