Bessie and Muriel Franklin Spurr

April 6, 2025

In this article we’re looking at another two of the photographic portraits in the collection of glass plate negatives from Tom Carlyle Leaman’s studio at no.7 The Corridor.  Research has led us to find out … Read more...

Dogs – A nasty coincidence

April 6, 2025

The Museum features the factory and workshops of the successful businessman J.B. Bowler, who made carbonated mineral waters (fizzy pop drinks) and ironmongery items.  The building, as we have explored in previous articles, was built … Read more...

The Sare family – furs and beers

April 6, 2025

This is another of the photographic portraits in the Museum’s collection of glass plate negatives from the studio of Tom Carlyle Leaman, taken in the 1890s and 1900s.  We can trace the Sare family and … Read more...