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Booklet "John's Story the memoirs of John Taylor" printed 2018.
Donated by Beryl Shepherd, John's sister 2022.

107 pages with photographs and hand drawn illustrations cover John's early years at school, war years, work and sporting involvement…

Correspondence and photographs donated to MLHS by Martin Cross 2022.
Correspondence gives information on his family connection to the 22 photographs all on the virtual tour (search Martin Cross).

These photographs are stored in our photograph…

Eight punched pockets containing email/letter correspondence to Ann Hearle requesting family research information on the following families:

Ridgway : includes family tree from 1550 & transcripts of wills.
Hartle : Correspondence from Canada…

Three page handwritten "ramblings" with typed transcript headed "Lynne's Historical Ramblings of the Surrounding Area".
Written by Lynne Douglas 2019.

Typed A4 sheet headed "Stone Row" with memories of Stone Row and the family houses : Barbara Thornley 2019

Email correspondence received in 2019 from Marple resident after photographs appeared in MLHS Newsletter showing cottages at the Jolly Sailor.
Memories of her family's hairdressing premises, her family's house on Market Street where the cellar was…

A4 tinted hand drawn cartoon novelty street map "Drawn by Mike" highlighting the center of Marple with decorative lozenge stating "Map of Marple as it seemed to be 1956 - 7" with properties of friends and relatives highlighted with scrolls.
Mike…

Ring bound typed pages by Tom Oldham as a follow on to the "Youthful Days in Mellor", dwelling on his later days at school, college and working career in the 1930's and retirement in Mellor.

Go to Hyperlink below for four articles from MLHS…

13 page transcript of interview with Peggy Gould-Martin by Gordon Mills with her early memories of Marple in the 1920's and 1930's.
Peggy was born in 1922 and lived all her life in Marple.
Typed 2018 from audio tape recorded in 2006 from Bill…

Six pages of typed text entitled "Memories of Life in our Village during the War" with supporting maps and colour photographs on card produced by Brian Kay 2004. with memories of WW1 in 2001.
Held by blue paper gripper.

Eight pages of text with photographs on card in display pocket binder created by Brian Kay 2004.
Reminiscences of people and work at the Marple Council Electricity Department during the late 1940's.

Three page typed memories of Compstall during the 1930's & 40's, from Brian Kay whose family lived at Compstall Post office, including photo of Brian and parents.

Three page handwritten letter from Bill Hughes from Gee Cross, Hyde with memories of Marple Bridge in the 1920's.
Typed transcript

Two page typed letter to Mr & Mrs Marsden the landlords of the Oddfellow Arms, Mellor from Marion Woods (nee Marsland) 1978 with memories of her grandmother who lived in Rock Cottage and her family connection to Mellor.
Typed transcript.

Photocopy of letter from N Wilde at Mellor on 14th October 1826 to her "sister".
Typed transcript.
Donated by the daughter of Emmanuel Wilde, great granddaughter of N Wilde.

Single page typed document by Tom Oldham on the Potts Family taken from letter from Kathleen Potts.
Typed transcript.
Newspaper cutting and two typed reports relating to the Pott family.

Single page of handwritten memories (on both sides) from Rupert Hughes of inhabitants of Moor End when he was growing up.
Typed transcript.

Single typed page of memories of Moor End and Gibb Lane from J Taylor on the residents and places he remembers.
Typed transcript

Single page of handwritten memories by Jessie Ashworth on the inhabitants of Moor End.
Typed transcript.

Thirty one page text for a lecture given by Joel Wainwright in the Union Rooms, Marple 1882.
History of Marple within national events, Samuel Oldknow's involvement with church, road, mills and local worthies.

Photocopies of A Schofield's handwritten memoirs from 1889 when he started work at Bottoms Mill at age 11.
Letter from University of Manchester who sent copies to Ann Hearle in 1993

Go to Hyperlink below for article from MLHS website relating to…

Photocopy of newspaper article from The Reporter dated March 14th 1925 under the heading "The Hibberts of Marple Bridge, Interesting Reminiscences" by Miss Florence Hibbert of her great grandfather Peter Hibbert and other family members and their…

Single typed page from Alice Taylor with memories of Marple in the 1880's & 90's

Collection of correspondence both handwritten and typed between Jim Berry and Arthur Hulme in 1965.
Recollections and answers to queries raised between both men on various subjects including memories of school and work in Marple

Three typed pages titled "Marple Memories" from Jean Walmsley (nee McGraa) who was an evacuee to Marple when seven years old during the blitz on Manchester.