A Virtual History Tour of Marple and District

The theme for Marple's 56th Carnival was Marple's Festival of Fiction, giving a fantastic opportunity for a wide range of costumes and colour. Apart from some morning drizzle the weather was much kinder than forecast until 4.30pm, that is, when the heavens opened up on everyone clearing up! As always, if you took any good shots on the day, please send them in to be added to this album.

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Mellor Country Fete is a traditional Country Fete with activities for all the family in a fabulous hillside setting with spectacular views and a friendly, old-fashioned village atmosphere. Here are a few photographs from the day - if you have more, pleased send them in.

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Over the weekend of 7th and 8th July 2018 21 Marple Gardens opened their gates to visitors in order to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The event was a huge success, raising £11,500 for the charity. In this album you can browse photos of each garden and Seven Stiles Allotments, which was also open.

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A Fact and Fun Day at Mellor Mill and Roman Lakes, with guided tours of the Mill, music, food and drink and lots of things for the children to do. A great day raising funds for Mellor Archaeological Trust and Friends of Our Valley too.

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Congratulations to Rick Morris at All Things Nice for organising another fantastic Marple Food and Drink Festival in 2018. The weather held up and tempted thousands of people to a busy Market Street to sample the delights of the very best of local food and drink suppliers.

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The Friends of Rose Hill Station's inter-generational community involved the creation of a large scale mural sited behind the station car park. The artwork was led by local artist, Tracy McGuinness-Kelly and consists of approximately 300 individual pieces of art painted on wooden discs created by people of a wide age range from across the Marple community. The discs represent themes relevant to the community of our local history, environment, our railway and canals, rail safety, nature and society.

These photos are from the Launch Event when the Mayor of Stockport unveiled the mural on Saturday 17th November 2018.

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An album for Christmas 2018 Events including Santa's arrival on New Horizons, Marple Bridge Winter Wonderland, the Pop-up Christmas Market, the Santa Dash, St Martin's Christmas Tree Festival and any other local Christmas events. Send in your best Christmas shots.

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The theme for Marple's 57th Carnival was Marple's Through The Decades, giving a fantastic opportunity for a wide range of costumes and colour. This year the parade was much bigger than previous years and there was a new "Food Court" in Memorial Park and lots of good comments from the public. As always, if you took any good shots on the day, please send them in to be added to this album.

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