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Rose Hill Station Staff1025 viewsRose Hill Station Platform and Permanent Way Staff, from the left, Jimmy Pickford - Ganger, 3rd left, Horace Brown - Plate Layer.. 4th, Sid Grant - Station Master, 6th, Signal Man, far right, Jim Noble, Leading Porter. Circa 1949.
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Snow in the 1940s1021 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1940. Rose Hill Station. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Children's Orthopaedic Hospital 1949-511019 viewsKen Chaisty (left) during his stay at Treetops from 1949 to 1951 with a friend he made there called Roger Waters. Ken wonders if his pal became the famous singer / guitarist with Pink Floyd, or if they simply shared the same name.
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Marple Carnival 19761015 viewsThe Save the Children float in Marple Carnival 1976.
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Gathering at Hawk Green1012 viewsA gathering at Hawk Green. Note the bonfire on the Ridge in the distance - there are two stories as to when this was. One suggests the coronation of Edward VII (1902) and the other at the end of WW1 (c1918-19). From Marple Local History Society Archives. Registered users can view a larger version of this image.
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Children's Orthopaedic Hospital Staff1010 viewsStaff at the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital, thought to be in the summer of 1950. See comments for a full list of known names and the periods they worked at the hospital. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Marple Carnival 19641009 viewsThe Great Britain Carnival Queen visits Marple in 1964.
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Queen's visit to Marple 1968 - 081001 viewsThe Queen meets the people of Marple in May 1968. Can you identify any of them for us?
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Exterior of 'Treetops' Hospital998 viewsMarple Children's Orthopaedic Hospital, during 1930s.
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Willows Football Team 1959/60997 viewsThe Willows School football team season 1959/60.
See the comments for all names but one. Can you identify the mystery player front row second left?
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Marple Carnival 1960s994 viewsA troup of dancers make their way down Brabyns Brow on the way to the park during Marple Carnival.
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Colin Ingham & Andrew Noble994 viewsColin Ingham & Andrew Noble during repairs to the roof of the Railway Public House in 1987.
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