tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15366541915681962352024-03-17T20:23:12.394+00:00Old HydeOld Hyde features non-contemporary material, old photographs, prints &c. of the Greater Manchester/Tameside town Hyde, in the county of Cheshire. It is a companion blog to Hyde Daily Photo.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-42046446944615607622016-02-03T00:00:00.000+00:002016-02-02T21:45:36.252+00:00Henry Enfield Dowson <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zKlIP33-1ws/VrEfAwL9LjI/AAAAAAAAUDw/Cf88Yx7VDi0/s1600/hedowson-photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zKlIP33-1ws/VrEfAwL9LjI/AAAAAAAAUDw/Cf88Yx7VDi0/s640/hedowson-photo.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The following information is taken from "A History of Hyde Chapel" chiefly from the materials and reminiscences of John Thornley compiled by Thomas Middleton and published by Cartwright & Rattray Ltd, Manchester, 1908.<br />
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"What Hyde Chapel owes to Mr Dowson, the present generation can never know. It will only be when, after the passage of years, the historian of the future comes to sum up events ... that the true value of Mr. Dowson's ministry will be known and understood."<br />
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"Henry Enfield Dowson was born at Geldeston, Norfolk on the 23rd day of November, 1837, the son of Septimus Dowson." He was educated first at the school of his uncle, John Withers Dowson, at Norwich. Subsequently he studied at London University College School; Malleson's School, Hove House, Brighton; Higher Burgher School, Heidelberg. In 1857 he proceeded to University College, London gaining a first class B.A. with classical honours. After a theological course ar Manchester New College he was appointed co-pastor at the the Church of the Messiah, Birmingham. In 1867 he came to Gee Cross to take up ministry at Hyde Chapel. <br />
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He married Lucy Osler in Birmingham in 1866 and went on to sire four daughters and four sons.<br />
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"Outside his purely ministerial labours, his chief work in Hyde has been rendered on behalf of education. He has taken an active part in the management of British Schools ... Boston Mills School [became] an infants' school and old Hyde Lane School opened as a British School. He also had a part in the management of the George Street School, formerly the Methodist New Connexion School. ... the Gee Cross Undenominational School and the Wesleyan School were handed over to the Town Council after the passing of the Education Act of 1902."<br />
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He was a staunch supporter of the Liberal Party, was President of the Seal Club since its inauguration and also President of Hyde Cricket Club.<br />
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"A great feature of Mr. Dowson's ministry has been the happy relationshio between him and all churches and sects. ... No more striking testiomony to his popularity and the general respect in which he is held by all classes could be produced than the unanimous welcome which met the announcement that he, in conjunction with the Rev, F.A. Screeton, M.A., Vicar of St Thomas', Hyde, was to make an effort to bring about a settlement of the dispute which led to the long "strike" at Ashton Mills, in the early part of 1908."<br />
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"Mr. Dowson is commonly spoken of - not in irony, be it said, but in a spirit of admiration as - 'The Bishop of Gee Cross,' and 'The Grand Old Man of Hyde.'"<br />
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See also<br />
<a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/d-is-for-dowson-revd-he-1837-1925.html" target="new">D is for Dowson, Revd H.E. (1837-1925)</a>;<br />
an account of <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/e-is-for-enfield-street.html" target="new">Enfield School</a>;<br />
David Barlow's overview of his life in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20Z0zsAhRI" target="new">YouTube video</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-82584544546111930692015-06-19T22:46:00.000+01:002015-06-19T22:46:06.740+01:00Fashion in the 1940s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b_fpyExFRwM/VYQhUfGHkpI/AAAAAAAATE0/cXbCn2ka7hY/s1600/mannequinparade2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-b_fpyExFRwM/VYQhUfGHkpI/AAAAAAAATE0/cXbCn2ka7hY/s640/mannequinparade2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
At the recent Gee Cross Fete I was asked to photograph a newspaper cutting that included this photograph of a Mannequin Parade at Hyde Town Hall. I think it was a cutting from the North Cheshire Herald. There was a handwritten date of 1930 given but the text refers to clothing coupons and so it must in fact be from the 1940s.<br />
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<blockquote>There was no evidence of the battle for "the longer skirt", now said to be raging in the fashion houses of London and Paris, at the Mannequin Parade at the Town Hall Hyde, on Tuesday, presented by the Mayoress's Ladies' Committee and Clegg's, Newton Street, in aid of the Mayoress of Hyde's Hospital and Charity Fund. The models were all the current just-below-knee length. Gracfully displaying the wide range of styles were the Misses Doreen Tewson, Eva Hambleton, Pauline Norman, Mrs Cowling and Mrs Burgess, and they carried themselves with the poise of practised mannequins, though usually they are serving behind the counter at Clegg's . <br />
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Noticeable features were the pre-dominance of feathers as trimming, the popularity of the off-the-face hat and the tendency tcwards a one-sided outline by the skilful use of side draping in gowns and off-centre bows on hats. Colour combinations of note were: black and sage green, cherry and turquoise, and turquoise and brown. <br />
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As an added note of colour a large white cameo-type brooch was pinned to the lapel of the coat. For the fuller figure was a charming brown fur fabric coat with full swing back from a circular yoke. With this was one of the new hats figuring the east-to-west trend, and underneath was an ice-blue wool dress trimmed with self-coloured frilling. Having long sleeves with turn back reefer cuffs it should be a cosy style for the colder days. <br />
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The evening dresses were outstandingly smart, in particular a lemon crepe trimmed with black sequins on the pockets, and a full draped skirt, worn with a silver fax cape. Peploms were a noticeable feature of the evening wear, being either draped or pleated and longer than some months ago, when they were first introduced. The woollen indoor suits in fine jersey cloth were very attractive. but at 14 coupons they are out of reach of the woman who wants a winter coat out of her ration of 20 coupons.</blockquote>Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-34914401715901992802015-03-19T20:30:00.000+00:002015-03-19T20:58:36.822+00:00Carrfield Mill<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ha_gmcDTX4M/VQszmbYuLkI/AAAAAAAASjc/XACyWpj7srk/s1600/ashtonbrosmills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ha_gmcDTX4M/VQszmbYuLkI/AAAAAAAASjc/XACyWpj7srk/s640/ashtonbrosmills.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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This old postcard shows the junction of Newton Street and Dukinfield Road circa 1920.<br />
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The tram in the foreground is one that was operated by SHMDJT - Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield Joint Tramways from the 1900s until the 1930s.<br />
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Behind the old tram is the Ashton Brothers' mill complex: Carrfield Mill, Bayleyfield Mill and Balaclava Mill. The latter two mills mere demolished in 2008.<br />
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Carrfield Mill was founded by the Ashton Brothers, Samuel, Thomas, James and John. Erected in 1817, Carrfield Mill was intended as a combined spinning and weaving mill from the start and 200 powerlooms weavers were being employed there in 1819. The partnership known as Samuel Ashton & Brothers was dissolved in 1821 when Samuel left and the remaining three brothers traded as T.J. & J. Ashton. In September 1823 this partnership too was dissolved, John and James forming another partnership with Robert Ashton, a younger brother, at Newton Moor Mill and Greencroft Mill. This left Thomas Ashton in sole control of the Carrfield Mill site.<br />
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Originally known for manufacturing Zorbit terry nappies, it became the home of "Christy Towels". The brand was founded in 1851. Christy is the world's oldest towel manufacturer and is the UK's leading towel brand. Christy invented the first loom to mechanically weave what remains today the basis of the modern towel and is the exclusive supplier of the towels to the world famous Wimbledon Tennis Championship. The 1 billion USD Welspun Group acquired an 85% interest in Christy for a business valuation of GBP 15.6 m, in July 2006. In 2008 they closed the dyehouse and making-up departments at Hyde and transferred the machinery to a specially designed site at Welspun's Anjar facility in India.<br />
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Their UK HQ and sales office remained at Carrfield Mill until 2012 when they took over 12,000 sq ft of offices and showroom facilities at Orbit Developments' Park Square complex in Cheadle.<br />
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The last remaining mill was demolished in 2013 although the office building wasn't finally raised to the ground until 2015. The 7 acre industrial and office development site is now for sale.<br />
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See how Newton Street looks now on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/newton-street.html" target="new">Hyde Xtra</a> and take a peek at the demolished mill site on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/final-end-of-carrfield-mill.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-35366878085536553102015-01-11T19:20:00.000+00:002015-01-11T19:23:07.608+00:00Hyde Carnival 1923?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hH1MDKsAv5s/VLLMZ130X6I/AAAAAAAASGY/azQJXEPj7DA/s1600/carnival1923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hH1MDKsAv5s/VLLMZ130X6I/AAAAAAAASGY/azQJXEPj7DA/s640/carnival1923.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This photograph was sent to me by Sheila Metcalfe who writes:<blockquote>This photo is believed to be of the Hyde Carnival Parade and my grannparents belonged to an acting company taking part in the parade. My grandfather is the "Queen" at the front on the right. I see the "King" is holding a large key which must be symbolic of something. <br />
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According to my aunt, my grandparents were in Hyde for six months doing repertory theatre at the New Theatre Royal. They were most probably with Langley Howard’s Company. My aunt was born in January 1923 and the family (Godfrey, Winifred and Joan Ward) lodged with John and Jane Mattin and their adult daughters. In the 1911 census John Mattin had a grocer's shop at 77 Commercial Street, Newton, Hyde. When Jane died in 1932 they had moved to 75 Mottram Road, Hyde. I'm not sure which address my grandparents were at. Their adult daughters were a school teacher and a tailoress. <br />
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I think they were probably there from about June 1923 for 30 weeks, as they were in Hull in May, but it could have been later. Memories fade over time so the year and theatre could be wrong. I haven't managed to find any direct reference to the company performing repertory at the Theatre Royal in Hyde. The only mention I have found of Langley Howard repertory in Hyde in 1923 was in the Hull Daily Mail the following year when the company took repertory theatre to Hull, and only in passing. Apparently "The Silver Crucifix" was their most popular play. I see from the Manchester Guardian that the Langley Howard Players were performing repertory at the Little Theatre, Rusholme in 1926, but neither my grandparents nor Langley Howard are listed as being involved, so I think this is too late.<br />
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I would be very grateful if someone could tell me more about the photograph and if anyone knows of Langley Howard's company performing at the Theatre Royal, Hyde or could point me in the right direction. My grandparents performed under the stage names Godfrey Ward and Winifred James.</blockquote>Please contact Sheila directly at <a href="mailto:metcalfe012@btinternet.com">metcalfe012@btinternet.com</a>.<br />
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I am also posting this on the Facebrook Groups:<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/17535804704/" target="new">Friends of Theatre Royal Hyde</a>;<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/hydememories/" target="new">Hyde Memories</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-81619970511954663572014-12-18T10:30:00.000+00:002015-01-12T20:54:50.755+00:00Hyde Library and Technical School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7lIEVXsXTPc/VJKu-PpZJgI/AAAAAAAAR-s/ht5spGfNzGM/s1600/proposedtech.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7lIEVXsXTPc/VJKu-PpZJgI/AAAAAAAAR-s/ht5spGfNzGM/s640/proposedtech.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Hyde Library was originally Hyde Technical School and Free Library. It opened in 1897 replacing the former <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/mechanics-intitute.html" target="new">Mechanics Institute</a>.<br />
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This Architects drawing was found in an old book at St George's Church.<blockquote>PROPOSED NEW TECHNICAL SCHOOLS<br />
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"It is proposed to build, at a no-distant date, new TECHNICAL SCHOOLS near to the Public Baths in Union Street. The probable cost, including furnishing, will be £12,000. Towards this expenditure, subscriptions have been promised to the extent of £3,500, a grant has been offered by the County Council, while a further grant has been made by the Science and Art Department in London. The deficit, £5,000, is being raised by a Loan on Corporation Security, to be repaid out of a rate at one pebby in the pound. Plans of an elaborate building have been prepared. Above we give an illustration of the exterior of the Schools, from which it will be inferred that, to Hyde at any rate, the edifice will be a thing of beauty.<br />
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The need of these Schools has arisen through the impetus given to Technical Instruction by the Technical Institution Acts of 1889-91. At present there is an insufficiency of accommodation for the several classes held, while there is a demand for other classes that cannot be met. Classes, for example, meet in the Mechanics' Institute, the British Schools, and the Town Hall, in rooms by no means adapted for the purpose. When the new Schools are completed this defect will be remidied, and additional instruction given in Cookery, Laundry, Manual Instruction, &c."</blockquote>Although the library as built was not quite as grand as the architect's drawing it wasn't far short.<br />
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The old public baths building has been long gone and now with library services been removed to the Town Hall the building is under threat from a council now based in Ashton which has a wide "programme to reduce the number and costs of Council-owned buildings. Tameside Council's priority is to save services over buildings in its challenge to meet £142m Government funding cuts to its budget." They have already done it in Denton, now they want to do it in Hyde.<br />
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Update: Hyde Library closed on Monday 12th January 2015. The library service in the Town Hall opens in February,<br />
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See also <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/sign-hanging-off-at-hyde-library.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-52591081622629116082014-11-25T14:40:00.000+00:002014-11-25T15:03:23.273+00:00Listed buildings: Apethorn Farm<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/SSrrsaRbjLI/AAAAAAAACTk/pARNUKvpC3E/s1600-h/Apethorn+Farm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/SSrrsaRbjLI/AAAAAAAACTk/pARNUKvpC3E/s400/Apethorn+Farm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272285461989788850" border="0" /></a><br />
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Apethorn Farm is a Grade II listed building.<br />
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Originally 15th century but with external walls and other features of the C17 to C19. Cruck-framed with brick and squared rubble walls and a graduated stone slate roof. Originally a 4-bay cruck-framed open-hall house (probably a long-house) but with a floor inserted in the C17 and other alterations during conversion to cottages. <br />
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The elevation consists of a small gabled wing in bay 1, and a second bay both of which are in stone. The other 3 bays are in brick and have 3 doors relating to their use as a shippon. One ridge chimney. The east elevation, again with 3 bays in brick and the remainder in stone has 3 dormer windows rising from the eaves, one of them gabled. The gable onto the road has one ground floor window and a sash window above. <br />
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It is an important example of an early house-type few of which remain in Greater Manchester.<br />
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This picture by Frank Bennett, taken in May 2008, and reproduced here with his permission, first appeared on the <a href="http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=212470" target="_blank">Images of England</a> site.<br />
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In 1831 it was the scene of a murder. In 1928 it was divided into cottages and then in 1993 a fire reduced to it to just the original cruck frame. In recent years it has been wrapped in order to prevent/reduce further damage. It is privately owned and there appears to be little will for renovation/restoration.<br />
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Recent photographs of the farm can be found on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/apethorn-farm.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
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A photograph of the barn can be found on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/barn-at-apethorn-farm.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://rubbishbyroan.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Rubbish Tuesday</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-29626474377912152942014-11-01T00:00:00.000+00:002016-07-11T20:27:27.298+01:00A brief history of Hyde Grammar School<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkbT5KVvgW8/VFQAFr1NS8I/AAAAAAAARog/3Sdc3SPd9m4/s1600/1977grammar1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hkbT5KVvgW8/VFQAFr1NS8I/AAAAAAAARog/3Sdc3SPd9m4/s640/1977grammar1.jpg"></a></div><br />
The original Hyde Grammar School was founded in 1877 on the corner of Henry Street and Edna Street. <br />
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It is now a sheet-metal factory.<br />
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A new building on Clarendon Road costing £12,000 was opened as the "New County School" on September 17th 1912 by Sir George Dixon, chairman of the County Council. Large extensions to the building were made and opened in 1929 and at that time the name was changed to "Hyde Grammar School".<br />
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It closed its doors to 11 year olds in 1979. When the last intake had progressed to the Sixth Form, it became Hyde Sixth Form College. It later merged with Ashton Sixth Form college to form Tameside College after which it was known as Hyde Clarendon Sixth Form College.<br />
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Photographs of the current building can be found on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/landmarks-hyde-grammar-school.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> and <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/hyde-clarendon-sixth-form-college.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
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Videos on YouTube that feature Hyde Grammar School include:<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/hyde-grammar-school-football-team-1946.html" target="new">Hyde Grammar School Football Team 1946</a> by George Wain.<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/hyde-grammer-school-sports-day-1946.html" target="new">Hyde Grammer School Sports Day 1946</a> by George Wain.<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/nunc-amici.html" target="new">Hyde Grammar School, Nunc Amici, The School Song</a> by Sefton Wallet.<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/hyde-gs-boys-of-57-reunion.html" target="new">Hyde Grammar School: Boys of '57 Reunion</a> by Sefton Wallet.<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/hyde-grammar-school-more-boys-from-57.html" target="new">Hyde Grammar School: More boys from '57</a> by Sefton Wallet.<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/hyde-grammar-school-photo-july-1959.html" target="new">Hyde Grammar School Photo July 1959</a> by Sefton Wallet.<br />
<a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2008/05/hyde-grammar-school-staff-of-1959.html" target="new">Hyde Grammar School: The Staff of 1959</a> by Sefton Wallet.<br />
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Current plans for Tameside College are to transfer all services to a new centre in Ashton under Lyne and then sell the site to a developer for demolition. An e-petition has been launched - <a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/70345" target="new">Save Hyde Clarendon College from demolition</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-17168150761573250422014-10-01T07:30:00.000+01:002014-10-01T08:02:20.588+01:00History of St George's Bells<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lK5wZSD-WYE/VCcTBpEo6WI/AAAAAAAARUY/TDICKamiUaI/s1600/PEEL9600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lK5wZSD-WYE/VCcTBpEo6WI/AAAAAAAARUY/TDICKamiUaI/s640/PEEL9600.jpg" /></a></div><br />
When St. George's Church was opened for public worship in the year 1832, it possessed only one bell. In 1853 it was replaced by a full peal of eight bells. The new bells, purchased by the proceeds of a public subscription begun which realised £831 9s. 3d. were cast by Messrs. C. and G. Mears, at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London; they were then brought to Hyde, along the Peak Forest Canal, and landed at the Wharf in Canal Street. A parade was organised, and on the 3rd of February, 1853, the bells were conveyed up the town on a lorry from the Printworks, which was drawn by a number of splendid horses, and accompanied by the Printworks Brass Band, playing lively music.<br />
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The first peal was rung on Palm Sunday, March 20th, 1853, by the Society of Change Ringers from the Parish Church, Mottram. During the ringing of the first peal it was discovered that the bells were placed too low in the tower; it was accordingly decided to re-hang them in a higher position. During the re-hanging, on August 10th, 1853, a serious accident occurred. The sixth bell fell, breaking the leg of Mr. Wilson, the contractor, and crashing through the floor of the tower until it reached the stone floor of the main entrance porch of the church, where it broke into the vault of Captain Clarke, which is situated under the tower; and but for the presence of a second covering stone in the vault it would, in all probability, have fallen upon and broken the coffins lying there. The bell was smashed to pieces, but a new one was cast without delay, and the full peal were then re-hung in a suitable position.<br />
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The ringers in connection with St. George's have repeatedly distinguished themselves, and on the walls of the ringing room are three Mural Tablets recording noteworthy feats. The first reads:<center><br />
The<br />
St Georges<br />
SOCIETY OF CHANGE RINGERS<br />
Hyde<br />
ON THE 24th DAY OF MARCH 1856, EIGHT<br />
MEMBERS OF THE ABOVE SOCIETY, RANG<br />
ON THESE BELLS A PEAL OF GRANDSHIRE MAJOR<br />
CONSISTING OF 9,600 CHANGES,<br />
IN 5 HOURS & 43 MINUTES.<br />
THE BAND WAS STATIONED AS FOLLOWS.<br />
ROBERT BRIERLEY TREBLE<br />
HENRY ROSTRON 2nd<br />
RICHARD AINSWORTH 3rd<br />
EDMUND HOYLE 4th<br />
WILLIAM HARRISON 5th<br />
JAMES WILDE 6th<br />
REUBEN CRAWSAHW 7th<br />
JOHN POTTS TENOR.<br />
COMPOSED BY WILLIAM HARRISON.<br />
CONDUCTED BY RICHARD AINSWORTH.</center><br />
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The second tablet contains the inscription:<center><br />
The<br />
St Georges<br />
SOCIETY OF CHANGE RINGERS<br />
Hyde<br />
ON THE 29th DAY OF MARCH 1858, SEVEN<br />
MEMBERS OF THE ABOVE SOCIETY, WITH MR<br />
JAMES ADAMS OF ASHTON, RANG ON THESE<br />
BELLS A PEAL OF STEADMAN TRIPLES CONSISTING<br />
OF 5,040 CHANGES IN 3 HOURS & 6 MINUTES<br />
THE BAND WAS STATIONED AS FOLLOWS.<br />
RICHARD AINSWORTH TREBLE<br />
HENRY ROSTRON 2nd<br />
THOMAS SALE 3rd<br />
JAMES ADAMS 4th<br />
JAMES WILDE 5th<br />
WILLIAM BEELEY 6th<br />
WILLIAM HARRISON 7th<br />
JOHN POTTS TENOR.<br />
COMPOSED BY T. THURSTON OF BIRMINGHAM.<br />
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM HARRISON.</center><br />
During the summer of 1920 the bells were taken down and a new steel framework was erected and the bells recast. At this time the weights were increased (the Tenor bell weighs 919kg) but the tuning remained the same. <br />
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The third Mural Tablet is inscribed:<center><br />
The<br />
Chester<br />
DIOCESAN GUILD.<br />
MAY 10th 1930. IN 3 HOURS & 5 MINUTES.<br />
A PEAL OF DOUBLE NORWICH COURT<br />
BOB MAJOR 5024 CHANGES.<br />
WILLIAM SHAW. TREBLE.<br />
ARTHUR HAUGHTON. 2nd<br />
JOHN H. BRIERLEY. 3rd<br />
HARRY NORGROVE. 4th<br />
JAMES SHAW. 5th<br />
SAMUEL BOWKER. 6th<br />
TOM WILDE. 7th<br />
ALBERT HOUGH. TENOR.<br />
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY TOM WILDE.<br />
RUNG TO COMMEMORATE THE 20th ANNIVERSARY<br />
OF THE ACCESSION OF HIS MAJESTRY KING GEORGE V<br />
ALSO AS A COMPLIMENT TO MR JAMES SHAW, WHO<br />
HAS BEEN A RINGER AT THIS CHURCH<br />
FOR 55 YEARS.<br />
REV. H.J. GRAHAM.M.A.VICAR.<br />
J.M.SIMON. A. BANCROFT. WARDENS.</center><br />
Full details of the bells can be found on <a href="http://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?searchString=hyde&Submit=+Go+&DoveID=HYDE" target="new">Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers</a>.<br />
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The <a href="http://cccbr.org.uk/felstead/tbid.php?tid=2621&page=0&rpp=100&sort=0" target="new">Felstead Database</a> lists 263 special peals rung between 1853 and 2012.<br />
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See a photograph of the ladder in the ringing room on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/l-is-for-ladder.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-62655770399496009022014-09-28T08:30:00.000+01:002014-09-28T08:53:58.611+01:00Joseph Artingstoll<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3YUeluH1JaA/VCWdHv9dmvI/AAAAAAAARS0/LSD0vJfdfuM/s1600/artingstollportrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3YUeluH1JaA/VCWdHv9dmvI/AAAAAAAARS0/LSD0vJfdfuM/s640/artingstollportrait.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This photograph of Joseph Artingstoll is scanned from Thomas Middleton's book on the history of St George's Church. The book gives the following account of him:<br />
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Joseph Artingstoll died on February 8th, 1864, at the early age of 25 years, but he had crowded into his short life a record of labour which distinguishes him as one of the most prominent of the bye-gone worthies of St. George's. His funeral sermon was published in booklet form, under the title of "A Sermon preached in St. George's Church, Hyde, on the occasion of the death of Mr. Joseph Artingsioll, on Sunday, Feb. 14th, 1864, by the Rev. Alexander Read B.A. Incumbent." In the publication, Mr. Read states--<blockquote>"He was, from his earliest days, orderly, serious and fond of reading. He had read the whole Bible through, chapter by chapter, in his family circle, when quite in early boyhood. And when engaged ln his usual work, the Bible, or in later years, the Greek Testament, was a regular companion. He was a young man of strong natural powers , and had practised self-culture with marked diligence and success. ... Though daily engaged in labours demanding constant attention, so continually did he turn every moment to account. that his literary attainments were very considerable, and in such circumstances, wonderful. ... He was placed in charge of the Young Men's Class in St. George's Sunday School and was judged eminently fitted for the important duty. ... ln the course of his sickness I spoke to him of experimental religion and having expressed a fear that I had wearied him in his excessive weakness he at once replied that, "it was his greatest delight to speak on this subject; it was always edifying." And when shortly before his death, I mentioned his approaching end, and reminded him of the Christians' support in that solemn moment-- "Christ," said he, "is my rock, I have no other trust but Christ." He seemed more able to give comfort and instruction at that solemn hour than to need it."</blockquote>There is a tablet to Mr. Artingstoll's memory on the south wall of the church. <br />
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The memorial no longer exists. I traced this information after hearing from Alison Hunt who had written to me saying:<blockquote>"I am researching my family history. The family were called Artingstoll and had premises in Hyde Lane and Chapel Street. I understand that William Artingstoll 1836-1908 donated money to the building of St George's church and that there is/was a memorial to his brother Joseph in the church school."</blockquote><br />
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Whilst I didn't discover the lost memorial I did find, after thumbing through a programme for a bazaar held in 1896, an advertisement for Artingstoll's High-class decorators, established in 1835.<br />
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See a photograph of the inside of St George's church on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/inside-st-georges-church.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Inspired Sundays</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-39036217557034660592014-09-19T08:44:00.000+01:002014-09-19T08:44:27.192+01:00WWI Memorial in St George's Church, Hyde<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swNRvudEv_Q/VBs_4r_vPoI/AAAAAAAAROQ/0EpKgt82AUg/s1600/ww1memorial.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-swNRvudEv_Q/VBs_4r_vPoI/AAAAAAAAROQ/0EpKgt82AUg/s640/ww1memorial.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The inscription reads:<center>TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE<br />
MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US ALL<br />
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918<br />
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OSWALD ADSHEAD<br />
HARRY ARCHER<br />
HENRY ARMITAGE<br />
JAMES ARMITAGE<br />
W STANLEY BARRY<br />
HAROLD BANCROFT<br />
HARRY BANCROFT<br />
WILLIAM B BARDSLEY<br />
HAROLD BRIDGE<br />
HARRY BROADBENT<br />
JOSEPH BROADBENT<br />
JAMES E BROOMHEAD <br />
FRED CROWLEY<br />
HARRY CULLEN<br />
ROLAND CULLEN<br />
HARRY DUCKWORTH<br />
JOHN DUCKWORTH<br />
ALFRED ELLIS<br />
ARTHUR FAULKNER<br />
CHARLES FOLEY<br />
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JOHN FOX<br />
HARRY H GREEN<br />
JAMES H HALKYARD <br />
ROBERT HAMPSON<br />
HAROLD HARDY<br />
JOHN HARDY<br />
JOE HARRISON<br />
HAROLD HILL<br />
JOHN HAUGHTON<br />
ALFRED JACKSON<br />
WILLIAM JONES<br />
BERTIE KIRTON<br />
ERNEST KNOWLES<br />
JOHN KNOWLES<br />
WILLIAM KNOWLES<br />
ERNEST LAWTON<br />
SAMUEL LEE<br />
JOSEPH LEIGH<br />
WILLIAM E LEWIS<br />
HARRY LUNN<br />
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HERBERT E MAKIN<br />
THOMAS H METCALFE<br />
PERCY MORLEY<br />
FRED MOSS<br />
FRED MOTTRAM<br />
WILLIAM NAYLOR<br />
FRED OLDFIELD<br />
CHARLES OLDHAM<br />
DAVID ORFORD<br />
WILLIAM OSBORNE<br />
HAROLD PARR<br />
GEORGE PURSSGLOVE <br />
ARTHUR ROBINSON<br />
WALTER ROBINSON<br />
EDWIN SHERWIN<br />
SAMUEL SMALLEY<br />
JAMES SMITH<br />
ERNEST SPENCER<br />
JOHN W STOTT<br />
HERBERT SWINDELLS<br />
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ALBERT TAYLOR<br />
J EDWARD TOLSON<br />
JOHN WADDINGTON<br />
WILLIAM WALLBANK<br />
E WORSLEY WESTBROOK<br />
ALAN H WHARAM<br />
FRANK WHARAM<br />
HARRY WHARAM<br />
WALTER WHITEHEAD<br />
WILFRED WHITEHEAD<br />
ARNOLD WILDE<br />
ERNEST WILLIAMSON<br />
HARRY WILSON<br />
JOSEPH WILSON<br />
WILLIAM WILSON<br />
ERNEST WOOD<br />
FRED WOOD</center><br />
There are two more memorials relating to the Second World War and these can be viewed on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/flowers-of-remembrance.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-78776966872450313722014-07-22T00:00:00.000+01:002014-07-21T23:05:55.678+01:00Flowers outside Abbey National 1999<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bn7SxNZASHA/U82KOqq5ErI/AAAAAAAAQrw/sFUj4WF7-xQ/s1600/abbey1999.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bn7SxNZASHA/U82KOqq5ErI/AAAAAAAAQrw/sFUj4WF7-xQ/s640/abbey1999.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The Abbey National on the corner of Market Place and Hamnett Street in 1999.<br />
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The antecedents of the Abbey National are the National Permanent Mutual Benefit Building Society established in 1849 and the Abbey Road & St. John's Wood Permanent Benefit Building Society, founded in 1874, based in a Baptist church on Abbey Road in Kilburn. In 1932 the society moved into new headquarters, Abbey House, at 219–229 Baker Street, London, which it occupied until 2002. The site was thought to include 221B Baker Street, the fictional home of Sherlock Holmes and for many years Abbey employed a secretary charged with answering mail sent to Holmes at that address. The two soicieties merged in 1944 to form the Abbey National Building Society.<br />
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1n 1989 it became the first of the UK building societies to demutualise, and become a public limited company. In 2003 it rebranded itself as simply the Abbey. In November 2004 it become part of the Santander Group.<br />
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Santander had also acquired Bradford & Bingley's retail branches and savings business in September 2008.<br />
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In January 2010, Abbey and the branch network of Bradford & Bingley were rebranded as Santander and for the next four years both branches continued to operate at the opposite ends of the Market Place.<br />
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In 2014 the former Bradford & Bingley branch was closed down and its business merged with the former Abbey branch which is now the sole Santander branch in town.<br />
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See how this same scene looks in July 2014 on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/flowers-outside-santander.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-26638292859322270172014-06-22T00:00:00.000+01:002014-06-21T21:56:23.552+01:00Gee Cross Methodist Memorials<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Chs5oPn7GPQ/U6Xr2rZpqQI/AAAAAAAAQck/UeqkbVlvUH4/s1600/geecrossmethodistchurchsketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Chs5oPn7GPQ/U6Xr2rZpqQI/AAAAAAAAQck/UeqkbVlvUH4/s640/geecrossmethodistchurchsketch.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Gee Cross Methodists Church stands on land which was once part of Ralph Fold. Originally, Stockport Road Wesleyan Methodist Church and founded in 1882, when the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Joel Lane closed in 1969 the two congregations merged as Gee Cross Methodists Church. <br />
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This Memorial Stone was laid by Mrs John Blackwell of Godley July 28th 1888. This is six years after the church was founded and is by the entrance to the Sunday School.<br />
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These tablets were rescued from Joel Lane and re-erected here.<br />
<center>1914. THE GREAT WAR 1919.<br />
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This Tablet<br />
IS ERECTED AS A MEMORIAL<br />
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF THIS CHURCH AND SUNDAY<br />
SCHOOL, WHO RESPONDED TO BRITAIN'S CALL AT<br />
THE CRISIS OF A GREAT NATIONAL PERIL<br />
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THE FOLLOWING PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE<br />
THOMAS SAMPSON | HERBERT BRELSFORD<br />
FRED ROBBINS. | HAROLD W WARDLE<br />
JOSEPH J WARDLE | JOHN H WALSH<br />
1939. 1945<br />
ALBERT RICHARDSON<br />
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THESE FLOWER VASES<br />
WERE ERECTED BY THE<br />
FAMILY AND CONGREGATION<br />
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF<br />
ALBERT C. WILSON<br />
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BORN 25th DEC. 1874,<br />
DIED 29th DEC. 1947,<br />
WHO FAITHFULLY SERVED THIS CHAPEL<br />
AND SCHOOL FOR 60 YEARS.<br />
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This tablet commemorates men from Stockport Road Wesleyan Methodist Church. It reads:<center><br />
TO THE GLORY OF GOD<br />
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THIS CHURCH,<br />
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1918.<br />
AND IN EVER ABIDING MEMORY OF THE UNDERMENTIONED WHO FELL<br />
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HARRY COLLINSON | NORMAN H STAFFORD<br />
GEORGE SHELMERDINE | WILLIAM HILL<br />
FRED BARTON | TOM TWEEDALE<br />
SAMUEL SOUTER | JOHN H BRADDOCK<br />
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS"</center><br />
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<center>IN MEMORY OF<br />
Pte NORMAN H STAFFORD<br />
7th ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS<br />
WHO DIED AT PORT SAID<br />
25th OCTOBER 1919.<br />
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RAISED BY OFFICERS AND MEN OF HIS REGIMENT<br />
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<center>Sacred to the Memory of<br />
- JOHN BUCKLAND -<br />
WHOSE SERVICE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS CHURCH<br />
AND SUNDAY SCHOOL EXTENDED OVER A PERIOD OF<br />
40 YEARS. DIED AUGUST 4th 1917.<br />
- AGED 73 YEARS -<br />
A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES.<br />
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WILLOUGHBY WILDE. HYDE.<br />
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<center>IN MEMORY OF<br />
ABEL STAFFORD<br />
WHO WENT TO THE HOMELAND - FEB 21st 1910<br />
AGED 58 YEARS<br />
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THIS TABLET IS A LOVING EXPRESSION OF THE FAMILY AND<br />
FRIENDS OF THE HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS<br />
UNTIRING DEVOTION TO THE BEST INTERESTS OF THIS CHURCH.<br />
HE HELD FOR MANY YEARS THE POSITION OF SUNDAY<br />
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SOCIETY STEWARD AND SEVERAL<br />
OTHER OFFICES: AND AT THE TIME OF HIS TRANSLATION WAS<br />
STEWARD OF THE WOODLEY CIRCUIT<br />
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"He being dead yet speaketh."<br />
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Views of the outside of the church can be a found on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/gee-cross-methodists-church.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
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A view of the inside of the church and its organ can be found on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/inside-gee-cross-methodists.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Inspired Sundays</a>.<br />
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Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-45795600476403375772014-05-06T13:00:00.000+01:002014-05-06T13:42:14.124+01:00Hyde Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CM145Xm5z7U/U2jPw2b_zII/AAAAAAAAQBk/tWiSiSK29hc/s1600/libraryfstone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CM145Xm5z7U/U2jPw2b_zII/AAAAAAAAQBk/tWiSiSK29hc/s640/libraryfstone.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The foundation stone at Hyde Library reads:<center><br />
THIS STONE<br />
WAS LAID BY ELIZABETH WIFE OF<br />
THOMAS ASHTON OF HYDE<br />
ON THE 3rd DAY OF JULY<br />
1897<br />
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It was built on the site of the former <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/mechanics-intitute.html" target="new">Mechanics Institute</a><br />
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A second stone reads:<center><br />
THIS BUILDING WAS OPENED BY<br />
LETITIA MARY<br />
WIDOW OF WILLIAM MARK ASHTON<br />
OF HYDE<br />
FEBRUARY 18TH 1899<br />
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A view of the side of the library can be found on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/the-side-of-hyde-library.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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Current council plans involve moving the contents of the library to the Town Hall and then selling off the building. <br />
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An e-petition opposed to those plans can be found at <a href="http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62460" target="new">http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/62460</a>.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://rubytuesdaytoo.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Ruby Tuesday</a>;<br />
<a href="http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Our World Tuesday</a>;<br />
<a href="http://signs2.blogspot.com/" target="new">signs, signs</a> and<br />
<a href="http://weekendreflection.blogspot.com/" target="new">Weekend Reflections</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-68003266916171683202014-04-16T00:00:00.000+01:002014-04-15T20:55:00.473+01:00Norfolk Arms Disaster Plague<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BVyyog_ZG_0/U02L3WmmLhI/AAAAAAAAP20/QQxFM3cCEs4/s1600/norfolk+arms+disaster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BVyyog_ZG_0/U02L3WmmLhI/AAAAAAAAP20/QQxFM3cCEs4/s400/norfolk+arms+disaster.jpg" /></a></div><br />
A plaque in Clarendon Square Shopping Centre close to the site of the former Norfolk Arms recalls a disaster that occured on 1st April 1829.<br />
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In the summer of 1828, the cotton trade was in such a bad state that the masters announced a reduction of wages. The reduction was firmly opposed by the operatives and a great strike commenced which rapidly spread throughout the district. At Stockport the struggle was extremely bitter, neither side showing any desire to give way. In Hyde a better spirit prevailed and soon the mills in Hyde were all working full-time. However, the harmony did not continue. The operatives of Hyde were contributing each week from their wages towards the support of the people who were out on strike in Stockport, as a result of which their employers issued a notice on 24th March 1829 that the manufacturers, whose mills were working, intended to reduced their wages by 10 per cent every 14 days until the Stockport hands returned to work.<br />
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To discuss the threat, a meeting of operatives was held in The Norfolk Arms on 1st April 1829. In its day The Norfolk Arms was the principal hotel in the area and said to be the oldest commercial hotel. The room in which the meeting took place was fifteen yards long and seven yards wide. It was only expected to hold approximately 300 people, but there were nearer 700 present when the accident occurred.<br />
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John Dawson, one of Hyde's principal operative orators, was the chairman and was seated in a large chair belonging to a lodge of Oddfellows, placed near the middle of one of the side walls of the room. A man named Tobias Wood then began to speak, insisting on the working classes having a fair remuneration for their work. He had just cried out "It is bread we want and bread we must have," when an awkward crush took place, caused by new arrivals trying to crowd into the room. The chairman was appealing for order when part of the floor gave way and numbers of the audience fell into the gaping gulf which appeared. The weight of the people who fell with the floor broke through the floor of the rooms beneath and the unfortunate victims crashed into the cellar, amongst beer barrels and stillages, heaped one upon another in a distorted state. The portion of the floor which collapsed was only six yards square and the fact that over 200 persons were precipitated down the hole is evidence of the extreme closeness with which the occupants of the room were packed. Many who were standing upon the unbroken part of the floor were actually propelled into the gulf by the thrust of the living mass around them. The chairman narrowly escaped; barely more than a foot of sound flooring separated his chair from the edge of the hole. Seven young women were seated on a bench fastened to the wall and when the floor gave way they found their feet and legs suspended over the gulf, but they managed to hold on to the seat until they were rescued.<br />
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The scene in the cellar was dreadful - 29 persons were killed and many injured. When the cellar was searched, after all the bodies had been extricated, over 120 hats and 50 bonnets, shawls and cloaks were found.<br />
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The verdict at the inquest was "Accidental Death", but the belief for many years, persistently held by a large number of operatives, was that the disaster was the result of foul play.<br />
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The Norfolk Arms closed in 1960 for the redevelopment of the market centre.<br />
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Further information can be found on the <a href="http://www.tameside.gov.uk/tmbc/norfolkarms.htm" target="new">Tameside MBC website</a>.<br />
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See <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/abc-wednesday-n-is-for-norfolk-street.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> for a view down Norfolk Street today.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/" target="new">ABC Wednesday</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-30386845815947166282013-11-03T00:00:00.000+00:002013-11-02T23:05:42.760+00:00St George's 1927<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tCWY3XLlavU/UnWC2McIWpI/AAAAAAAAOSE/0kB_5SKOtic/s1600/stgeorges1927.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tCWY3XLlavU/UnWC2McIWpI/AAAAAAAAOSE/0kB_5SKOtic/s640/stgeorges1927.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The front of this Whit Friday programme from 1927 shows how St George's churchyard use to look before the railings around several graves were removed.<br />
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See how it looks from a similar viewpoint now on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/st-georges-new-roof.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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Details of the early history of St George's can be found at <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-annals-of-hyde-st-georges-church.html" target="new">The Annals of Hyde: St George's Church</a><br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Inspired Sundays</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-14607678219322056602013-10-16T00:00:00.000+01:002013-10-15T21:49:50.325+01:00Newtonhurst from the air, 1922, 1935.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0fwNtb3VSoU/Ul2jyjD1hHI/AAAAAAAAOGM/wy4cy58-8ug/s1600/EPW047460-newtonhurst.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0fwNtb3VSoU/Ul2jyjD1hHI/AAAAAAAAOGM/wy4cy58-8ug/s640/EPW047460-newtonhurst.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This image from 1935 is © English Heritage from <a href="http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw047460" target="new">Britain from the air</a>.<br />
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In the foreground is the former Newton Hurst cricket ground around which are five blocks of terraced houses built in 1920.<br />
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A front view of the two blocks facing Victoria Road can be seen on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/abc-wednesdayn-is-for-newtonhurst.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> and on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/newtonhurst-1920.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
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Victoria avenue runs across the middle of the photograph with Cartwight Street leading off at a sharp angle to meet Talbot Road which runs across the top of the photograph.<br />
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Most of the open space between Victoria Street and Talbot Road continues to be a recreation ground for the area.<br />
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This image from the <a href="http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=411547.0" target="new">Roots chat forum</a> shows the ground in 1922.<br />
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According to the <a href="http://newtonhurst.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp" target="new">play-cricket</a> website <blockquote>Newtonhurst began life in the early part of the twentieth century as the Newton Mill works team, and played in a variety of leagues, including the Hyde & District League, the Glossop & District League, the High Peak League, and for a short period in the 1950s they even competed in the heady heights of the North Western League.<br />
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In 1972, the cricket team metamorphosed from Newton Mill into Newtonhurst, and similar to their forebears, competed in the Glossop & District League for a short period. This was followed by an even shorter exodus to the Denton & District League, before joining the Ashton Cricket League in 1980. The Ashton Cricket League merged to form the Ashton & Oldham Cricket Alliance in 2005, though sadly folded following the completion of the 2011 season. Thus, Newtonhurst are now currently members of the Saturday section of the Greater Manchester Amateur League (GMAL).</blockquote>I'm not certain where they play their matches now. New houses were built on the site of the former ground in about the early 1980s with the roads bearing sporting names including Charlton Avenue, Perry Avenue, Stathom Fold and Mallory Road so retaining a reminder of yesteryear.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/" target="new">ABC Wednesday</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-10602361845572885882013-10-10T11:30:00.000+01:002013-10-10T11:40:51.719+01:00Hyde Lads Club<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lWkVavLOy14/UlZ7BkIg24I/AAAAAAAAOC4/WOTD0AlY0Yk/s1600/ladsmemoribilia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lWkVavLOy14/UlZ7BkIg24I/AAAAAAAAOC4/WOTD0AlY0Yk/s640/ladsmemoribilia.jpg" /></a></div><br />
On display for the Heritage Open Day at <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/st-thomas-apostle-1920.html" target="new">St Thomas the Apostle</a> were some memorabilia collected by Harold Greenhalgh, Honorary Secretary (1972-92) of Hyde Lads Club.<br />
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The club was founded in 1928 by the then Chief Constable of Hyde, J W Danby. The club first started in Hyde Town Hall in a room over the adjoining Police Station yard but quickly moved into Water Street Sunday School. A public appeal for funds allowed Mr Danby to purchase the premises on Beeley Street which had previously been the local Police Station and Courthouse. A plaque outside the club commemorated the fact that Judge Thomas Hughes, author of Tom Brown's Schooldays used to preside there as a Circuit Judge.<br />
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The club was officially opened in 1930 by the HRH The Duke of Gloucester. Catering for boys from the ages of 13 to 21, it contained a large gymnasium used for gymnastics, boxing, five-a-side football and basketball, a snooker room with three tables and a canteen area on the ground floor. On the first floor was an assembly room used for table tennis, a smaller table tennis room, a library where chess and board games were played, a darts room and two small rooms used for hobby activities such as photography and leather work. Located at the rear of the club over a garage which had once been used as the town's mortuary was a woodwork room.<br />
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At its peak the club, a voluntary organisation, ran four football teams, a gymnastic team which gave displays throughout the area, a boxing section, a champion winning table tennis team and a "Black & White Minstrel Troop" who travelled around local towns giving shows. In later year girls were allowed to join a judo section with some members taking part in international competitions.<br />
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In 1992 the building was declared electrically unsafe and with no funds available for the necessary repair it was forced to close and was demolished.<br />
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Only the signage and plaque to Thomas Hughes were saved and are on display in Beeley Street car park as can be seen on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/sign-for-hyde-lads-club.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-4766227999079235182013-10-06T14:45:00.000+01:002015-11-14T22:07:18.289+00:00St Thomas The Apostle (1920)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wz5hikT48H4/UlFqfWEIwHI/AAAAAAAAOAw/IURT_v2ExJk/s1600/ststhomas1920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wz5hikT48H4/UlFqfWEIwHI/AAAAAAAAOAw/IURT_v2ExJk/s640/ststhomas1920.jpg" /></a></div><br />
This painting, dated 1920, of St Thomas the Apostle on Lumn Road was on show at the recent Heritage Open Day.<br />
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St Thomas' church was built in 1868. The architect, Medland Taylor was a Manchester architect who produced a number of fine if quirkish buildings. Locally, he designed St. Anne's, Denton, St. Mar'’s, Haughton Green, Holy Trinity, Hyde and the Library and the Post Office in Stalybridge. At the time when many architects were designing churches in a style they believed to be a copy of Gothic Architecture, Medland was producing an inventive mixture of architectural styles and motifs. For example, St. Thomas' has brick buttresses and window surrounds with stone infilling. Most would have followed the convention and used stone with brick infilling. According to Pevsner, the roof is an example of his humour, having a quirky additional pitch to it. The proportions of the church are such that St. Thomas' appears to be quite a small building, whereas it is fairly large. <br />
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Also on show were this piece of crockery celebrating the 125th anniversary of the church in 1993.<br />
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See <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/heritage-open-day-at-st-thomas-apostle.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> for a current view of the church.<br />
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Visit the <a href="http://stthomashyde.weebly.com/" target="new">church website</a>.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://inspiredsundaymeme.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Inspired Sundays</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-10018236658489471102013-08-16T00:00:00.000+01:002013-08-15T21:33:22.798+01:00Turntable at Godley Junction<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-utmxA1AvCGw/Ug0yjz4BivI/AAAAAAAANcg/uRap8Hd8AtQ/s1600/6825672409_125fcb077f_o-byJohn_Philips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-utmxA1AvCGw/Ug0yjz4BivI/AAAAAAAANcg/uRap8Hd8AtQ/s640/6825672409_125fcb077f_o-byJohn_Philips.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><center>Photograph © <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/72213853@N03/6825672409/in/photolist-bpamB4-by5LKc" target="new">John Philips</a> and used here with permission.</center><br />
Cheshire Lines tracks to Woodley and Stockport Tiviot Dale are on the immediate left, the G.C./L.N.E.R to Guide Bridge and Manchester beyond. This was the changeover point for trains from and to the C.L., to electric power. Hence the turntable in use. (Only one C.L. line passenger daily: the overnight from Marylebone divided here, with its Liverpool portion headed off down the C.L.)<br />
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Here is where trains heading for Fiddler's Ferry power station via Warrington Arpley would exchange locomotives. The whole point of the railway was to carry Yorkshire coal to Lancashire for burning in one way or another. Originally the trains were steam hauled but after electrification of the Woodhead line in the 1950s the class 76 electric locos would draw the train onto the branch and un-couple before running around and departing; subsequently, a diesel loco would appear and hook-on for the remainder of the trip. Freight services over Woodhead ended in 1981 and this line became redundant.<br />
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This photograph by Joe Lloyd is from the <a href="http://hydonian.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/godley-train-turntable.html" target="new">Hyde Cheshire</a> blog. Here the Hattersley estate is visible in the background.<br />
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See how the remains of the turntable looked in 2007 on <a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2007/05/turntable.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo Volume 1</a> and in 2010 on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/railway-remnants.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
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Photographs of the overgrown turntable as it looks now can be found on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/friday-fences-godley-turntable.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> and <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/the-overgrown-godley-turntable.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-51051755241239308192013-05-08T00:00:00.000+01:002013-08-13T18:20:19.199+01:00The Queens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w02fMgpSDnA/UYlj3tSMNcI/AAAAAAAAMWY/4FNgfgGrhsc/s1600/queens.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="536" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w02fMgpSDnA/UYlj3tSMNcI/AAAAAAAAMWY/4FNgfgGrhsc/s640/queens.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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The Queens always seems to have steady trade. It has been one of the more popular pubs in the town centre. It has links to the Moors Murders. In 1965 Superintendent Bob Talbot of the Cheshire Police used the pub as a base for all the officers when the search of the moors was taking place. Some policemen were housed here in a make shift dorm in the function room. The pub was used as the police station as the town hall was not big enough to hold all the staff the investigation needed.<br />
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The Queens was at one time a coaching house. There were provisions at the back for horses and it was only recently that the saddle hooks and feeding baskets were removed when alterations were done. Tom Wigley writing on the <a href="http://hydonian.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/queens-clarendon-place.html" target="new">Hyde, Cheshire</a> blog says "I know they were there in the 1980s when Brian & Joyce Hunter were the landlord and lady. I worked on the door here for a while, which was fun, and I also did the bar for two other landlords, but for me when I see or hear the Queens mentioned I am reminded of the fun and laughter shared with good friends when Brian and Joyce were the hosts."<br />
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Located in Clarendon Place it is now a Joseph Holt pub - according to <a href="http://www.joseph-holt.com/pubs/view/queens-hotel-hyde" target="new">the brewery website</a> in the early 1900s it was known as "The Pineapple". Confusingly the gallery of photos on the site shows two images that are actually of the Queens Hotel in Macclesfield.<br />
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Note it is NOT the Queen's Hotel (with an apostrophe) but the Queens - the pub sign which can be seen on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/abc-wednesday-q-is-for-queens.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> - features the six wives of Henry VIII.<br />
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See current photographs of the Queens on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/the-queens-on-clarendon-place.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
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A contribution to <a href="http://abcwednesday-mrsnesbitt.blogspot.com/" target="new">ABC Wednesday</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-55891878800832247602013-04-23T00:00:00.000+01:002013-04-22T20:31:05.926+01:00The Annals of Hyde: St George's Church<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/Sj4OtlZoDBI/AAAAAAAAC4c/RPZvYA9Lh9Q/s1600-h/stgeorgesfromanofh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/Sj4OtlZoDBI/AAAAAAAAC4c/RPZvYA9Lh9Q/s400/stgeorgesfromanofh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349729583659224082" border="0" /></a><br />
These images are from <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.com/2009/05/annals-of-hyde.html" target="new">The Annals of Hyde</a>. <br />
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The Annals of Hyde tells us<blockquote>Prior to 1831, the Church of England had no place of worship in the township, and for ecclesiastical purposes Hyde was connected with the Parish Church of Stockport, which place many of the inhabitants attended. Others worshipped at Mottram, or at Denton Old Church ... But the rapid increase of the population of Hyde (owing to the spread of the cotton industry), and the long hours that the people had to work, caused the need of a church within the township to become apparent. The matter was taken up by (among others) <a href="http://oldhyde.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/captain-clarke.html" target="new">Captain Clarke</a>, who obtained the gift of a site from his half-brother, George Clarke, and eventually St. George's Church was built.<br />
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The erection of this spacious building was commenced in 1831, the foundation stone being laid on May 28th of that year, by Captain Hyde John Clarke, J.P. The cost, about £5,000, was chiefly guaranteed by the Church Building Commissioners.<br />
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The building was consecrated on October 20th, 1832, by the Rt. Rev. John Bird Sumner, D.D., Lord Bishop of Chester, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is a plain substantial stone erection in the perpendicular style, consisting of a tower, a wide nave, and a small chancel. The tower which is lofty and square, surmounted by pinnacles with floreated finials, commands a fine view of the surrounding country. It contains a clock and a peal of eight bells the latter inscribed with the names of the gentlemen who contributed to the cost.<br />
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The first peal was rung on the 20th of March, 1853, by the ringers from Mottram Parish Church. Since that time the ringers of St. George's have distinguished themselves in various parts of the country, and have been awarded many prizes for<br />
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<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/Sj4Ot4O8xFI/AAAAAAAAC4k/QSoxCJ6SOrg/s1600-h/insidestg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/Sj4Ot4O8xFI/AAAAAAAAC4k/QSoxCJ6SOrg/s400/insidestg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349729588714718290" border="0" /></a><blockquote>The interior of the church (which is galleried all round), underwent renovation some years ago, and is now calculated to seat above 1,200 persons, the whole of the sittings being free. The large east window of stained glass is a fine piece of workman-ship, and was the gift of John Sidebotham, Esq., J.P., of Kingston.<br />
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A large memorial window on the western side was inserted by Mrs. Horsfield, of the Longlands, in memory of her son, and on the north and south sides most of the original windows have been replaced by panes of stained glass in commemoration of departed parishioners. The edifice also contains tablets to the memory of the Rev. Alexander Read and the Rev. Herbert Alkin, former vicars, and one perpetuating the labours of Richard Gilbody and George Middleton, two workers in the Sunday Schools.<br />
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In the main entrance of the church, beneath the tower, is the <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/clarke-memorials-in-st-georges.html" target="new">family vault of the Clarke's</a> descendants of the ancient lords of Hyde and there sleeps Captain Hyde John Clarke, who for many years was the chief figure in this part of the country.<br />
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St. George's was first formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1843.</blockquote><br />
See how the church looks today on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/st-georges-hyde.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-88105279169961737562013-04-01T21:00:00.000+01:002013-04-01T21:45:51.634+01:00Sending water to Manchester (1888)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vJEyZ1CJbSw/UVnq6IQIMsI/AAAAAAAAMAQ/WwQ-5PfCjn0/s1600/Manchester+Waterworks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="352" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vJEyZ1CJbSw/UVnq6IQIMsI/AAAAAAAAMAQ/WwQ-5PfCjn0/s640/Manchester+Waterworks.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><center>Click on image to view large size</center><br />
This fascinating map is taken from the <i>Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society</i> which published an address given by William Sherratt on April 4th 1888.<br />
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Here are a few snippets as regards the reservoirs of the Longdendale Valley.<br />
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Longdendale was chosen as a source due its purity taking only second place within the UK to that at Loch Katrine. There is a softness in the Manchester water and a freedom from those salts and chemicals held in solution which give to other water supplies their varying hardness.<br />
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The Longdendale gathering grounds will be seen on the map, where the valley into which the water flows and river Etherow are shown. It was damned up and made into reservoirs. The area of this drainage ground is 19,300 acres of thirty square miles. There are 975 acres of water.<br />
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The height of Woodhead above the Ordnance level is 782ft. The water is sent on from Rhodes Wood reservoir to Arnfield and Hollingworth by its own gravitation.<br />
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There are innumerable springs. Each spring, as it is found, is tapped and the flow conducted into what is called a spring-water conduit. There is an arrangement by which this conduit simply takes up the pure spring water and lets the flood water go into Woodhead reservoir. There is a weir which receives the water from Heyden Brook. This pure spring-water conduit goes underneath. The moment any rain or flood comes it swells the stream at once, and instead of the water falling into the pure spring-water conduit it escapes over the sill.<br />
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At Hollingworth there are houses for the incubation of fish. Char and trout are turned into the reservoir and their presence does away the fishy odour and taste which arose from a species of snail. The fish act as scavengers.<br />
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To read the whole text view <a href="http://www.mangeogsoc.org.uk/pdfs/centenaryedition/Cent_03_Sherratt.pdf" target="new">this pdf file</a>.<br />
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Godley reservoir lies on the Manchester side of the Longdendale reservoirs. See a track to Godley reservoir on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/track-to-godley-reservoir.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-17403934460283824472013-03-12T00:00:00.000+00:002013-03-11T20:31:59.851+00:00Comfort Corner, 1948<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZLJiEnzuuo/UT48UH5w6iI/AAAAAAAAL1E/Fd_RTSb640g/s1600/comfortcorner.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="488" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ZLJiEnzuuo/UT48UH5w6iI/AAAAAAAAL1E/Fd_RTSb640g/s640/comfortcorner.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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I recently heard from Bill Bevan who now lives in Nebraska USA, who wrote <blockquote>I have a photo of my dad on his bike at the corner of Market street/ Manchester road / Newton street about 1948 showing Garbetts shop and an old number 19 double decker. It hung on my dad's living room wall from the eary 60s until his death in 1987 then on mine and we brought it with us when we moved to Nebraska. He always claimed the man on the bike was him on his way home from work at E Lowerys whose yard was under the arches at Hyde station. He was their lorry driver up to his retirement and I can just about remember him driving their steam shovel as well. I remember the old SHMD trams, the tramshed used to be roughly where Morrisons store is on Mottram Rd. Some of the trams had wooden slatted seats the backs of which reversed when the tram changed direction and were bloody uncomfortable if you were a kid in short trousers. They only ran as far as Godly Arches bacause they couldn't make the grade up to Mottram, there were also buses from there to Glossop which usualy needed the radiator refiiling at the horse trough just before what is now the eastern end of the M67.</blockquote>See <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/comfort-corner-2013.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a> for a view from about the same spot now.<br />
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For <a href="http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.co.uk/" target="new">Our World Tuesday</a>.Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-25033610961987690982013-03-02T21:00:00.000+00:002014-08-24T18:44:14.639+01:00A View of Pole Bank<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/SBzGOWKvZ4I/AAAAAAAABMM/9RNnwmd5i4c/s1600-h/polebank.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Wljr_M1tl-s/SBzGOWKvZ4I/AAAAAAAABMM/9RNnwmd5i4c/s400/polebank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196246019849807746" border="0" /></a><br />
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Pole Bank was originally the home of the Ashton and Beeley famiies. Thomas Kerfoot rented the property from 1912-19. <br />
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The hall and grounds were purchased in 1920 by George Frederick Byrom for £4200. He died in 1942 and in 1946 in accordance with his will Pole Bank Hall and Grounds were bequeathed to the Corporation of Hyde for the use and recreation of the general public. Read <a href="http://hydonian.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/george-frederick-byrom-of-pole-bank.html" target="new">details of the bequest</a>.<br />
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A video by "Lilac Toad" with old photos relating to the history of Pole Bank can by found on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yzqDo2Y1g4" target="new">YouTube</a>.<br />
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Another video shows the work of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6AkRLD8wt0" target="new">Friends of Pole Bank</a> who carried out needed restoration work of the pond last year.<br />
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The hall itself is now a nursing home and the grounds are a public open space.<br />
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The small three-foot sapling in the above photograph is now a mature fir tree as can be seen in a view across the pond on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/the-weekend-in-black-white-pole-bank.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo (Vol. 2)</a>.<br />
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Another four recent photographs of Pole Bank pond can be found on <a href="http://spadsky-hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/four-photographs-of-pole-bank-pool.html" target="new">Hyde DP Xtra</a>.<br />
Gerald (SK14)http://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1536654191568196235.post-60801039407935296442013-02-26T23:32:00.001+00:002013-02-26T23:45:25.056+00:00Burley Key's Sundial<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gK5DIDzo7cQ/US0_oqkZ5zI/AAAAAAAALsc/hr7uflfGiqc/s1600/paul_key.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gK5DIDzo7cQ/US0_oqkZ5zI/AAAAAAAALsc/hr7uflfGiqc/s640/paul_key.jpg" width="522" /></a><br />
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In March 2010 I published a photograph of <a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/haughton-green-village-post-office.html" target="new">Haughton Green Post Office</a> at the top of Gibraltar Lane.<br />
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The post generated much comment regarding Burley Key who lived down the lane.<br />
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One commentator wrote <blockquote>"I remember that post office in the late 1960s and 1970s when it had wooden doors, and roll-down security shutters were nearly unheard of. I bought National Savings stamps in there when I was 10 to save up for a play tent that I couldn't put up at home on the council estate because we had no garden but I played with it in Haughton Dale. Gibraltar Lane dipped steeply down and went to dirt after only a couple of hundred yards. On the left as the lane drops away out of sight was a house occupied by a local identity called Burley Key. His house had a high thick hedge round it and a wooden bench he'd made sat in a cutout of the hedge facing the lane. Carved in the back of the bench was 'Coom sit tha down and rest thy sen, it winna cost thee owt'. An invitation to people walking back up the steep hill, it was a written version of the broad local dialect Mr Key still spoke. As a child I could barely understand a word he said though my mother would stop and have conversations with him on our walks up and down 'Gib' Lane. Oh - it meant 'come sit down and rest yourself, it won't cost you anything'. Thanks again for the memories!"</blockquote>Another wrote <blockquote>"Burley Key was my great uncle. I used to love visiting his house with my mum. It was full of such interesting things for a youngster like me. Mum told me that Uncle Burley built his house using second hand bricks from the blitzed areas or Manchester. He and his wife (May?) cleaned all the bricks by hand for ages before work could start. Haven't been down Gibraltar lane for years. Must pop down sometime. I still have a handmade bird table he gave my mum, with hand cut miniature tiles on the roof. Very precious to me." </blockquote>Paul Key wrote to say <blockquote>"I'm Burleys great grandson and have a picture hung in my house of that very bird house and him and my dad looking at it. I have also heard the story of his house from my dad but I thought that it was made from the bricks from the mill at the bottom of gib lane"</blockquote>Paul has now sent me a copy of the photograph. He wrote<blockquote>"The sundial was made for a raffle at the church and this picture was in the newspaper in an article about the raffle. The sundial was made from salvaged bricks from gib lane mill. The older man is Burley Key, the child that is the closest to the bottom of the picture is my dad, John Key and the other child I have asked my dad about many times before and he has no idea who he is. I'm not too sure when it was taken but at a guess, around 1971. Also I'm not sure which house on gib lane it was but I think it's about half way up the lane."</blockquote>I was by the top of Gibraltar Lane recently and took a new view of Haughton Green Village Post Office which can be seen on <a href="http://hydedaily.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/abc-wednesday-g-is-for-gibraltar-lane.html" target="new">Hyde Daily Photo</a>.<br />
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