Old Postcards of Guiseley

These are the Guiseley postcards broken down by publisher. I collect these so if you have any cards that you'd like to sell please let me know.

Most of the cards are used elsewhere on the site in the correct places however they are also laid out below by card series for anyone who is interested.

Where possible I have noted the sequence numbers for the cards and presented them in order. Any card which starts NN means 'no number' i.e. I have assigned my own NN numbers just so I can keep track of them. Over time I may be able to give some of the NN cards their correct numbers.

Compared to the Garforth cards there are a greater variety of publishers for Guiseley and also a lot more unmarked and unknown cards.

Ag Taylor

Cards have a 3 digit numeric reference, no further information about the publisher.

118 New Inn Town Gate

54 St Oswalds Church

55 St Oswalds Church

56 The Green

592 Rectory

770 Rectory

772 Rectory

773 Rectory

775 St Oswalds Church

777 Station

842 Rectory

C and Ag Lewis

Cards have a 3 digit numeric reference, and are marked 'C. & A. G. Lewis, Sherwood St., Nottingham' as well as 'Colonial Series'.

338 Town Gate

339 Oxford Road

Dixon

Cards are marked 'Dixon's New Panorama Series, Otley Road, Guiseley' suggesting this was a local Guiseley company. No sequence number for card.

These may be the work of J. Arthur Dixon before he moved to the Isle of Wight in the 1920s since he was local (born in Keighley)?

nn01 St Oswalds Church

nn02 Town Gate

nn03 White Cross

nn04 Tranmere Park From Thorpe Lane

Eh

Front of cards are marked 'EH', no further information about the publisher and no details on the back side.

11 Station Road

14 Park Gate Avenue

15 The Wells

Frith

The Frith company is still in existence today as Francis Frith who sell many items with their old images on as well as old maps etc.

Frith cards are marked with a place code (of their own devising) and a number. The place code for Garforth is GFH so all Frith cards for Garforth are marked e.g. 'GFH3'. For Guiseley this is GSY.

This sequence is also used for the Lilywhite cards (the owner of Lilywhite later ran Frith) however the cards in each series are not the same i.e. Lilywhite GFH2 is different to Frith GFH2.

For Garforth There are 46 Garforth images in the Frith archive (51 including tints), for Guiseley there are 50. Currently only a subset of these appear on the main Frith website for purchase.

Historically not all Frith images of a given place were published as postcards so it's unknown how many of each set might physically exist other than those shown below.

For Garforth the Frith cards are dated from either c.1955 (GFH1-19) or c.1965 (GFH20-46).

Not all Frith cards in the gallery below can be viewed at full size due to copyright restrictions, all Frith cards are copyright The Francis Frith Collection and those that can be viewed are used with permission.

gsy02 Avenue

gsy05 Rectory

gsy06 Lych Gate

gsy07 St Oswalds Church

gsy09 Multiview

gsy11 Oxford Circus

gsy14 Cross And Stocks

gsy18 St Oswalds Church

gsy19 Otley Chevin Surprise View

gsy37f White Cross Roundabout

gsy40f Otley Road

gsy41f Shaw Lane Estate

gsy43f Secondary School

gsy44-tint Park Road

Ga Shore

Cards are marked 'G. A. Shore' who seem to have been a publisher based in Keighley, no details on the back side.

nn01 Rectory

H Burniston

Cards have a 3 digit numeric reference, the back of the cards are marked 'Published by H. Burniston, Leeds'.

186 Otley Road

187 The Green

189 St Oswalds Church

190 St Oswalds Church

191 St Oswalds Church

192 St Oswalds Church

193 Rectory

195 Wesleyan Church And School

Jackson and Son

Cards have a 5 digit numeric reference on the back. They are marked 'Jackson & Son, Publishers, Grimsby'. As this is not a local company there are unlikely to be very many of these cards.

77984 Multiview

J Arthur Dixon

Cards have a 4 digit numeric reference on the back. They are marked 'J. Arthur Dixon Great Britain'.

This was a prolific company started by a man from Keighley, for more information see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Arthur_Dixon

3327 Harry Ramsdens

J Frankland

Some cards have a 2 digit reference and others have no reference. The fronts are marked 'J. Frankland New Scarboro' but there is no further information on the back. New Scarboro (New Scarborough) is an area between Guiseley and Yeadon south of Nunroyd Park.

17 Esholt Avenue

24 St Oswalds Terrace

Lilywhite

Lilywhite were a local company based in Halifax though they made cards for lots of places. The company was in operation from 1909–1931.

The cards are sequenced the same as the Frith ones e.g. GFHxx for Garforth.

gly02 Bus Terminus

gly03 White Cross

gly05 Netherfield Road

gly06 View From Chevin Road

gly10 Rectory

gly12 St Oswalds Church

gy1 Broadway Tranmere Park

gy2 The Oval Tranmere Park

gy3 Moorway Tranmere Park

gy4 Fairway Tranmere Park

gy5 Fairway Tranmere Park

gy6 Station Hotel

gy9 The Oval Tranmere Park

Matthews Of Bradford

Presumably a Bradford based company, the card is marked on the front side with no further company details on the back. Four digit reference along with the name.

6254 Back Lane

6257 St Oswalds Church

6258 Carlton Lane

M Ellis

Card marked 'M. Ellis, White Cross', no further info on reverse.

nn01 Oxford Road

Milner Draper

Cards are marked 'Milner Draper, Guiseley' as well as 'Joseph Waite, Oxford Street, Guiseley' and sometimes 'Burrow, Cheltenham'.

All companies seem related in some way?

nn01 The Wells

nn02 Oxford Road

nn03 St Oswalds Church

nn04 Oxford Road

nn05 St Oswalds Church

nn06 The Wells

nn07 The Wells

Phototype

The Phototype Company were a local Leeds company, the address is given as The Phototype Co., Ventnor St., Leeds. The cards are sequenced with a four digit code e.g. '1467' and are from the early 1900s.

1430 St Oswalds Church

1463 New Road Side

1464 Oxford Road

1465 Oxford Street

1467 The Wells

1471 The Green

1473 The Green

1474 Cross And Stocks

1476 Town Street

1643 Station

1644 Wesleyan Church

1645 Otley Road

1646 Otley Road

1647 Otley Road

2322 Menston Asylum

3268 Multiview

3614 Baptist Chapel

3615 Menston Road

3616 Oxford Street

3617 Town Gate

nn05 Multiview

R.A.P. Co

Some cards are marked 'The R. A. P. Co Ltd. London EC4 Foreign'. The full name of the company was Regal Art Publishing who began producing cards in 1906 under the ownership of Albert Cox.

On certain cards there is a sequence number inside the space where the stamp would be attached however it does not seem to be unique, though it does change for the same area. For example there is a card '11650' for both Guiseley and Hawksworth so the number perhaps is for all photos taken on a particular day or by a particular photographer?

The cards appear in several different styles and are linked together by the multiview cards. Some cards have backwards sloping lettering, other cards are written in a small caps style. The tinted cards have a different letting again.

nn01 St Oswalds Cross

nn02 Oxford Street

nn03 White Cross Hotel

nn04 Park Gate

nn05 Otley Road

nn06 Oxford Road

nn07 St Oswalds Church

nn08 Rectory Hall

nn09 Tranmere Drive

nn10 Tranmere Park

nn11 The Stores Tranmere Park

nn12 Rectory

nn13 Cavendish Road

nn14 Park Gate

nn15 Otley Road

nn16 Multiview

nn17 The Green

nn18 The Birks

nn19 Multiview

nn20 Opening Of The Tramways

nn21 Opening Of The Tramways

nn22 Tram Terminus

nn23 Cross And Stocks

nn24 Oxford Road

nn25 The Green

nn26 Old Tram Terminus

nn27 Wesleyan Church

nn28 The Birks

nn29 Cuddy Hill

Guiseley Yeadon And Guiseley Secondary School

nn30 Yeadon And Guiseley Secondary School

nn31 Opening Of The Tramways

nn32 Otley Road

nn33 Otley Road

nn34 St Oswalds Church

Rhodes

Card is marked 'Published by Rhodes, Otley Road, Guiseley', no further info.

nn01 The Green

Tf

Cards are marked 'T.F.', no further information.

21 The Birks

nn01 Park Gate

T Lee

Cards are marked 'T. Lee Yeadon', no further information.

nn01 Town Gate

T Sutcliffe

Cards are marked 'T. Sutcliffe Stationer Guiseley', these cards were perhaps available to buy in a local stationary shop?

nn01 Otley Road

Unknown

These are miscellaneous cards from unknown publishers.

nn01 Otley Road

nn02 Oxford Street

nn03 Town Gate

nn04 St Oswalds Cross

nn05 Cross And Stocks

nn06 Multiview

nn07 Otley Road

nn08 Otley Road

nn09 The Birks

nn10 Rectory

nn11 Harry Ramsdens

nn12 Town Gate

nn13 Stanley Norman Moon

nn14 Cross And Stocks

Guiseley Religious Ceremony Market Place

nn16 Religious Ceremony Market Place

nn17 Opening Of The Tramways

nn18 Opening Of The Tramways

nn19 The Green

nn20 Station Hotel

nn22 Tram Terminus

nn23 Opening Of The Tramways

nn24 Greenbottom

nn26 Opening Of The Tramways

nn27 Park Gate

nn28 Oxford Road

Unknown 1

These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address. Some have a 3 digit reference and others do not.

There is a distinctive flower type ornament on the reverse.

117 The Green

363 Rectory

364 Rectory

385 Oxford Road

nn01 Multiview

nn02 St Oswalds Cross

nn03 Town Gate

nn04 Tram Terminus

nn05 Oxford Street

nn06 St Oswalds Church

nn07 St Oswalds Church

Unknown 3

These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address.

They are distinguished by the unconfident handwriting on the front!

nn01 White Cross Hotel

nn02 Waites Bakers

Unknown 4

These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address.

They are distinctive in that the place names seem to be written on some sort of tape on the front of the card.

nn01 New Road

nn02 The Green

nn03 Town Gate

nn04 Oxford Road

Unknown 5

These cards are all from the same publisher but none of them are marked with a name or address.

The red lettering on the front set outside of the image is distinctive.

nn01 Oxford Road

nn01-tint Oxford Road

nn02 St Oswalds Church

nn03 Wesleyan Church

Unknown 6

Cards are all named with quite a thick white pen, often with full stops between the words.

3 Town Gate

nn01 Old Smithy

nn02 The Old Smithy

nn03 Tram Terminus

nn04 St Oswalds Church

nn05 Town Street

nn06 Town Gate

nn07 Victoria Road Police Station

nn08 Town Street

Walter Scott

Cards have either a 3 digit reference Bxxx or a 5 digit reference. They are signed Walter Scott on the front and the backs read 'Walter Scott Bradford'.