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Macclesfield Town and City Memories
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Early years plus.........
Born 1933; lived in Lewis Street; relatives (Oldham, Mingay, Mayberry) in Walthall Street and Chetwode Street (candy manufaturing). Moved to Stafford, 1937 (Father with LMS). Moved to Bahamas (Eleuthera), 1966 (teacher and writer).
Celebrated VE Day in the Square.
A memory of Crewe contributed by Gerald Mingay Oldham
The Adelphie Pub
My friend Raymond Slinn was the last bar man to work in the Adelphie Hotel and he was telling me about it when I stayed with him in his home in Tenerife where he is retired. Apparently when the Adelphie was pulled down grown men cried as it was reduced to a pile of rubble. It was such a lively and friendly place to be (I can immagine this to be so because Ray himself is a bundle of laughs). His wife's name was Pam and his children Karen, Claire and Emma, who he misses now that he is so far away. People would have a drink at the Adelphie before going to the Crosville Club where all the caberets were ...read more here
A memory of Crewe contributed by ken edwards
Burtons Corner.
A foundation stone laid by Arnold James Burton in 1933 is to be found on the extreme right of this shop, just off the picture. I'm sure this foundation stone used to be at the other end of the building. The possible reason for its move is that a separate small shop unit has been created at this end of the building.
The building opposite was the Blue Cap Dog pub and we used to be able to leave cycles in their yard for one penny. Crewe had a problem in those days - cycles were stolen on a regular basis and most ended up abandoned outside the railway station about 1 mile from the town. Apparently, visitors from the Potteries ...read more here
A memory of Crewe contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Town memories.
The photograph was probably taken from the top of the Odeon cinema which was demolished in about 1983. On the skyline can be seen the Lyceum Theatre, the Corn Exchange (now demolished), the Market Hall clock tower, the Town Hall and the Mechanics Institute with Library and Ballroom below (now demolished). Traffic is still running in both directions along Market Street, which became 'one way' in 1963 in the week I took my driving test!
The buses that used the Square as a terminus were operated by Crosville Motor Services and their office/staff rest room can be seen on the left of WH Smiths. Other buses coming to Crewe were operated by Potteries Motor Traction and ...read more here
A memory of Crewe contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Extracts From Willaston & Cheshire books
The sham castle on Mow Cop is clearly
visible from much of Congleton.
An extract from from"Congleton Town and City Memories".
The photographer was looking eastwards from the entrance. At this time, all but the uppermost section of the east window had clear glass.
Stained glass was introduced later in 1922. Although not discernible in this picture (perhaps because of the glare from the windows), there
are two oil paintings by Edward Penny on either side of the window, which were painted in 1748. They depict St Paul and St Peter.
An extract from from"Congleton Town and City Memories".
Later photographs from the 1950s show no change to the building apart from the addition of a hanging sign at the front, and the
replacement of the gas lamp-post with an electric, concrete one. This scene looks practically the same today.
Smaller timber-framed buildings can be seen in Lawton Street, Moody Street and Little Street. Others exist but are hidden by later frontages.
A few more survive in the surrounding countryside, and a couple of miles along the Manchester Road is the timber-framed Marton Church,
one of the earliest and most complete examples in the country.
An extract from from"Congleton Town and City Memories".
This view of the roundabout - a novelty in Congleton - shows where the south end of the
bypass joins the existing main road. It looks much the same today, with attractive flower-
beds, although it has been reduced in size to aid the flow of the traffic. The house on the
right is Mortlake House, which was part of the Danesford Children’s Home and is now the
Woodlands pub. Many of the trees behind it have been removed to make way for flats and
houses. The second building from the left is the Catholic church of St Mary.
An extract from from"Congleton Town and City Memories".
Passing through the gatehouse passage into the courtyard, we are faced
with the hall entrance and the magnificent bay windows. Little has
changed here since the photograph was taken - and for centuries before
- except that, as on the gatehouse, the painted quatrefoils have been
removed from the curved coving.
An extract from from"Congleton Town and City Memories".