Macclesfield Express, Wednesday May 17th 2000 page 8 has article about Sir James Chadwick.
Plaque to commemorate him as former pupil installed in Bollington Cross School.
Categories: World War II
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Sir James Chadwick
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War weapons week, procession of firemen
Procession taken from Aqueduct of firemen by the War Memorial during the war years. Donors relative Jack Faulkner was a firemen. Possibly during War Weapons week.
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White Nancy, VE night
White Nancy was lit up by strings of lamps hung from the top. Organised by Cllr Fred R Unwin, Chairman of Bollington Urban District Council, who switched the lights on within 15 minutes of the official announcement! The power supply was taken from the power lines that run over the north end of the hill, no doubt entirely unofficially!
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Home guard on the recreation ground
Bollington provided B Company of the 9th Battalion Cheshire Home Guard.
Back row: 5th from right=Alfred Miles Earl; 2nd from right=Jack Stringer
