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Re: The Virtual Time Tour of Marple
« Reply #287 on: January 22, 2011, 06:08:19 PM »
Some of the photos have the info:

Marple Carnival 1981
Marple Carnival Parade in the 1990s. Provided by Ray Noble.

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« Reply #286 on: January 22, 2011, 05:37:26 PM »
Over the last week or so the Virtual Tour software has been upgraded to the latest version, which has been quite involved but is now complete except for a few tweaks that I still need to make.

Although you probably won't notice much difference at the moment the upgrade will now allow me to introduce some new features and options that were not available before and I'll announce these as they are enabled.

In the meantime, I've now uploaded over 30 Carnival images that Ray Noble sent in after digging through his bottomless drawer of Carnival snaps through the ages! Many thanks Ray, sorry for the delay but I couldn't put them on-line until the upgrade was finished.

Here's the link: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-34

PS - one thing you may notice is the improved film-strip below the large image view, which now allows you to scroll through them.
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« Reply #285 on: January 16, 2011, 07:53:49 AM »
Twenty images from a Marple Local History folder entitled "People Unamed" have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning. They're a mixed (but very interesting) bag and it's been tricky deciding which albums to add them to but I've done my best!

They're mostly been added to the people galleries:
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=26

with these exceptions:
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-5343
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-5338

If you can shed any light on the people or locations depicted in these images then please get in touch.
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Re: The Virtual Time Tour of Marple
« Reply #284 on: January 09, 2011, 06:46:20 PM »
Eight images of Park & Paterson's labs in the early 1970s provided by Mark Shawcross (who worked there between 1980 - 1983) have been added to the Park & Paterson album this evening:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-104
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« Reply #283 on: December 31, 2010, 07:54:48 AM »
Four images from Marple Local History Society Archives feauring Marple Metal Products during WW2 have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning. Marple Metal Products Engineering Works was at the junction of Church Lane / Hibbert Lane near to the Hatters Arms. It was formerly the Gem Cinema and later the GPO building.

If you know more about this or if you recognise any of the people in the photos, please let me know.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-21
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« Reply #282 on: December 27, 2010, 07:49:53 AM »
A brand new album has been added to the Tour this morning featuring photographs of Park & Paterson's foundry that was situated on Cross Lane. There are some great images in this collection from Marple Local History Society Archives but unfortunately only one of them is dated. So if you can provide any information that would enable more of them to be dated it would be very helpful. I suspect that the black and white photos featuring workers Les Houghton, Malcolm Ashton, Jim Frost, Stan Geldart, Hugh McMullen and Bill Evans are from the 50s or 60s but it's had to tell from the way they're dressed. If you know more please get in touch.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=104

There were also two separate newspaper cuttings (undated) featuring James and Emma Law and Mr B. J. Nutt, see http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-45
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« Reply #281 on: December 24, 2010, 10:47:38 AM »
18 photos from Marple Local History Society's folder covering Marple Dale, Dan Bank and Dooley Lane areas have been added to the Tour this morning, along with more Carnival photos from Ray covering 1996 through to 2003:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

Several existing images have been updated with better copies too:
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-878
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-1383
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-731
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« Reply #280 on: December 21, 2010, 08:06:51 AM »
A handful of photos from Marple Local History Society's "Market Street" folder have been added to the Tour this morning, along with several more Carnival photos from Ray, this time dating from 1995.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

One Market Street photo has also been updated with a better copy:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-446
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« Reply #279 on: December 20, 2010, 07:59:36 AM »
And there's more! Ray has found a few more from the early 1990s:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-34

Thanks Ray!
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« Reply #278 on: December 19, 2010, 07:46:29 AM »
Some vintage carnival photos from Axel Thomas have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning. Have you got any like these tucked away in a drawer? Wouldn't it be fun to share them?

Ray Noble has responded by providing 18 photos of Marple Carnival Parade taken between 1976 and 1989 that have just been added to the Tour: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-34

Look out for a young man holding a trombone, which is a clue to his identity  :)

Plenty of room for more folks!
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« Reply #277 on: December 15, 2010, 08:19:51 AM »
Some vintage carnival photos from Axel Thomas have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning. Have you got any like these tucked away in a drawer? Wouldn't it be fun to share them?

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-34
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« Reply #276 on: December 12, 2010, 02:06:45 PM »
I've just uploaded the 5,000th image to the Virtual Tour and to commemorate this milestone I've made sure it's a special one that I've been saving from Marple Local History Society's Archives. It's of the Carver family on the steps of Hollins House in 1904 during the celebrations of Thomas and Hannah Carver's Golden Wedding anniversary.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-5156
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Re: The Virtual Time Tour of Marple
« Reply #275 on: November 29, 2010, 07:03:47 PM »
You're right BS, it's looking along Highfield Road off Union Road in the direction of Stockport. On Google Streetmaps there's enough detail to recognise the houses/walls on the left-hand side of the picture. Well done. Another person emailed me with the same suggestion too.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-5088
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« Reply #274 on: November 28, 2010, 07:38:56 PM »
It was past the Post Office going down stockport Road.I think it is the Kinaray now.The green area to the right of the picture is still there.

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« Reply #273 on: November 28, 2010, 05:39:24 PM »
I think the unknown workshop could be the old Grandalek t.v company, it was behind the shops on stockport Rd behind what was the Mysore Indian restaurant.

Where was the Mysore Restaurant? I seem to have missed that one.
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