Fifties Collection (#27)

Making pork pies, Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Making pork pies, Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, undertook the full process of meat preparation

Butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Interior of Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh near Rotherham

Window of George Schonhuts butchers shop, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Window of George Schonhuts butchers shop, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1955. Shop window display showing a traditional range of meat products and a range of continental

Interior of a butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Interior of a butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. View inside Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh near Rotherham showing pig carcasses hanging on meathooks

Butchers standing next to their shop window display, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Butchers standing next to their shop window display, South Yorkshire, 1955. Mr George Schonhut standing with two of his employees next to their shop window display in South Yorkshire

Barnsley Co-op Grocers, South Yorkshire, 1954. Artist: Michael Walters
Barnsley Co-op Grocers, South Yorkshire, 1954. One of the Barnsley Co-operative Societys supermarkets, with a wide range of period products to be seen through the window

End of rationing, meat and bacon on sale at the Barnsley Co-op butchers, South Yorkshire, 1954. In 1954, threstrictions on the sale of meat and bacon were lifted

Unloading and loading lorries, Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1961. A 1960 Leyland Super Comet tipper truck and a late 1950s Bedford SL flat back lorry being loaded

Line up of 1950s lorries at Spillers Animal Foods, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, 1961. In the photograph can be seen a Morris FFK 140 next to a Dodge truck which looks to be about a 1950 vintage

Woolworths store, Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Woolworths store, Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1957. The Woolworths Store in Parkgate was located on a junction on the main road into Rotherham

New Co-op central butchers department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
New Co-op central butchers department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. Customers survey the produce on offer in the newly refurbished department

Barnsley Co-op central jewellery department, South Yorkshire, 1956. A range of late 1950s clocks on display, including include cuckoo clocks, barometers and alarm clocks

Timpsons shoe shop window, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist: Michael Walters
Timpsons shoe shop window, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1956

Doncaster Safety Committee visits an explosives factory, Denaby Main, South Yorkshire, 1959. Members of the Doncaster safety comitee visit the ICI detonator works in Denaby Main

Austin lorry on a construction site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Austin lorry on a construction site, Leeds, West Yorkshire, 1959. An Austin lorry at Skelton Grange B Power Station in Leeds, built between 1955 and 1962 by Kier Construction but demolished in 1998

Dressing slate at Trebarwith Slate Quarry, Cornwall, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Dressing slate at Trebarwith Slate Quarry, Cornwall, 1959. The photograph shows a quarry worker cleaving the slate to reduce the slate to the desired width

Quarrying slate by hand at Trebarwith Slate Quarry, Cornwall, 1959. Two quarry workers use traditional methods to split the slate into sections

Barnsley Co-op, butchery department, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Butchers department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. The meat counter shows a varied selection of continental style salamis, whilst the shelves are stocked with a variety of tinned products

Miners social club bowling green, Featherstone, West Yorkshire, 1959. An ex miner looks on as a game of bowels is being played at Fetherstone in this photograph taken for the Coal Industry Wellfare

New Lodge Road Co-op self service supermarket, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
New Lodge Road Co-op self service supermarket, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. View of the interior of the store showing the pharmacy counter

Exterior of the Dodworth Road Co-op, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. To the left of the shop front are advertising hoardings with posters advertising the Co-op

Interior of the Dodworth Road Co-op, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957

Miner at a fairground, Conisbrough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Miner at a fairground, Conisbrough, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1955. A miner from a South Yorkshire town on a visit to the Good Friday Fair at Conisbrough, near Doncaster

Schonhuts Butchers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Schonhuts Butchers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. In this photograph, Mr George Schonhut can be seen at work. He was the grandson of the founder, who relocated from the German town of Obernhof

Nestles shop display, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Nestles shop display, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. In this advert to promote Nestles biscuits, Mr John Clayton stands beside the dispay in his shop in Mexborough

Co-op shop interior, Stairfoot, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist: Michael Walters
Co-op shop interior, Stairfoot, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1960. In 1902, a Mrs Ambler managed the store, the only manageress in the whole of the Co-operative society

Residential house construction, South Yorkshire, early 1960s. Artist: Michael Walters
Residential house construction, South Yorkshire, early 1960s. One of the more succesful home builders in the South Yorkshire area was Ben Bailey Homes

Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, late 1950s. Artist: Michael Walters
Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, late 1950s. The Barnsley Co-operative Society premises on Wellington Street, prior to its refurbishment

NUM official selling Coal magazine, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
NUM official selling Coal magazine, South Yorkshire, 1959. Mr Les Sunders selling copies of the magazine to NUM and NACODS members on their way to Thurcroft colliery near Rotherham

Pope Pius X school, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Pope Pius X school, Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1959. The school opened in 1959. In 2007 it was awarded special status as a humanities college

Outpatients awaiting treatement at the Montague Hospital, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The hospital was founded in 1889 after a campaign by Dr Sykes and Andrew Montague of Melton Hall

Newspaper typesetting, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Newspaper typesetting, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Typesetters from the South Yorkshire Times composing pages for the newspaper

Producing brochures at the White Rose Press Co, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Women working with the guillotines and making up brochures in the binding room of the the White Rose Press Company

The binding room at the White Rose Press printing Co, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. The White Rose Press Company was responsible for the printing of many publications

Alderman M Crichton posing for a sculpture, Swinton, South Yorkshire, April 1959. Mr Crichton was from a well known Swinton Family

Locomotive repairs, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Locomotive repairs, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, 1959. Doncaster has a great tradition of locomotive building. During the Industrial Revolution

Urban redevelopment in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Urban redevelopment in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1957. The photograph shows Albert Street in Swinton. It was taken to support an application for the demolition of the houses to erect more modern

Technicians at work in Clays TV repair in shop, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, February 1959

Austin vans being loaded outside Clays TV repair depot, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959

TV and recording star Wee Willie Harris visits South Yorkshire, 1958. Artist
TV and recording star Wee Willie Harris visits South Yorkshire, 1958. For a promotion for Morphy Richards, who were based in Swinton, South Yorkshire

Modernisation to Silverwood Colliery, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. Modernisation work to Silverwood Colliery took place during 1955 to cater for the increasing demand for coal

Damp proofing, Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Damp proofing, Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, 1957. Two workers use a cutting machine used to create a channel in which to insert a damp proof membrane

The new headgear at Kilnhurst colliery, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
The new headgear at Kilnhurst Colliery, South Yorkshire, 1957. The new headgear under construction at Kilnhurst Colliery near Rotherham

Bedford delivery lorries at the Danish Bacon Co, Kilnhurst, South Yorkshire, 1957. The fleet of Bedford delivery lorries which operated from the Danish Bacon Companys Kilnhurst depot during 1957

Typical mining town terrace, Queen Street, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Typical mining town terrace, Queen Street, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1957. Photographed prior to demolition, this was typical of the type of terraced housing which existed in the area

Pickerills Commer coach, Darfield, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Pickerills Commer coach, Darfield, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1957. The coach was an Avenger 3 model and Pickerills ran a service between the villages of Wombwell and Darfield

Pharmaceutical preparation area, Co-operative society, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1956. The pharmaceutical department of the Co-op in Barnsley prior to its re-furbishment in the early 1960s showing

Co-op drapery department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1956. Artist: Michael Walters
Co-op drapery department, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1956. A wide choice of material is available from 3 shillings 6 pence per yard

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