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Soap, Candle and Chemical works -
- Location: Schneider Road, Ormsgill, Barrow-in-Furness.Early 20th Century. A large, two storey building with Soap, Candle and Chemical Works painted on the end and side with a tall brick chimney to …
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Simon Cotterill
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Soap and candle works interior
- Schneider Road, Ormsgill, Barrow-in-Furnes. Early 20th Century. Looking down on a large room with sacks along the walls and pulley driven machinery. Wooden barrels. Steps up to a platform on …
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Simon Cotterill
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Oxford Street, Barrow in Furness
- Location: Oxford Street, Ormsgill ward, Barrow in Furness. Early 20th Century. Looking West down Oxford street towards Ainslie Street. School to the right with housing beyond. Children on the road. …
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Simon Cotterill
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Skating on Ormsgill reservoir
- Early 20th Century. Lots of people enjoying the ice on Ormsgill North reservoir (north of Wilkie Road) with P Hodgson & Co’s Soap and Candle Works in the background with …
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Simon Cotterill
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Ormsgill School
- Location: Ormsgill School on Ormsgill Lane, Barrow-in-Furness. Mid 20th century. Looking west down over Ormsgill School towards the slag bank and the Meetings at the north end of Walney Channel. …
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Simon Cotterill
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Romney’s Cottage Barrow - 1910s
- Location: Ormsgill Ward, Barrow-in-Furness. An early 18th-century home known as High Cocken located on the edge of Hawcoat Quarry in the Ormsgill area. This was the residence of painter George …
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Edmund Anon

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Soap, Candle and Chemical works -
- Location: Schneider Road, Ormsgill, Barrow-in-Furness.Early 20th Century. A large, two storey building with Soap, Candle and Chemical Works painted on the end and side with a tall brick chimney to …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.sankeyphotoarchiv…
Soap and candle works interior
- Schneider Road, Ormsgill, Barrow-in-Furnes. Early 20th Century. Looking down on a large room with sacks along the walls and pulley driven machinery. Wooden barrels. Steps up to a platform on …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.sankeyphotoarchiv…
Oxford Street, Barrow in Furness
- Location: Oxford Street, Ormsgill ward, Barrow in Furness. Early 20th Century. Looking West down Oxford street towards Ainslie Street. School to the right with housing beyond. Children on the road. …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.sankeyphotoarchiv…
Skating on Ormsgill reservoir
- Early 20th Century. Lots of people enjoying the ice on Ormsgill North reservoir (north of Wilkie Road) with P Hodgson & Co’s Soap and Candle Works in the background with …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.sankeyphotoarchiv…
Ormsgill School
- Location: Ormsgill School on Ormsgill Lane, Barrow-in-Furness. Mid 20th century. Looking west down over Ormsgill School towards the slag bank and the Meetings at the north end of Walney Channel. …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.sankeyphotoarchiv…
Romney’s Cottage Barrow - 1910s
- Location: Ormsgill Ward, Barrow-in-Furness. An early 18th-century home known as High Cocken located on the edge of Hawcoat Quarry in the Ormsgill area. This was the residence of painter George …
Added by
Edmund Anon