The Sankey Podcast!
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Created with Sankey Volunteers
2025
The Sankey Podcast is a new way to explore the fascinating Sankey Photography Archive, created with the help of our incredible volunteers. Episode one uncovers how the collection came into Signal’s care, highlights some favourite photographs, and features a conversation with photographer Nicholas J. R. White, commissioned by Signal in January 2025 to create new work in response to the archive.
Episode One
Release Date: Thu 18 Sep 2025
The Sankey Photography Online Archive is a collection of over 10,000 historical photographs taken by Edward and Raymond Sankey in Barrow-in-Furness
The physical archive, now housed at Cumbria Archives, is a stunning collection of glass plate negatives and postcards of Barrow and the north-west, which is believed to be the largest of its kind, documenting Barrow between the years of 1890 and 1970.
The images were catalogued and digitised as part of the Seeing the North with Sankey Project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage fund with the support of a team of volunteers.