Fifties Collection (page 22)

Blocks being made up at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist
Blocks being made up at a printing company, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, 1959. Furniture was used to space the metal blocks within the chase

Ladies clothing department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. Women customers survey some of the elegant fashions on display

Hairdressing department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Hairdressing department, Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. The hairdrying units, under which the women are sitting were a common sight in ladies hairdressers until recent times

Customers in the Barnsley Co-ops sports department, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Customers in the Barnsley Co-ops sports department, South Yorkshire, 1957. A range of sports equipment is on display including Dunlop and Slazenger racquets and cricket bats from Gradidge

Customers in the Barnsley Co-op jewellery department, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist
Customers in the Barnsley Co-op jewellery department, South Yorkshire, 1957. A man from Barnsley awaits approval whilst his wife tries on some of the rings on offer

Boardroom scene at the Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters
Boardroom scene at the Barnsley Co-op, South Yorkshire, 1957. The board of directors at Barnsley Co-op in their impressive boardroom. They pause proceedings for a photograph for the Co-op news

Co-op store showing a sales receipt transfer system, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, 1955. The Fancy good department at the Barnsley Co-op in 1955 prior to its refurbishment

Staff from Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist
Staff from Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Mr George Schonhut, the owner was the grandson of the founder, who relocated from the German city of Obernhof

Dressing meat for sale, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Dressing meat for sale, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. At Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham

Pastry making for meat pies, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Pastry making for meat pies, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Scene inside Schonhuts butchery factory in Rawmarsh, near Rotherham

Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. showing an 800LB weighing scale, 1955. View inside Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham

Meat pie production, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters
Meat pie production, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1959. Meat pies being made at Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham

Pork pie production, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters
Pork pie production, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Schonhuts butchery factory in the village of Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, undertook the full process of meat preparation

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

George Schonhuts butchers shop in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955
George Schonhuts butchers shop, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. The window of George Schonhuts butchers shop in All Saints Square in Rotherham

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

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