Photographed at Ingersley Hall. See Bollington in Old Picture Postcards no. 58 for full details.
Horatio Tate (extreme left) Bollington baker of Water Street who was the founder and superintendent of the division.
Back row 3rd from right is Hettie Parrott of Beech House, Palmerston Street. Two Tate boys on far right
Categories: Event
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St Johns Ambulance Brigade
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Friendly Society procession on Wellington Road
Bollington has had a band almost continuously since the mid 19thC. There may have been a gap in the mid 20thC, until it was revived by Dr John Coope in the early 1960s. From then the band has improved year by year until its admission to the First Section (equiv. Premier League!) in or about 2012..
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Bollington scout gang show
Back row 3rd from right David Normington
3rd row, 3rd from left John Pleeth. Far right Harry Pleeth, a Londoner who moved to Bollington during WWII, and who became very prominent in the development of the local scout movement, devoting much of his life to them, he died aged 97, still engaged in public activities. His son John Pleeth was for many years a magistrate on the Macclesfield bench. -
Water Street school athletic sports day
C Hayman who broke the school record for the junior javelin at the Bollington secondary school sports.
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Marion Goodwin crowned Rose Queen
Marion Goodwin being crowned Bollington parish church sunday school queen at a garden fete. Mrs Lomas, wife of Councillor A Lomas chairman of the Bollington Urban District Council, performed the ceremony.
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Presentation to Revd. & Mrs Spencer
Mr H Patrick (peoples warden) presenting a cheque, the gift of the parishioners, to Revd. & Mrs R Spencer, on the occasion of their recent marriage. Also in the picture are Mr R Hamson (vicar’s warden) and the vicar, Revd. Maltby.
St John’s schoolroom
mid 1950s
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Elementary schools walking race
Bollington elementary schoolboys walking race held on 8 August 1903. There were 31 contestants; 11 from Bollington Cross, 12 from St John’s, 7 from the Wesleyan (Methodist) School and 1 from St Gregory’s.
see ‘Looking Back at Bollington’ for full details.
See also 2-20.
