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Marple Carnival 19761027 views3rd Marple Brownies win 1st prize in the 1976 Marple Carnival Fancy Dress competition as the Pied Piper of Hamlin and Rats.
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Queen's visit to Marple 1968 - 071027 viewsThe Queen meets Civic Society members Mrs Margaret L Thomas, Secretary, Mr M R H Austen, Vice Chairman, and Messrs. N C Cook and R B Sexton, both architects who advised on the Possett Bridge project.
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Flooding at Chadkirk1025 viewsThe scene of the flooding at Chadkirk in 1911 today.
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Church Procession1024 viewsA church procession down Stockport Road. Note how the Hollins Mill dominates the centre of Marple.
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Snow in the 1940s1019 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1940. Rose Hill Station. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Marple Carnival 19761014 viewsThe Save the Children float in Marple Carnival 1976.
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Marple Carnival 19641007 viewsThe Great Britain Carnival Queen visits Marple in 1964.
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Queen's visit to Marple 1968 - 08999 viewsThe Queen meets the people of Marple in May 1968. Can you identify any of them for us?
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Marple Carnival 1960s992 viewsA troup of dancers make their way down Brabyns Brow on the way to the park during Marple Carnival.
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Marple Carnival 2015991 viewsIt does look like Mr Saunders! By Arthur Procter.
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Bonfire on the Ridge990 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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Woodley Whit Walk986 viewsWoodley Primitive Methodist Sunday School Whit Walk.
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