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Macclesfield Town and City Memories
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My father - Aubrey (Aub) Davenport
From 1960 approx onwards- my father was the best blacksmith around. He was a master blacksmith at Smithy-House, Siddington. He not only shod horses but was the master of welding farming implements. Never a bad word was ever said about him. He retired to Chelford where he died in 2001. Many of the farmers remembered him including -The Wains, Worth's, Venables, Pilkingtons and many many others including Mr R Rush layreader at the church who gave a wonderful reading at my father's funeral. I would appreciate all fond memories to my email at javealady@msn.com.
A memory of Siddington contributed by Diane Payne
My primary school
What a lovely old photo! I was lucky enough to spend my primary school years, 1962 to 1968, at Lower Withington primary school as did my sister Cathy and my mum and uncle before us. Our headmistress lived in the house next door to the school and believe it or not she actually taught my mum and uncle also!
We all have many good memories of growing up in Lower Withington and all these years on it still feels like home when we go back even though we moved away in 1969.
The village has changed a bit over the years, what place hasn't; the school is now a large house and the grass in the front ...read more here
A memory of Lower Withington contributed by Margaret Tatton
John Adshead - Exercising the dogs
It was a common site to see John Adshead cycling to work from Gawsworth New Hall to the Lonsdale & Adshead brewery on Park Green Macclesfield. There was a driver and car available at the house, but it was usually the bike that got John to work. The dogs ! No they were not running alongside the cycle, they were tucked into John's coat. The brewery was sold in 1950, about 10 years before this picture was taken.
A memory of Gawsworth contributed by Maurice Adshead
William & Jane Kay marriage 1865
My Great, Great, Grand parents William & Jane Kay came from Congleton Cheshire.
They were married 20-February 1865 in St Peters Church Congleton (marriage certificate)
Witnesses were John Frost and Ann Braithwaite, Married by John Hughes if I have read the spelling correct.
William was born in 1820 Leigh, Lancashire and Jane Kay nee Astle was born 1844 Aston Derby. They had 7 children. William B 1862, Herbert B 1864 Stillborn, Sarah E B 1868 , Alice B 1870, George B 1872, Charles B 1874 Stillborn, and Frank B 1874 all born Congleton, Cheshire except for Sarah & Alice who were born in Hulme Lanc.
In 1881 Hulme, William Kay was a Weaver, Cotton Tape. It looks like ...read more here
A memory of Congleton contributed by Carolyn Sarten
Extracts From Marton & 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".