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Strines Chimney DemolitionThe Strines Chimney is gone - recorded by Ian Bowker on 13th January 2007.Jan 19, 2007
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Strines Chimney DemolitionThis shot of the Strines Chimney demolition taken from the Ridge by Ian Bowker looks a bit like a space launch!Jan 19, 2007
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Children at PlayChildren at play in what could be Roman Lakes or perhaps Marple Dale.Jan 07, 2007
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John WoodA photo of John Wood, proprieter of Norbury Smithy as a young boy, taken from a tin plate negative.Jan 07, 2007
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John WoodJohn Wood in later years when he was proprieter of Norbury Smithy.Jan 07, 2007
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Drought circa 1920A visit to the well on "Coal Pit Lane", now Edward Street, during a drought c1920.
L to R (Back Row): Harry France, Not known, Harriet Greaves, Annie Swan, Mrs Annie Aldred, Mrs Bradbury, Marie Knowles, Mrs Walsh, Emily Knowles, Not known, Marie Etchells, Laura Booth, Nellie Hudson, Cissie Aldred, Mary Booth, Lucy Bradbury, Miss Walsh, Alice France.
(Bottom Row): Sam Nield, Alfie Nield, Stanley Etchells, Joe Wood, Charlie Wood, Willie Aldred, Beatie Aldred, Jane France.
Jan 01, 2007
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Compstall Council School 1923L to R (Back Row): George Chatterton, Sam Waters, Clifford Tym, Neville Wood, Eddie Hibbs, Cyril Cooper, Laurence Wooller, Harold Froggatt, Albert Hibbs.
(Middle Row): Freda Ramsden, Gladys Cheetham, Ivy Green, Phyllis Bates, Gladys Booth, Edith Brooks, Alma Wild, Fred Cooper.
(Front Row): Winnie Owen, Annie Wooller, Annie Bradshaw, Esther Chatterton, Edna Pickford, Alice Hadfield, George Higginbotham, Norman Wooller, Gordon Knowles.
The formidable teacher on the right was Mrs Hinchcliffe.
Jan 01, 2007
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Marple Defense Corps 1915A new copy of the Marple Defense Corps taken on 27th February 1915 but wereabouts on the railway was it taken?Dec 29, 2006
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Marple Defense Corps 1915An enlarged view of the left-hand side of the full Marple Defense Corps picture to get a better look at the faces.Dec 29, 2006
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Marple Defense Corps 1915An enlarged view of the right-hand side of the full Marple Defense Corps picture to get a better look at the faces.Dec 29, 2006
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Marple Urban District CouncilDignitaries from Marple Urban District Council pose outside the council offices on Market Street (NatWest Bank) with a local soldier, Christmas 1914.Dec 21, 2006
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All Saints' SchoolAn excellent previously unseen picture of All Saints' School on Church Lane taken from within the shadow of the Ring o' Bells pub. Some time after 1902 as the old school building has gone.Dec 21, 2006
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