The Virtual Time Tour of Marple

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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.

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A selection of images from Marple Local History Society Archives featuring Mellor Church and surrounds have been uploaded to the Virtual Tour this morning, including a very early image from 1880.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=12

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Five more new Marple Bridge images provided by Helena Cowell have been uploaded to the Virtual Tour this afternoon:

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

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A couple of new images of Marple Bridge Barber Fred Hyde (Snr & Jnr) provided by neice / granddaughter Helena Cowell have been added to the Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-45

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In the last day or so The Virtual Tour has passed the amazing milestone of 2,000,000 image views!

http://visitmarple.co.uk

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Three new images from Susan Magee (nee Harding) who was able to identify herself as a baby in two photos taken at Marple Childrens' Orthopaedic Hospital have been added to the Treetops Album:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-56

Also half a dozen Marple Carnival images from 1970 provided by Alan McFall have been added to Vintage Carnivals:

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

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A batch of photos from Marple Local History Society Archives taken during Town Street's darkest year - following collapse of the retaining wall - have been uploaded to the Virtual Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-47

A photo of the water main burst that was already on the Tour has also been replaced with a much better copy:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=496

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Another 21 images from Marple Local History Society Archives, including a couple of mysteries again that you may be able to help with.

There are also three images from Hyde - I wouldn't normally include these but they are just too fascinating to leave out.

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

This particular image I think I've seen before but I can't locate it on the Tour. Do you recognise where it is?  
It's labelled on the back "Dooley Lane Cottages?" and "Harrisons Brow?". It doesn't seem to tie up with other images of Dooley Lane though.

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A quick upload of 3 new images this morning, two from Ray Noble and one found in Marple Local History Society's "Unidentified" folder:

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

Also, a better copy of this image was in the unidentified folder too:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=833

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21 newly scanned images from Marple Local History Society Archives of the Marple Bridge area have been uploaded to the Virtual Tour this morning:

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

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No 1 is Red Row, Parkside Lane, Mellor, and no 2 may possibly be the same.

Thanks Dave - I'm pretty sure that they are the back and front of the same houses, so that's two sorted.

[Dave]

No 1 is Red Row, Parkside Lane, Mellor, and no 2 may possibly be the same.

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A range of black and white negatives from a Marple Local History Society folder entitled "Odds and Ends" have been scanned and uploaded to the Virtual Tour this morning. The main topics of these are the Apprentice Houses at Bottoms Hall, the Aqueduct and the Canal and Locks. The canal and aqueduct images are clearly labelled as being taken in November 1967 and it's assumed that the others are around the same period.

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

There are also some mystery people and locations and I'm hoping that local visitors may be able to help identify who and where some of these are:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=33

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Unfortunately due to the thunderstorm this morning an exchange of posts between Dave and me has been lost.

Dave managed to help identify the mystery mill in one of the images uploaded yesterday as Primrose Mill, and the captions have been amended.

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