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Peter Knowles collectionD/D PK

Peter Knowles photograph album.D/D PK 1

Loose photographsDD PK/2/hub

Taxi girl murderer at Port Talbot Magistrates Court July 1973 (Narrative on back of print). Man emerging from a police van, police in attendance.D/D PK 2/1

Police (?) Divers entering water. Possibly dockside.D/D PK 2/2

Port Talbot steel works. Art shot of blast furnaces through broken window. Photograph taken from old steel works bus terminal.D/D PK 2/3

Small lorry being loaded from a dragline. A wet dredging of slurry type load. Bedford lorry, Potter Group, Barrington House, Port Talbot.D/D PK 2/4

Fashion shot of girl on railway track, probably inside Port Talbot steel works.D/D PK 2/5

Furnace, steel works, Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/6

Retrieval of Mini (car) from underwater, possibly dockside, potentially linked to 2 above. Police and onlookers in attendance.D/D PK 2/7

A visit from Prince Charles. Possibly to a school or council offices.D/D PK 2/8

Prince Charles sat in helicopter.D/D PK 2/9

Bewigged dignitaries. Port Talbot. Church in background. Police in attendance.D/D PK 2/10

Aerial view of industrial landscape. Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/11

Woman outside Gibeon chapel Taibach, Port Talbot. Woman holding a mop.D/D PK 2/12

Her Majesty The Queen. Queen Elizabeth II. A royal visit, dignitaries including mayor in background.D/D PK 2/13

Couple embracing after (possibly) the presentation of an award or decoration.D/D PK 2/14

Man sat in Eisteddfod chair. (Treorci).D/D PK 2/15

Police band at rest. Drummers. Little boy tries the drum.D/D PK 2/16

Police detain a man. Many onlookers on raised bank.D/D PK 2/17

Aerial view. Swansea Leisure Centre when new. Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/18

Lorry fire at Port Talbot. Fire crews in attendance.D/D PK 2/19

Man on stretcher rescued through flood-waters.D/D PK 2/20

Morriston Orpheus Male Choir. Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/21

Rugby team photograph. Possibly Fiji.D/D PK 2/22

Light airplane crash. Badly damaged. Close-up. Fir trees.D/D PK 2/23

Policeman by the side of a car. Demonstration, policeman protecting the car.D/D PK 2/24

Policeman lunges at individual. Demonstration.D/D PK 2/25

Man on stretcher rescued through flood-waters. (Larger version of 20 above)D/D PK 2/26

Aerial view. Construction of cooling towers at BP Baglan Bay. Baglan in background.D/D PK 2/27

Construction of a building at Port Talbot steelworks. 2 photographs, steel frame under construction and a final building. Probably the same building.D/D PK 2/28

Aerial view of Port Talbot Town centre prior to Civic Centre and Afan Centre construction. Very clear detailed large image.D/D PK 2/29

Aerial view of BP Baglan Bay. Also a Hawker Hunter aircraft is in the shot.D/D PK 2/30

Aerial view of unknown countryside with Avro Vulcan aircraft in shot below the photographer.D/D PK 2/31

Womens football team. Team photograph.D/D PK 2/32

Aerial view of Port Talbot (urban) with old docks in top right-hand corner.D/D PK 2/33

Aerial photograph. Port Talbot Sandfields from the Warren side. Early photograph, Jersey Beach Hotel in far background.D/D PK 2/34

Double-decker bus on fire. Location unknown.D/D PK 2/35

Baglan Fire 25/1/73. Woman looks out from fire-gutted building.D/D PK 2/36

Male and female group. Possible homeless man and others.D/D PK 2/37

Man sat on pavement. London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.D/D PK 2/38

Aerial view. Ford Motor Company. Survey photograph prior to the construction of the engine plant at Bridgend. Dated 28th December 1977.D/D PK 2/39

Aerial view. Ford Motor Company. Survey photograph prior to the construction of the engine plant at Bridgend. (Not dated but assumed as part of 39 above).D/D PK 2/40

Stanley Baker outside Calfaria Chapel. Dramatic scene.D/D PK 2/41

Ryan and Ronnie (Welsh entertainers) signing a womans leg (posed photograph). Norman Vaughan (Entertainer). 2 photographs.D/D PK 2/42

Martial arts. Five men practicing.D/D PK 2/43

Building blaze. Firemen in attendance.D/D PK 2/44

Youth playing table-tennis.D/D PK 2/45

Group of mixed-age women giving a thumbs-up.D/D PK 2/46

Group on stage (possibly a choir) and two dancers. Possibly Fijian.D/D PK 2/47

Man sat on chair. Possibly Bardic Chair.D/D PK 2/48

Rugby players during game.D/D PK 2/49

Rugby team, one player sat on womans lap.D/D PK 2/50

Ryan (Welsh Entertainer) fishing in drained garden pond. Posed photograph.D/D PK 2/51

Princess Anne. Stairway with women in Welsh costume standing alongside. Afan Centre.D/D PK 2/52

Man sat on easy chair with television and table, posed on a grass verge next to a road.D/D PK 2/53

Weightlifter holding weight with one hand.D/D PK 2/54

Rugby match. Detail of men playing.D/D PK 2/55

Coal miners emerging from cage. Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/56

Three women, possibly a fashion show or entertainment.D/D PK 2/57

Howard Winstone (boxer). Skipping in boxing ring. Two men look on.D/D PK 2/58

Princess Anne and dignitaries outside the Afan Lido. Large crowd in background.D/D PK 2/59

Gareth Edwards (rugby player) with woman and baby.D/D PK 2/60

Port Talbot (urban) with docks in top right-hand corner. Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/61

Aerial photograph. BP Baglan Bay. Baglan and part of Sandfields estate in background. 13th June 1973.D/D PK 2/62

Aerial photograph. M4 under construction. Section past Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir (Port Talbot steel works supply). 29/7/75.D/D PK 2/63

Prince Phillip. Youth sports team.D/D PK 2/64

Prince Charles. Close-up head shot.D/D PK 2/65

Prince Charles waves from an RAF helicopter.D/D PK 2/66

Large group of men on chapel steps. Probably a male-voice choir. One woman.D/D PK 2/67

Prince Charles at the controls of an RAF helicopter.D/D PK 2/68

Dorothy Squires with men on stage. Singing.D/D PK 2/69

Man and woman sat on sofa. Domestic setting, smiling at camera.D/D PK 2/70

Two young church choir members look at a photographers camera.D/D PK 2/71

Group of women singers/actors.D/D PK 2/72

Prince Charles at the controls of an RAF helicopter.D/D PK 2/73

Industrial construction scene.D/D PK 2/74

Aerial photographs. Ford Motor Company. 2 photographs, 1 of the Bridgend Engine Plant site prior to construction 28/12/77 and 1 after construction 9/1/79.D/D PK 2/75

Bardic procession. Eidteddfod.D/D PK 2/76

Anthony Hopkins (Actor) with Port Talbot mayor and others.D/D PK 2/77

Aerial Photograph. Briton Ferry. Construction of the A48 bridge over the then Briton Ferry Dock Basin (now filled in).D/D PK 2/78

Male dancers performing.D/D PK 2/79

Anthony Hopkins (Actor) with group.D/D PK 2/80

Anthony Hopkins (Actor) with group.D/D PK 2/81

Stratford Johns (Actor).D/D PK 2/82

Ryan. Welsh Entertainer.D/D PK 2/83

Aerial view. Briton Ferry steel works.D/D PK 2/84

Aerial view. Industrial and urban landscape. Port Talbot Sandfields.D/D PK 2/85

Aerial view. Swansea Leisure Centre.D/D PK 2/86

Ford Motor Company. Engine plant Bridgend. Toilets. 4/6/79.D/D PK 2/87

BP Baglan Bay, night photograph.D/D PK 2/88

Cooling towers.D/D PK 2/89

Port Talbot steel works exterior. Blast furnaces. Park with two walkers in foreground.D/D PK 2/90

Aerial view. Industrial and urban landscape. Port Talbot Sandfields. Peter Knowles Photography.D/D PK 2/91

Industrial construction. High up on a construction project. Possibly a cooling tower.D/D PK 2/92

Industrial. Crane toppled over on to building. Snow on ground.D/D PK 2/93

Steel making. Part of casting process.D/D PK 2/94

Box with numerous skulls and bones (Human).D/D PK 2/95

Port Talbot steel works. Overturned Land Rover on its roof.D/D PK 2/96

Steel casting.D/D PK 2/97

Swansea. Weaver Building. Derelict, prior to demolition.D/D PK 2/98

Woman in bikini swimsuit. Studio posed photograph.D/D PK 2/99

RSPCA worker with Alsatian dog. Domestic environment, dog seemingly attached to a piano.D/D PK 2/100

Large steel anchor. Interior of industrial plant.D/D PK 2/101

Dock-side. Night-time photograph. Ore or coal carrier at Port Talbot deep-water harbour.D/D PK 2/102

View across Aberavon showing early stages of M4 construction.D/D PK 2/103

View of Chapel of Ease and Duffryn Valley from the air.D/D PK 2/104

View of the Sandfields from the air, before fully developed.D/D PK 2/105

View of Aberavon looking south west from the air.D/D PK 2/106

View of Aberavon looking south from the air.D/D PK 2/107

View of Aberavon Rugby Club from the air.D/D PK 2/108

View of Aberavon looking north from the air.D/D PK 2/109

View of Aberavon looking north-west showing the building of the Aberavon Shopping Centre.D/D PK 2/110

View of Aberavon looking north-east showing the building of the Aberavon Shopping Centre.D/D PK 2/111

View of Baglan Moor looking east before area was developed.D/D PK 2/112

View of Aberavon looking south-westD/D PK 2/113

View looking south-east towards Newbridge Road, Sandfields.D/D PK 2/114

View of Aberavon during the construction of the Aberavon Shopping Centre.D/D PK 2/115

View of Baglan Moor.D/D PK 2/116

Men at work at Cwmavon Works.D/D PK 2/117

View of Port Talbot Steel Works.D/D PK 2/118

View of Port Talbot Steel Works.D/D PK 2/119

View of Port Talbot Steel Works.D/D PK 2/120

View of Port Talbot Steel Works looking north.D/D PK 2/121

View of Baglan Bay looking north.D/D PK 2/122

View of Baglan Bay looking south.D/D PK 2/123

View of Baglan Bay looking north-east.D/D PK 2/124

View of Baglan Bay looking south-east.D/D PK 2/125

View of Baglan Bay looking south.D/D PK 2/126

View of the Sandfields Gas Works looking south.D/D PK 2/127

View of works at Margam looking east.D/D PK 2/128

Detailed view of works at Margam.D/D PK 2/129

View of works at Margam looking east.D/D PK 2/130

View of works at Margam looking north-west.D/D PK 2/131

View of Port Talbot Steel Works.D/D PK 2/132

View of Gas Works near Llandarcy.D/D PK 2/133

Detailed view of Gas Works near Llandarcy.D/D PK 2/134

View of Ford Motor Plant at Bridgend.D/D PK 2/135

View of Ford Motor Plant at Bridgend.D/D PK 2/136

View of Port Talbot and Avon Valley from the air.D/D PK 2/137

All Saints Church, Cwmavon and surrounding streets from the air.D/D PK 2/138

View of Cwmavon from the air looking north.D/D PK 2/139

View of Aberavon looking north.D/D PK 2/140

View of Cwmavon looking north.D/D PK 2/141

View of Cwmavon looking north-west.D/D PK 2/142

View of Aberavon looking east, before the development of the M4.D/D PK 2/143

View of Aberavon looking south-west before the development of the Aberavon Shopping Centre.D/D PK 2/144

Photographic negativesDD PK/3/hub

Photographic negativesDD PK/4/hub