Broomedge
Broomedge maps (2 available)
Map of Cheshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
Personalised maps
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Broomedge books (14 available)
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Hardback
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
- 2 photos on Broomedge appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Broomedge
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Broomedge memories
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Cheshire memories
life in High Legh
I started school at High Legh school in 1949-teacher Miss James I think.
I lived at Holly Cottage on the way to Arley.
My dad worked at the water tower for the council, repairing water pipes.
My mother worked for Stanley Morton & son the milk rounds people
Anyone remember us.
A memory of High Legh contributed by Geoff Bowes
laurel bank
My mother was born at this house in Dunham Massey in sept 1910.
her uncle who lived also at this house played golf with the earl.
opposite lived quakers
A memory of Dunham Massey contributed by derek robinson
Yates family
My great great grandmother Jane Ann MASON nee Yates was born in Rostherne Village, about 1864 she married Fred MASON 1880
Her father was John an argicultural labourer and her mother was also named Jane from Mobberley
His father was also named John born 1795 in Rostherne. Still looking for information
geoff mason
A memory of Rostherne contributed by geoff mason
Parrot
Childhood memory, the post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'.
Richard Oxley
A memory of Thelwall contributed by First name Last name
Extracts From Broomedge & Cheshire books
The post office and general store were essential parts of village life, so not surprisingly they feature on many of Frith’s postcards; these were later sold at the post office counter and the village store! Meanwhile, the residents of Broomedge were being bombarded with adverts for Oxo - notice the advertising hoarding near the parked cars and the poster in the shop window.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
It is hard to believe that this classic image of rural England was actually taken three years into the reign of Queen Elizabeth II and not at the beginning of the 20th century.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
A Moore resident keeps a look out for a rare commercial barge making its leisurely way along the Bridgewater Canal. Since this tranquil image was captured by Frith, only pleasure boats ply the canal and tie at up Moore to stock up at the village shop.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
Moore’s village school was showing its age in 1955. Built in 1877 for a much smaller community, its facilities had failed to keep pace with its teaching standards. An HMI’s report of 1956 commented on the unsuitability of the cumbersome old school desks, the lack of dining facilities and the need for new toilets to replace ‘the present bucket sanitation’.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
Was this young Moore resident off to spend her pocket money at the local Post Office? Alas, there seems little there to tempt her, for the enamel advertising signs only offer Wills’s Woodbine Cigarettes and Craven A tobacco, or seemingly saucy magazines such as Men Only!
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".