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Altrincham, the Town Hall 1903 (ref. 49667) | Designed in the Jacobean style by the Manchester firm of Hindle & Davenport, the Town Hall was built in 1901 to replace an earlier one situated in the Market Place. Built in red brick with red sandstone dressings, the Town Hall was noted for its panelled ceiling and stained glass windows in the council chamber. |  Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, Stamford New Road 1903 (ref. 49664) | Altrincham is situated only 8 miles south-south-west of Manchester, and its popularity as a residential area for business people grew with the opening of the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway. By the beginning of the 20th century, the town's population of 16,800 was served by no fewer than four railway stations; Altrincham & Bowdon, Hale, Broadheath, and West Timperley. | Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, Railway Street 1907 (ref. 58604) | A Manchester Corporation tramcar stands at the Altrincham terminus in Railway Street, its route back to Manchester being by way of Stamford New Road, Sandiway Road, Manchester Road, Washway Road, Cross Street and Chester Road. | Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, George Street 1900 (ref. 45448) | This was one of the principal shopping streets of the town, though the Methodist New Connection chapel and the Salvation Army Hall were also along here. Some of the businesses seen here include Mason's (hosiers and hatters) at number 85, George Roberts & Sons (butchers) at number 89, and china dealer John Ingham at number 93. | Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, Old Bank 1897 (ref. 39064) | Carriages await the call to duty in the old Market Place; it was here that B Goodall & Co, bus and carriage proprietors, had their office, though we do not know if the vehicles seen here all belonged to them. Though most people would have taken the train to Manchester, a Goodall carriage hired to take 3-4 persons would have cost about 9s for the trip. If required to wait and then bring the clients back to Altrincham, it would be charged out by the hour. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, Dunham Mill 1892 (ref. 30392) | Dunham Mill dates back to the medieval period; it was one of only a handful of mills in this part of Cheshire. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, Parish Church 1889 (ref. 21917) | Dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the 14th-century parish church was rebuilt between 1858 and 1860 at a cost of £15,000; some 14th-century roof timbers were salvaged and reused. The earliest monument is claimed by some to be a 10th-century representation of Christ. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, the Church 1913 (ref. 66070a) | This view shows the four-stage west tower. Because of the height of the clerestory, the east-facing clock face had to be sited higher up the tower than those on the other sides. The architect responsible for the rebuilding St Mary's was W H Brakespeare, who, in the 1870s, also designed the since-demolished St Paul's Methodist Church, Enville Road. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, the Polygon, Stamford Road 1907 (ref. 58602) | The row of shops opposite was known as The Polygon, though R H Toothill's chemist shop is on Church View. Retailers listed as having businesses here in 1907 are Brook & Son, grocers and agents for W & A Gilbey Ltd, wine and spirit merchants; Goulden Bros, fruiterers and florists; Alfred Pickering, confectioner; and John Sydney Wykes, bootmaker. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, the Village and the Church 1913 (ref. 66079) | With the opening of the railway in 1849, Bowdon soon became a popular residential area for wealthy Mancunians; the area around the church was particularly favoured during the 1850s. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, South Down Road, Old Cottage 1897 (ref. 39071) | This cottage was well over three hundred years old when the Frith cameraman took this picture. Kelly's Directory for 1906 lists a South Downs Cottage, which at the time was the residence of a Mr Frederick Bernard Yahr. At this time residences along South Down Road had names, not numbers; Samuel George Isherwood was living at Villaverde; Alfred Talbolton, JP at Athelney; Mrs Speigelburg at The Coppice; and John B Laycock at Rylstone. | Add your own Memory
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Bowdon, Park Road 1897 (ref. 39062) | From one of these fine thatched cottages John Hassell plied his trade as a porter. John was still there in 1906; his is the only address on the road that appears in the commercial section of that year's Kelly's Directory. John's neighbour at the vicarage was Canon Arthur Gore DD, who was vicar surrogate and canon residentiary of Chester, and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Chester. | Add your own Memory
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Bramhall, Bramhall Lane South c1960 (ref. B360030) | Hazel Grove-cum-Bramhall became a civil parish in 1900; it was made up from the older parishes of Bosden, Norbury, Offerton, Torkington, and Bramhall. About 50 years before this picture was taken, there were at least two farms off Bramhall Lane, as well as Miss Hooley's private school, Bramhall Grammar School, the consulting rooms of two physicians and surgeons, a post office, fishmonger and fruiterers, a confectioner, a grocers, a boot maker and cycle dealer, and a branch of the Lancashire & Yorkshire bank. | Add your own Memory
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Cheadle, the Church c1960 (ref. C536047) | The church is mainly 16th-century. The chapel was completed around 1530, the nave c1541, and the tower over the period 1520-1540. The chancel was rebuilt by Lady Catherine Buckley in the 1550s and the porch is dated 1634. Six of the bells were supplied by Rudhall of Gloucester in 1749, and two further bells were added in 1882. | Add your own Memory
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Cheadle, The White Hart Hotel c1965 (ref. C536034) | The church was renovated in the mid 1860s. It was also famed for its absentee rectors, including Edward Trafford Leigh, who took himself off to Italy for his health in the 1830s. Another absentee rector put in a total of just six months' work during an incumbency lasting eight years; he claimed he was suffering from work-related stress. | Add your own Memory
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Cheadle Hulme, Station Road c1955 (ref. C285022) | Cheadle Hulme is part of a township which includes Cheadle Bulkeley and Cheadle Moseley, which became a parish in its own right in August 1868. The view is looking towards the former London & North Western Railway station on the line to Stockport and Manchester. Note also the roadside petrol pumps, now collectors' items in their own right. | Add your own Memory
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Gatley, Gatley Road c1955 (ref. G126024) | Once a small village just a few miles west-south-west of Stockport, Gatley was chosen in the 1840s as the site for the Manchester Royal Lunatic Hospital. The hospital was enlarged in 1885 and again in 1897. | Add your own Memory
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Gatley, the Hotel and Parish Church c1955 (ref. G126004) | Built of red brick, the church of St James the Apostle was erected in 1881 with seating for 250 parishioners. When built, it consisted of a chancel, nave, transepts, and an unusual saddle-back tower. | Add your own Memory
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Hale, Victoria Street 1907 (ref. 58620) | Try standing in the middle of the main street nowadays! Here at number 28 we have Joseph Kennerley's drapery and hosiery shop, which also doubled as the post office. The business must have recently changed hands, because in the 1906 directory it was the premises of Charles Riley, and Kennerley's shop was at 112 and 114 Ashley Road. Next door at number 26 is a sub-branch of the Union Bank of Manchester, whilst further along is Ward's greengrocers and Rogers' chemist and druggist store. | Add your own Memory
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Hale, Ashley Road 1957 (ref. H226002) | A lady checks her list as she makes her rounds of the shops. At this time shoppers could expect to pay about 1s 4d for 2lb of sugar, 2s 11d for a lb of streaky bacon, 3s 10d for a dozen eggs, and 4d for a 14oz loaf. | Add your own Memory
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