The Society has thousands of items in its archives, which have been collected since the early 1960s and are stored at the Mellor Parish Centre, Church Road, Mellor SK6 5LX. A team of volunteers meets most Thursday mornings and is currently working on producing a comprehensive catalogue, which obviously will continue to expand as the collection increases.
Featured Item
Betty Carver : The Monty connection
Extract from "The Making of a General" book.
Audrey Featherstone article The Marple Connection, full transcript on Marple website.
Newspaper article…
Featured Collection
Marple Hall
Series of Folders containing items relating to Marple Hall / Bradshaws / Isherwoods.
Stored in the bottom drawer of cabinet B on the right hand side…
Recently Added Items
Mellor Mill Fire : Material from Marple Parish Magazines : 1892/6
Extracts from Marple Parish Magazines dating from 1892 - 6 giving information on the Mellor Mill Fire and its effect on the community.
Oldknows…
Photographs Brabyns Hall Military Hospital : c 1917
Six Black & White group photographs showing Miss Hudson with staff, nurses and wounded soldiers. c 1917
Report : Daily Telegraph : 1999 : C Isherwoods Papers Sold to Library
Newspaper article from the Daily Telegraph dated 11.5.1999 reporting on Christopher Isherwood private papers having been acquired by the Huntington…