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Marple Carnival 19061117 viewsCrowds gather at the corner of Market Street and Stockport Road during Marple Carnival in 1906.
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Queen's visit to Marple 1968 - 081114 viewsThe Queen meets the people of Marple in May 1968. Can you identify any of them for us?
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Crafts1112 viewsSalmon a leaping.
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Marple Carnival 19661106 viewsA Pipe Band enters Hollins Lane during Marple Carnival in 1966.
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Explosion on Church Street1103 viewsNow La Dolce Vita restaurant, the shop is here being re-built after a fatal gunpowder explosion in 1902.
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Bonfire on the Ridge1093 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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River Goyt in full flow - summer 20021092 viewsA photo by Ray Noble of the River Goyt in full flow at Marple Bridge in the summer of 2002.
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Marple Carnival 19761091 viewsRomiley "18 Plus" Group at Marple Carnival 1976.
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Marple Carnival 1920s1083 viewsThe Marple Carnival Parade passes the ivy covered frontage of Hollins Mill in the 1920s.
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Snow in the 1940s1081 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1940. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Snow in the 1940s1078 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1947. Hibbert Lane with the Willows School in the background. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Marple Carnival 19061075 viewsMarple Carnival in 1906. The girls are in a field that is now the site of the council houses by the Vet on Hibbert Lane.
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