Paintings – Ramsbottom Heritage Society

A gallery of the paintings, posters and photographs which have been donated to, or bought by the Heritage Society, most of which were displayed at the exhibition on the 5th and 6th October 2019. You are welcome to copy these images for your personal use, but if for commercial use, we would appreciate being identified as the source

001a Poineer Wringers & Manglers
advertisement Date - 1933- Type - - Size - 9” x 7” (23x18cm)

001b Poineer Wringers & Manglers invoice
Invoice.on the back of 001a Arthur Carter, Prestwich (1933) - Date - - Type - - Size -

002 Holcombe Hill at night
print - Date - - Type - print - Size -5”x7” (13x18cm)

003 'Owd John O'th' Green Hill,
Taken outside Holcombe Co-operative store ( Ken Beetson). - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -

004 Joshua Hoyles Mill, Brooksbottom
Now the Spinnings -flats. Can see the end of the railway tunnel. Aerial Photo – Very faded to a green shades This is probably 1969, as it appears to be the same date as 004 Joshua Hoyle’s Mill - Date - 1969- Type - Aerial photo - Size -12½ x 10½” (31 x 26 cm)

005 Turnbull & Stockdale.
Aerial Photo – Very faded to green shades - Date - 1969- Type - Aerial photo - Size -11”x15”. ( 28 x38 cm)

005b Turnbull and Stockdale
Aerial Photo – Very faded to green shades - Date - 1969- Type - Aerial photo - Size -11”x15”. ( 28 x38 cm)

006 Postman's Uniform
Photo Man is Dorothy Moss’s Grandfather. He was a letter carrier (postman) Has a medal which was gained in the BOAR war. - Date - - Type - photo - Size -20”x16”.(51x41 cm)

007 Nuttall Hall Farm
Watercolourby J. Barlow MCCCXXXI 1331. This date may refer to the old Nuttall Hall, but is almost certainly not correct for the farm. - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size -13”x15” (33x38cm

008 Holcombe Tower, cross stitch
In cross stitch - Date - - Type - - Size -13”x10” (33x25cm)

009 J P Nuttall Palatine Metal Works
This was a Tin plate works in Palatine St. Photo of 2 men outside the works with a ventilator to go on a roof . Very early telephone number Photo framed 1988 - Date - 1930s- Type - - Size -17”x12” (43x 31cm)

010 Village shop, Nuttall
Joe Barlow - Date - 1912-14- Type - oil on wood - Size -13”x19” (33x48)

011 RUDC Coat of Arms
Ramsbottom Urban District Council badge. Used on RUDC buses. Transfer on Glass - Date - - Type - transfer on glass - Size -21 x 21" (52x52 cm)

012 Birthplace of John Kay
John Kay was the Inventor of the Flying Shuttle by Joe Barlow painted 1974 - Date - 1974- Type - Oil on Board - Size -13”x20” (33x51cm)

013 Brooksbottom Mill, Holcombe Brook
Previusly Joshua Hoyle's. Photo from George Simpson’s collection - Date - 1952- Type - Aerial photo - Size -13”X14” (33x36cm

014 Poster Christmas in Ramsbottom
Front of Bury Times Supplement. The RUDC badge is on the corner by the lights was probably put there when the RUDC was disbanded in 1974,. The Market Place - re-landscaped around the time of the Coronation c. 1953 . - Date - - Type - - Size -

015 Turton Tower
Print of painting by Selim Rothwell 1848. - Original in Bolton Museum. - Date - 1848- Type - print - Size -12”x15” 36x38cm)

016a Blind Person'e Welfare Certificate

016b caption (Blind Person's Welfare Cert.)
Donated by - Mrs Gladys Hamer – founder member, Secretary 1961 – 1973, President 1974 - 1994 - Date - - Type - - Size -14”x11” (36x28cm)

017 RHS grant from Millenium Fund
Grant from Millennium Festival Awards for All Programme 10th Feb 2000 - Date - 2000- Type - Certificate - Size -18”x12” (46x31cm)

018 Train over level crossing, Ramsbottom
Photo , possibly Roy Fishwich. Mounted on a board with Ken Rose;s name written on the back - Date - - Type - - Size -22”x18” (56x46cm)

019 Dundee Lane & Old Dun Horse
By Joe Barlow. His description of the scene is on the back of the painting . Picture donated by Mrs Mona Hall who knew all the characters - Date - - Type - Oil on Board - Size -17”x21” (43x54cm)

020a Peel Bridge Toll Bar,
Ltd edition. Lithograph by RHS, of an original drawing by Zena Middleton. Taken from an older photograph. a) Framed Print - Date - - Type - - Size -18”x21” (46x54cm)

020b Peel Bridge Toll Bar and railway crossing
Ltd edition. Lithograph by RHS, of an original drawing by Zena Middleton. Taken from an older photograph. Unframed - Date - - Type - - Size -12 x 14½ “ (31x36cm)

021 Robins Rd Mill, Summerseat
Quite a modern painting. The scene may have been c.1800 - Date - - Type - Water colour - Size -18”x22” (46x56cm)

022 Capt Richard Porritt
by ?L. E. Brandon - Date - - Type - Oil painting - Size -29”x25” (74x64cm)

023 Panoramic View, Ramsbottom
Lots of chimneys – no smoke, must be holiday time. Date - After 1937 and before motorway cc. 1976 - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -13”x24” (33x61 cms)

024 St Andrew's Dundee (Presbyterian) top of Kay Brow
by E. Rostron 1988. - Date - - Type - pencil drawing - Size -22”x18” (56x46cm)

025 Summerseat, wide angle lens
The former Co-op building (now a private house) flanked by Kay Street and Hill Street,taken with a unique technical camera designed and painstakingly built by Peter Jackson - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -10x27” (25x69xcm)

026 Stubbins Vale Mill
Stubbins Vale Mill belonged to the Porritt family. Photo by Airview M/C Ltd. Manchester Airport - Date - - Type - Aerial photo - Size -23”x36” (59x92 cm)

027 Market Place
Date unknown, but has no wires for trackless trams, therefore before 1913. Shows the lamppost in the middle of the Market Place and the Buildings behind the Grant Arms and what is now the Civic Hall. ,. - Date - - Type - Photo sepia, - Size -

028 The Old Dun Horse
Date not known, but Before the Old Dun Horse extended to the corner of Dundee Lane - Date - - Type - Sepia photo . - Size -(9 x 11” 23 x 28cm

029 Holcombe Chapel
Chapel of Ease on the site of Holcombe Emmanuel Church Given to RHS autumn 2010 - Date - - Type - Watercolour, monotone - Size -25” x 30” (66X76cm

030 Bolton Road West
Was in Hazelhurst Elderly Person's Home By the Friends of Hazelhurst in 1995 and was given to the RHS when the home closed in Sept 2010 - Date - - Type - photo - Size -21 x 25 (54x64cm)

031 Parade Bolton St
Was in Hazelhurst Elderly Person's Home By the Friends of Hazelhurst in 1995 and was given to the RHS when the home closed in Sept 2010 - Date - - Type - photo - Size -21 x 25 (54x64cm)

032 St Pauls Church & Crow lane c1900
Was in Hazelhurst Elderly Person's Home By the Friends of Hazelhurst in 1995 and was given to the RHS when the home closed in Sept 2010 - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -21 x 25 (54x64cm)

033 Holcombe Brook, old trolley bus.
Was in Hazelhurst Elderly Person's Home By the Friends of Hazelhurst in 1995 and was given to the RHS when the home closed in Sept 2010 - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -21 x 25 (54x64cm)

034a How Peel Tower got it's name
Series of 5 cartoons, commissioned by and shown on BBC, to illustrate a poem by Ken Craven, called How Peel Tower Got Its Name - Date - - Type - Drawing - Size -20½” x 25” (52x64cm)

034b How Peel Tower got it's name
Series of 5 cartoons, commissioned by and shown on BBC, to illustrate a poem by Ken Craven, called How Peel Tower Got Its Name - Date - - Type - Drawing - Size -20½” x 25” (52x64cm)

034c How Peel ower got its name
Series of 5 cartoons, commissioned by and shown on BBC, to illustrate a poem by Ken Craven, called How Peel Tower Got Its Name - Date - - Type - Drawing - Size -20½” x 25” (52x64cm)

034d How Peel Tower Got it's Name
Series of 5 cartoons, commissioned by and shown on BBC, to illustrate a poem by Ken Craven, called How Peel Tower Got Its Name - Date - - Type - Drawing - Size -20½” x 25” (52x64cm)

034e How Peel Tower got it's name
Series of 5 cartoons, commissioned by and shown on BBC, to illustrate a poem by Ken Craven, called How Peel Tower Got Its Name - Date - - Type - Drawing - Size -20½” x 25” (52x64cm)

035 Window, Light of the World
Stained glass WW1 memorial window from Christ Church, formerly Wesleyan Church, Market Place, Ramsbottom - Date - - Type - - Size -30”x 20” (76x49 cm)

035a Window, Light of the World
Stained glass WW1 memorial window from Christ Church, formerly Wesleyan Church, Market Place, Ramsbottom - Date - - Type - - Size -30”x 20” (76x49 cm)

036 window The Good Shepherd
Stained glass WW1 memorial window from Christ Church, formerly Wesleyan Church, Market Place, Ramsbottom - Date - - Type - - Size -30”x 20” (76x49 cm)

037 Bull's Head and Church at Greenmount
, framed,” Artist - Alan Greenhalgh - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size - 18” x 22, (46x56cm),

038 The Rake
from the end of Rake Fold. The handrail on the Rake was on the left,going up It is now on the right - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size -25” x 22” (64x56cm)

039'Ramsbottom Paper Mill (Mondi)
became Mondi Paper Mill before it closed. Aerial Photo, very faded - Date - - Type - Aerial photo - Size -13” x 16 “ (33x41cm)

040a Nuttall Hall Farm, painting
J. Booth, Painting - , unframed. - Date - - Type - oil on hardboard - Size -12"x17" (28x36cm)

040b Nuttall Hall Farm, Photo
J. Booth, Painting - , unframed. - Date - - Type - oil on hardboard - Size -12"x17" (28x36cm)

041 Cross roads, Little Holcombe
by Max Massey . Donated by Dorothy Moss - Date - 1949- Type - Pen and ink sketch - Size -12”x15” (31x38

042 Dundee Lane
by H Ashworth Sept 1967, - Date - - Type - Painting oil on board - Size -24”x18 (61x46cm)

043 Old print, Porritt's Mill, Stubbins
Stubbins Vale Mill – (Picture Donated by Mr & Mrs Robinson in 1996) - Date - - Type - Old Print framed - Size -

043b Porritt's Mill Stubbins (Stubbins Vale Mill)
Stubbins Vale Mill – (Picture Donated by Mr & Mrs Robinson in 1996) - Date - - Type - Old Print framed - Size -

044 Home Guard at Drill hall Crow Lane 1943
Photo of D Company Home Guard taken in 1943 or 4. Home Guard was disbanded in 1944 There Is another copy of this photo ion the Archives RHS/21/15/2/6 - Date - - Type - Photo framed - Size - 9” x12” (23x31cm)

045 Designs by R Eccles.
A R Eccles was a designer for Turnbull and Stockdale - Date - - Type - - Size -8” x 6” (20x16cm)

046. Old Nuttall Bridge and Jacob's Ladder
painted by Geoffrey Burgess and donated by him In 2014 - Date - - Type - print of watercolour - Size -8"x6" ((20x16cm)

047a Rmasbottom Mill 1907
Plan of the mill buildings at the time of the sale of some of the land - Date - 1907- Type - Plan - Size -21”x30” (54x76)

047b Rmasbottom Mill 1907
Plan of the mill buildings at the time of the sale of some of the land - Date - 1907- Type - Plan - Size -21”x30” (54x76)

048 Votes for women
‘Justice Demands the Vote. Poster unframed. Published by Women's Franchise Society in 1908, - Date - - Type - Poster - Size -30 x 18½ (76x47)

049 Stubbins Vale Silver band 1924
"Six Surviving Members. Sept 11th 1924 John Nutter, Wm Nutter, Wm Horrocks, Elijah Whitehead, Robt. Banks, Wm Hawkins - Date - 1924- Type - Photograph - Size -18½ x 22½ 47 x 57cm"

049a Stubbins Vale Silver Prize Band, Jubilee 1874-1924
"Six Surviving Members. Sept 11th 1924 John Nutter, Wm Nutter, Wm Horrocks, Elijah Whitehead, Robt. Banks, Wm Hawkins - Date - 1924- Type - Photograph - Size -18½ x 22½ 47 x 57cm"

050 By Helen Formby
painted by Helen Formby - Date - - Type - Painting board - Size -

051 Devil Hole Ledge, Springwood St.

052 Rosebank Fabrics Turnbull & Stockdale

053 Garlic Trail, Zena Middleton
" by Zena Middleton - Date - - Type - print mounted on board - Size -13”x18” (33x46 cm) "

054a Park Chapel 1928
"All the ladies in the photograph are namedBACK ROW - Mrs Harding (Ministers wife) Mrs Anderton, J. Hamer, L.Walsh, Howard, Evans, Rowcliffe?, Crompton, Bailey, H.Storey, J.Storey, S.Jackson 3rd Row - Rev.E.Harding, Mitcham, Hollows, Hyde, Miss Mary Hannah Woods, Pickup, Kenyon, I.Higham, Davies, Cronshaw 2nd Row - Barr, J. Hinchliffe, Redford, J. Ashton, Eastham?, Burgess, Wood, Nuttall, J.Suthers, J. Heys Front Row - Foster, Jackson, Greenhalgh, Sutherst, Storey, Buskey, Gill” - Date - - Type - Framed photograph - Size -Large size"

054b Park Chapel
"All the ladies in the photograph are namedBACK ROW - Mrs Harding (Ministers wife) Mrs Anderton, J. Hamer, L.Walsh, Howard, Evans, Rowcliffe?, Crompton, Bailey, H.Storey, J.Storey, S.Jackson 3rd Row - Rev.E.Harding, Mitcham, Hollows, Hyde, Miss Mary Hannah Woods, Pickup, Kenyon, I.Higham, Davies, Cronshaw 2nd Row - Barr, J. Hinchliffe, Redford, J. Ashton, Eastham?, Burgess, Wood, Nuttall, J.Suthers, J. Heys Front Row - Foster, Jackson, Greenhalgh, Sutherst, Storey, Buskey, Gill” - Date - - Type - Framed photograph - Size -Large size"

055 L & Y railway Bridge, Heywood extn.
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Bridge at Bury with Heywood Branch Extension Railway - Date - - Type - Colour print - Size -17½” x 12 ½” (44x31cm)

056 Bradford Dyers, Long Service
- Date - - Type - Colour, framed - Size -19 x 14 (48x36)

057 Nuttall Hall
Shows the river bridge and Grant’s Tower. Frame size 290 x 250mm - Image size 133 x 94mm - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size - 290 x 250mm

057b Nuttall Hall
Shows the river bridge and Grant’s Tower. Frame size 290 x 250mm - Image size 133 x 94mm - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size - 290 x 250mm

058 St Andrew's church
Early to mid 19th Cent. Frame size 290 x 250mm - Image size 133 x 94mm - Date - Earlt 19C- Type - Watercolour - Size - 290 x 250mm

058b St andrew's church
Early to mid 19th Cent. Frame size 290 x 250mm - Image size 133 x 94mm - Date - Earlt 19C- Type - Watercolour - Size - 290 x 250mm

058c St Andrew's Church
Early to mid 19th Cent. Frame size 290 x 250mm - Image size 133 x 94mm - Date - Earlt 19C- Type - Watercolour - Size - 290 x 250mm

058d St Andrew's Church
Early to mid 19th Cent. Frame size 290 x 250mm - Image size 133 x 94mm - Date - Earlt 19C- Type - Watercolour - Size - 290 x 250mm

059 Rulesfor Power Loom
Turner's Mill, Helmshore April 1836. - Date - 1836- Type - Poster - Size -24” x 17½ “ (61X19)

060'Art Grant's Tower
Picture in the Possession of DANIEL GRANT ESQ’ Original may be in Bury Art Museum - Date - 1850- Type - Print of Lithograph - Size - (25x31cm) 10” x 12½” (25x31cm)

061 Holcombe in Autumn
by Hassall , modern - Date - - Type - Print - Size -31” x 38½ (79x98 cm)

062a Botlon St from Market Place, painting
Misnamed, should be Bolton Street. By ? Daleyne Date – probably after 1953 before 1974 (Flowers and grass at corner of Market Place.) - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size -(12½”x15½”) 30.5 x 39 cm

062b Bolton St, from Market Place, photo
Photograph of the same view (062) Digital copy only - Date - - Type - Digital copy - Size -

063a St Andrew's Banner
Jesus the Good Shepherd (holding a lamb) - Date - - Type - Banner - Size -Height 111"x94" wide

063b St Andrews Banner
2 digital photos of banner and 1 photo of it being carried in Whit Walks - Date - - Type - - Size -

063c St Andrews, Whit Walks, 1963
2 digital photos of banner and 1 photo of it being carried in Whit Walks - Date - - Type - - Size -

064 Brooksbottom Mill, Summerseat.
Artist not known. Date not known, framed before Ramsbottom had 01706 phone nos. by Jay Jay Picture Framing Service, 12 Bridge St. - Date - - Type - Pen & ink - Size -(8.5”x12”) 22 x 31 cm

065 Nuttall Park gardens
framed by Jay Jay Picture Framing Service 12 Bridge Street Phone 3884) - Date - - Type - Tinted photo - Size -(15½” x 19½”) 39 x 49 cm

066 Bridge st
Lyndon-Braund dated it 1909, but this may be an abitary date - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -(6”x7”) 16 x 18 cm

067 'The Square', Market Place
Possibly by A Parton. After 1953 – The layout of the Market Place was altered around the time of the coronation Shows the RUDC stone) and the “Castle” ( stone shelter) - Date - - Type - Watercolour - Size -(6½”x7¼”) 16 x 18 cm

068 Ashton's Goit, Ian Clegg 2
by Ian Clegg modern hand painted diagram showing the water supply to Ramsbottom Mill - Date - - Type - Hand painted diagram - Size -A0 33.1” x 46.8” 841 x 1189 cm

069 Shop at Nuttall,
By Joe Barlow, pen and ink . Robbins Shop (Includes a little sketch of Jack Morrris) - Date - - Type - Pen and ink - Size -A4 (29.5 cm x 21 cm)

070 Nuttall Farm
by J. Haworth October 1956, Framed + an old photograph in the same packet - Date - - Type - Oil on canvas - Size - (14”x17”). 36x46 cm

071 Dundee Lane
by C Shiels (On back – Framed by Jay Jay ) - Date - - Type - Pen and Ink - Size -(15¼” x 13”) 38 x 33 cm

072 Riverside Garden, River Irwell looking south.
Riverside Garden (Wharf), . Looking south Showing the bridge onto the island by the slalom, Peel Bridge and Stead Street . By Geoff Nuttall - Date - 34516- Type - Watercolour - Size -(21” x 30”) 54 x 75cm

073. Riverside Garden looking north.
"From Riverside Gardens (Wharf), Bridge St, Ramsbottom. Showing the bridge onto the island by the slalom, Peel Bridge and Stead Streetframed. . By Geoff Nuttall - Date - 1997- Type - Watercolour - Size -(21” x 30”) 54 x 75cm "

074 Heritage Centre Plaque
“Opened by …. Councillor M Adler. 14th June 1990”. Centre closed before 2010. Wood with brass (or plastic) - Date - 1990- Type - Wooden plaque - Size - (20” x 10”) 51 x 25 cm

075 Col Porritt Before the flood
Damaged in the Boxing Day flood 2015. Recently restored - Hung in the Heritage Gallery, Ramsbottom Library by Bunty Miller. - Date - - Type - Oil on canvas - Size - H 40” x W 32” x D 1½”)

076 Market Place
c 1908 according to Lyndon Braund. This is NOT correct as the Trolley Bus wires were installed 1913 - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -19 x 30.5 cm (7¾” x 12”)

077 Jubilee Certificate, Porritt
Given to To James Porritt Esq JP, from employees of Messrs Porritt Brothers and Austin - Date - 1879- Type - Certificate - Size -26.5” x 21.5”

078 - 53 Bridge st, Record sleeve
from Monks, 53 Bridge Street. - Date - - Type - - Size -10”x10”) 25 x 25 cm

079 Rules of Mill
Facsimile - Date - - Type - poster - Size -24x17” (61x19cm)

080 Grant's Tower
Posibly earlt 20th cennt. The tower collapsed in 1944 - Date - - Type - photo - Size -9 x 11”) 23 x 28cm

081 Porritts paintings
" Richard Millet Porritt , Newspaper article & photo . Ross Free Press 12th Aug 2005 - Date - 2005- Type - newspaper - Size - 9x11"" (23x28cm"

082 Eagle & Child
Possibly early 20th cent. - Date - - Type - photo on mount - Size -( 9 x 11”) 23 x 28cm

083 Carr St
Before demilition of the buildings in the 1930s - Date - - Type - Photo on mount - Size -( 9 x 11”), 23 x 28cm

084
Diagram from shops exhibition, with Key indicating the type of shops .which existed in 1888 - Date - 1888- Type - Diagram - Size -(16.5x12”) 41 x 31cm

085 a Crawshaw
Also photos & description See separate file for more info. - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -9 x 11”) 23 x 28cm

086 Nuttall Village & derelict mill
Sepia photo on card mount - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -( 6.5”x9”) 16.5 x 22.5 cm

087
Info + photo on the back re. the house. Jim Welding, manager of Ocean Chemicals. colour photo, or painting - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -14”x18” 36x46cm

087 Market Place Ramsbottom
Info + photo on the back re. the house. Jim Welding, manager of Ocean Chemicals. colour photo, or painting - Date - - Type - Photo - Size -14”x18” 36x46cm

089
Ramsbottom Urban District Council badge - Date - - Type - - Size -(16” x 16”) 41 x 41cm

093 Bolton Street
Donated by Santander when they close in 2019 - Date - 1962- Type - pencil drawing - Size -(33x49 cm)

094 Ramsbottom Station
By A Protor of Newchhurch print no.193. Dated Before the canopy was built, The local phone numbers were still 0706 not 01706 - Date - - Type - watercolou - Size -(36x47 cm)

095 Stubbins Vale Mill aerial 3
Stubbins Vale Mill., then Uniform Limited 1995. Sows a single rail track (as it is now). A lot of the oldest buildings & chimney have been demolished – replaced by a carpark. Shows road to the Cliffe (Lavender Hills) in foreground.. Given to RHS when Voiths closed - Date - - Type - Aerial Colour photo - Size -23”x32” (58x81cm)

096 Stubbins Vale Mill aerial 2
All the original buildings including the chimney and tentering tower. Similar to 026, but from a different angle. Given to RHS when Voiths closed. - Date - - Type - Aerial B/W photo - Size -25x35" (64x97cm)