Alderley Edge, London Road 1896
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Photo of Alderley Edge, London Road 1896

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This view is looking north up Alderley Edge`s main shopping street, the little gardens in front of the premises can clearly be seen. On the left is Bilsboroughs, smiths and ironmongers, a business that lasted from the 1860s to 1990s. On the right, the black and white building became the garage, Eadingtons. During the Second World War, Mrs Armitage, who had taken to using her pony and trap to save petrol, would tie the pony up to the pump when she came down to the village to shop, never mind the inconvenience to anyone else.

A Selection of Memories from Alderley Edge

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Alderley Edge

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I lived at 100 heyes lane. Alderley edge. For about five years from 1950 to 1955. Went to Alderley edge school. Teacher mrs Gibson. My name then was Ann Christina Taylor. My father grew vegetables on his allotment. He worked for ICI in wilmslow. I remember a man selling goldfish in bottles at the entrance to school lane. Remember milk bottles thawing out around the classroom fire. Going up to the edge and the Sandhills. ...see more
This photo has troubled me for quite a long time. I spent my childhood in Alderley and the surrounding countryside and I feel this young boy is me. Unfortunately the date doesn't stack up, if it is me it would have been about 1965 and the girl was called Christine. Only she could verify! Thank you for your enquiry. I have checked with our Archivist, and although we cannot pin point the actual date of ...see more
I have a copy of the property sales of the estate and it's amazing to see the prices. The photo are good too.
I have long sought information about one of the great Victorian villas of Alderley Edge, the house named Croston Towers in the centre of the large plot bounded by Woodbrook Road, Tempest Road and Macclesfield Road. My earlier article named 'Life on the Edge' gives some of the background to my search. And at long last I have some really useful information. I have been sent an image of a very early watercolour of ...see more