Old Whitworth

Images courtesy of Whitworth Historical Society

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The 5 mile tricycle championship - Winner HJ. Whitworth - 2nd from right
Laying the foundation stone of Lloyd Street school - 1897
Market Street - Shawforth

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"The Pioneer " from the Whitworth Vale Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd.
Whitworth Parish Church Carnival
The rush cart - 30th July 1910
Shawclough Railway Station
Steam engine number - 43903

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Market Street - outside the Dog and Partridge public house
Whitworth Parish Church Institute Brass Band
The Britannia coconutters

If you have any old photographs or documents relating to the area, the Whitworth Historical Society would be pleased to receive them for their archives. If preferred, they can have them copied and then return the originals to you. If you have any further information about any of the pictures above, please contact a member of the the Historical Society.

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| Water colour images of Whitworth by local artist Brian Clegg |