Most Viewed Year 1901 - 15

Before the rise of trade unions and the arrival of the welfare state, membership of a mutual Friendly Society, such as the Oddfellows, provided some...

A crowd of young boys scampers past, mildly shepherded by female teachers. Some more tightly marshalled older groups follow behind, while pairs of...

Lancashire's St Helens, in hooped shirts, visited Cheshire rivals Warrington for this early Edwardian game. As in other Mitchell and Kenyon rugby...

Liverpool was a flourishing, prosperous city in 1901 and this display of English patriotism and civic pride was one of several events in the city...

Nearly a century after Nelson's famous victory, the British were still celebrating his achievements and by extension the British Navy, which had...

This film captures both the build-up and the impressive parade itself, involving a brass band and then a lengthy march-past of what must surely have...

Northern Union footage.

This picture was photographed immediately after the shooting, and shows the intense excitement of the people...

A film from the UK based Mitchell & Kenyon.

This is a news actuality film of the former Commander in Chief of the Boer War, Lord Roberts, visiting Manchester to much hoopla.