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'Lancashire is Delivering the Goods': munitions in the Manchester District - shell-production
Drawing of munitions production in Manchester and nearby locations, with a short discussion
'The Biggest Bluff in the War...a Triumph of Organisation': the Evacuation of Gallipoli
Photographs and descriptive commentary on various stages of the evacuation of Gallipoli, including a reference to the 'Lancashire Landing'. Considerable emphasis on the lack of casualties, which is in stark, yet unremarked, contrast to the huge loss…
"Cottonopolis" a Vulcan's Forge: A Manchester War Foundry
Drawing of munitions production at the British Westlinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company's premises, with a short discussion.
At Parades: Lord Kitchener at Liverpool and Manchester
Three photographs and accompanying text, which includes a reference to dock strikes in Liverpool
Blackpool, Bailey's Hotel
This hotel was founded in 1776 by a farmer, Lawrence Bailey, and opened to the public in 1785 with 34 bedrooms, three dining rooms and a coffee lounge. It stands at the northern end of Blackpool’s promenade. It is one of only a few hotels in…
Blackpool, bathing machines on the beach
Blackpool’s foreshore has always been its main attraction for its visitors. By the 1840s the local landed gentry and the new aspiring middle-classes from Lancashire’s mill-towns visited Blackpool as a means of promoting good health and also meeting…
Blackpool, the South Jetty from the Wellington Hotel
The South Jetty – latter to become the Central Pier, opened in May 1868, five years later than the North Pier. Both were designed to extend over the sea to allow people to 'promenade' above the water, and they also served as docking stages for boats.…
British and French prisoners of the Turks: our groups named
Photographs of Prisoners of War, reproduced from a Turkish newspaper, with identifying names and regiments. Includes three members of Lancashire regiments, as well as some naval personnel. Note that the men all seem to be wearing civilian clothes…
Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester rail-way, Edge-Hill
Wapping or Edge Hill Tunnel was constructed to enable goods services to operate between Liverpool docks and Manchester, as part of the planned Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It is said to be the first tunnel in the world to be bored under a city.…
Jacobite resources in The National Archives - 1745
This collection brings together a range of materials which allow students and teachers to develop their own questions and lines of historical enquiry on the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745.
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Engine cleaners (?) at Upperby Depot, Carlisle
Photograph which possibly shows women engine-cleaners, who would have been drafted in to undertake this work during World War One.