Delph, King Street c1955
Delph, Rosehill c1955
Delph, the Bridge c1955
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Delph, Lancashire
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Historic maps of Delph and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Delph maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Lancashire
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I moved to live in one of the houses shown in the background of this picture around 1964/65.
Rushcroft was a council estate and my father worked in a cotton mill and my mother worked at the Osram mill in town, making lightbulbs.
Shaw was a prosperous thriving place at this time. I lived on Duchess Street, which is illustrated here, until 1971. It was a very happy time for me. It was a simple life but it was good.
Sadly, family life changed dramatically for me following the death of my father in 1971 and I had to move away. I will always look back on these years as the best years of my life, and feel privileged that this very poignant memory has been captured on camera.
Shared on 15 November 2008
I was brought up in Mossley and have lots of happy memories. My sister Dot still lives there, she fills me in on what is going on. I now live in Florida but will always be a part of Mossley which I took so much for granted while living there. I have travelled to a lot of places and countries since I left there but believe me there is nowhere quite like Mossley, it is a lovely place to see. I show people over here photos and they all say it looks nice. I had a lot of good friends there. I went to All Saints C of E, left school in 1959, started work at Astalls foundry then went to the Brunswick mill for a while. Both parents were born in Mossley so we really belong there. No matter where I go I will never forget it or my life and friends who are still there, so if anyone wants to get in touch my e mail is pete010@adelphia.net. I will keep checking back now and then and hope someone else writes here. It is a good idea, will write some more later.. Pete Brooks
Shared on 14 August 2007
I remember seeing the Queen when she visited Oldham - I was born there in 1950.
Shared on 01 March 2007
I was born in oldham/chadderton but moved away at the age of ten most of my years where happy.... im beggin for help im tryin to find photo of eustace street school ... n chanery street chadderton as they where...plz help me if u can im beggin anyone who as a pic please send it or post it on here many thanks
Shared on 23 November 2007
Extracts From Delph & Lancashire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Delph, inspired by Frith photos.
Greater Manchester Photographic Memories
As well as being in the West Riding, Saddleworth was also in the wapentake of Agbrigg. Wapentake literally means ‘show of weapons’, and was the old Danish way of voting. All those eligible would attend an open-air meeting where they would discuss and then vote on laws, or make resolutions, by raising their swords, axes or spears. The district is also divided into four meres, an old term for boundary, comprising Quickmere, Shawmere, Lordsmere, and Friarsmere; they come together at Delph.
This is an extract from Greater Manchester Photographic Memories.
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Greater Manchester Photographic Memories
In the 1820s Tame Water was described as ‘a small hamlet near Dobcross’. In those days the Harrop family appear to have played a major role in the industry of the hamlet; there was James Harrop & Sons, drysalters and oil dealers, and Harrop Booth & Co, woollen cloth manufacturers.
This is an extract from Greater Manchester Photographic Memories.
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Greater Manchester Photographic Memories
Delph and Dobcross were two of the principal villages within Saddleworth. In the 1820s Dobcross possessed two banks (Buckley & Co and Harrop & Co), while Delph supported an agent for the Genuine Tea Co (John Brook), an attorney (Jonas Ainley), and an auctioneer (Timothy Bradbury), together with a baker, blacksmith, coal merchant, and at least four boot and shoe makers.
This is an extract from Greater Manchester Photographic Memories.
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