The Virtual Time Tour of Marple

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22 images of Roman Lakes, Roman Bridge and surrounds have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=16

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16 new images of Mellor Mill and surrounds have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-10

They include this much better version of one that was already on-line:

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Several new images of Marple Hall all taken in the year 1900 have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-6

They include this picture of Harry Mainwaring (Peover Hall) sitting on the back wall overlooking Marple Dale.

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Three images recently received by Marple Local History Society showing the Bradshawe-Isherwoods, owners of Marple Hall, in around 1907 have been added to the Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-6

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Some fantastic images of Marple Hall added to the Virtual Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=2

The additions feature many interior shots previously unseen and including the often described John Bradshawe oak bed with carved mottos and the magnificent staircase long before the roof fell in.

To read more about the hall visit: www.marple-uk.com/marplehall/

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Some more images from Marple Local History Society's "Mellor" folders uploaded this morning. These include some great photos of Mellor Lodge. What a great shame Samuel Oldknow's home didn't survive.

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

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More images of Mellor and Marple Bridge have have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning including this fantastic photo of Jack Hadfield and his sons at Mellor Hall Farm:

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

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Several more images of Mellor Church from Marple Local History Society Archives have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning, including this very old 3D slide showing the inside c1890 below:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-37

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More Mellor related images have been added to the Virtual History Tour this morning, including this very faded image of a veteran with his "fiddle" in Slack Wood:

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

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It's definitely Mellor rec - you can tell from the houses in Gibb Lane, on the far right of the picture. 

Thanks Dave and Amazon - I've moved and re-captioned the image.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=9075

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No that's not Marple Bridge. Used to be one back of Lower Fold Windsor Castle but it's not this one.

It's definitely Mellor rec - you can tell from the houses in Gibb Lane, on the far right of the picture. 

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Another half-dozen images from Marple Local History Society Archives uploaded this morning, featuring Mellor Hall:

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

Including Craven (Mr?) who used to own it in the 1900s. Anyone know more about him?

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Also there is a postcard labelled on the card itself as Marple Bridge Recreation Ground. It looks like the one in Mellor to me. Was / is there a Marple Bridge Rec?

No that's not Marple Bridge. Used to be one back of Lower Fold Windsor Castle but it's not this one.

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Another 30 images from the MLHS archives have been added to the Virtual Tour this afternoon, mostly of Mellor / Moor End.

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

There's one annotated on the back as the "Miners Arms", which, according to Jack Turnbull's "Last Orders Please" was once at Moor End in Mellor. However, the sign over the door says the "Jordan Arms" and the landlord was William Butler. A bit of surfing suggests that this was in New Mills - can anyone confirm?



Also there is a postcard labelled on the card itself as Marple Bridge Recreation Ground. It looks like the one in Mellor to me. Was / is there a Marple Bridge Rec?

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A selection of images from Marple Local History Society Archives relating to Roman Lakes and Samuel Oldknow have been added to the Tour this morning.

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

These include a Seasonal Greeting Card made by local historian Arthur Hulme and sent to one of his fellow Antiquarian Society members.



The archives also identified that the chap sat on Oldknow's Seat in this image already on the tour is the same Arthur Hulme.