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Original Photographs :1. Postcard : Centenary pillar boxes : 1994 x 1 2. Views of Town Street 2019 (b and w) x 43. Site visit to Co-op building Lower Fold 1996, views front and back x 24. Norfolk Arms 1996 : Nat West Bank has gone x 15. Colour…

Original Photographs1. Horseshoe / Norfolk Arms (one tinted) x 2 2. Views of Town Street x 63. Railway Hotel, Town Street x 24. Low Lea Road, off Town Street x 15. S Higginbotham : boot repairer x 16. Ardern’s Butchers x 27. Fred Hyde : Barber x 28.…

Original Photographs: 1. Black & white images on card following the river Goyt from Marple Bridge to Roman Bridge x 182. Ford over River Goyt x 1

Original Photographs :1. Colour photographs (selection) x 61 2. Colour photographs on card (selection) x 11 3. Margaret Thatcher's visit 1992 x 3 Paper Copies :Colour photographs restoration x 11Colour photographs opening celebrations 1992 x…

Original Photographs :1. Postcard : Glossop Road, Ludworth x 12. Hare & Hounds Pub, Mill Brow x 13. Group in the bar at the Hare & Hounds x 1 4. Rear of Grey Mare Pub on Glossop Road(including 3 from Martin Cross research) x 45. Small…

Original Photographs :1. Restoration & re-opening 1997 (selection in colour) x 132. Forge Mill ( VT : The Spade Mill) x 3 3. Forge Mill before and after restoration x 24. Forge Bridge dam 2004 : S ilting up of pool 2005 x 25. Forge Mill :…

Original Photographs :1. Postcard : Norfolk Arms x 12. Scenes of interest in and around Marple Bridge x 33. Station cabby, Marple x 1 4. Co-op stables, Marple Bridge x 1 5. Midland Pub on right into Marple Bridge : Horses outside x 26. Views : Marple…

Original Photographs :1. Brabyns Brow Lodge x 92. Looking down Brabyns Brow to Marple Bridge x 233. Accidents on Brabyns Brow x 12 4. Brabyns Brow at Marple Bridge x 65. The Midland alterations 1989 x 26. “Old Joe” Brabyns Brow x 17. Railway Station…

Original Photographs :1. Council Offices x 12. Board listing UDC Chairmen x 3 3. Councillors and events x 3 Paper Copies :Council Offices, Market Street x 1Councillors and events x 1

67 colour photographs taken in 1970's with accompanying map showing locations of images. Large map produced by E Ball, Engineer & Surveyor at Council Offices Marple, scale 1/500. * Hand written note by M Whittaker dated 2012 stating that Nos…

Original Photographs including AFS - ARP1. Postcards x 42. Pre 1970 x 33. Post 1970 x 6Paper Photographs :Pre 1970 x 5

Original Photographs 1. High Lane area substations, black and white x 6 2. Rose Hill area substations, black and white x 53. Marple general including Windlehurst Road power stations, black and white x 7 4. Marple Bridge area substations, black and…

Three typed pages of Memories of Marple by Adrian Dobson from the 1950's covering childhood and family. Mr Dobson attended the archive group in 2024 with a flint arrowhead that had been found in the garden of 296 Stockport Road which is the house he…

Silver Salver presented to Sir Percy Woodhouse on his retirement from Hambly & Co.
Sir Percy Woodhouse married Louisa the daughter of Joel Wainwright and built "Longmead" on Glossop Road.
Lady Louisa was the founder of the W.I on Lower…

Original Photographs : Index will be completed when images on loan are returned.1. Amateur dramatic / operetta performances x 42. Tennis club members x 33. Ladies swimming treams 1930s x 44. Compstall cricket team and Mellor cricket team, some dated…

Original Photographs :1. Groups of pupils from The Willows, undated x 32. Children from The Willows tidying area of ground before Queen’s visit in 1966 x 13. The Willows building x 14. Views of Ridge School Annexe on Buxton Lane x 25. Marple Hall…

Original Photographs :1. Images of school buildings : St Mary’s, St Martin’s, Brabyns, High Lane, The Dale, Peacefield, Turf Lea x 82. New Mellor School : building and classroom wall displays x 83. Class groups at St Mary’s x 44. Class groups : High…

Original Photographs :1. Class groups, some dated 1920 and 1921, one a group of teachers, black and white x 302. Class group 1931, names on reverse, postcard x 13. Images on card of extension to Ludworth School building in 1972 x 44. Groups of pupils…

Original Photographs :1. Postcards – groups of pupils from All Saints, some dated 1922-24, 25, 28 (b/w) x 122. Groups of All Saints pupils (b/w) x 33. Groups of All Saints pupils dated 1928 & 1929 (b/w) x 44. All Saints school building with Whit…

Original Photographs :1. Group photographs of Classes : 1880, 1913, 1900, circa 1927 x 72. Albert School building on Church Lane before demolition (colour) x 13. Group photograph of teachers x 1 Paper Photographs :Group of pupils in ‘Sunday best’…

Original Photographs :1. Rose Hill, views of station 1960s, 1978, 1989 x 62. Rose Hill, individual station buildings 1969, 1989 x 63. Rose Hill, single track work x 24. Rose Hill, events 1940s x 35. High Lane station, undated x 16. Strines station,…

Original Photographs :1. Marple station 1978, 1980, 1989 x 112. Marple Wharf junction 1978 x 23. Marple Wharf and Marple Goyt viaducts 1978 x 54. Middlewood station 1910, 1962 & 1978 x 75. Marple station (lift) and line improvements 2000 &…

Original Photographs :1. Postcards – x 42. Marple station entrance x 33. Views of platforms x 34. Architecture before renovation x 5 (large)5. Official reopening of Marple station 1970 x 46. Rolling stock x 1Paper Photographs :Marple station entrance…

Original Photographs :1. “Unknown Gent” x 1 2. Shawled Lady in doorway - connection to Brabyns x 1 3. Collection of black and white reprinted photos, named and unnamed x 14 (an album is mentioned on reverse) Paper Photographs : Lacrosse teams x…

Original Photographs(one copy of each except where shown)1. Matthew Walker, 2000 Olympic Medalist2. Mrs Swindells & Mr Hulme : 1970's3. Harry & Sydney Bagshaw with Elon & Alan Sigley4. Amanda & Henry Prevost5. Geo Wheldon : Farmer6.…