Memories : Folder 2

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Title

Memories : Folder 2

Subject

Memories and recollections.

Description

A folder of items relating to memories of local people.

Creator

Not in General Filing System due to volumn. With Churches

Source

Data Protection Chcked/Updated : JC:2022

Identifier

MMR/02

Collection Items

Transcript of Mrs Percy Woodhead's talk on Marple / Mellor
Typed 13 paged transcript of a talk given by Mrs Percy Woodhead on Marple/Mellor on the development of Marple, families and industry. Undated

Mellor Church as it was 80 Years ago : Alice Taylor
Eight pages of typed recollections of the late Mrs Alice Taylor of Gibb Lane, Mellor under the title "Mellor Church as it was 80 Years ago. Old Resident's Recollections."
Descriptions of Vicarage, services and school.

Memories of Betty Rowbottom : Maid at Brabyns Hall : 1926
Original handwritten memories with transcript of Betty Johnson now Mrs Rowbottom who was in service at Brabyns Hall from 1926 , with memories of house approach and interior, staff and duties.

Seventy Years ago in "Top Mellor" : Tom Oldham
Eighteen typed pages with memories of living in Mellor by Tom Oldham giving history, information on locations, shops and people around the 1920's

Interview with Miss Lizzie Hodson aged 79 : Recorded 1968
Typed interview with Miss Lizzie Hodson in the form of question and answer, recorded 1968.
Miss Hodson was the Secretary of the Marple Congregational Junior Church formerly the Sunday School she was 79 at time of recording. She was born in Marple…

Handwritten transcript of John Tym's Diary : 1881
Handwritten copy of The Diary of John Tym from 17th December 1881, copied in 1970 by R E Thelwall of Marple.Bridge.
This is a record of his daily activities, work, the weather, etc.
e.g. "Ground covered in snow, interred Mrs Maclean at Geecross…

"I remember when.... " extracts from Parish Magazine
Two extracts under the title "I remember when..." taken from the Parish Magazine :
1. Memories of Mellor and Marple Bridge" by Graham Hudson
2. "Three Chimneys, Cobden Edge, Mellor" by Peter Edwards

Mrs L M Taylor "Changes in Marple" including research notes & jottings
Red folder containing Mrs Taylors research notes, draft documents and jottings.
Typed essay "Changes in Marple" listing local roads and buildings with a history and describing how they have altered. .

Draft of Book " A Choirboy's Story" by Ernest Washington
Nineteen page typed draft titled "A Choirboy's Story, Marple : My Life & Times There" by Ernest Washington who was born in Chadwick Street, Marple in 1882.
This gives his memories of church, winning prizes with the Marple Bridge Male Voice…

Shooting Journal of W Watkin from 1932
Hardback journal of handwritten notes with photographs on shooting outings in the local area which was started in 1932 by Mr W Watkin. This contains photographs of his guns, outside Compstall Hall and at Biggin.
Photocopy of newspaper obituary dated…
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