A Saxon postcard postmarked 1913. The picture was taken before 1912 – otherwise one would be able to see the new chimney at Oak Bank mill. Indeed, there is smoke rising from the old chimney up on the hillside.
Categories: Church
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Bollington Festival Parade
Congregational Church and Sunday School Float representing Samuel Greg’s Sunday School at Lowerhouse as part of a Pageant on the History of Bollington.
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Float in 1974 Festival
Clifford Rathbone (editor of Macclesfield Express) with camera in background. The truck belonged to Lewis Tute, coal merchant.
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Mr Hipwell & St John’s Harriers
Appears to be the Junior Harriers with their award shields. Probably pictured behind St John’s school on the corner of Church Street and Vine Street.
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Chapel, unknown
Location unknown. Photograph by G. Felix Watson, Park Green Studio, Macclesfield. The man in the picture is Bert Rich who married Gertie Longden in the 1920s. He is wearing a Church Army uniform, suggesting the date was around 1914.
The postcard dealer who sold this card to George Longden said it was from a collection of Macclesfield cards.
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Rev Walter Brain
Taken by a Liverpool photographer and used by the Macclesfield Courier when he was appointed to the post of Vicar of St John’s in 1916, the photograph pre dates his arrival in Bollington. The photograph donated to the collection is signed by Rev Brain. He was Vicar 1916-28.
