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Marple Lacrosse A Team 1922-23285 viewsMarple Lacrosse A Team in 1922-23 season. This image was printed the wrong way round so it has been flipped and the writing flipped back the right way again.
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Moor End Sunday School263 viewsA group of unknown people outside Moor End Sunday School in the 1960s. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Marple Dramatic Junior Club 1934224 viewsMarple Dramatic Junior Club "Tangles of Lollipop Land" Christmas 1934, provided by Dave Watson. Dave's mother, Joan Hope, is third from the right at the front (with another girl's hands on her shoulders). See comment for more information about the Hope family.
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St. Thomas's Garden Party 1909209 viewsA group of ladies at a garden party at St. Thomas's on 7 August 1909. Is that Mellor or High Lane? Provided by Janet Holmes.
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Strines May Queen186 viewsA Strines May Queen event, date unknown. Provided by Janet Holmes.
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Gathering outside the Devonshire Arms146 viewsA large gathering outside the Devonshire Arms in Mellor. Looks like they were expecting rain. Provided to Marple Local History Society Archives by Judith Luntley, who thinks her grandfather may be at the back wearing the flat cap and that they were a group of bell-ringers. Thomas Sigley was landlord from 1897 to 1918.
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Marple Jnr Football Team 1907-08140 viewsMarple Junior Football Team provided by Michael and Sally Heald. Walter Makin (who appears to be in a Mellor Lads shirt) was Sally's Grandfather. Back row (L-R) Walter Makin, Albert Wilde, Harry Bennett, Norman Waterhouse, Sam Brown, Dick Speakman. Front row: Bob Speakman, Joe Ingham, Harold Braddock, Harold Heywood, Henry Brown. The two Speakman boys are probably Robert and Richard, who both died during WWI.
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Goyt Mill Nursery 194999 viewsChildren and their teacher / supervisor at the Goyt Mill Nursery in 1949 provided by Marjorie Donaldson. That's her front row 2nd left and her sister is behind her, holding a triangle. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Harrop, Stanley Group Photo88 viewsAn unknown group of men except for Stanley Harrop of Mellor, 5th from left on the back row. Possibly a WWI recruitment photo. Provided by Joan Combey via Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Mellor Football Club 192382 viewsOne of the very first teams at Mellor Football Club from when they were formed in 1923. Provided by George Dearsley (Hon President Mellor FC).
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Mellor Football Club 1980s81 viewsA Mellor Football Club team from the 1980s provided by George Dearsley (Hon President Mellor FC).
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Bowling Club67 viewsBowlers at the Bowling Green in Marple Memorial Park.
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