Whaley Bridge History

The front inside cover

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The front inside cover

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Just want to say thanks for going to the trouble of posting the Taxal parish magazine pages. Have found the burial of my G.G.Grandmother in the May...

The front and back inside covers.

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Inside the front cover.

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Nothing at all on the inside cover in July. Just three pages to show that gambling and the weather were a problem in 1891, nothing changes really....

Like many this year only the front cover, this being the back of it.

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Like many this year only the front cover, this being the back of it.

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Like many this year only the front cover, this being the back of it.

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Only the inside cover of this month. At the moment this is the oldest copy we have. Not in very good condition, but readable.

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Back to the subject of Forum updates. In the next week I will have to update the forum, as I have said before this has to be done.

I did some tests...

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This is a photo taken in the drought, it is Errwood Reservoir. It is taken from a video I made at the time, so the quality is not brilliant....

Programme about the Mersey last night. The first few minutes are about the Goyt valley and New Mills, with a short sequence showing people crossing...

I'm planning a video showing Goyt's Bridge before it was flooded, using old photos, maps and excerpts from the 1930s cine film.

But I'm no historian...

On Wednesday, February 21st 1951, fifteen employees of Birch Vale Printworks, each with 50 or more years service with the Calico Printers Association...

A steam hauled excursion train The Tin Bath is due to pass through our valley between New Mills and Buxworth on Sunday 1st November. Hauled by...

Here are three photos taken today, 2nd August 2015 of Taxal pond.
It's nice to say that it looks great under it's new ownership, a bit like fort knox...

Here is a link to video about Whaley.

This email came in today with the two attached photographs, which are going on the site as requested.

I was born and brought up in Whaley Bridge,...

There is free access to Findmypast this weekend - T & Cs are as follows:

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Free access lasts from 12:00pm midday (GMT) on Friday...

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Got this from Steve Lewis who is interested in history around these parts. Some of you may have seen his website on New Mills.

I have attached a...

Received the following email, and photograph, from a person who lives in Poynton. He does not wish to join the forum so to be on the safe side I will...

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People who follow the comments on the photo website may have seen a recent comment from America. This is regarding the first owner of Sunny Lea,...

I have had a little trip to Cambridgeshire this weekend to visit friends and, on Saturday, took a trip into Ely. We wandered into an antique shop,...

The long awaited follow up to When the Elephants Came to Whaley , the second volume of Geoff Morten's memoirs is now out. Entitled Hefting Home to...