A crowd gathered in front of the Old Smithy, at the junction of Bradshawgate and Market Street, the day before it demolition

Date:
6 May 1863
Location:
Old Smithy, Bradshawgate, Leigh, Wigan
Reference:
AL2409/014/01
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The blacksmith is shown at work shoeing a donkey. The building next door is occupied by an auctioneer and appraiser. Posters advertise sermons, Sunday and day schools, hay and a colliery for sale.

Content

This is part of the Volume: AL2409 The Leigh Album; within the Series: DSH01/01 Albums collected by Derek Sherborn; within the Collection: DSH01 Sherborn, Derek

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Donor: Sherborn, Derek Ronald

Keywords

Stuart Blacksmiths Workshop, Demolition, People