People Gallery

People Gallery

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c1700?: Sir William Blackett 1647-1705

c1750?: Walter Calverley Blackett 1708-1777

1760s: Rev William Totton Lecturer of Hexham,1758-65

c1850: Charles Gibson 1806-1859

c1860: Lady's full length studio portrait. Sepia

c1860: Tom Richardson studio portrait. Sepia; born Willington (Wallsend) in 1841, living in Lovaine Terrace Newcastle upon Type 1861, 1871, died 26-7-1871 aged 30

c1870: Richard Gibson 1814-1898, solicitor

c1875: Studio portrait of mother and daughter. Sepia

c1880: Staff of J Guthrie Painter & Glazier, Battle Hill No 26

c1880: Cockshaw looking N, Mr & Mrs Dunwoodie and daughter outside Sele View House

c1880?: William Robb 1815-92, shopkeeper and councillor

c1880: Joseph Parker, Congregational Minister, born in Hexham in 1832, Minister at the City Temple in London 1869 - 1902

1886: Hexham Cricket Club, group photograph (named) taken at Kelso

1887: Hexham rugby team

c1890: Portrait of three men. Sepia; Father and sons (probably)

c1890: Anick Grange, farm and domestic staff

c1890: Hexham Wesleyan Sunday School Teaching Staff About 50 Years Ago (named)

c1890: Hexham cycling club members

c1890: Hexham bowling club, tournament winners

c1890: Unidentified staff group

c1890: Unidentified member of the Welch family

c1890: Unidentified member of the Welch family

c1890: William Cook - mart owner

1892: Hexham Excelsior AFC, 2nd XI, 1892-93, group photograph (named)

1893: Recruits for 1 Volunteer Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, High Wood Hill shooting range

1893: Hexham Excelsior AFC Winners of Northumberland Minor Cup

1895: Wentworth CB Beaumont

1898: Market Place looking SW from E side, Boer War volunteers marching to railway station, detail of CD2167

1898: Market Place looking SW from E side, Boer War volunteers marching to railway station

c1900?: Man's studio portrait. Sepia

c1900?: Unidentified workman studio portrait. Sepia

c1900?: Portrait of two girls. Sepia; probably sisters

c1900?: Studio portrait of youg man. Sepia

c1900?: Lady at front of Spital House. Monochrome; Martha Cockfield of Gilesgate, seamstress, kept coffins in house

c1900: The Welch family, studio portrait

1900: 22 Alexandra Terrace, Louisa A Revitt and her mother-in-law Susan

c1900: The "Courant" Composing and Machine-room Staff Over 50 Years Ago (named)

c1900: Hexham Volunteer South African War Detachment. Men who fought in the Boer War (named)

c1900: Salvation Army corps band group portrait

c1900: Hexham, Cupwinners team

c1900: Hexham Wesleyan AFC team and members

c1900?: Robert Robson 1874-1907, Parish Clerk at Abbey

c1900?: Temple Moore 1856-1920, architect of Hexham Abbey's nave, 1907 - 1908

c1900?: Temple Moore, 1856-1920, architect of Hexham Abbey's nave, 1907 - 1908

c1900?: Group of children, location unknown

c1900?: Group of photographers, JP Gibson in centre

c1900: A Group of Hexham Wesleyans 40 Years Ago (named)

c1900: Alderman Robert Stainthorpe d.1913, Hexham UDC and Board of Health member

c1900: Wilfrid Gibson 1849-1931, solicitors

c1902: Ginky. Monochrome; studio portrait. Real surname Dodd, lived Prior Terrace area. 'The Wizard's Light' was published in 1902

1902: Anick Club of the Hexham & District Quoits League with two children

1903: Beaufront Castle, family group, the gentleman at the very back is thought to be Captain James Harold Cuthbert of Beaufront, reported killed at the Battle of Loos 27/07/1915

1903: George Elliott Benson

1904: The Tynedale RFC Team of 1904. Team photo (named)

1905: Ginky. Monochrome portrait; attended most funerals in area, his first words every morning: whee's deed

1905: Komical Skots Entertainers. Monochrome; six men in naval style costume

1905: Robert Robson 1874-1907, Verger at Abbey, with his son, Joe

c1905: Studio portrait of young lady. Sepia

1906: Hexham Amateur Rowing & Swimming Club of 1906, team members (named) outside club house

1907: Park End Rangers RFC 1906-1907. Team photo (unnamed) with cup

c1907?: Irwin Murray 1834-1907, Hexham UDC councillor

1908: Tradesmen's Charity Football Team, Hexham (unnamed)

1908?: Robert Bolam Short, rolley man at Hexham Station, member of Hexham UDC and Board of Health

1909: Hexham Boys' Life Brigade, 2nd Hexham Company (named)

1909: A Little Fresh 'air from Hexham. Photo Novelty Card. Joke card (Printed in Saxony)

c1910?: Three young girls and dog. Sepia; probably sisters with family dog

c1910?: Unidentified sisters and brothers studio portrait. Sepia

c1910?: Girl in rustic studio setting as milkmaid with bucket. Sepia

c1910?: Portrait of a clergyman. Monochrome

c1910: Chaffey's steam laundry on Rye Terrace (now Millfield Court), interior shot showing laundrywomen, inset photograph of Henry Chaffey

c1910: Studio portrait of ROR Greeve, Curate at Hexham Abbey in Church Lads Brigade uniform

c1910: The "Courant" Staff About 50 Years Ago (named)

c1910: Hexham Harriers AFC - team photo (no names)

c1910?: Annie Kenny and Mary Gawthorne writing Suffragette slogans on pavement on Fore Street

c1910: Studio portrait of unknown airman named Ulrich. Signed by photographer

1910: Market Place looking W elevated view across Market Place, Proclamation of George V

c1910: Hexham Football Club

c1910?: Bertrand Dees Gibson, Hexham solicitor, killed in action at the Aisne, May 1918

c1910?: JP Gibson 1838-1912, landscape photographer

c1910?: JP Gibson 1838-1912, landscape photographer

c1910?: JP Gibson 1838-1912, landscape photographer, at The Chesters

c1910?: Rev Canon E Savage 1848-1919, Rector and Lecturer of Hexham Abbey

c1910?: Tradesmen's Charity Football Team

1911: Tynedale RFC XV in 1911. Team photo (named)

c1912: School Group IV. Monochrome; mixed Infant and Junior schoolchildren and teachers

Pre-1914: Members of Hexham Bowling Club before the War (named)

c1914?: Soldier's Army camp portrait. Monochrome photo; Bombardier, R.A., Camp Depot photo 34

c1914: Northumberland Fusiliers band - dress uniform except 4 soldiers in battledress.

1915: Francis Joseph Riley in WW1 trench in France

1915: Rev Canon E Savage 1848-1919, Rector and Lecturer of Hexham Abbey

c1915: Portrait of young lady. Sepia; studio portrait

c1917: Wilfrid Wilson Gibson 1878-1962 poet

c1917: Church Mothers Meeting, location unknown

c1920?: Amateur Dramatic Group on stage. Sepia

1920s: British Legion Group. Monochrome; group photo in Hexham House grounds

1920s: 3 male and 2 female Red Cross volunteers with ambulance

1920s: Charlton family, charabanc UP-1777, on excursion to Keswick, L to R - Ella Charlton, Granny, Aunty Bessie, Sybil, Auntie Madge, Mrs Telf Charlton, child is Pat

c1920?: Grave of Francis Joseph Riley, killed in France 4 Aug 1915

c1920?: Scout Troop, location unknown

c1920?: Boys Brigade, location unknown

c1920?: Nurses, location unknown

c1920?: Sunday School, location unknown

c1920?: Lady Golf Players, outside clubhouse

c1920?: Agricultural Show on site of Egger Factory, Turnbull family

1928: Hexham United football team won three trophies in 1927-28 season: the West Tyne League Championship, the Hexham Hospital Cup and the Acomb and Anick Nursing Cup

1928?: Rev John G Bowran 1879-1946, Methodist minister

c1930?: Studio portrait of young lady. Sepia

c1930?: Group of 'Hexham Gang' outside work premises. Sepia

1930s: Salvation Army corps band group portrait

c1930: Sele looking NW, Remembrance Day (?) march past

c1930: Sele looking NW, Remembrance Day (?) march past

c1930: Sele looking SW, Remembrance Day (?) march past, unidentified officer taking the salute

c1930?: Two Robsons

1931: Unknown person holding delivery bicycle for Robson & Sons Butchers

1936: Market Place looking SE, Proclamation of George VI, Temperley Memorial Fountain

1936: Market Place, public proclamation of the accession of George VI, placard reads 'God save the King'

1939: Territorial forces at railway station at outbreak of war, Shield family near policeman: Kenneth and Donald in uniform, with grandfather Edward, father Arthur and sister Ailsa

c1940?: Little girl with doll's pram. Monochrome; wintry street scene

c1944: Joseph Cullen Chairman Hexham UDC 1944-61

1945: Hexham, Victory Tea outside Hexham House with bowling green tournament prizes

1946: Junior female members with leaders, outside Salvation Army Hall on Market Street

1948: Hexham Tyne Green Golf Club. Miss Iveson presenting

c1950?: Ladies in gym kit. Monochrome; photo of local 'League of Health & Beauty' or similar

c1950?: Football Team. Monochrome; at Dene Park, Hexham

c1950: Joseph Ceulemans 1879-1952, Belgian woodcarver

c1950: Joseph Ceulemans, 1879-1952 Belgian woodcarver, with wife Celestine

c1950?: JG Nevin 1878-1969, councillor

c1950?: James T Robb, 1854-1927, and William Robb Jnr,1815-92

1952: Agnes Riley holding train during procession of Our Lady at St Mary's, Pat Riley on far right

1960s: Stainthorpe family

1969?: Geoffrey Nicholson 1935-69, Clerk to Hexham UDC

1970: Kilted bagpipe players and drums marching down Beaumont Street

1970: Kilted bagpipe players and drums marching down Beaumont Street

1976?: John Riddell 1910-94, Hexham RDC councellor 1938-74, Chairman Tynedale DC 1974-76

1978: Kenneth Rowntree artist in his studio at Beaufront Wood Head

c1980?: George Trayhurn, Abbey verger, and visitor

1992: Border History display. Colour

1993: Lawrence Jones and Arthur Bishop, crew members of HMS Tynedale who survived the torpedoing of the ship in 1943

1993: Tynedale DC Museums staff Flora Fairbairn (Display Technician) and Janet Goodridge (Museums Officer) in Moot Hall

1994: Fore Street W side, McGill sisters busking on corner of Meal Market

1994: Meal Market, Stan Beckensall sketching cellar opposite No 4 exposed by resurfacing work

1999: Waste collector

2000: Flora's Diner van with driver Flora Fairburn

2001: Abbey Flags, Farmers Market, Hexhamshire Lasses Dancing

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