Mayday celebrations, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Collection: Alice Longstaff Gallery
Alice Longstaff (née Speak) (d. 1992 aged 85) was a remarkable lady. Born at Little Lear Ings farm in Heptonstall on May 16 1907, she started work at 14 years old, in September 1921, as apprentice photographer at the Westerman Studio, 25 West End, Hebden Bridge. Crossley Westerman had established the studio in 1890; on his death in 1918 his daughter Ada took over the business, and it was Ada who trained the young apprentice. Alice remained there for the next 70 years. In 1935 she and her family bought the business, and her brother Clement became the framer and darkroom technician, until he died in 1963. In 1935 Alice married John Longstaff who joined the business as picture framer when Clement died, and they continued to work together until her death in 1992.
Collection Items
Maypole dancers, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Maypole Dancers, Hebden Bridge.
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Mayroyd Hall, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Mayroyd House, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Mayroyd, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
McDermott Children
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Member of the Hebden Bridge History Society
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Members of the Order of Buffaloes
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Memorial Gardens, Hebden Bridge
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.
Memorial Gardens, Mytholmroyd
Decorated horse-drawn float. On the pavement in front of Riverside School.