Lymm
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Map of Cheshire
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Lymm books (14 available)
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Hardback
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
- 9 photos on Lymm appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Lymm
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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
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
Happy Days
I was known as David Armitage not William I have so many happy memories of Chaigley Mr Goynes was headmaster. I would love to hear from any old boys who remember me especialy Bob Price from Scunthorpe.
A memory of Thelwall contributed by William Armitage
Swimming
I remember the old swimming pool we had back then and I was not allowed to swim because I had a bad ear. We used to sneak in during the long staff meeting sessions. I remember playing on the den site and what a football pitch we had!
A memory of Thelwall contributed by roy meanley
Extracts From Lymm & Cheshire books
This picturesque view shows the church of St Mary the Virgin from Lymm Dam. By 1850 an earlier 14th-century building was in disrepair, and the famous Newcastle architect John Dobson was commissioned to rebuild it. The 1521 tower was retained and raised, but the additional stonework proved too much for its foundations, and the tower was rebuilt in 1887.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
In the distance a lone horseman rides into Lymm village as it basks in the hot sunshine which has compelled the draper, the ironmonger, and Whitelegg the grocer to put up protective awnings and blinds. It is the summer of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year, but Lymm’s celebrations are not complete. To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession, Lymm decided to restore the ancient cross, the centrepiece of village life. The distinguished architects Paley & Austin were commissioned to reface the worn stone steps, fix more appropriate finials and replace the cockerel with a symbolic golden crown.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
This early Victorian mansion in Jacobean-revival style was built between 1833-45 on the site of an earlier house. The Nantwich architect George Latham found that his client, Rowland Egerton Warburton, demanded constant alterations to the design; this increased the cost from an original estimate of £5-6,000 to £30,000. The octagonal domed tower above the porch was removed in the alterations of 1968.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
Taken from the canal bridge, this photograph shows Bridgewater Street, looking towards Eagle Brow. Lymm post office, with the public telephone box outside, is on the left; on the right is the site of the present Saddler’s Arms on the corner of Legh Street. The half-timbered facade of Martin’s Bank can be seen in the distance.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".
A delivery vehicle waits outside Henry Milling & Co’s shop in this view from Lymm Cross towards the Bridgewater Canal. With the end of wartime rationing, the windows are stacked with groceries, perhaps to fight off competition from Burgons’ opposite. Evans’ family chemist’s appears to be prescribing Whitbread’s ale and stout, possibly available from the renamed Golden Fleece Hotel.
An extract from from"Warrington Photographic Memories".