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Congleton| Marton| Timbersbrook| Astbury| Bosley| Gawsworth| Lower Withington| Capesthorne Hall| Henbury| Biddulph| Rushton Spencer| Broken Cross| Twemlow Green| Wincle| Macclesfield| Langley| Chelford| Goostrey| Church Lawton| Rudyard| Over Peover| Walker Barn
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Old Hall Farm
As a schoolboy aged 11 of Kings School, Macclesfield I acquired a summer holiday job at Old Hall Farm, run at the time by farmer Robert Young and his wife Madge. As a consequence I spent weekends and holidays there for the next 2 or 3 years. I learned to drive the tractor of which he was very proud, a David Brown 990 Cropmaster Diesel, usually driven by Patrick Joseph O´Donoghue or Tresler Sandbach who lived not far away at the council houses. It was a great time for a young lad. There were cows, pedigree Ayrshires, from which Robert Young sold TT attested milk around the Congleton area, there were Guinea fowl and chickens, there was the corn harvest in the golden summers of the 50`s. The smells of cow muck, Stockholm tar and silage, the sounds of farming, the peaceful countryside of that era are memories never to be forgotten. Robert Young wanted to adopt me at one point, which upset my own parents; I learned that the... Read more
Congleton Baths
Congleton Open Air Baths during the 50/60s.
It had the entrance of a theatre, 2 steps up with an overhanging portico and glass doors that opened up to a foyer. It was well painted in the colours of the day, council green and white. You could see the pool from inside the entrance and it looked so nice with the calm water. At the point of payment there was a turnstile that was painted council silver. There was a lady who collected your 6d for swimmers and 2d (I think) for spectators, some people had a season ticket that cost 7/6d which entitled you to as many admissions as you wanted. There was a competition amongst the kids to have the lowest numbered season ticket, number 1 or 2 being the prize. I bet there were favourites when it came to dishing them out (no proof, just a hunch), the lowest I got was number 6. Each year the colour of the season tickets used to change, and... Read more
Massie Harper - Licensee.
In my early teens I spent the war years living in this hotel, when my grandfather was the licensee. I believe he held the licence from 1874 to 1943 - a time record I suspect but I cannot confirm this.
He was well known in his time for being an alderman for, I gather, some 40 years. He died still Chairman of the Council's Finance Committee. But he was never mayor as he believed that a licensed victualler should not hold that office.
In his time he'd been a successful jockey and 'gentleman rider' - in fact, riding was in his genes since his grandfather was Lester Piggott's great-great-grandfather.
One of the hotel's days of fame in the Second World War was when Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands took the salute of the Dutch army (which was based around Congleton at that time) from the steps of the hotel.
Old Hall
This is the seat of the Biddulph family; it was built in the early sixteenth century, probably to replace an earlier Saxon, possibly fortified, house that has been identified on Bailey's Hill, to the south west of the Old Hall. It was partially destroyed in the Civil War, by the immense cannon Roaring Meg - some of whose cannonballs have been discovered in the nearbly millpond of Biddulph Old Mill (by the Talbot).
My clearest memories of the Old Hall is driving from Biddulph to Congleton when I was about six; it was winter and the view of the hunting tower of the road was excellent. I remember that when we came back that way later on in the day and it had been snowing quite heavily; the snow had outlined the tower and the sunshine was glinting off it - it was simply stunning.
My mum has also told me that when she was a young girl in the sixties and seventies there was a Buddhist commune living in... Read more
Congleton Baths, Late '50s, '60s.
I too have very fond memories of the open air swimming baths in Congleton in the late fifties and the sixties. I can even remember Alec Coles. Happy days. The water was freezing and it was always best to run and dive in to get it over with! For me it was a cup of warm orange squash and a bag of Smiths crisps (with salt in a twisted blue wrapper) at the snack hut. Alec has really said it all but I recall the top board, which was 5 yards high I think, ultimately being closed off because a depth of 8' 6" of water was deemed not to be deep enough for the height of the board yet people had been diving off it for 30 years! The shallow end was 3' deep and there were red danger signs on the side of the pool just before it really started to dip. The baths was also a meeting place; a real focal point for the youngsters of the... Read more
William & Jane Kay Marriage 1865
My Great, Great, Grand parents William & Jane Kay came from Congleton Cheshire.
They were married 20-February 1865 in St Peters Church Congleton (marriage certificate)
Witnesses were John Frost and Ann Braithwaite, Married by John Hughes if I have read the spelling correct.
William was born in 1820 Leigh, Lancashire and Jane Kay nee Astle was born 1844 Aston Derby. They had 7 children. William B 1862, Herbert B 1864 Stillborn, Sarah E B 1868 , Alice B 1870, George B 1872, Charles B 1874 Stillborn, and Frank B 1874 all born Congleton, Cheshire except for Sarah & Alice who were born in Hulme Lanc.
In 1881 Hulme, William Kay was a Weaver, Cotton Tape. It looks like the Kay family moved around with the weavers looking for where the work was.
I think Williams Kays first marriage was to Elizabeth Fox married 1852 Congleton Cheshire but I an not sure. I have not proved this marriage.
In 1862 William son William was born, at this time... Read more
Wonderful Memories
My great grandfather - Charles Dale was living at Moreton Old Hall when this photograph was taken.
His family, the Dales, had become tenant farmers for Moreton Old Hall in the 1860s and the Hall was the farmhouse that was provided. Thomas and Ann Dale had 15 children - Charles was the youngest, so the size of the Hall would have been greatly appreciated.
I remember being told about secret doors and invisible panels and how the children used to love playing hide and seek.
Ann Dale used to open the door of the Hall to tourists even in the early 1900s. I've been told about people having afternoon teas, provided by Ann and her daughters, on the front lawns of Moreton Hall. They said that her scones were something to die for and people still spoke about them 50 years later.
Ann and subsequently her children farmed the farm until it was passed into the care of the National Trust
