Barrow Blitz
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
‘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
‘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,…
