Natural disaster

Brewery fire

Second World War fire at Prestbury corn mill early Friday morning, 29th March 1940.
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Second World War fire at Prestbury corn mill early Friday morning, 29th March 1940.
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Second World War fire at Prestbury corn mill early Friday morning, 29th March 1940.
Copyright Stockport Advertiser

Second World War fire at Prestbury corn mill early Friday morning, 29th March 1940.
Copyright Stockport Advertiser

Second World War fire at Prestbury corn mill early Friday morning, 29th March 1940.
Copyright Stockport Advertiser

See “Bollington in old picture postcards” for full details. One of a series taken when the canal burst floodwater made its way from Tinkers Clough.

Fire on Lyme Park moors at the Pott Shrigley End, summer of 1956.