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Marple Carnival 19721129 viewsMore dancers head for Brabyns Park during Marple Carnival 1972.
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Inside 'Treetops' Hospital1125 viewsA c1930's Christmas in the boys' ward at Marple Children's Orthopaedic Hospital.
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Treetops Playground 19851124 viewsIn 1985 New Mills, Marple and District Round Table presented a new play area to Treetops. Shown here are (l-r) John Morran, Ken Larkam, Gerrard Lenox, Colin Fox and Alan Whitehead. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Gathering at Hawk Green1120 viewsA gathering at Hawk Green. Note the bonfire on the Ridge in the distance - there are two stories as to when this was. One suggests the coronation of Edward VII (1902) and the other at the end of WW1 (c1918-19). From Marple Local History Society Archives. Registered users can view a larger version of this image.
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Flooding at Chadkirk1117 viewsThe scene of the flooding at Chadkirk in 1911 today.
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Children's Orthopaedic Hospital Staff1115 viewsStaff at the Children's Orthopaedic Hospital, thought to be in the summer of 1950. See comments for a full list of known names and the periods they worked at the hospital. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Albert Schools1113 viewsQuite an early picture of the Albert Schools, Church Lane. The gentleman on the left with the moustache is thought likely to be teacher Frederick Pennington (identified by his 3x great-nephew Richard Ebdon).
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Church Procession1113 viewsA church procession down Stockport Road. Note how the Hollins Mill dominates the centre of Marple.
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Marple Carnival 19641112 viewsThe Great Britain Carnival Queen visits Marple in 1964.
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Marple Carnival 19761112 viewsThe Save the Children float in Marple Carnival 1976.
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Marple Carnival 19661112 viewsL to R - Miss Robyn Brotherton, Princess. Miss Celia Swindells, Queen Elect. Miss Hilary Smith, Princess.
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Woodley Whit Walk1106 viewsWoodley Primitive Methodist Sunday School Whit Walk.
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