Castleford's past: image bank - Wakefield Museums and Castles

Two men stood on two barges, shaking hands over the gap between them, outside Allinson's Mill

Castleford's past: image bank

Explore how the Castleford has changed over the 1800s and 1900s through a range of photographs.

Browse a selection of highlights, and download our full resource packs for more:

These resources are for KS2 upwards.

Postcard of a tram in Carlton Street, Castleford (around 1910)

Black and white photo of a tram going down the middle of Carlton Street, which is lined with shops and lots of people

Carlton Street (around 1960)

View down Carlton Street in the 1960s, with buses and cars and busy crowds of shoppers

Bridge Street (early 1900s)

Black and white photograph of Bridge Street, with several man sat at the foot of the road sign and lamp post

Aerial view of John Lumb's glassworks factory (around 1920 to 1960)

Aerial view of a factory with tall smoking chimneys, surrounded by railway lines and roads

Barge and mill staff outside Allinson's Mill (1961)

Two men stood on two barges, shaking hands over the gap between them, outside Allinson's Mill

Miners and their families during a strike in Castleford (around 1910)

A large group of striking miners and their families, early 1900s