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George V Coronation 1911, celebration arch
Date guide: 1911
People standing in front of large decorative arch on Ship Corner. Altham's tea merchant behind.
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Date guide: 1911
People standing in front of large decorative arch on Ship Corner. Altham's tea merchant behind.
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Moses Brocklesby is the gentleman wqith the beard at the front of the crowd .He had a shop in Skipton and was a preacher at the Weslean Metherdist Church he lived above the shop. His son was Charles Cressy Brocklesby who was the Chemist and manager of the Shop Moses was my Gt Gt Grandfather L.W.Brocklesby
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Laurence Wm Brocklesby 13 Aug 11
MY Gt,Grandfather is the gentleman. Standing in the. Middle He is wearing a beard. He was a Wesleyan. Church Preacher at Skipton and my Grandfather had a Chemist Shop at the bottom of the Main Street I understand it was the next door to Fatterinis Shop .
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LW.Brocklesby 13 Oct 13
I was told by my father the the photographs of the archway were taken from the bedroom window of my Gt Grandfathers Shop which was the 2nd Shop from the bottom of the Main Street.
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L.W.Brocklesby. 13 Oct 13
I have two Family photos passed down. They are of both my parent's families in a formal photo taken outside their respective houses. They are all dressed up and one grown-up (unmarried) more so than the others in that he has on white shoes and a buttonhole. By the ages of of my parents, I concluded it must be the 1911 Coronation and all yourphotos confirm it with everyone in their best clothes.
By 1953, Althams had moved onto the High St proper #44
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Colin Maroney 22 Oct 15
It is the junction of Keighley Road and Swadford Street.
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.9602665,-2.0177446,3a,18.2y,220.62h,93.46t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s92hmiRezB1DVpqvGJhenVw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en
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Peter Sheeran 8 Feb 22