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Guiseley Businesses

Railway Station

This view of the station shows the depth of snow during what was an exceptionally harsh winter. It is looking …

Retail Park – 2013

This retail park was built on the site of the Chloride Shires bathroom factory.

Richmond Coach Works – Undated

his vehicle was built at the works by R Ibbitson & Co., for S Brown, Mossbrook Farm, Burley-in-Wharfedale, “Cattle Remover, Distance …

Riddiough’s Quarry – c1900s

Men at work in the quarry on Moor Lane, Guiseley Moor.

Shires Ltd.

Comment A group of Shire’s employees, on the left of the front row is Frank Bland, uncle of the donor of this image Colleen Boulton….

Silver Badge Café – 1928

Located on Otley Road, White Cross, the building was previously an old Army hut. The café was first owned by…

Smith, John Kirby, 1869-1953 – Photographer

John Kirby Smith was a photographer and owned a wooden built tobacconists shop in the Little London area of Rawdon c1894. By 1906,

Springhead Mill

Seen in an office are, left to right, John Arthur Rhodes, Frank Malir, Harry White, Owen Bowen, Herbert Malir. John A Rhodes was the…

Sunspring Works

Sunspring company was owned by the Wood family and located off Oxford Road, these people were part of the workforce:…

The Commercial Inn, c1864 & The Yorkshire Rose

Now called the Yorkshire Rose, this was the Commercial Inn, locally called the “Long Sign” in reference to the length of…

The Cross Inn, 1904 – 1967

The Cross Inn which was on Towngate and named after the cross which stood in front of it. This was a beer house…

The Drop Inn, c1870 – c2013

This image is from a newspaper article which states that the Inn has stood in Guiseley Town Street for over 400 years. In “Round and About Aireborough, Volume 11” by Martin Rigg, a…

The Green Chilli – 2013

A new business called the “Green Chilli” opening on Otley Road, it is a takeaway food outlet. On the left…

The Ings Inn, c1900 – onwards

This is the old Ings Inn which was demolished in 1933 when the present Ings Inn was built.

The New Inn, c1812 – onwards

Reputedly this is the oldest Inn in Guiseley, licensees have included 1812, William Smith, 1824 John and Chris Woodhead,…

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Early Vehicles