Erneste Slater News Today

THE ARCHIVE collection of Aireborough Historical Society (AHS) includes thousands of images, many of them taken by Ernest Ethelbert Slater between…

A SERIES of old photographs show how Town Street and St Peter’s Church in Rawdon used to look in times gone by. Many of the images, from Aireborough Historical Society, date back to around 1900 and show local people going about their everyday lives. A faint view of the street (top left) was taken in 1903 and depicts a horse and cart on the side of the road. The picture next to it is believed to have been taken on Town Street and shows a fire engine surrounded by a group of men. Belo...