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Hollins House 1960789 viewsMarple Council Offices, Hollins House, taken by Gordon Mills on Christmas Day 1960.
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Hollins Mill 1957788 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. In 1891, at its peak, the Hollins Mill Company had 63,000 spindles and 1,500 looms.
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Hollins Mill 1957782 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. A canal arm ran from below lock 13 on the Peak Forest Canal to the mill.
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Christmas in Hollins Mill Canteen778 viewsAnyone for a brew! Christmas in the Hollins Mill Canteen, early 1950s.
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Hollins Mill 1957776 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. Thomas & John Carver and Samuel & Edwin Hodgkinson brought the mill in 1859.
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Hollins Mill 1957774 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. The mill closed in 1954 when production was transferred to Matlock Bath & Portwood.
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Hollins Mill 1957772 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. Sheeting produced at the mill was sold as "Marple Sheets".
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Hollins Mill 1957762 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. The workers in the mill went on strike for the first time in 1885.
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Hollins Mill 1957755 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. The mill used to close, usually in the 2nd week in August, for "Wakes Week. During this time no wages were paid.
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Hollins Mill 1957745 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. These top quality colour slides must have been 'state of the art' at the time.
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Hollins Mill 1957745 viewsDemolition of Hollins Mill in 1957. The mill was built in 1836 by Charles Walmsley.
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Memorial Park733 viewsA hand coloured shot of Memorial Park that's hard to date but we think that sapling in the centre may be the Coronation Tree, placing it shortly after 1953.
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