Old Postcards & Photos of Scrooby

Welchman Collection at Bassetlaw Museum, Retford

Below is one example of Welchman's photographs, showing the pine trees reflected in the Ryton a century ago around 1910.
Welchman Archive: The river in Scrooby. Taken about 1910

Welchman Archive: The river in Scrooby. Taken about 1910

The fantastic Welchman collection of photographs is available online from the Bassetlaw Museum. Welchman was a professional photographer based in Retford, who took photographs of the Nottinghamshire landscape and buildings from the late Nineteenth Century. Click for images of Scrooby.

Some Old Views of Scrooby

These images have been scanned from original postcards showing photographs by Welchman and others.

Welchman: Church And Old Vicarage, Scrooby
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Welchman: Manor, Scrooby
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1930s Photograph: Manor, Scrooby
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Burbank: Church Interior, Scrooby
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