Allgreave
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Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Hardback
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
Allgreave memories
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Cheshire memories
Family memories.
I was amazed and delighted to see a photograph of my mother and grandmother.
Nearest the camera is my grandmother, Mrs Archie Turner (1892-1974) who lived in Whitford Road, Birkenhead. Next to her is her eldest daughter, my mother, Mrs Clifford Bolt (1916-2003) who lived in Arthur Street, Birkenhead. They would both have been tickled pink to see themselves in print and famous!
A memory of Parkgate contributed by Margaret P Halpin
Massie Harper - Licensee.
In my early teens I spent the war years living in this hotel, when my grandfather was the licensee. I believe he held the licence from 1874 to 1943 - a time record I suspect but I cannot confirm this.
He was well known in his time for being an alderman for, I gather, some 40 years. He died still Chairman of the Council's Finance Committee. But he was never mayor as he believed that a licensed victualler should not hold that office.
In his time he'd been a successful jockey and 'gentleman rider' - in fact, riding was in his genes since his grandfather was Lester Piggott's great-great-grandfather.
One of the hotel's days of fame ...read more here
A memory of Congleton contributed by Mr B Harper
Memories of Romany and Rag.
I was evacuated to Chester during World War II and met Romany and his dog Rag on a number of occasions when he visited our school. He talked to us about the countryside, did beautiful simple charcoal drawings of the creatures he was discussing, told us what to wear to become 'Nature detectives' and even played tunes for us on the piano. He was a lovely man.
A memory of Wilmslow contributed by Frances Stewart
Town memories.
The photograph was probably taken from the top of the Odeon cinema which was demolished in about 1983. On the skyline can be seen the Lyceum Theatre, the Corn Exchange (now demolished), the Market Hall clock tower, the Town Hall and the Mechanics Institute with Library and Ballroom below (now demolished). Traffic is still running in both directions along Market Street, which became 'one way' in 1963 in the week I took my driving test!
The buses that used the Square as a terminus were operated by Crosville Motor Services and their office/staff rest room can be seen on the left of WH Smiths. Other buses coming to Crewe were operated by Potteries Motor Traction and ...read more here
A memory of Crewe contributed by The Frith Memory Archivist
Extracts From Allgreave & Cheshire books
One casualty of the increasing
maturity of the population can be seen
in Wilmslow Opera’s recent problems.
It is extremely difficult for them to
raise a young enough chorus line to
undertake such shows as ‘The Mikado’.
Make-up is not enough to convince an
audience of the youthful innocence of
three little maids when they are played by
a trio of stalwart grandmothers.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".
One casualty of the increasing
maturity of the population can be seen
in Wilmslow Opera’s recent problems.
It is extremely difficult for them to
raise a young enough chorus line to
undertake such shows as ‘The Mikado’.
Make-up is not enough to convince an
audience of the youthful innocence of
three little maids when they are played by
a trio of stalwart grandmothers.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".
NOW, as we come into the third millennium,
it is possible to see that all three communities
have become essentially suburban areas, in
that few people depend for their living on
locally owned farms or industry. The service
sector, in all its myriad forms, provides the
majority of people with their livelihoods, and
most of them look to Manchester or even
further afield for the crucial decisions that
shape their lives.
The area has also become almost entirely
middle class and middle aged. With the
rise in house prices and the sale of council
houses in the late 20th century, working
people and young couples looking for a place
to start a family can find it very difficult to
get anywhere to live in the area. Even the
old terrace houses have been converted into
bijou residences for the professional classes.
This homogenisation of society means that
the area has lost the variety of human inter-
reaction that used to be there.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".
NOW, as we come into the third millennium,
it is possible to see that all three communities
have become essentially suburban areas, in
that few people depend for their living on
locally owned farms or industry. The service
sector, in all its myriad forms, provides the
majority of people with their livelihoods, and
most of them look to Manchester or even
further afield for the crucial decisions that
shape their lives.
The area has also become almost entirely
middle class and middle aged. With the
rise in house prices and the sale of council
houses in the late 20th century, working
people and young couples looking for a place
to start a family can find it very difficult to
get anywhere to live in the area. Even the
old terrace houses have been converted into
bijou residences for the professional classes.
This homogenisation of society means that
the area has lost the variety of human inter-
reaction that used to be there.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".
Like many industrialists at this time, greg
started out as a nonconformist, in his case, a
Unitarian, and at Styal village is the Unitarian
chapel he built, besides the Methodist chapel
which he allowed his workers to convert from
an old barn.
An extract from from"Wilmslow & Alderley Edge - A History & Celebration".