Old Postcards of Garforth

These are the Garforth 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.

Bramley
Frith
GCA
H Burniston
Hobbies
Hoult
Laycocks
Lilywhite
Milton
Parkinson and Roy
Phototype
Richards
Unknown

Bramley

c.1905-1915 ~ Bramley were a local Leeds company based in Cross Gates just up the road from Garforth. The company address is given as Bramley, Publisher, The Electric Press Printing Works, Cross Gates, Leeds.

There are several Bramley cards without numbers, those which are sequenced are e.g. 'B19'. Other cards are simply marked with 'B' in one corner or just the number.

The Bramley numbers do not seem to be unique for example different cards from different places may be marked 'B19'.

There are also tinted versions of some cards available.

B02
Garforth Town End Carnival c.?

B02-ALT
Garforth St Marys Church c.1907

B02-ALT1
Garforth Carnival 1920s?

B05
Garforth Manor Farm unknown

B06
Garforth Briggate c.1908

B06-TINT
Garforth Briggate c.1908

B07
Garforth Briggate c.1907

B07-TINT
Garforth Briggate c.1907

B09
Garforth Briggate c.1906

B10
Garforth Town End c.1910

B14
Garforth Town End c.1910

B16
Garforth Station c.1905

B19
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1907

B19-TINT
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1907

B20
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1910

B21
Garforth Gaping Goose c.1910

B22
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.1921

B24
Garforth Hilderthorpe Terrace c.1917

B26
Garforth Old George c.?

B29
Garforth Church Lane c.1912

B30
Garforth St Marys Church c.1910

B32
Garforth Isabella Pit c.?

B33
Garforth Sisters Pit c.1910

B34
Garforth Trench Pit c.1910

B36
Garforth Church Lane c.1906

NN02
Garforth Station c.1905

NN05
Garforth Church Garforth c.1910

NN08
Garforth Barrowby Hall c.1910

NN09
Garforth Multiview c.1915

NN10
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.1919

NN11
Garforth St Marys Church c.1908

NN11-TINT
Garforth St Marys Church 1908

NN14
Garforth Town End c.1910

NN17
Garforth Salisbury Terrace c.?

NN18
Garforth Town End c.?

NN19
Garforth Multiview c.1907

NN20
Garforth Parochial School 1910

NN21
Garforth Primitive Methodist Chapel c.1910

NN22
Garforth Multiview c.1913

NN23
Garforth Rectory c.1907

NN24
Garforth Station Road c.1910

NN25
Garforth Briggate unknown

Frith

c.1955-1965 ~ 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.

GFH01
Garforth Barleyhill Road Recreation Ground c.1955 (disabled)

GFH02
Garforth Main Street c.1955 (disabled)

GFH03
Garforth Church And Oak Estate c.1951

GFH07
Garforth St Marys Church c.? (disabled)

GFH11
Garforth Barleyhill Road c.1955 (disabled)

GFH23
Garforth Main Street c.1964 (disabled)

GFH40
Garforth Main Street c.1967

GFH42
Garforth Church Lane c.1969

GFH42F
Garforth Church Lane c.1969

GFH44
Garforth Main Street c.1967

GFH46
Garforth Main Street c.1967

GCA

1980s ~ Garforth Community Association still exists today and these cards must have been made by them perhaps for sale in local shops. Looking at the outfits I would say these cards are from the 1980s.

The printing quality of the original postcards is quite poor so sadly the images aren't very clear.

NN01
Garforth Station c.1985 (disabled)

NN02
Garforth Main Street c.1980s (disabled)

NN03
Garforth St Marys Church c.1980s (disabled)

H Burniston

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

137
Garforth Miners Welfare Hall unknown

139
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1927

Hobbies

c.1900-1910 ~ I don't have any information on this company, there is only a single card but the back is marked 'HOBBIES' above postcard but without an address. There do not appear to be any sequence numbers and the card is an early one posted in 1905.

NN01
Garforth Old George c.1905

Hoult

1920s ~ This selection of cards were created by A. W. Hoult who ran Garforth Post Office. They were presumably created by him for sale from the post office itself and as such are solely of Garforth.

There are no sequence numbers with each card just being marked A. W. Hoult, Post Office, Garforth to the front and no further details being printed on the back.

A. W. Hoult was a Mr. Alfred William Hoult who was born in Liverpool in January 1893 to an Irish father and an English mother. By 1901 the family had moved to Holbeck in Leeds and by the age of 18 Alfred was working as a billiard marker.

In 1921 he married Mary Maude Galvin who had previously been working as a post office assistant. Around this time Alfred became Subpostmaster at Garforth Post Office (perhaps through some connection of Mary's) where he lived with his new wife and their children. Alfred remained in this post for several decades until he was tragically killed in a car accident in 1949 aged 56 on his way to his son's wedding in Uttoxeter.

NN01
Garforth Main Street c.1925

NN02
Garforth Church Lane c.1924

NN03
Garforth Station Fields c.?

NN04
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.?

NN05
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.?

Laycocks

c.1905-1915 ~ The Laycocks cards are marked with 'Laycock's Real Photo Series' but no other company details. There was an E.W. Laycock who had a newsagents in Church Lane, I believe these cards will have been created by him for sale from his shop. As such all of the Laycock's cards are likely to be of Garforth.

There are several Laycock's cards without numbers, those which are sequenced are numeric only e.g. '123'. There are many gaps in the sequence however the sequence runs into the thousands and I would not think that there will be that many card in existence.

0483
Garforth Ninelands Lane c.?

0484
Garforth Wesleyan Chapel c.?

0487
Garforth Briggate c.?

0491
Garforth Town End c.1913

0492
Garforth St Marys Church 1914

0494
Garforth Briggate c.1912

0500
Garforth Station Road c.?

0501
Garforth Station Fields c.?

0629
Garforth Manor Farm c.?

0632
Garforth St Marys Church c.1915

0633
Garforth Station c.1915

0702
Garforth Trench Pit c.?

0706
Garforth Church Lane Corner c.?

1032
Garforth De Grey House c.?

1033
Garforth Isabella Pit unknown

1050
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1914

1051
Garforth Coupland Road c.?

1052
Garforth Barleyhill Road c.1905

NN01
Garforth Sisters Pit c.?

NN02
Garforth Station Fields c.?

NN03
Garforth Manor Farm Barwick Road c.?

NN04
Garforth The Grange c.?

NN05
Garforth Rectory c.1912

Lilywhite

1909-1931 ~ 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.

GFH-U01
Garforth Garforth Bridge c.?

GFH-U03
Garforth Trench Pit c.?

GFH01
Garforth St Marys Church c.1920

GFH02
Garforth Dar Villas c.1920

GFH03
Garforth Station Fields c.?

GFH04
Garforth St Marys Church c.?

GFH05
Garforth Church Lane c.1920

GFH06
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.1921

GFH07
Garforth Station Road c.1927

GFH08
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.1922

GFH09
Garforth Church Lane c.?

GFH15
Garforth Station Fields c.1915

GFH16
Garforth Briggate c.?

GFH17
Garforth Manor Farm c.1934

GFH18
Garforth Isabella Pit c.?

GFH20
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1924

GFH22
Garforth Manor Farm c.?

GFH23
Garforth West Garforth unknown

Milton

1930s ~ The Milton cards seem to be a series by Woolstone Brothers, the cards read The Milton Series for Local Views, Woolstone Bros, London, EC1, Printed in Saxony on the back.

The cards are all unsequenced and are just printed with the name of the view on the front. Postally the cards seem to be dated from the 1930s.

NN01
Garforth Town End c.1935

NN02
Garforth Main Street c.1935

NN03
Garforth Garforth Bridge c.1930s

NN04
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1930

NN05
Garforth Coupland Road c.1937

NN06
Garforth St Marys Church c.1930s

Parkinson and Roy

c.1900-1910 ~ Parkinson & Roy were a local Leeds company, the address is given as Parkinson and Roy, The Studios, Kelsall Street, Leeds and is printed on the front of the earlier cards. Later cards just say 'P&R Leeds' on the front.

There are several Parkinson & Roy cards without numbers, those which are sequenced are numeric e.g. '123' and a few seem to be suffixed e.g. '41B'. There are many gaps in the sequence some of which are likely to be Garforth cards.

040
Garforth Church Lane c.1905

041A
Garforth Manor Farm unknown

041B
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

042
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

178
Garforth Station c.?

179A
Garforth Greens Nurseries c.?

385
Garforth Station Road c.1905

386
Garforth Isabella Pit c.1907 (disabled)

387
Garforth Sisters Pit c.1910

390
Garforth Station Road c.1925

433
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

435
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

437
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

438
Garforth Trench Pit c.1908

443
Garforth Lowther Road c.?

444
Garforth Beech Grove Avenue unknown

445
Garforth Church Lane c.1905

447
Garforth Paradise Sturton Lane unknown

448
Garforth Churchfield unknown

461
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

463
Garforth Manor Farm c.1905

556
Garforth Manor Farm Butter Making unknown

559
Garforth Briggate c.?

560
Garforth Coupland Road c.1907

562
Garforth Barrowby Hall c.1906

571
Garforth Manor Farm c.1909

NN01
Garforth Sturton Grange unknown

NN02
Garforth Station Road c.1910

NN03
Garforth Briggate c.1905

NN04
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1905

NN05
Garforth Station c.1905

NN06
Garforth Station c.1904

NN07
Garforth Sturton Grange c.1904

NN08
Garforth Sturton Grange unknown

NN09
Garforth Briggate c.?

NN10
Garforth Station Road c.1906

NN11
Garforth St Marys Church c.?

NN13
Garforth Town End c.?

NN14
Garforth Briggate c.?

NN15
Garforth St Marys Church c.1904

NN16
Garforth Church Lane c.1904

Phototype

c.1905-1910 ~ 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.

1867
Garforth Parochial School c.1910

1868
Garforth Paradise Sturton Lane c.1900

1873
Garforth Briggate c.1909

1876
Garforth Wesleyan Chapel c.1909

1878
Garforth Briggate c.1909

1879
Garforth Rectory c.?

1883
Garforth St Marys Church c.1910

1885
Garforth Wakefield Road c.1909

1886
Garforth Police Station c.?

1888
Garforth Station Road unknown

2076
Garforth Multiview c.1909

NN01
Garforth Barleyhill School c.?

NN02
Garforth East Garforth School c.?

NN03
Garforth Lidgett Lane c.1909

NN04
Garforth Primitive Methodist Chapel c.1909

NN06
Garforth Church Lane c.1909

NN07
Garforth St Marys Church c.1909

NN08
Garforth United Methodist Free Church c.1909

Richards

c.1930s ~ Richards were a York based company with the address given as Richards R.B. & E.D., Strensall, York.

There are not many cards from this company and I have guessed at a couple based on the lettering style on the front (specifically the writing of N^o with the super scripted o is common to them all). They all seem to be marked e.g. 'N^o7'.

Postally the cards seem to be dated from around 1910–1930.