Heritage

Barrow Blitz

Post author:Robbie Gallagher
Post published:April 28, 2021
Post category:Digital Art Heritage Projects Current

When the Second World War broke out in 1939, towns like Barrow nervously waited for the bombing to start; they knew the shipyard and steelworks were prime targets. The bombers,…

INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY

Post author:Charlotte Davies
Post published:March 2, 2021
Post category:Heritage

international Womens day8th march 2021 celebrating the lives of women represented in the sankey Family PHOTOGRAPHIC collection. As part of international women’s day we want to celebrate and highlight the…

Behind the postcard

Post author:Charlotte Davies
Post published:February 4, 2021
Post category:Heritage Projects Current Projects Past

BEHIND THE POSTCARD A series of online Photography & creative writing workshops responding to the Sankey Family Photographic & Postcard collection. Enid Milligan Kieran Bennett Hannah Stratton Mohamed Raafat El-Demerdash…

Oral History

Post author:Charlotte Davies
Post published:February 3, 2021
Post category:Heritage

oral histories online December 2020 As part of the Seeing the North with Sankey project, Signal Film and Media we ran a series of four online workshops aimed at looking…

Volunteers

Post author:Charlotte Davies
Post published:February 3, 2021
Post category:Heritage

Sankey volunteers A photograph from one of our archive research workshops in early 2020. Looking at a photograph up close during one of our weekly sharing sessions. Currently there are…

Black History Month 2020

Post author:Charlotte Davies
Post published:October 21, 2020
Post category:Heritage Projects Current

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Celebrating the lives and Heritage of the past residents of Barrow. Sharing Stories and images from The Sankeys Family Collection and personal collections of people living in…

Sankey | Now and Then Project

Post author:Kerry Turner
Post published:June 12, 2020
Post category:Heritage Projects Current

now and then Seeing the North with Sankey project Two photographs taken from the same viewpoint at different times in history. Following on from our ‘Photo in Focus’ online exhibition…

Sankey Photo in Focus: High Carley Sanatorium

Post author:Joanna Roy
Post published:May 18, 2020
Post category:Heritage

‘6022, High Carley Sanatorium, Ulverston’ C.1916. Edward Sankey © Sankey Family Photography Collection. r High Carley Sanatorium c. 1916 Written by Martin Bellamy The first hospital on the High Carley…

Sankey Photo in Focus: Mauna Loa

Post author:Joanna Roy
Post published:May 18, 2020
Post category:Heritage

‘1334, Mauna Loa’ 1911. Edward Sankey© Sankey Family Photography Collection. r Mauna Loa 1911 Written by Peter Sandbach Mauna Loa is one of two vessels listed in the Ulverston harbour…

Sankey Photo in Focus: The Benzine Ship “Vedra” Disaster

Post author:Joanna Roy
Post published:May 18, 2020
Post category:Heritage

‘1858 The Benzine Ship “Vedra” Disaster’ 1914. Edward Sankey © Sankey Family Photography Collection. rThe Benzine Ship “Vedra” Disaster December 1914 Written by Les Eveson By the night of 7thDecember,…