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Marple Bridge


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This album features Marple Bridge and the Weir and Corn Mill once known as Flowerdew Mill, as well as many other photographs of the general Marple Bridge area, including Lower Fold, Low Lea Road and Glossop Road.

82 files, last one added on Jul 31, 2010

Town Street


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This album focuses on Town Street, the main shopping area of Marple Bridge and now central to the Marple Bridge Conservation Area. It includes a series of pictures that chart the dramatic collapse and eventual repair of Town Street after it fell into the river in 1991.

26 files, last one added on Jun 05, 2010

Mill Brow


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This album features the tiny hamlet of Mill Brow, Marple Bridge, which now centres around the local pub the Hare and Hounds.

11 files, last one added on Jun 26, 2010

 


Random files - Marple Bridge
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Windsor CastleThe Windsor Castle Pub, Marple Bridge.
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Town Street CollapseNo part of Town Street was left untouched by the repairs at Marple Bridge.
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Ludworth Scool 1908Ludworth School, Marple Bridge, in 1908.
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Marple BridgeA postcard of Marple Bridge postmarked 1930.
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Hollins LaneHollins Lane, Marple Bridge, form a 1960s postcard.
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The Spade ForgeThe Spade Forge at Marple Bridge, or the Shovel Mill, as it's called on this postcard, when it was still in use.
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Lower Stirrup Farm 1981Lower Stirrup Farm, past Woodheys off Glossop Road. From the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1981.
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Weir and Corn MillA fantastic picture of Flowerdew Mill, Marple Bridge, from an unusual angle.

Last additions - Marple Bridge
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St. Joseph's ConventSt. Joseph's Convent, Marple Bridge, from Marple Local History Society Archives.Jul 31, 2010
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Marple BridgeA view of Marple Bridge from Brow Fields on the way to Roman Lakes. From Marple Local History Society Archives. Jul 18, 2010
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Mill BrowAn amazing postcard of Mill Brow with a faded ghostly image showing how it got its name.Jun 26, 2010
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Weir and Corn MillA excellent view of the weir and corn mill at Marple Bridge also showing the buildings further up Brabyns Brow.Jun 05, 2010
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Weir and Corn MillPostcard of the weir at Marple Bridge. postmark is either 1907 or 1917. Jun 05, 2010
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Town StreetA colourful postcard of Town Street, Marple Bridge, postmarked 1972.Jun 05, 2010
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Weir and Corn MillHand coloured postcard of the weir and corn mill at Marple Bridge.Jun 05, 2010
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Mill BrowA 1960s postcard view of Mill Brow.Jun 05, 2010