In a recent thread I was directed to the Bassetlaw Museum which does not appear to be mentioned in this list of resources.
http://www.bassetlawmuseum.org.uk/index.aspThis Museum covers northern Nottinghamshire, in particular the towns of Retford and Worksop. I was particularly impressed with the Museum's collection of photographs, all of which appear to be high resolution and freely downloadable. To quote the Museum:
"In 2002 the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded a grant of £78,000 to Bassetlaw Museum to enable the purchase and digitisation of 20,000 negatives taken by professional photographers Edgar Welchman and Son of Grove Street, Retford between 1910 and 1960."
"The photograph collection contains over 27,000 photographs of the towns and villages of North Nottinghamshire and people who lived there from about 1870 to the present day. 8,000 general photographs from the museum's collections have been added to the Welchman Project images."
The collection can be searched by subject, people (names), places and dates. All photographs have some sort of description, many group photographs have a list of the people present.
Congratulations Bassetlaw Museum - a great resource!
