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Hyde, Cheshire
Hyde maps
Historic maps of Hyde and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Hyde maps
Historic map of Hyde
Illustrated Victorian map of Cheshire
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Hyde books
Displaying 3 of 4 books about Hyde and the local area. View all Hyde books
Bury Town and City Memories
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Manchester Photographic Memories
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Greater Manchester Photographic Memories
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2 Hyde photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Hyde
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I was born in 1963 in Travis Street, Hyde, my parents Joan and Stan Smith owned a small shop at the time. I think it may have been a general grocers. They moved to Newton shortly after I was born. They then bought a bakers/confectioners in Clarendon Place. I have 2 sisters who would have been 6 and 16 years old... [more]
Shared on 16 September 2009
Someone posted about an Edith Redfern. I have relatives in Hyde that were Redferns and wondered if anyone else out there is related. My grandmother was Doris with a sister Rene, brother Eddie.
Shared on 23 August 2009
I lived on Travis Street at a small shop for a short time in 1967 and went to Leigh Street School.
Shared on 23 August 2009
Being born and brought up in Flowery Field, Hyde was the centre of the universe for us as children. After shopping on Hyde market we would turn the corner and enter into the world of this picture. On the right of the picture, in the distance there was the bank then Fred Dawes, TV and Radio dealer where we... [more]
Shared on 21 July 2006
Cheshire memories
My Grandma, Grandad and Auntie Annie lived on Market Street all their lives. They moved into the houses when they were brand new - they had a building at the bottom of the little garden which incorporated a flushing toilet and a coal bunker. However, they didn't have a bathroom and I remember sitting in the tin bath in front of... [more]
Shared on 05 March 2009
I cannot remember the exact year but I remember the shop (centre) and the houses to it's right. The shop was called 'Jolly's' and sold sweets and other things. The road was widened in the 1960's so the shop and houses were demolished. There now stands a garden with a lifesize statue of L.S. Lowry, the artist who lived just up... [more]
Shared on 11 July 2006
Childhood memories at Grandma Robinsons.
Funny how some things stay with you all your life, and even when you leave a country you have grown up in, those memories follow you. It was the end of WW2, people were beginning to settle, 'ration books' were used by all. People could leave their lights on at night, and not have to draw the curtains. Us kids played... [more]
Shared on 22 November 2007
The school i went to is still standing today..i remember the headmaster Mr Harry Healey...we had a drill hall it was the basement of the school which led us out into the playground...the boys and girls had their own playgrounds..school time was spent at 1 school not like it is today....the nit nurse used to come round and we had to... [more]
Shared on 09 October 2007
Extracts From Hyde & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Hyde, inspired by Frith photos.
Described by Pevsner as 'uninteresting', the Town Hall was designed by J W Beaumont and built in 1883-85. The clock and bells on the building were donated by Joshua Bradley. The plaque that commemorates him states that 'it is better to be nobly remembered than nobly born', a sentiment of great meaning in a town that played such an important part in the Chartist movement.
This is an extract from Cheshire Living Memories.
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Another of Cheshire's cotton towns, Hyde was to be the scene of great industrial unrest when in 1848, a local group of Chartists marched through the town to disable the boilers, bringing all machinery in the mills to a standstill. The Chartists were so-called because they sought 'a charter of rights for all' with both political and industrial reform. Many of the rights we now take for granted we owe to people such as them.
This is an extract from Cheshire Living Memories.
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Monton had been a separate village until the incorporation of Eccles, when it was taken under the new council's wing. Monton Green is also the name of the road in our photograph. Behind the photographer is the very large Broadoak Park, home of the Worsley Golf Club; the short road leading to the clubhouse is called Stableford Avenue. Like the other areas of Eccles and Salford, Monton likes to keep its own identity.
This is an extract from Manchester Pocket Album.
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