Handforth

Looking south down the main road towards Wilmslow, with the road over to Macclesfield going off to the left, affluent Cheshire is driving towards the viewer and the young couple wait for the bus from Manchester to arrive. While Dales the cycles supplier may have been founded in 1903, its days as a business are numbered.
An extract from from"Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories".

One casualty of the increasing maturity of the population can be seen in Wilmslow Opera’s recent problems. It is extremely difficult for them to raise a young enough chorus line to undertake such shows as ‘The Mikado’. Make-up is not enough to convince an audience of the youthful innocence of three little maids when they are played by a trio of stalwart grandmothers.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".

St Mary’s Church is an interesting mixture. The oldest existing part is the 14th century nave. However, this shows signs of expansion later, in alterations in the windows in the clerestory. The south porch is 15th-century, but there is evidence of it being moved to its present position when the tower was built in the early 16th century. This was almost certainly built by Richard Plat, the mason who was responsible for Mobberley church tower, erected at the same time. The chancel was rebuilt by the Stanleys in the 1850s to house the tomb of the 1st Lord Stanley, but it may have replaced an even older 13th- century structure.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".

In 1645 old Thomas Wright was ejected from the living, presumably because of his known Royalist sympathies and his refusal to give up using the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. A Puritan preacher, John Brereton, probably a relation of the Parliamentary commander, was put in his place. Apparently the Puritans demolished the organ, sold the silver and presented Mr Brereton with a pewter basin to baptise the congregation. He in his turn was expelled in 1660, and Thomas Wright came back, just for one year, as he died in 1661.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".

While Chorley Old Hall is still recognisable for what it was, and lies, still with its moat, on the outskirts of Alderley Edge village, Hawthorn Hall, originally part of the hamlet of Morley, is embedded in Wilmslow’s residential development.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".