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Mayor of Stockport1410 viewsMayor and Mayoress of Stockport with Cllr Craig Wright. By Malcolm Melia.
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Children's Orthopaedic Hospital1400 viewsDale Ward at the Orthopaedic Hospital, used as a classroom for the pre-registration nurses 16 -18 year olds. Miss Parkinson demonstrates anatomy on 'Jimmy' in the 1950s. Updated from Marple Local History Society Archives 20 August 2010.
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Snow in the 1940s1397 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1940. Station Road / Ley Hey Road. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Willows School Pupils 1953/541392 viewsWillows School pupils in 1953/54.
L-R (Back) J. Brodrick, F. Barlow, D. Nurse.
(Middle) Mr. T. Williams, J. Dawber, E. Dawson, D. Waters, D. Wood, A. Atkin, J. Berry, W. Marsden, G. Hudson, B. Tyson.
(Front) P. Clulow, J. Franklin, J. Barns, B. Wilson, J. Bellis, J. Sutton, T. Boon, B. Mullin, A. Peel.
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All Saints' School1386 viewsA group thought to be from All Saints' School. Front row third from left is believed to be Ruth Wood.
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Marple Band1355 viewsHarry Mycock watching Marple Band on Lock Side with Brian Arden leading them c1965. Others in the picture include Ray Noble, Phil Woodhouse, Charley and Colin Ingham.
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Snow in the 1940s1352 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1940. Station Road / Ley Hey Road. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Children's Orthopaedic Hospital Staff1346 viewsStaff at Treetops: front Mrs Dibbs, L to R, Susan Myers (nee Dawson), Staff Nurse Cherry, Elsie (nee Kirkpatrick) and an unknown student. Provided by David Myers.
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Will Buck and family1337 viewsWill Buck and family including J.S.Collings-Wells (left). circa 1905.
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Willows School Prefects 19541316 viewsRight half of a group of Willows School Prefects in 1954. We've cropped it into two so you can get a better view of their faces.
L-R (Back) Vivian Sweatmoor, John Sutton, John Berry, Anthony Atkin.
(Front) John Franklin, unknown, John Dawber, Kathleen Lee.
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1912 Home for Crippled Children1289 viewsThe first sod is cut in 1912 by Mrs C. B. Holmes for a Crippled Children's Home on Dale Road. In 1937 this became the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital "Treetops".
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Mike Callan1285 viewsThis photo of local man Mike Callan was taken at The Victoria Palace Theater, London, at the 1967 Mr. Universe contest. Mike was up against Arnold Schwarzenegger and came 5th! Mike was born at 2 Chapel Fields and lived on Shirley Avenue as a young lad until he married and moved to Glossop. He trained at a club at the rear of Glengarth which was the hay loft over the stables.
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