Towngate – 1900 – onwards (1)
Guiseley stocks have a number of children and men round them. The entrance on the right led to Cambridge Street. The shop and adjoining cottages are now used by Denison’s…
Towngate – 1900 – onwards (2)
On the left is the New Inn, the shop on the right was incorporated into the public house. St. Oswald’s Church is on the right, this photo was taken before the Lych gate …
Towngate – 1900 – onwards (3)
Morris Dancers perform in front of the town cross and stocks, the exposed gable end of demolished property can be seen, also Springhead Mill chimney.
Towngate – 1900 – onwards (4)
In 2004 the shop was a media business, in the photograph below we can see the same building many years earlier with Walter Dibb in the doorway of his shop located at the corner of Queensway…
Towngate – 1900 – onwards (5)
Photo taken from the roof of St. Oswald’s Church by Stuart Andrew MP, looking down onto Towngate Lands Lane is to the left of the Garden of Remembrance, Town Street to the right.
Towns Women’s Guild
This is the Guiseley TWG, 18th birthday celebration, the newest member, Mrs T Horsfall…
Tranmere Park
This is the Oval, part of the Tranmere Park housing development. Many of the homes were built in the 1930s.
Trewatha, Ernest – c1980
This is the weaving department, operative Ernest Trewatha is standing next…
Unknown ‘Bootmakers’ – c1900s
Four boot or shoe makers in a workshop, one of them is holding a pair of clogs.
Unknown Guiseley Wedding
A bride and groom are standing in the doorway of St. Oswald’s Church, do you know who they are?
Upper End Farm
A prize bull, “Morleys Special”, seen with the farm bailiff and farmer Arthur Smith who is on the right.
Urban District Council – 1937
William Brooke wearing the chain of office as Chairman of Guiseley Urban District Council, he was also Headmaster of St. Oswald’s School for many years.
