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Marple Bridge souvenir cupA souvenir cup commemorating New Year in Marple Bridge. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 18, 2023
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Marple Bridge souvenir cupA souvenir cup commemorating New Year in Marple Bridge. From Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 18, 2023
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Marple Bridge china eggA souvenir china egg commemorating Marple Bridge. Purchased on eBay c2010 by Mark Whittaker and donated to Marple Local History Society Archives in December 2023.Dec 18, 2023
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Bennett, ElizaBelieved to be a very early image of Eliza Bennett b.1848 with unknown gentleman from a tin picture provided by Martin Cross via Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 11, 2022
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Bennett, ElizaBelieved to be a very early image of Eliza Bennett b.1848 from a tin picture provided by Martin Cross via Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 11, 2022
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Bennett, ElizaEliza, b1848. Eliza was the widow of Thomas Wood Bennett and lived at Holly Vale Farm. Provided by Martin Cross via Marple Local History Society Archives.Dec 11, 2022
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Holly Vale FarmEliza Bennett at Holly Vale Farm with an unknown young girl. Provided by Martin Cross via Marple Local History Society Archives. Sep 29, 2022
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Mill Brow CarnivalNot a real policeman but George Beard taking part in a Mill Brow Carnival. George lived at 2 Holly Vale for many years. Provided by Martin Cross via Marple Local History Society Archives.Sep 29, 2022


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.

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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.

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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.

31 files, last one added on Dec 11, 2022
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Horseshoe Inn3188 viewsThe Horseshoe Inn and Lower Fold, Marple Bridge.
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Lower Fold2972 viewsLower Fold, Marple Bridge, from a 1960s postcard.
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Cruck Barn2738 viewsThe old Cruck Barn at Mill Brow, Marple Bridge.
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Lower Fold2509 viewsLower Fold, Marple Bridge, in quieter times. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Low Lea Road2387 viewsA view looking down Low Lea Road, Marple Bridge, taken in 1959.
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Marple Bridge2239 viewsA handcoloured shot of Marple Bridge from a Souvenir of Marple Booklet.
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Heys Farm1998 viewsHeys Farm, Marple Bridge, in the area between Glossop Road, Ley Lane and Constable Drive.
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Castle Brow1913 viewsA newspaper cutting showing the widening of Compstall Road, between Marple Bridge and the Windsor Castle, date unknown.

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Compstall Co-Op 1978Boarded up Compstall Co-Op, Marple Bridge. From the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Town Street CollapseCasualties among the Marple Bridge shop keepers on Town Street begin to mount and bitterness ensues.
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Mill Brow CarnivalMill Brow Carnival participants, including a lucky black cat. Provided by Martin Cross via Marple Local History Society Archives.
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St. Joseph's ConventSt. Joseph's Convent, Marple Bridge. Now demolished. Updated from Marple Local History Society Archives 31 July 2010.
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Forge Bank MillForge Bank Mill (Spade Forge) before restoration in the late 1990s. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Forge Bank Mill 1978The Spade Forge at Marple Bridge. From the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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GasometerThe Gasometer at Ludworth, Marple Bridge, demolished in 1976. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Low Lea MillThe ruin of the mill formerly on Low Lea Road, Marple Bridge.

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