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Flooding at Chadkirk1214 viewsFlooding at Chadkirk. The tall lad on the left is Tommy Lyle, who died 3 August 1995. The date of this image is recorded as 1923 and 1930, so it's unclear which is correct. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Bowling Green Fire1079 viewsThe Bowling Green, a landmark pub full of history, goes up in smoke.
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Woodley Whit Walk1018 viewsWoodley Primitive Methodist Sunday School Whit Walk.
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Church Procession1012 viewsA church procession down Stockport Road. Note how the Hollins Mill dominates the centre of Marple.
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Flooding at Chadkirk1005 viewsThe scene of the flooding at Chadkirk in 1911 today.
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Bonfire on the Ridge980 viewsTwo images of the same bonfire tell different stories. This one says it was to celebrate the end of WW1 (1918-19) the other says the coronation of Edward VII (1902) but which is right? From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Flooding at Chadkirk963 viewsAnother scene of the flooding at Chadkirk in 1923 or 1930.
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Woodley Whit Walk962 viewsWoodley Primitive Methodist Sunday School Whit Walk.
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All Saints' Walk 1952952 viewsAll Saints' Walk passes the cinema on Stockport Road in 1952. Provided by Mrs. Selma Fielding.
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Explosion on Church Street942 viewsNow La Dolce Vita restaurant, the shop is here being re-built after a fatal gunpowder explosion in 1902.
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River Goyt in full flow - summer 2002906 viewsA photo by Ray Noble of the River Goyt in full flow at Marple Bridge in the summer of 2002.
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Strines Chimney Demolition808 viewsThe base of the Strines Chimney cracks and the whole structure crumbles.
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