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Town Street766 viewsA hand coloured postcard of Town Street, Marple Bridge. The card is dated 1913 but the picture is probably earlier still.
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Weir and Corn Mill759 viewsHand coloured postcard of the weir and corn mill at Marple Bridge.
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Weir and Corn Mill759 viewsPostcard of the weir at Marple Bridge. postmark is either 1907 or 1917.
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Mill Brow758 viewsMill Brow, when it had mills, provided by Janet Holmes.
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Town Street751 viewsA familiar scene but the Royal Scot looks very different to today and was called "The Railway" then. It was called that in 1830, 35 years before the railways came to Marple!
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Norfolk Arms 1980750 viewsThe Norfolk Arms, from the Marple Civic Society Archives, dated 1980.
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Marple Bridge 1957750 viewsLooking up Town Street, Marple Bridge, in September 1957. Taken by Gordon Mills.
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Marple Bridge Toll House748 viewsOnce there was a Toll House at Marple bridge, on the site of the car park by Forge Bridge. The horse far left is on Hollins Lane. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Higginbotham Boot Repairs741 viewsS Higginbotham Boot Repair Shop on the (now) car park at the bottom of Longhurst Lane / Hollins Lane. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Gasometer738 viewsThe Gasometer at Ludworth, Marple Bridge being demolished in 1976. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Norfolk Arms 2011728 viewsThe Norfolk Arms, boarded up in February 2011. Taken by Arthur Procter.
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Marple Bridge722 viewsA view from on high of Marple Bridge with the Horse Shoe pub on the left. Provided by Ray Noble.
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