Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

RESERVED GALLERY

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:56:20 GMT

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LISTEN HERE! Unique oral history heritage recordings

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>This Gallery contains many rare and fascinating oral history excerpts collected over many years. Following the closure of the North West Sound Archive due to cuts in public expenditure, and the extreme difficulty of access to the stored recordings, I have decided to include a selection from my own work. Other recordings made later after leaving the Archive are also included.

Slide Show Selection

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:56:20 GMT

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WH Bailey Engineers

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:43:06 GMT

]]>WH Bailey were an important Victorian engineering company based at Oldfield Road, Salford. They made many things from water engines to steam valves, and steam pumps. The steam pump featured here was installed at the chemical works of J & W Whewell, York Street in Radcliffe probably around 1890.

Anglesey Llangefni area

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Rhosgadfan

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Barbon and Barbondale

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>The beautiful village of Barbon is situated at the western end of a u-shaped glacial valley on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park near Kirkby Lonsdale. The area is renowned for its scenery and also geology.

Alderley Edge

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:48 GMT

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Garsdale

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>The Garsdale Valley extends downward to the west to Sedbergh. Garsdale Head is world-famous for its association with the Settle-Carlisle Railway line, now a heritage line. Built by the Midland Railway and opened in 1876. It was one of the greatest engineering challenges of the Victorian era with numerous bridges, tunnels and impressive viaducts taking the railway into the remote wild Pennines. KH

Miscellaneous

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:48 GMT

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Nelson and Colne

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:48 GMT

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Chatburn

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:48 GMT

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Kirkby-in-Furness

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Kirkby-in-Furness lies on the east shore of the Duddon Estuary in South Cumbria. There is evidence of extensive quarrying for local slate and the remains of a remarkable dry stone walled embankment part of a quarry incline once bringing slate down to the Furness line at Sandside.

Anglesey, Newborough & Llanddwyn Island

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:48 GMT

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Ravenstonedale, Newbiggin-on-Lune, incl Smardale

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>The delightful villages of Ravenstonedale and Newbiggin-on-Lune lie to the north the Howgills in Cumbria. Both villages are in 'limestone country' and confusingly, are in the Yorkshire Dales National Park whilst remaining in Cumbria. Smardale is a National Nature Reserve in the care of Cumbria Wildlife Trust and features a magnificent viaduct amongst its other sites.
The area also has outstanding archaeological remains of field systems dating to the Bronze Age.

Great Ormside

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Borrowdale near Keswick

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>A beautiful and popular area of the English Lake District, south of Keswick.

Porthmadog (Portmadoc)

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Porthmadog is a small town on the west coast of North Wales. Famous for being the terminus of the Ffestiniog Railway and as as a port for shipping Welsh slate. The Ffestiniog Railway is noteworthy for its unusual; narrow gauge double-ended steam locomotives known as Fairlie's, designed to negotiated the tight bends of the line to Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Eccleston

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

]]>A small pleasant village with church just outside of Chester. Apart from the church and buildings, it is also has a geological site of national importance.

Nantlle, Y Fron Quarry

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Nantlle, and Cilgwyn were once two important slate quarrying areas in North Wales. Although few remains survive to interest the industrial archaeologist, there is much to interest the geologist.

Roman Period

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

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Keswick Castlerigg Circle

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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Dolbenmaen, Cwmstradllyn and environs

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

]]>Cwmystradllyn and the valley area around is important in the story of Welsh slate quarrying. See Quarrying gallery or search in site search box for Cwmystadllyn. The photos in this gallery show the area around the slate quarries.

Coppull

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

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Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

]]>From BBC local history pages ' Led by the legendary American army scout Buffalo Bill, a 200-strong travelling company comprising 97 native Americans, 180 broncos and 18 buffalo set up camp on the freezing banks of the River Irwell in November 1887. .... performing nightly to packed crowds in what was the biggest indoor arena ever constructed in Western Europe, Sioux warriors and their cowboy counterparts would recreate classic gun-slinging scenes from the Wild West, or performing daring acts of horsemanship.It all took place in what is now Salford Quays - two years before the canals were even built! - and was so popular the show stayed for five whole months before rolling out of town on its European tour."

Anglo-saxon

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

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Bodelwyddan area

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

]]>Bodelwyddan is a small community on the North Wales coast, it is well-known for its important Castle and nearby so-called 'marble church'.

Minera area

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

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Arley

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 08:39:36 GMT

]]>A cycling club meet at Arley Hall in Cheshire 1930

Slaidburn, Stocks, Cross of Greet, & Gisburn Forest areas

(Heritage Photo Archive & Heritage Image Register) — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT

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