Powburn & Glanton Home Guard
Thanks to Jean Givens of Brandon, a new photo has been added to the Breamish Valley Photographic Collection – a photograph of 30 soldiers in the local Home Guard during World War II.
vintage photos
High Powburn vintage photo
High Powburn vintage photo added
Courtesy of Teresa Power of High Powburn, we’ve added a copy of a 1909 black and white vintage photo to the Breamish Valley Photographic Collection.
New Photos Added (May 2019)
New photos added
Thanks to Marj Greshon sharing her personal collection of photographs, we are gradually adding new photos to the Breamish Valley Photographic Collection.
Hedgeley Portraits
New Hedgeley Portraits added
As part of the Breamish Valley Photographic Collection we continue to gradually add historic photos to the collection to build up a sense of the social history of the Breamish Valley.
As part of the Hedgeley Estate Carr-Ellison Family Collection, we have just added three new portrait photographs:
Cookbook Collection Added
As part of the Breamish Valley Photographic Collection, the images that were part of the 2002 Golden Jubilee Cookbook, compiled by May Wilson of Powburn, are now available for viewing online.
You can access the index of images here>>
Got any photos to share?
If you have any photographs that would help us construct a visual social history of the Breamish valley and would be willing to share them, please CONTACT US.
George Blyth: postman-photographer
Breamish Valley photographer
George Blyth was an enthusiastic photographer. He took numerous photographs of people, places and events in the Breamish Valley.