Photos

Collection: Photos

  • White Nancy

    White Nancy

    One of the best historical pictures of White Nancy standing on top of Kerridge Hill. It was erected about 1817 to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Waterloo (1815).

  • Street view

    Street view

    Looking north east along Wellington Road, taken from approx in front of Bollington Hall Farm. The houses in the middle distance are in Hawthorn Road. The buildings on the left house the pharmacy and the Post Office today (2015). Notice Clarence mill in the distance. The street is paved with setts.

  • Recreation Ground

    Recreation Ground

    Left: Kath Jackson; kneeling centre: Elsie Warren

  • Bollington Football Club

    Bollington Football Club

    Winners of Manchester Federation Cup 1905-06.
    J Bainbridge was ?, S Duffield was the Trainer, A Hough was the Secretary, T Wood was Cap[tain, C Holt was the Linesman.

  • Bollington Football Club

    Bollington Football Club

    Winners of Manchester Federation Cup 1905-6.
    J Bainbridge was ?; S Duffield was the Trainer; A Hough was Secretary; T Wood was Captain; C Holt was Linesman

  • Bollington Harriers

    Bollington Harriers

    Possibly pictured at Cheshire Hunt Inn, Spuley Lane.
    Possibly taken by G Vickers.

  • Unknown group

    Unknown group

    Location seems to be West Park, Macclesfield, see old cross in right background.
    Group unknown, but standing on right is almost certainly Walter Longden. Possibly group from School of Art?
    Photographer G H Henshall, Park Green Studio, Macclesfield.
    Contributed by Rosemary Needham.

  • FCSDA Pavilion at Waterhouse mill

    FCSDA Pavilion at Waterhouse mill

    Pictures shows a Long Service Dinner being held in the recreation room at Oliver’s Waterhouse mill.
    Back row: 1 Jack Vickers; 6 Mrs Worthington; 7 ? Taylor; 8 Mrs Blackley
    Middle row: 1 ? Goodwin; 4 George Duffield; 12 Gertie Brooks
    Two above right hand end of middle row: 2 Mrs Mouet
    Front row: 6 G Swindells (Director); 8 Ian Oliver (Director); 9 ? Ingham (Mill Manager); 11Fred Broome (Engineer at Clarence mill)
    To the left in front of the table, the lady in spectacles is Mrs Potts; the gentleman in front of her is Mr Blackley
    The picture was kindly provided by Mrs Elizabeth Coyne.