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Arts > Photo > UK > The Sankeys c-1900-1970
Skating on Ormsgill reservoir, Barrow-in-Furness. P Hodgson & Co’s soap and candle works is visible in the background
An archive of more than 10,000 photographs capturing everyday life in England’s north-west has been saved for the future, and is now being made available to the public in the Sankey Photography Archive.
From 1885 to the 1970s thousands of photographs were taken by the Barrow-in-Furness-based father and son Edward and Raymond Sankey, who captured a wide range of subjects,
Shipping, leisure and the great outdoors: 90 years of life in England’s north-west – in pictures G Fri 9 Feb 2024 08.00 CET
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/feb/09/
The launch of HMS Vanguard, 1909
An archive of more than 10,000 photographs capturing everyday life in England’s north-west has been saved for the future, and is now being made available to the public in the Sankey Photography Archive.
From 1885 to the 1970s thousands of photographs were taken by the Barrow-in-Furness-based father and son Edward and Raymond Sankey, who captured a wide range of subjects,
Shipping, leisure and the great outdoors: 90 years of life in England’s north-west – in pictures G Fri 9 Feb 2024 08.00 CET
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/feb/09/
Raymond Sankey UK 1905-2006
Edward Sankey UK 1874-1965
Father & son photographers
c.1900
Edward moves the business to Ramsden Square and starts work as a photographer.
A couple of years later the business moves to 88 Duke Street.
He also opened a series of retail outlets, which by 1914 included a lending library and newspaper seller in the Coliseum Buildings on Abbey Road.
1950
Edward Sankey retires from the business after more than 50 years.
1970
Raymond Sankey retires from the business and it closes after more than 70 years of trading.
Thousands of photographs were produced between 1900 and 1970.
Throughout the 80's and 90's he published many books using his and his father's images. https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/the-sankeys/
Barrow in Furness photographer whose work records the changing scenes of Barrow and the Lake District over a period of 50 years.
Having trained as a master printer on a local newspaper, he left to start his own printing works.
His first premises in Buccleuch Street were opened about 1895 with a shop selling his printed goods and also books and stationery.
In the 1900s he moved to Ramsden Square and later to 88 Duke Street.
By 1921 there were several retail outlets including one at 78 Duke St which sold newspapers and housed a lending library.
In 1948 he moved to 81 Duke Street which was large enough to house the retail and printing sides of the business in the same building.
The firm remained here until 1970.
Edward retired about 1955 and died in 1965.
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Edward’s elder son Raymond joined the business in 1924 and became a capable photographer in his own right.
His brother Eric was more concerned with the books and stationery part of the business.
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An archive of more than 10,000 photographs capturing everyday life in England’s north-west has been saved for the future, and is now being made available to the public in the Sankey Photography Archive.
From 1885 to the 1970s thousands of photographs were taken by the Barrow-in-Furness-based father and son Edward and Raymond Sankey, who captured a wide range of subjects, including working-class women, childhood, royal visits, sport, working horses, motor vehicles, shop fronts, shipping and tourism in the Lake District.
Their original glass plate negatives, postcards, albums and documentation have now been rescued, digitised and catalogued.
The archive has been made possible with support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Signal Film & Media
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/feb/09/
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/
https://www.sankeyphotoarchive.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/feb/09/
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