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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15 Townsend Road
My name is Mike Mansell and i was born in 1944 in Balfour Road, we lived at 72. My mother's parents a Mr and Mrs Leach lived at 10 Balfour Road. In 1947 we moved to 15 Townsend Road. I remember the ice cream shop at the top of the ...Read more
A memory of Southall by
1950s And 60s
I was born in 1950 and lived first in Parsonage St and then, from 1956, in Woodend Lane. I attended St George's Primary and Junior School and was an active member of St George's Church. My earliest memories include two shops. My ...Read more
A memory of Hyde by
1970's Childhood
I too, remember Mr Foden (Church Coppenhall Juniors) along with Mrs Kruger, who used to scare me when she read 'The Hobbit'. Mrs Barker from Broad Street Infants and even before then I remember being at the nursery school next to St ...Read more
A memory of Crewe by
51 Old Elvet
My Grandparents ran a boarding house at 51 Old Elvet opposite the Shire Hall I was born in 1943 my Father actually went to Durham school where he represented the school in Both Football and Rugby I have tremendous memories of Durham City ...Read more
A memory of Durham by
A Childhood At Ardfenaig
Well, a little more than a childhood as I emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 24. I consider my upbringing at Ardfenaig to have been be the most fantastic thing that could have been. Sadly whilst it was in progress ...Read more
A memory of Ardfenaig in 1956 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 ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
Acton Bridge Cruising Club
My memories of Acton Bridge go back to the mid 1950s and early 1960s. The picture of boats at Acton Bridge Cruising Club takes me back to my teenage days. We had a boat called 'Scampi' which was a 32-foot ...Read more
A memory of Acton Bridge in 1957 by
Alamein Barracks
These barracks were used as the recruit training centre for the Territorial Army and all volunteers serving with the 33rd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment completed basic training here in the 1960's before passing out to ...Read more
A memory of Huyton in 1967 by
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
Almost A Half Century In Old Ponteland
We moved to Ponteland in 1940 from North Shields in a bid to 'escape' the ever increasing air raids on Tyneside. We first lived on the North Road and I attended Coates Endowed School (headmaster, Mr Parker) ...Read more
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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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