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Alderley Edge, Council Offices c.1955
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These offices were built just before the last war on the corner where Tyler's the nursery gardens had been in 1900, but they have now gone. During the Second World War this building was the headquarters for the ARP. Although Alderley Edge village itself was not hit, the German planes used to fly over the Edge `and if they turned right they were going to Manchester, and if they went straight on, they were going to Liverpool`, remembers one resident.

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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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Heyes Lane

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 ...see more
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Head Boy And Head Girl
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 ...see more
Alderley Edge, the Wizard's Well c1955
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The Stanley Estate
I have a copy of the property sales of the estate and it's amazing to see the prices. The photo are good too.
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Croston Towers
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 ...see more
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