Places
36 places found.
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- Chester, Cheshire
- Congleton, Cheshire
- Runcorn, Cheshire
- Warrington, Cheshire
- Crewe, Cheshire
- Northwich, Cheshire
- Chester Zoo, Cheshire
- Widnes, Cheshire
- Macclesfield, Cheshire
- Lymm, Cheshire
- Nantwich, Cheshire
- Frodsham, Cheshire
- Knutsford, Cheshire
- Winsford, Cheshire
- Alderley Edge, Cheshire
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Sandbach, Cheshire
- Alsager, Cheshire
- Bollington, Cheshire
- Malpas, Cheshire
- Neston, Cheshire
- Middlewich, Cheshire
- Gawsworth, Cheshire
- Cuddington, Cheshire
- Burton, Cheshire (near Tarvin)
- Prestbury, Cheshire
- Beeston, Cheshire
- Weaverham, Cheshire
- Parkgate, Cheshire (near Neston)
- Goostrey, Cheshire
- Hartford, Cheshire
- Disley, Cheshire
- Tarporley, Cheshire
- Barnton, Cheshire
- Sandiway, Cheshire
Photos
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Memories
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Hatch End High School
In December 1995 the Harrow Arts Cuncil organised a festival of dancing at Hatch End High School and invited a dozen or more dance groups and schools to come along and provide a showcase of talent. It was fascinating to see ...Read more
A memory of Hatch End in 1995 by
First Love
1995 was the best year of my life, I was aged 13 and I was totally besotted with a lad in the village called James Power, he was working with a local builder from Penmachno called Jeremy McWilliam. I loved the way he was of being the ...Read more
A memory of Cwm in 1993 by
Whitethorn Morris Dance At The College Farm Open Day
The bright sun shone beautifully on the Country Fair of Sunday 5th April. It brought lightly-clad queues to the payboxes and tea rooms of College Farm - between Allandale Avenue and Fitzalan Road. ...Read more
A memory of Finchley in 1992 by
Starting Work
I remember I was just about to leave school this year 1975 without a job to go to when a knock came on our front door; it was Uncle Ian Speake (as I used to call him). He said to me if I wanted a job (he knew I did not have a job) with ...Read more
A memory of Crewe in 1975 by
Happy Days!
I was a trainee residential social worker at Elm House, Christmas 1974. I spent 2 months at several residential establishments working for the old Cheshire County Council. Fond memories of matron Dolly Barrett and cook Nan.
A memory of Nantwich in 1974
All Uphill
Our Dad used to take us for a walk up to Mow Cop Castle on a sunny Sunday. We would set off from Talke with our bottle of pop and a jam butty and walk along the canal for a while then through the lanes in Scholar Green past the Three ...Read more
A memory of Kidsgrove in 1973 by
Living In Bredbury Until 1972
I would love to connect with anyone that went to St Christopher's Primary School in Bredbury Cheshire. My maiden name was Walsh and we lived on Goyt Crescent, I was friends with Sharon Murphy, Sharon Roby, Helen Gaven. ...Read more
A memory of Bredbury in 1972 by
My Hurley
From the age of 48 hours until I was about 18yrs I lived and grew up in Hurley. I have done my fair share of moving around not only England but the world. From the busy, bright lights of London to spectacular, solitary ...Read more
A memory of Hurley in 1972 by
Roll On To 1972
My memory of the Grange dates to when it was being used as a youth hostel in the Seventies and my primary school in Hounslow used to take 3rd and 4th year pupils away for a week so we experienced something more than Tridents and VC10s ...Read more
A memory of Ashover in 1972 by
A Winter Crossing On The North Sea
I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
Captions
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immortalised by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland, the origins of the cat are said to go way back in time, and no-one knows where the story of the grinning cat, now always associated with Cheshire
Whitchurch, Wem and Market Drayton all had important cheese markets - indeed, in the early years of the 20th century, more Cheshire cheese was being produced in Shropshire than in Cheshire.
This stunningly beautiful church is known as the 'cathedral of south Cheshire'.
Cheshire and their Welsh allies were in armed revolt, and still were so when Edward died at Farndon in AD924.
One other note of interest is the 'Cheshire black and white' decoration on many of the shop elevations.
The company had around sixteen stores throughout Cheshire, and also operated a fleet of mobile shops which toured the rural areas.
Actually, it is not necessary to climb to the top of the Cloud to get an excellent view across Cheshire.
With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.
The village was laid out from 1790 by mill owner Samuel Greg to house his mill workers, and was one of a number built in east Cheshire by industrialists.
Although this is Wiltshire, the design is very much Cheshire in style.
Dunham Mill dates back to the medieval period; it was one of only a handful of mills in this part of Cheshire.
The Trent and Mersey Canal never actually linked to the Mersey, but it did make a connection with the Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire which did.
Along here were branches of both national and Cheshire retailers including Dewhurst, the butchers, and Waterworths.
By 1851 the number had risen to 8,339, and by 1951 it was 101,369, making Wallasey the third largest town in Cheshire.
Despite being used by Parliamentarian soldiers during the Civil War as a site from which to bombard Nantwich, Dorfold Hall fortunately survives as one of the finest houses of its period in Cheshire.
Traditionally Nantwich was the most important of Cheshire's three salt towns, although salt production ceased here in the 1800s.
Today the company has grown considerably - it now has 18 shops in Cheshire and Staffordshire, and employs over 300 people.
The latter is now used by the Mid Cheshire College.
An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.
A stone carving on the tower might have inspired Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat, as his father, the Reverend Dodgson, often visited St Wilfrid's.
Although this is Wiltshire, the design of these houses is very much Cheshire in style.
The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.
DunhamMassey is now part of Greater Manchester, although it was still in Cheshire at the time this photograph was taken.
Pevsner must have liked it, however - he called it 'one of the most spectacular churches in Cheshire'.
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