From Westerman to Website: a story of Pennine Horizons Digital Archive.

Ann Kilbey

From Westerman to Website: a story of Pennine Horizons Digital Archive.

A well-illustrated presentation that tells how a mill worker started a photographic business that lasted for 100 years, and how it led to the setting up of a digital archive that is preserving the photographic heritage of the area, an archive that is gaining interest not just locally but world-wide.

Ann Kilbey’s interest in local history started when she began working for Tourist Information 50 years ago in 1975! She is a longstanding member of the Local History Society, for at least 25 years, contributing hugely in many roles. She became involved with the Alice Longstaff Collection soon after Alice died in 1992, and this presentation tells the story of what happened after that.

Image courtesy of Pennine Horizons Digital Archive