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I arrived in Alderley Edge in 1950, after spending my early years at Clockhouse Farm in Mottram St Andrew. I came to live in a house called Croston, previously the coachman's house for Croston Towers, a large castellated residence torn down at the end of the Second World War, due to damage by American troops billeted there. Croston Towers had been... [more]
Shared on Thursday, April 12, 2007
I lived in Alderley Edge as a child between 1947 and 1955. I remember going for walks on the Edge, and being told about a legend that Merlin and King Arthur and his knights were sleeping inside a cave there, waiting to be summoned to help if England needed them. There were some sand hills, on the top of the Edge... [more]
Shared on Sunday, June 07, 2009
To this very day my memories of my childhood remain happy ones. For many reason really, in the 1970s the village was a fantastic place to live. We lived on Dukes Meadow just behind the Drum and Monkey. Everywhere was reachable by foot or bike, school, church, tennis club, shops, cubs, it was a wondeful and safe place to grow up... [more]
Shared on Thursday, April 23, 2009
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s I stayed here for my school hols, my grandmother worked for Mr and Mrs Bodd who were the owners at the time. My grandparants lived in part of the house round the side which in itsself was large. One thing that sticks out in my mind is the sights of a few ghosts that... [more]
Shared on Sunday, April 19, 2009
It is often stated that the village shop was also the Post Office, but this is not true. There was a letter box (bar) in the wall, but the nearest Post Office was at Monk's Heath. The village shop was very small but sold a variety of products from chicken feed to postcards.
Shared on Monday, June 12, 2006
The Smithy was destroyed by fire about 1900. A new Smithy was built in its place.
Shared on Thursday, May 11, 2006
The mill you refer to in the text was about 100 yards up the road from St. Bartholomews, on the opposite side of the road. It was owned by William Bower (not Bowen), and was the last of several Bower cotton mills in Wilmslow, closing in the late 1840's. William lived in a house next to the church, and his will... [more]
Shared on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
I remember walking past this place every day when I was at Wycliffe Avenue School for Girls. I remember the chapel so clear as it was the place that my Grandma got married in on 31st December, 1929. She described the chapel as being a very peaceful place.
It's a shame years later that they felt the need to demolish... [more]
Shared on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
