B061 – Orchard Street School, 1898.
Orchard Street School – 1898
A mixed class of boys and girls with a range of ages, a schoolmaster is on the left.
The school was also known as Orchard Street Wesleyan School.
It was built by the Wesleyan Methodists in 1825 and remained in use until 1930, when it closed pupils were transferred to the school on Oxford Road.
The building stood until the 1970s having been used as a Labour Exchange, after demolition the area became a car park since then new apartments have been built on the site.
F050 – Orchard Street School, c1898.
Orchard Street School – c1898
A class of infant children with their teacher Mrs Ward, who still taught there in the 1950s.
D443 – Orchard Street School, 1825.
Orchard Street School – c1900s
Maurice Holmes is the boy on the right of the 2nd row down, he is the father of the donor of the image, John Holmes.
E384 – Orchard Street School, c1900s.
Orchard Street School – c1900s
This is Orchard Street School, seen from Lands Lane looking towards Towngate. The school was built by the Wesleyan Methodists. A plaque on the wall to the right of a drainpipe reads ” This School was built by public subscription AD1825 The ground is demis’d by Mr John Jackson of Guiseley to 17 Trustees and their successors for the term of 500 years Vnus Deus Fed Plures Amic”.
This Latin inscription translates as “One God but many friends”. Donated by John Holmes.
X197 – Orchard Street School, 1825.
Orchard Street School – 1825
This is the stone plaque referred to above.
F213 – Orchard Street School, c1900s.
Orchard Street School – c1900s
A group of children, some of whom may have belonged to the Firth family.
C206 – Orchard Street School, c1900s.
Orchard Street School – c1900s
Photo of children taken in the playground, through the gap on the right is a glimpse of Bingley lands.
Back row, left to right: C Learmonth, A Craven, F Norfolk, G North, A Little, E Greep,
3rd row, left to right: C Thompson, G Waite, B Fawsett, W Glasby, J Baldwin, A Hey, J Mastan, M Ward.
2nd row, left to right: W Hargreaves, C Simpson, A French, C Stott, M Chadwick, E Barker, K Frankland, B Preston, B Maude, ? Denton.
1st row, left to right: M Chadwick M Lawson, A Chadwick, D Stead, C Jackson, P Claughton, H Brown, E Chaffer.
Front row, three boys: D Lumby, N Chaffer, C Hogben. Names provided by Budgiebri 09 June 2014.
PU011 – Orchard Street School, c1904.
Orchard Street School – c1904
The headmaster was Mr W R Hollingworth, names on the back of the photo are:
Girls on the back row: ? Jones, Marion Walton, Carrie Teale, Maud Backburrow, Amy Myers, Edith Robson, Annie Denison and Winnie Andrews.
2nd row: E Craggs, E Brumpton, E Phillips, L Tomlinson, V Standish, Mabel Waite, Laura Waite, Gladys Cotteril, Hilda Clapham and Gertie Robinson.
Boys 2nd row: N Knipe, ?, W Hardwick, ?, H Waite, ? and W Neilson.
Front from the left: Billy Proctor, Arthur Baldwin, ? Dixon and ? Busfield.
Donated by Freda Potts.
PU011A – Orchard Street School, c1904.
Orchard Street School – c1904
The names on the rear of PU011 above.
Donated by Freda Potts.
U02 – Orchard Street School, 1917.
Orchard Street School – 1917
A class of children with teacher Miss Leyland.
FB363 – Orchard Street School, 1919.
Orchard Street School – 1919
Standard 1V, Orchard Street School.
The girl in the middle on the front row is Edith Roundhill (nee Robinson). She lived on Ings Lane, Guiseley, with her brother Wilfred Robinson and their parents had a sweet shop near the Ings pub. Identified by her daughter 06 June 2014.
Back row, left to right: L Thompson, no name, R Reddiough, no name, W Dawson, no name, J W Gilks, no name, C Harling.
3rd row, left to right: L Boulton, no name, no name, ? Denton, ? Brown, no name, ? French, L Coupland, E Towers.
2nd row, left to right: ? Pearson, ? Harrison, L Easton, no name, ? Briggs, no name, M Crowther, no name.
front row, left to right: M Preston, M Robinson, M Baldwin, Edith Robinson, ? Muschamp, no name, M Preston, F Holmes.
Names provided by Budgiebri 09 June 2014.
Image Donated by Pam Waite.
PU05 – Orchard Street School, 1919.
Orchard Street School – 1919
This photo was taken outside the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Oxford Road.
At this time the school Headmaster was Mr Hampshire, who had been in post since 1916 when he replaced Henry Turner.
Mr Hampshire retired to the Midlands, he was aged over 100 years when he died in the 1980s.
The young boy in the sailor suit on 2nd row from back is Charles Herbet Nunwick, born 1908. Identified by his son John Nunwick, 06 June 2014.
Donated by Pam Waite.
FB214 – Orchard Street School, c1920s.
Orchard Street School – c1920s
A class of young children outside the school.
One of the girls was Hilda Steel, she is standing just to the right behind the boy in the centre of the front row.
She sang in many local productions with her brother Cedric.
Donated by Angela Luty.
FB365 – Orchard Street School, c1920s.
Orchard Street School – c1920s
A class of school children, a boy at the front holds a board “Orchard Street Council School Group 1”.
Donated by Angela Luty.
FB366 – Orchard Street School, c1920s.
Orchard Street School – c1920s
A class of young children with 2 teachers.
Donated by Angela Luty.
Previous Comments:
Re FB214
bjanderson141
I’ve checked the records on ancestry.co.uk, and Hilda M Steel was born in 1912 (which might help date this photo). Her brother Cedric Harold Steel was born in 1907.
23 August 2013.
Re D436
ShirleyB
I have an original copy of this photo as my grandfather John Riley (known as Jack) is on there. His younger sister Alice is also in the photo but I do not know which one she is. My mother said Alice was wearing a white pinafore but she did not know which was her. John and Alice Riley were two of the children of Edwin Riley, the rope maker who had a rope walk behind Guiseley Town Hall. I sent a copy of this photo to Martin Rigg and he included it in one of his excellent books.
02 December 2015.
Re PU011
Sheenagh Long
What a lovely surprise to see a picture of our Grandma, Annie Denison, at school in 1904.
08 September 2017.
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Consolidated by Jack Brayshaw. 17 May 2022.
Last updated: 09 November 2023 – Photo ID: U02. 19 May 2022 – Photo ID: D436, B061, F050.
