The Thomas Shires
Collection is a website dedicated to the
photographs of Thomas Atherton Shires who lived
and worked in Bolton at the end of the 19th
century and the very beginning of the 20th
century.
Photography for Thomas Shires was a hobby, and
the collection makes a remarkable archive of the
equivalent of today's snapshots; photographs of
places and scenes which took the photographers
eye as he enjoyed his Sunday days off work.
The collection is an online gallery of 187
historic photographs taken by Thomas in Bolton
and on various leisure trips to the popular ‘day
trip’ destinations of the day.
Where possible the photographs have been indexed
into 6 categories which include:
Bolton :
North
Wales :
Other Locations :
People :
Various / Can
You Help? :
Close Ups
The ‘Various / Can You Help?’ category signals
the need for visitors to help us in identifying
the locations, if you recognise any of the
scenes we would love to hear from you, any
suggestions will be received with thanks and
credit will be given for any information.
For more information about the history of the
collection click on >
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