Site index

Start here

• Home page

  What the archive is and where to begin.

• Photo gallery index

  The main hub linking to every gallery.

• About this archive

  Who took the photographs and how the site was rebuilt.

• Frequently asked questions

  Dates, rights and missing material.

• Contact

  Reuse requests, corrections and questions.

• Photography notes

  Technique notes from the years of the archive.

• Links

  Related aviation, canal and local history sites.

• Watch notes

  Why the photographer keeps a watch on the wrist.

Aviation

• Aviation photography index

  Hub page for all aircraft content.

• Concorde: the final flights

  Manchester, 22 and 31 October 2003; Heathrow, 24 October 2003.

• The Red Arrows at Morecambe

  14 September 2003 display.

• The Red Arrows at Southport

  6 September 2003 display.

• Military Aircraft

  VC10, Hercules, Merlin, Gazelle and HMS Invincible.

• Helicopters

  Sixteen helicopter types photographed around the North West.

• Police Aircraft

  Hub for the police air support pages.

• GMP Air Support Unit plane

  Britten-Norman Islander G-GMPB.

• Merseyside Police Air Support Group

  Eurocopter EC135 G-XMII.

• West Yorkshire Police Air Support Unit

  MD902 Explorer G-YPOL.

• Barton Aerodrome

  The oldest municipal airport in the country.

• Around Barton Aerodrome

  Photographs from around the airfield.

• A brief history of Barton Aerodrome

  1927 to the present day.

• Rescue and fire fighting services

  Fire cover at a grass airfield.

Manchester

• Manchester photography index

  Hub page for all city content.

• Aerial photographs of Manchester

  The city and its landmarks from the air.

• Around Manchester

  The Lowry Centre, Imperial War Museum North and more.

• Manchester at Night

  The skyline after dark.

• Changing Manchester

  Before and after: the city rebuilt.

• Manchester Developments

  Ancoats and Spinningfields photographed as they changed.

• Salford Quays and The Lowry

  From Manchester Docks to cultural quarter.

• Dunham Massey

  The house, the old mill and the deer park.

• Around Eccles and Barton

  The townships around the Ship Canal.

• The Great Manchester Run

  26 May 2003.

Waterways

• The Manchester Ship Canal

  The full history, from the 1882 meeting to the present day.

• Ship Canal photo gallery

  Locks, bridges, docks and ships along the canal.

Places further afield

• Caithness and the far north

  Dunnet Head, John o’ Groats and the Pentland Firth.

• Liverpool

  The waterfront and the Liver Building.

Mixed galleries

• Mixed images 1

  Worsley, the city centre, Ancoats and a sunset.

• Mixed images 2

  The Town Hall, the moon and more.

• Mixed images 3

  The canal and three sunsets.

• Mixed images 4

  The city at night and a final sunset.