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Rotherham Collection (page 3)

Background imageRotherham Collection: Nurse using a Cardiopan machine, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967

Nurse using a Cardiopan machine, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. In a photograph taken for the Central Office of Information

Background imageRotherham Collection: A Sequential Multi Analyser Machine at Rotherham General Infirmary, 1967. Artist

A Sequential Multi Analyser Machine at Rotherham General Infirmary, 1967. Artist
Sequential multi analyser machine, Rotherham General Infirmary, South Yorkshire, 1967. A nurse checks the readout from the machine

Background imageRotherham Collection: Medical screening in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters

Medical screening in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Medical screening in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1967. In a photograph taken for the Central Office of Information, a nurse supervises the taking of an X-ray of a patients chest as part of a health

Background imageRotherham Collection: Health check in the medical room, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Health check in the medical room, Park Gate Iron & Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. To ensure the good health of their workers

Background imageRotherham Collection: Teeming (pouring) steel ingots, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Teeming (pouring) steel ingots, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Background imageRotherham Collection: Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters

Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Artist: Michael Walters
Industrial relations, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1966. Photo for a press ad showing a selection of designers and tradesmen in white coats with shop floor workers to the rear

Background imageRotherham Collection: Workers in the washroom facility at a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Workers in the washroom facility at a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. In a programme of improving the working conditions for the men who worked at the steelworks

Background imageRotherham Collection: Bottling beer at Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist

Bottling beer at Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961. Artist
Bottling beer at Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1961. The bottles are filled and the caps placed on them before proceeding along the production line to the labelling machine

Background imageRotherham Collection: Pouring iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Pouring iron into a Kaldo unit, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. An iconic view of the T3 crucible pouring molten iron into a Kaldo unit

Background imageRotherham Collection: Training in a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters

Training in a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Training in a steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. A steelworker undergoing training on the controls for the new Kaldo furnace at Park Gate Iron & Steel Works near Rotherham

Background imageRotherham Collection: Commercial shop unit construction in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1962

Commercial shop unit construction in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1962. Wade Construction working on the new offices of Pearl Assurance in central Rotherham

Background imageRotherham Collection: Contractors setting explosives in a trench in Firbeck, near Rotherham, 1962. Artist

Contractors setting explosives in a trench in Firbeck, near Rotherham, 1962. Artist
Contractors setting explosives in a trench, Firbeck, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1962. The men are from Lileworth Contractors

Background imageRotherham Collection: Warehouse full of crates of bottles, Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960

Warehouse full of crates of bottles, Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. The warehouse was used to store the bottles the company had filled for Bass Charrington

Background imageRotherham Collection: The final process of bottling beer, Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960

The final process of bottling beer, Ward & Sons bottling plant, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. The bottles have passed through the pasteurising machine and the labels are attached

Background imageRotherham Collection: Dressing meat for sale, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Pastry making for meat pies, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Meat pie production, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1959. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Pork pie production, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Making pork pies, Schonhuts butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Interior of a butchery factory, Rawmarsh, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Butchers standing next to their shop window display, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Beer bottles being filled at Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist

Beer bottles being filled at Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist
Beer bottles being filled at Ward & Sons, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1960. Wards new bottling plant, near Rotherham, had the capacity to put labels on and to fill 8000 bottles per hour

Background imageRotherham Collection: Woolworths store, Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1957. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Gas water heaters display, East Midlands Gas Board showroom, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1961

Gas water heaters display, East Midlands Gas Board showroom, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1961. For the June 1961 window display in their Rotherham branch

Background imageRotherham Collection: An ingot in a bloom mill, Park Gate Iron and Steel Company, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966

An ingot in a bloom mill, Park Gate Iron and Steel Company, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966

Background imageRotherham Collection: Steel worker, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Steel worker, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Background imageRotherham Collection: GEC Austin delivery lorry, Swinton South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

GEC Austin delivery lorry, Swinton South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
GEC Austin delivery lorry, Swinton South Yorkshire, 1963. One of the fleet of Austin lorries belonging to the General Electric Company in Swinton, South Yorkshire

Background imageRotherham Collection: Model railway layout, Wickersley, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist: Michael Walters

Model railway layout, Wickersley, South Yorkshire, 1960. Artist: Michael Walters
Model railway layout, Wickersley, South Yorkshire, 1960. A photograph of a model railway layout constructed by Mr TH Watford in his house in Wickersley near Rotherham

Background imageRotherham Collection: Fleet of Scania lorries, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters

Fleet of Scania lorries, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters
Fleet of Scania lorries, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Bryan Thorpe Haulage of Rotherham took delivery of these Scania lorries in the early 1970s as can be seen by the consecutive letters

Background imageRotherham Collection: Schonhuts Butchers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1955. Artist: Michael Walters

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

Background imageRotherham Collection: Miss Great Britain at Asda, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters

Miss Great Britain at Asda, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters
Miss Great Britain at Asda, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Miss Great Britain carrying out a promotion for Lux Soap. The platform shoes

Background imageRotherham Collection: Caravan winners, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters

Caravan winners, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Artist: Michael Walters
Caravan winners, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1972. Mr and Mrs Claxton won this brand new Sprite Caravan in October of 1972

Background imageRotherham Collection: Oak Hill housing development, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1970s. Artist: Michael Walters

Oak Hill housing development, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1970s. Artist: Michael Walters
Oak Hill housing development, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1970s. Built in 1971, the Oak Hill housing development in Rotherham epitomised everything that was wrong with the attempts of the time to

Background imageRotherham Collection: Ford D series lorry, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters

Ford D series lorry, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Ford D series lorry, Rotherham, South Yorksgire, 1967. Mason Bros Hauliers take delivery of a new Ford D series lorry from TC Harrisons in Rotherham

Background imageRotherham Collection: Shell promotion shot, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters

Shell promotion shot, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
Shell promotion shot, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1967. A portrait of Mr Doug Cavell, who operated the Swinton Old Hall Service Station in South Yorkshire

Background imageRotherham Collection: NCB solid fuel promotion, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters

NCB solid fuel promotion, 1967. Artist: Michael Walters
NCB solid fuel promotion, 1967. In response to the Gas Boards promotions for their cleaner more efficient product, the National Coal Board (NCB) undertook a campain to promote their own product

Background imageRotherham Collection: Newly refurbished reception, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966

Newly refurbished reception, Park Gate Iron and Steel Co, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966
Newly refurbished reception, Park Gate Iron and Steel Company, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1966. At the time the company received many important visitors from around the world

Background imageRotherham Collection: Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters

Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Artist: Michael Walters
Recycling scrap, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1965. Edgar Allens of Sheffield used this plant in Rotherham to recycle scrap from their main facility in Sheffield

Background imageRotherham Collection: Santa Claus at a Methodist church in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964

Santa Claus at a Methodist church in Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1964. Originally Built in 1869, the Methodist chapel in Bank Street, Swinton, was demolished in the early 1970s

Background imageRotherham Collection: Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist

Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Checking the temperature of molten steel, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1964. To enable the temperature of molten steel to be taken, an immersion pyrometer has to be used

Background imageRotherham Collection: Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist

Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist
Pouring molten iron, Park Gate steelworks, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Molten metal being poured from a Kaldo furnace into a vessel

Background imageRotherham Collection: Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters

Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
Steelworks canteen, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. One of the canteens which operated in various parts of the works

Background imageRotherham Collection: Steel H girders being stacked for distribution, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964

Steel H girders being stacked for distribution, Park Gate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1964. The Park Gate Iron and Steel Company was founded in 1823

Background imageRotherham Collection: Roxy Cinema, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

Roxy Cinema, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Roxy Cinema, Swinton, South Yorkshire, 1963. The Roxy Cinema, showing the latest Dirk Bogarde film The Mind Benders in September of 1963

Background imageRotherham Collection: Two stages of moulding a steel casting, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist

Two stages of moulding a steel casting, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist
Two stages of moulding a steel casting, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Rotherham has a great tradition of steel production. This image was taken at AT Green & Son Ltd who are no longer in business

Background imageRotherham Collection: The British engineer, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters

The British engineer, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
The British engineer, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. The epitome of the British engineer from a bygone age. This photograph



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