Title | Towngate |
Date | Pre1921 |
Location | Guiseley |
Photo ID | F087 |
Comment | 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 was built to honour the fallen the 1914-1918 War in 1921. |
Towngate – 1921
The Lychgate for St. Oswald’s Church was erected as a memorial for local people who perished in the First World War. This image dates from after 1921 when the gate was put in place. Behind the Cross and Stocks is a butchers shop, business of Lumby and Son, selling pork and beef. The next shop on the right appears to be a greengrocer.
Towngate – 1920s
Clergy and church officials returning to St. Oswald’s Church after an outdoor service, these services were held on St. Oswald’s Day or other special occasions. On the left is part of the sign for the Woolpacks Inn, the row of old cottages were church property and have since been demolished the site is now a small car park.
Towngate – 1932
St. Oswald’s Day service in Towngate, conducted in front of the cross and stocks.
The man on the left is Councillor Clifford B Nunns (owner of Cassfield Mills), moving right, a Bishop, Canon Howson and on the right John Willie Procter who is holding the Church Warden’s rod.
Towngate – 1930s
Cottages on Towngate which stood to the right of the Woolpack Inn, they were Church property.
In the early 1930s Canon Howson, then Rector of Guiseley attempted to improve the environment around St. Oswald’s Church, he had the lime trees planted which are seen here.
The site of the cottages is now a car park but the trees still stand (January 2013).