Bunbury
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Bunbury books (16 available)
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
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Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
- 5 photos on Bunbury appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Bunbury
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Good old days
Friends from Barbridge and Bunbury were good in those days. Used to go dancing in the area, I think the buildings are still up. Ken Kirkham who has since died. David Davies after a while went in the army and has now moved away, but can't mention any more for now. But they were great times.
By Barbara Jones
Contributed by First Name Last Name
Country view.
I used to cycle from Barbridge to Bunbury quite a lot in the 1950s when we needed to see Dr Arthur, but the view of the countryside was beautiful.
By Barbara Jones
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Cheshire memories
Good old days
Friends from Barbridge and Bunbury were good in those days. Used to go dancing in the area, I think the buildings are still up. Ken Kirkham who has since died. David Davies after a while went in the army and has now moved away, but can't mention any more for now. But they were great times.
By Barbara Jones
A memory of Bunbury contributed by First Name Last Name
Country view.
I used to cycle from Barbridge to Bunbury quite a lot in the 1950s when we needed to see Dr Arthur, but the view of the countryside was beautiful.
By Barbara Jones
A memory of Bunbury contributed by First Name Last Name
Extracts From Bunbury & Cheshire books
Bunbury has been described as ‘a village that the commuter has
found but not spoilt’, and it has a delightful mixture of buildings
of all periods. The village itself is rather a tale of two halves: this
area around the former village green has the shops, and the other
half, a short distance away, is focused on the church.
An extract from from"Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories".
Sitting on the southern side of Bunbury, the Crewe Arms has
now been renamed the Yew Tree at Bunbury. Photographs such
as this are a remarkable reminder of just how fast plants can
grow, because the buildings in the distance are now well hidden
behind tall trees.
An extract from from"Cheshire Living Memories".
Having survived the great fire of 1583, St Mary’s Church
is the oldest building in the town. Much of the structure
dates from the 14th century, although it is thought that
building work was probably interrupted by the Black
Death and only resumed much later that same century.
An extract from from"Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories".
The market hall was built by John Hill in 1854. It should come as no surprise in Crewe that he was a railway contractor for
the London and North Western Railway (LNWR). Intended as a cheese market, it had a capacity for 2,000 tons of cheese.
Originally it had direct access at the rear of the building to the main railway line.
An extract from from"Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories".
The clock tower
stands just inside the
main entrance to
Queen’s Park. It was
built using
subscriptions from
workers in all
departments of the
LNWR Company ‘as a
token of their
appreciation of the
generosity of their
Board of Directors
(who) presented the
park to the town’. It is
decorated with a
carved head on each
side depicting three
board members and
Queen Victoria. It
also served as a
drinking fountain,
but the water has
now been cut off.
An extract from from"Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories".