Dedication of Memorial Park 1922
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Group 08 1649 - 1660 & 09 - 1651Some guesswork going on here, but this group seems to include John Bradshawe (H.L. Fish), Oliver Cromwell (F. Pickstock), Col. Henry Bradshawe (D. Pott) and John Milton (G.R. Swaine) plus Roundheads T. Barber, T.E. Barnes, T. Baxter, F. & R. Booth, J. Braddock, H. Eckersley, E. Graham, H. Kershaw, A Yarwood, T. Fitton, F. Jackson and H. Revill.
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Group 08 on the MarchParticipants in the 1922 pageant dedicating Marple War Memorial walk along Winnington Road. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Group 11 - 1790 - 1820And another guess is that these are Marple Grammar School - J. McLearn and School Children.
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Group 12 - 1790 - 1830This group is led by Samuel Oldknow (J. H. Wild), Sir Richard Arkwright (F. Robertson) John Clayton (J. Woodhouse) and Nathaniel Wright (C.F. Winterbottom). The Factory Apprentices following them are members of the Marple Girl Guides and Boy Scouts.
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Group 12 1790 - 1830A newspaper cutting of the 1922 Historical Pageant entering Memorial Park from Stockport Road. Notice the old lodge at the entrance, photos of which seem to be extremely rare.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Group 12 1790 - 1830.Could be Samuel Oldknow (J.H. Wild) but we think it looks more like Sir Richard Arkwright played by F. Robertson.
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Group 15 - 1800These are probably the Maypole Dancers listed in the programme, under the direction of Miss Johnson.
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Group 15 - 1800?It's a guess but these are probably the Maypole Dancers, School Children under the direction of Miss Johnson.
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Group 16 - 1830John Pearson is driving the New Mills to Manchester Stage Coach with passengers Mrs. Abdela, Misses J. & M. Abdela, K. Barrett, A.A. Dobson, M. Higginbottom, D. Taylor, L. Groves, L. Prentice, H. Tefft, Mrs. Greenwood, Geo Kelsall and E.J. Abdela. Highwaymen following are J. Turner, E. Dutton and G. Shaw.
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Group 16 - 1830The New Mills to Manchester Stage Coach is pictured behind Sir Richard Vernon's Archers.
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Group 17The National Dancers - members of the Girls' Institute under the direction of Miss Wood - in the centre of a larger group in Memorial Park.
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Group 17 - National DancersThe National Dancers were members of the Girls' Institute under the direction of Miss Wood.
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