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Errwood hall auction 1930
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red_baron » Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:19 pm
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Firstly I would like to say thank you for allowing me to join!
Now that the formalities are out of the way, I am hoping that someone will be able...
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Good evening, Red Barron,
I understand what you say about Joseph and the coffins in the crypt.
A recently retired gamekeeper lives close to me and...
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Wed Apr 25, 2018 7:37 pm
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A Visit From Honolulu
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Norm » Thu Jun 29, 2017 3:44 pm
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Hi
Would members care to look at the old Whaley History Forum. Martha Samson, from Hawaii, is planning a visit to Whaley and would like help if...
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Thank you Norm.
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Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:34 am
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Taxal Church.
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R. Stephenson-Smythe » Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:52 pm
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I have in my possession a large metal box containing all the Parish magazines dating back to the 1800’s until about 2000.
They were all stored in a...
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Good evening Gail,
A couple of days ago I was driving down the lane and saw Ralph Longden who used to live 3 doors away from me on Shallcross Road...
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Thu Apr 05, 2018 7:36 pm
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Praise in an email
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Norm » Thu Mar 15, 2018 8:14 am
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Hi
We received an email yesterday from a person who looks at the site and enjoys it. This is obviously pleasing since I know many drop in but keep...
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Good evening Norm,
Today I picked up the Combs book as agreed and met two lovely people. They even had a penny farthing bicycle in their front room...
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Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:58 pm
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Whaley Bridge Football Club - what year & recognise anyone?
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pandjm » Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:03 pm
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I’ve recently been scanning some old family photographs and came across the attached. I’m pretty certain it’s Whaley Bridge Football Club (my late...
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Can i just add that Paul suggested i could put the photo on the site. Over the years i have seen many from the whaleybridgefc site and never used...
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Mon Mar 12, 2018 10:48 am
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Sat Mar 03, 2018 1:35 pm
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Fernilee Hall
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cawright1 » Sun Jan 14, 2018 5:28 pm
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Hi all, great site and forum.
Finished reading a book I picked up from a charoty shop last night, all about the Gunpowder mills at Fernilee.Very...
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I see there has been responses on the Growing up in Whaley Bridge Facebook site to your question. Here are three of the replies.
The Valentine was...
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Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:48 am
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The Swan, Newtown
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Norm » Fri Dec 29, 2017 8:40 am
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Right I know this is not Whaley, but the Swan is very well known to certain members on the site so I am breaking the rules (anyway we don't have...
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I heard last night that this is all rubbish. The pub isn't being done up and the Facebook story isn't true.
I will leave the thread on for a bit...
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Fri Jan 05, 2018 12:24 pm
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Baptisms
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Gnatalee » Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:23 pm
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On 25 May 1901, baptised in the parish of Chapel-en-le-Frith were -
seven children of James and Sarah Jane Pearson (Dinah, Annie, Harry, Mary...
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Just hijack this thread to say Merry Christmas to all. The sprouts are nearly ready, been on since the 27th November.
Let's hope 2018 is a good...
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Sun Dec 24, 2017 8:12 am
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Eric Muller and Olga Dawson
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parabuild » Sun Dec 17, 2017 5:07 pm
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I have received the following request from Frnacois Boyissy in Francw.
Can anybody help?
Dear Ladies and Gents,
I'm trying to discover...
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Thanks very much indeed Gail. I will forward your reply
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Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:27 pm
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The history of the Jodrell's?
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Digger » Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:07 pm
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I have just watched a video about archery and I was surprised that Whaley Bridge got a mention.
Apparently William Jodrell-the archer,1375, got...
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Furness Vale History Society has published a booklet Miss Hobson's timeline based on her 1950s research and on a display posted at Furness School...
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Sun Dec 17, 2017 5:18 pm
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Mevril Bleachworks workers
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chulme » Wed Nov 22, 2017 8:25 am
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Forum members might want try to identify some people in the attached photo from my family archive showing ( I believe) the workers at the Mevril...
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Thanks - that date does seem about right to me. It was a traumatic time in our family - my father did managed to get another job at Bernard Wardles -...
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Sat Nov 25, 2017 2:27 pm
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Jesse Ratcliffe
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G. Jackson » Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:49 am
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I know it isn't Whaley Bridge but it is nearby.....
From the High Peak Reporter October 3rd 1917
THE FIRST DECORATION
To Sergt. Jesse Ratcliffe...
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One month later..............
From The High Peak Reporter 3rd November 1917
DIED OF WOUNDS
Seldom has the village been so moved as it was on...
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:53 pm
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The Printworks.
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R. Stephenson-Smythe » Sat Aug 12, 2017 12:25 pm
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There seems to have been a lot of interest in this subject of late so I have started this tread which, as usual, will consist of Press cuttings of...
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Manchester Guardian
26 May 1862
meetings of creditors
Tuesday May 27th John Welch, calico printer, Whaley Bridge and Manchester, first meeting....
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Wed Oct 18, 2017 6:09 pm
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A concrete disaster.
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R. Stephenson-Smythe » Mon Oct 02, 2017 4:28 pm
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Hello Digger,
You very kindly sent me, via Norm, a small video of a method of concrete pumping.
My back ground, although I trained as a Quantity...
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Hello R.S-S,
I expect that the replacement of the concrete proved very expensive.
One of my brothers worked as a mixer driver. At the end of the...
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Fri Oct 13, 2017 12:42 pm
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One Million
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Norm » Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:21 am
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Hello all,
Just a post to tell you that I expect the number of views on the photo website to go through 1,000,000 today, or very soon. That's a lot...
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Totally agree with Digger - great news and a great indication of how well this forum and site are viewed. Thank you to all contributors also, I love...
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Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:36 pm
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Football team
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PamG » Sat Aug 12, 2017 2:59 pm
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I believe this photo is dated in about the 1930's, and is possibly of Bridgemont F.C who played at Hoggs Yard. I can name one of the players but...
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You obviously don't realise that I am confused too and sometimes am unable to tell my Bugsworth from my Furness Vale !! (Just so you know !)...
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Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:25 pm
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Crime.
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R. Stephenson-Smythe » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:23 pm
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Well yesterday I did some work for a gentleman who was interested in Bugsworth (like me), The Goyt Valley (like me) and murders (also like me).
I...
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High Peak News
22 April 1933
a family difference
summons for assault withdrawn
At Chapel Police Court on Thursday, last week, Sarah Edith...
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Wed Jul 19, 2017 10:42 am
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Fernilee
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Gnatalee » Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:35 pm
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Hi all
Am sure someone can answer this question very easily - where does Fernilee start and end . On one of the cenuses it is referred to as...
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Well, that was very entertaining !
Thank you for the link Gail, you were right - am still confused but the map is interesting ! Interesting, in so...
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 5:32 pm
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The Kettleshulme Gunpowder Hut
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parabuild » Thu Jun 22, 2017 12:55 pm
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Marie Cunningham has been researching a footpath leading westwards from Neighbourway Farm in Kettleshulme and in doing so has discovered some...
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Kevin Dranfield, in his book “Goyt Valley Miner” gives some background to the Hewitt family. John James,known as Jack was born in Kettleshulme in...
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Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:13 pm
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A David Frith Memorial Footbridge
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parabuild » Sun Feb 21, 2016 3:56 pm
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A proposal by Graham Aldred envisages a new footbridge across the weir at the head of Toddbrook Reservoir. This would link to a footpath leading to...
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Although progress may seem slow, Graham Aldred is determined to press ahead with the plans for a bridge at the head of Toddbrook Reservoir and his...
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Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:12 pm
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Errwood 1995
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Norm » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:08 am
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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....
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Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:08 am
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A query
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Norm » Fri Jun 09, 2017 10:59 am
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Hi
As always we seem to get emails from people who would rather do that then join. Anyway here is an example.
I suspect there is a bit of language...
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Message sent !
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Sun Jun 11, 2017 6:22 pm
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Finding the lodge
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drstir » Tue Jun 06, 2017 11:45 am
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I just wondered whether anyone might be able to identify this building. Gerald Hancock allowed me to scan it from his collection some years back. I...
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Ah well - you can't have answers to all life's imponderables. :D
I'm sure it must be the lodge shown on the 1888 map - where the lane from Fernilee...
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Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:08 am
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Carts
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Norm » Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:32 pm
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Before the good old petrol engine was invented everything was moved about by horses. Here is a thrilling thread showing carts that were used many...
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Believe it or not a lot do. So I sign on in it on the basis if it works in IE it will be ok in anything else. Then I use something else when IE...
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Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:33 pm
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