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Marple Wharf277 viewsThe milk has been delivered on a wintery Marple Wharf.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Top Lock277 viewsPostcard of the Peak Forest and Macclesfield Canal junction.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Canal View277 viewsBoating on the canal near Hawk Green with All Saints' Church in the background. Provided by Janet Holmes.
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Oldknow's Warehouse 1978276 viewsOldknow's Warehouse, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1978.
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Repairs at Lock 12276 viewsCanal and Rivers Trust carrying out repairs in December 2012. By Arthur Procter.
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Strines Road Canal Arm275 viewsThe Strines Road arm of the canal, now filled in, which used to run from Possett Bridge to the Lime Kilns. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Sunday School Outing 1905275 viewsA Sunday School outing at Brick Bridge on Mary, James Goddard's Marple narrow boat in 1905. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Repairs at Lock 08275 viewsCanal and Rivers Trust carrying out repairs in December 2012. By Arthur Procter.
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Subsidence at Lock 15275 viewsSigns of subsidence at Lock 15 on 23 September 2017. By Arthur Procter.
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Oldknow's Warehouse273 viewsOldknow's Warehouse in late 1960s or early 1970s.
From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Possett Bridge Tree Planting 1979272 viewsCivic Society member Basil Sexton planting trees at Possett Bridge, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1979. Basil Sexton was one of the founding architects of the Civic Society and later chairman. Still a Life Member but now living in Grange-over-Sands.
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Canal Bank Collapse August 2012272 viewsCanal bank collapse just below Lock 7 in August 2012. Photo by Louise Thistleton.
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