Nowstalgia Gallery
The Nowstalgia Gallery — where yesterday's photographs meet today's Furness. Faded prints, sepia tones, and glimpses of streets as they once were.
The photographs displayed on this website form part of the Sankey Photo Archives and are shown with the permission of the copyright holder. These images are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence.
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About the Nowstalgia Gallery: Whilst our main focus is Furness, some photographs in this gallery were taken outside our core research area. They were captured by the same people based in Furness — photographers whose work we cherish, who captured the light and shadow of their times — and we believe they deserve to be shown and enjoyed by everyone, wherever they are in the world. We hope you find something to inspire you.
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Biggar Bank, Walney Island
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 169
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
On Biggar Bank, Walney Island. Aug. 17/08. A wide view of the pebble shoreline crowded with people sitting and standing along the sloping ba...
Crowds Watching Pierrots On Biggar Bank Whit Monday 1907
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/2
Negative ref: 170
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A dense crowd fills the grassy seafront, stretching back toward the water. Almost everyone is dressed formally — men in dark suits and bow...
Crowds Watching Pierrots On Biggar Bank Whit Monday 1907
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/2
Negative ref: 170
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A dense crowd fills the grassy seafront, stretching back toward the water. Almost everyone is dressed formally — men in dark suits and bow...
Biggar Bank Crowd On Whit Monday
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/3
Negative ref: 171
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A tightly packed crowd fills the frame, leaving almost no open space. Men, women, and children are dressed in their finest attire — dark s...
Biggar Bank Crowd On Whit Monday
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/3
Negative ref: 171
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A tightly packed crowd fills the frame, leaving almost no open space. Men, women, and children are dressed in their finest attire — dark s...
Biggar Bank (Walney Island)
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 172
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Biggar Bank. A crowded view of the pebble shoreline and grassy bank with large groups gathered for a day out. The foreground is covered in r...
Another Section Of Biggar Bank Crowds August 17-08
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/5
Negative ref: 173
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Large group of children posed for the camera on the grass at Biggar Bank, with adults standing behind them. All smartly dressed in Edwardian...
Another Section Of Biggar Bank Crowds August 17-08
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/5
Negative ref: 173
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Large group of children posed for the camera on the grass at Biggar Bank, with adults standing behind them. All smartly dressed in Edwardian...
Biggar Bank Swings August Bank Holiday
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/6
Negative ref: 174
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Children enjoying the swings at Biggar Bank on August Bank Holiday, 1908. In the foreground, several children play on a traditional wooden s...
Biggar Bank Swings August Bank Holiday
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/23/6
Negative ref: 174
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Children enjoying the swings at Biggar Bank on August Bank Holiday, 1908. In the foreground, several children play on a traditional wooden s...
On Biggar Bank, Walney Island, August 17-08. 6
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 175
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Children are arranged in a tight seated group across the foreground, forming several rows on open ground. The youngest sit at the very front...
Whit Monday on Biggar Bank, (Walney Island)
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 176
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Whit Monday on Biggar Bank shows an immense crowd packed tightly behind a wooden rail running across the foreground, with a line of children...
Whit Monday on Biggar Bank, (Walney Island)
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 177
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Whit Monday on Biggar Bank is packed with a dense crowd pressed behind a wooden rail that runs across the foreground, with children at the v...
Castle House, Walney Island
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 178
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Castle House stands behind a brick boundary wall that runs across the entire frontage, with a central iron gate set between two square brick...
Castle House (side view)
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 179
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Castle House is shown from the side behind a low brick boundary wall, the building constructed in brick with a long ground-floor elevation f...
Walney Castle House Biggar Bank
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/4
Negative ref: 180
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A substantial brick-built residence stands prominently on Biggar Bank, Walney Island. The house features twin front-facing gables and dormer...
Walney Castle House Biggar Bank
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/4
Negative ref: 180
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A substantial brick-built residence stands prominently on Biggar Bank, Walney Island. The house features twin front-facing gables and dormer...
Walney Bridge Under Construction Ironworks Background
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/5
Negative ref: 181
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
The nearly completed Walney Bridge spans the Walney Channel, its twin lifting sections raised as construction nears its final phase. The hig...
Walney Bridge Under Construction Ironworks Background
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/5
Negative ref: 181
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
The nearly completed Walney Bridge spans the Walney Channel, its twin lifting sections raised as construction nears its final phase. The hig...
Walney Bridge
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 182
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Walney Bridge (Jubilee Bridge) crosses Walney Channel on an iron framework carried on a line of piers, with the central lifting section rais...
Walney Bridge Under Construction Looking North
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/7
Negative ref: 183
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
The Walney Bridge is seen mid-construction, with both bascule sections raised and scaffolding still surrounding their framework. The high ti...
Walney Bridge Under Construction Looking North
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/7
Negative ref: 183
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
The Walney Bridge is seen mid-construction, with both bascule sections raised and scaffolding still surrounding their framework. The high ti...
Michaelson Road and Vickers Buildings
Type: Negative
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/8
Negative ref: 184
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Looking westward along Michaelson Road, the view stretches across the High Level Bridge toward the tall glass and brick buildings of Vickers...
Michaelson Road and Vickers Buildings
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/24/8
Negative ref: 184
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Looking westward along Michaelson Road, the view stretches across the High Level Bridge toward the tall glass and brick buildings of Vickers...
Snow Scene, Furness Abbey
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 185
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A single visitor stands in the nave of Furness Abbey, in several inches of snow covering the stone floor and lying against the bases of the ...
Snow Scene, Furness Abbey
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 186
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Snow Scene, Furness Abbey, taken from the amphitheatre looking across to the abbey, shows the ruined sandstone buildings rising from a wide ...
TC Palmer, Tailor, of 160 Dalton Road, Barrow
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 187
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
T.C. Palmer, 160 Dalton Road, is shown in a close view of the shopfront, the upper fascia displaying “T.C. PALMER” with the number 160 a...
Saint Paul's Church Junction Hawcoat Lane Abbey Road
Type: Negative
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/25/4 BLC/PC
Negative ref: 188
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A large sandstone church stands behind a matching stone wall on the corner of a broad, tree-lined street. The building has no tower or spire...
Saint Paul's Church Junction Hawcoat Lane Abbey Road
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/25/4 BLC/PC
Negative ref: 188
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
A large sandstone church stands behind a matching stone wall on the corner of a broad, tree-lined street. The building has no tower or spire...
In Barrow Cemetery
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 189
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Barrow Cemetery the old Roman Catholic Cemetery Chapel tower rises above the surrounding graves, its square brick shaft marked by contrastin...
Barrow Cemetery
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 190
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Barrow Cemetery is shown with rows of graves spread across uneven ground, the foreground marked by upright headstones of varying shapes incl...
Ramsden Dock Road (Barrow)
Type: Postcard
Location: Barrow-in-Furness
Series: 0-999
Negative ref: 191
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Ramsden Dock Road shows a long row of brick terraced houses extending along the right-hand side of the street, each with evenly spaced sash ...
James Dunn Park Walney
Type: Negative
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/25/8
Negative ref: 192
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Looking south across James Dunn Park towards the old St Mary’s Church on Walney. A circular pond occupies the foreground, with swans glidi...
James Dunn Park Walney
Type: Postcard
Location: Walney Island
Series: 0-999
Postcards ref: BDB 86/2/1/25/8
Negative ref: 192
Copyright: Cumbria Archives
Looking south across James Dunn Park towards the old St Mary’s Church on Walney. A circular pond occupies the foreground, with swans glidi...
