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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
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
Village Shop, Nether Alderley
It is often stated that the village shop was also the Post Office, but this is not true. There was a letter box (bar) in the wall, but the nearest Post Office was at Monk's Heath. The village shop was very small but sold a variety of products from chicken feed to postcards.
A memory of Nether Alderley contributed by Hilary Hartigan
Fire damage.
The Smithy was destroyed by fire about 1900. A new Smithy was built in its place.
A memory of Nether Alderley contributed by Hugh Boddington
Extracts From Henbury & Cheshire books
Henbury was not a parish until 1845; before then it
was part of Prestbury, so St Thomas` Church and its
parsonage date from this time. The money was
provided by the Marslands, who then lived at Henbury
Hall, and Richard Lane did the designs. The church
was sited on the main road, convenient for reforming
Broken Cross, then an area of evil reputation. It is quite
simple in design, stone with lancet windows.
An extract from from"Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories".
Prestbury was
the mother church of Macclesfield. Its ancient parish, one of the largest
in the country, stretched right up to Rainow and Kettleshulme in the
hills, north as far as Poynton, and out in the south and west to Bosley
and Chelford. Macclesfield town was in the parish of Prestbury until
the 19th century, although it had long outgrown its parent. A walk
round Prestbury churchyard (especially recommended in crocus time)
will leave an outstanding impression of the antiquity of the place, as
evidenced by the carved Saxon cross and the little Norman chapel that
stand near the church, and of the sheer size of the graveyard which is a
reflection of the size of the parish. The windows of the Norman chapel
at Prestbury are glazed with a delightful modern series of pictures
relating to the following poem:
When as a child I laughed and wept,
time crept.
When as a youth I dreamed and talked,
time walked.
When I became a full-grown man, time ran.
And later as I older grew, time flew.
Soon I shall find while travelling on,
time gone.
Will Christ have saved my soul by then? Amen.
This seems a good note on which to finish this book.
An extract from from"Macclesfield Town and City Memories".
A leisurely country scene; note the lawn set out
for games, and the swinging seat under its canopy.
Behind the bird house on the left is a wonderful
great barn with a sweeping roof of Kerridge
stone slabs. The hall itself has now lost its stable
doors, and the ivy, and has acquired a fine central
doorcase complete with the Harrington arms.
An extract from from"Macclesfield Town and City Memories".
This little estate church was built in 1840.
The initials TH and LHH which appear
over the tower door and on the family pew
stand for Thomas Hibbert and his sister
Letitia Hamilton Hibbert, of Birtles Hall.
It was, as can be seen, entirely covered with
ivy ‘neatly trimmed and cared for’. Today,
inspecting architects would never allow this;
there is just a little tasteful Virginia Creeper.
The vicarage of 1892 is characteristically
bigger than the church. A grave near the
fence commemorates Harold and Mary
Worth, killed by enemy action on 23
December 1940 at Acton Farm.
An extract from from"Macclesfield Town and City Memories".
The town may have been dingy in 1955, but you could buy anything you wanted. The little white tower of the late lamented Majestic
Cinema of 1922 rises in the middle distance.
An extract from from"Macclesfield Town and City Memories".