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Meltham in
Focus
Volume 6
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Air View Of Meltham 1920s
Co-op Day Out 1920s
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David Brown Tractors Awards for Good Time Keeping
Machine Lathe Operators On High Level Machine Shop David Browns Meltham Mills 1956
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Quarmby & Sykes,Limited Spinksmire Mills
Meltham 1936
Mr.Edward Sykes,Mr.Alec Quarmby
Mr.eP.Matthews
Warehouse
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Sorting Department
Pulling Department
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Quarmby & Sykes Ltd. Spinksmire Mills Dye House
1936
Wilfred Pickles(centre)
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DB4 Crawlers O/S Shady Row Meltham Mills Produced For Army Engineers
Mrs.L.Baines O/S Shady Row Meltham Mills
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DAY OUT 1920s
W MANN
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WESSENDEN HEAD ROAD SHOWING SITE OF FIRST IRON AGE SETTLEMENT IN MELTHAM MID-FOREGROUND
LUTY's SHOP GREENS END ROAD CLOSED SEPT.30th 1974
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Thick Hollins Hall 1870 Now Meltham Golf Club
Bent Ley,Meltham 1900 Showing Silk Mill
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Mr. George Redfearn Butchers Shop Greens End Road 1912
Chairman of Meltham Urban District Council Presented with First Chain of Office
Clr.H. Steade
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MELTHAM & MELTHAM MILLS CO- OP CHEMIST DEPT MARKET PLACE Mr GREENWOOD &
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MELTHAM LADIES KEEP FIT CLASS STARTED BY
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SITE OF THE FIRST MANUAL TELEPHUNE EXCHANGE IN MELTHAM COMPLETED IN 1899
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shady Row, Meltham Mills Taken from a painting, done by Mrs Phyllis Gill
site of Meltham Gas Works Mean Bridge
Built in 1855 Closed in March 1950
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The Lodge
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Helme Hall early 1900s Home of Mr.Edward Fisher 1890-1945 then Mr.E.Greenhalgh & Mr.J.Haigh now it is a Nurseing Home.
Helme Church Rev.eEric Treacy with the Children
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Meltham Baptist Chapel
Interior
karly 1900s
Meltham Baptist Chapel 1900s
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Filming in Meltham April 1995
Six Sides Of Coogan for the B.B.C.
Inside the Church Hall
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Church Hall
On Greens End Road
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Raymond Lodge Shop used as Florence Moss Florist
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Raymond Lodges Shop being used as Ottle Post Office
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Outside the Town Hall
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50th Anniversary Celebrations VE DAY Mean Lane Meltham 8th May 1995
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50th Anniversary Celebrations cont.
Meltham & Meltham Mills Band
Sandwich Stall
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Cake Stall
George the Clown
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Window Display in Market Place
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20th Anniversary Celebrations
Hot Dogs ete.
Bouncing Castle
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The Meltham Tree Sculptor Jason Thomson
Marking out the tree in paint
Starting Hand Adzing and Carving Out the Tree
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Nearly Finished
Completed Monday 17th July 1995
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Meltham Gala 1995
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Meltham Guides 1940s
Blackmoorfoot Reservoir During the Drought Octe 1995
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David Browns 1st Team B/Row:Clark,C.Yewlett, 3rock,Bothroyd, Denise,H.Dugdale,D.Savage(Pro)
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Meltham Bowling Club Starter Members B/Row ? C.Pogson, ? ? F/Row? Mellor,C.Vine , H.Wright ?
Meltham Bowling Team 1920s B/Row Charlie Milson,Arthur Dickinson Arthur Dawson M/Row Anthony Rothall James Arthur Heap, Ernest Atkinson,Herbert Wadsworth
Johnny Lodge F/Row Hildred Sykes,Stanley Sykes.
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Blackmoorfoot Filter Plant & Orange Wood Cottages. 1940s
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Meltham Nurse Fete July 9th 1910
Rose Queen Miss Milcred Findley and Attendants
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Xmas Chamber of Trade Sing December 14th 1996
Xmas Chamber of Trade Sing
December 14th 1996 Police:- Johnathan Stenson Steve Tomlinson Ian Oxley
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Meltham
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Filming in Hebble Mount for I.7T.V.
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Filming in Hebble riount for "Where the Heard Is"
Jane& Feb. 1997
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Meltham Ladies Cricket Team
B/row:-Bessie Hirst,Ada Kenyon,Ada Lee, Mary Alice Hinchliffe. F/row:-Phyllis Worsley,Winnie Bower, Annie Yates,Katie Leonard,Vera Thornton
Meltham Mills Cricket end Team F/Row:-Jack Whitham,Ronnie Sykes,
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BAND CARNIVAL QUEEN AND ATTENDANTS CO-OP FIELD JULY9th 1951
THE HOGMANAY METHODIST LOWER SCHOOL
DEC.
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MELTHAM BRANCH OF 5thBTN WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS IN CAMP 1920s
VICTORIA ROAD SHOWING AIR RAID SHELTER
STEVEN KEITH RODGER DAVID LITTLEWOOD HELLEWELL WOODHEAD DOWNS
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Meltham Parish Church G.F.S. Pantomine Dick Whittington 1945
Lesley Brian Rita Betty Michael Margaret Dorothy Roy Joyce Shirley Harness Naylor Mitchell Woodcock Hirst Blakley Hickson Sheard Clarke Holroyd
Colin Kona Hazel Eunice Kathleen Jean Margaret Barbara Teddy Mary Shaw Webster Trowman Sykes Greasley Whitehead Cox Oldham Brook Beaumont
Sheila Mary Connie Barbara Brian Kathleen Cynthia Webster Dawson Wilkinson Goldthorpe Hirst Seymoor (Producer) Foster
Dorothy John Barbara Brian Hildred Peter @wen Eileen Denis Mabel Earnshaw Hinchliffe Beadley Garside Gillett Drake Blackburn Baxter Holmes Southern Annie Margaret John Brian Earnshaw Bottomley Garside Whitehead Hayon Eileen Geofrey Sheila Margaret Denis Shirley Sheila
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Meltham Parish Church G.F.S. Goody Two Shoes 1957
Maureen Richards
Carol
Clive Stephen David Barry James Andrew Whitely Littlewood Lace Wilson Haigh O'Conner
Pat Christine Rodger Roy
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MELTHAM METHODIST MARRIED LADIES CONCERT
1952
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MELTHAM MARRIED LADIES CONCERT 1952
MELTHAM METHODIST MARRIED LADIES CONCERT
1953
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MELTHAM METHODIST MARRIED LADIES CONCERT
1953
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MELTHAM METHODIST MARRIED LADIES CONCERT
1954
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MELTHAM GARDEN FETE BEFORE OPENING CEREMONY 1909
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MELTHAM CO-OP MANAGERS AND COMMITTEE 1946
MELTHAM CO-OP EMPLOYEES 1946
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Meltham Wesleyans Concert Party.
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(Centre) Ursula Fisher
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Meltham Cricket Club 1938 Hirst,Dr.Gallatly,Veryl Sanderson B/Row: Tommy Leonard,Harry Moorhouse, Frank Quarmy Woodhead,James A. Harry Stead,Gilbert Earnshaw, Beaumont. end Row:Arthur Taylor,Fred Garside, James Albert Holmes,Arthur Carratt, Harold Oldfield,Arnold Cox,Joseph Brook,
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Meltham Baptist Under 21 Football Team 1928 L to R Back Row: John Henderson,Reggie Garside LawrenceWroe Ben Mellor,Hereward Leslie Vine,Joe Haigh,Edgar Whitham George Crompton.
Middle Row: Frank Bradley.Ronald Sykes,Harold Shaw,Fred Baines,Ref.,
Front Row: Harry Hall,Albert Baines Steven Harold Blakley
Meltham Cricket 1st Team 1939 B/Row: Tommy Leonard,Fred Garside, Arthur Carratt,Cyril Mason,James Albert Holmes,Frank Cuarmby Woodhead, Willie Broadhead(Scorer) F/Row:J.Brown,Joseph Brook,Jack Hirst, Veryl Sanderson,Arthur Taylor.
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MELTHAM CRICKET CLUB HINCHLIFFE CUP WINNERS 1938
MELTHAM CRICKET CLUB HINCHLIFFE CUP & PADDOCK SHIELD WINNERS 1957
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Meltham Mills Cricket Club 19454 B/Row:David Barker,Fred Garside, Willie Sykes,John Ravenwood,Sydney Oldham,Joseph