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Handwritten account with transcript of the corn mill built in 1691 and other locations in Marple Bridge : author/date unknown.

Typed three page document entitled "What it was like to be a Child Living in Moor End, Mellor during the Second World War" by Annabel Cloughley, September 2004.
Sub heading informs "This information gained from Grace who lived in Moor End during the…

Typed reminiscences of Mrs Vera Linihan in 2013 when she was 87 with happy memories as an evacuee at Woodville Hall in 1939 staying with Mrs Barlow and staff

Two typed letters from Peter Broadhurst to Bill Hatton with memories of when he stayed with his grandparents who lived at Waterside in Marple

26 typed transcriptions of varying lengths from cassette recordings. These memories were recorded, organised and presided over by Mrs Gladys Swindells, then Chairman of Marple Antiquarian Society (now Marple Local History Society). The original…

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

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.

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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.

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…

Typed account from Hilda Howard (nee Atkinson) of her time working at the T.B. Hospital on Dale Road. Marple and then at Hollins Mill and later when that closed, at Goyt Mill.

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…

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

Email from Colin Stegeman 2001 giving information on the German Prisoners of World War Two working in the area when he was a child.

Manchester Evening News article from June 1960 headed "Our village has been chopped into tiny little scraps" by Noel Duke who looks back on a simple life with illustration showing Church Lane & Jolly Sailor in Marple.

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…

Article from the Stockport Advertiser 1979 by Margaret Hughes entitled " When farm hayloft became a school" giving an account of when in 1831 Chapel House Farm loft was converted to become the first national school in Marple.

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. .

Newspaper articles relating to the Burton Family :
1930s? : Death of Dr Harry Burton, esteemed practitioner of Marple
1983 : Arise 'Lord' Burton of Marple - with an illustration of his coat of arms following family tree research
1999 : Monty…

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

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

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

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…

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

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.

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.