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Rose Hill Station StaffRose Hill Station Platform and Permanent Way Staff, from the left, Jimmy Pickford - Ganger, 3rd left, Horace Brown - Plate Layer.. 4th, Sid Grant - Station Master, 6th, Signal Man, far right, Jim Noble, Leading Porter. Circa 1949.
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Rothwell, ThomasMr Thomas Rothwell, posing in Hollins Mill, provided by Great-great-granddaughter Linda Campbell. Thomas was born 1867 and according to the 1901 census he worked as an Overlooker at the mill. In the 1939 census he was listed as a retired cotton mill manager.
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Rowbottom, JohnJohn Rowbottom, Mellor Blacksmith, delivering paraffin in a vehicle that might once have been the hearse. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Rowbotton, JohnJohn Rowbottom, village Blacksmith at Moor End. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Ryan Heywood Ryan Heywood, eldest grandson of a very proud Ray Noble, ready for his passing out parade at Hyde Park Barracks London on 27 July 2012.
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Ryan HeywoodRyan Heywood (centre), eldest grandson of Ray Noble, Trooping the Colour at Buckingham Palace.
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Ryan Heywood at Buckingham PalaceRyan Heyward and his wife Ashley from Arkansas U.S.A. were invited to the Queens garden party at Buckingham Palace on 22/07/08. He is a Lance Corporal with The Band of The Kings Division and plays French Horn. Ryan is Ray Noble's eldest grandson and started playing with Marple Junior Band when he was about ten. Click for a larger version.
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Samuel OldknowSamuel Oldknow, the man who shaped Marple and whose legacy remains throughout the area.
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Samuel OldknowA photograph of Samuel Oldknow's portrait in Marple Library.
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Samuel Oldknow Esq.A print from an engraving by S. W. Roberts (Engraver to His Majesty) based on a painting by J. Allen. It was published in 1830, two years after Oldknow's death but presumably painted some years earlier as he looks much younger than 72. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Samuel Oldknow MomentoA decorative Samuel Oldknow crest, perhaps from a piece of furniture. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Samuel Oldknow MomentoClose-up of a box commemorating Samuel Oldknow's role as High Sheriff for the County of Derby in 1824. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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