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Marple Carnival 19061059 viewsCrowds gather at the corner of Market Street and Stockport Road during Marple Carnival in 1906.
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PC Mike Kelly, Vernon Semple1058 viewsPC Mike Kelly with Vernon Semple, landlord of the Norfolk Arms in 1973. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Exterior of 'Treetops' Hospital1057 viewsA vistor to Marple Children's Orthopaedic Hospital, during 1930s.
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Inside 'Treetops' Hospital1056 viewsPatients in the girls ward of Marple Dale Children's Orthopaedic Hospital during a 1930's Christmas.
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Crafts1055 viewsSalmon a leaping.
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Children's Orthopaedic Hospital 1949-511054 viewsThis is Ken Chaisty, who stayed at Treetops between 1949 and 1951. He would love to hear from anyone who was there at the same time.
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Crowd at the Crown1051 viewsThe Crown at Hawk Green around WW1. Note the mesh over the windows to protect them from the cricket played at that time on the Green. The giant of a man sat in the middle is probably Jabez Shaw the landlord.
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Bonfire on the Ridge1050 viewsTwo images of the same bonfire tell different stories. This one says it was to celebrate the end of WW1 (1918-19) the other says the coronation of Edward VII (1902) but which is right? From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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Marple Carnival 19761049 viewsRomiley "18 Plus" Group at Marple Carnival 1976.
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Snow in the 1940s1049 viewsSnow in Marple - January / February 1947. Hibbert Lane with the Willows School in the background. From Marple Local History Society Archives.
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All Saints' School Then and Now 19991048 viewsFormer Pupils at All Saints' School in 1999, fifty years on. Click image for a larger version.
Compare to the 1949 version.
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Marple Carnival 19661046 viewsA Pipe Band enters Hollins Lane during Marple Carnival in 1966.
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