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Hawk Green Bonfire 2007633 viewsFireworks at Hawk Green Bonfire, 5th November 2007. Photo by Arthur Procter.
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Marple Firefighters633 viewsHarold Higginbottom & Bill Bradbury with A.N. Other.
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Gents on a Barrier c1900-1910633 viewsWe don't know who these chaps are or where they are but the slide came with several others provided by Marple Local History Society, so there is probably a Marple link.
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Mystery Group633 viewsFrom a box of glass slides in the Marple Local History Society Archives c1902. Can you help us to identify them?
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Roman Bridge632 viewsNote the derelict condition of the rails in this picture of Roman Bridge.
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Roman Lakes632 viewsThe sender has kindly dated this card 17th December 1909. In the background is a motor boat as well as rowing boats.
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Forge Bank Mill - Inside632 viewsInside Forge Bank Mill (Spade Forge) before restoration in the late 1990s. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Town Street632 viewsTown Street, Marple Bridge, that's Fred Hyde standing outside his barber shop, provided by Helena Cowell.
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Strines Road Canal Arm631 viewsThe Strines Road arm of the canal, now filled in, which used to run from Possett Bridge to the Lime Kilns.
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All Saints' New Church631 viewsA shot of All Saints New Church showing a rather narrow Church Lane in front. George V stamp means this is between 1911 & 1935.
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Marple Congregational Church Ladies 1908631 viewsYoung and not so young ladies, taken at the side of the Congregational Church Hibbert Lane, Marple in 1908. Provided by Beth Bainbridge.
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Hollins Mill Canal Arm630 viewsThe scene of Hollins Mill Canal Arm today. Few clues to its existance.
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