Sprocket Sunday: Bingley Mechanics' Institute

Camera: Diana F+ with 75mm lens
(fitted with 35mm back and 33x34mm mask to show sprockets)
Film: 35mm Fujicolor C200
Location: Bingley
Date: September 2017

Erected by public subscription in 1864 and now a pub :-/

BINGLEY —On Saturday last the foundation stone of a new mechanics' institute was laid at Bingley. The building, the style of which will be Gothic, will be erected from the designs of Mr. A. Waterhouse, architect, of Manchester, and will consist of a school room on the basement, reading- room and class-rooms on the ground floor, and a large and lofty lecture, and music hall over the upper portion of the building.
[Building News 1 May 1863]