Inscribed recently on the back “taken at Bollington Gas Works before 1900”. Also in original hand, Geo Henry Drabble, 52 Thorpe St, Oldham Road, Newton Heath, Manchester.
Collection: Photos
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Orange Tree Inn
The Orange Tree was on the main Macclesfield to Stockport Road opposite to the Flash Lane corner. Closed in 1909.
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Boiler being taken to Adelphi Mill
Inscribed on the back “New Boiler being taken to Adelphi Mill” in recent hand. Also Mrs Whitehurst 107 Bollington Road (in recent hand). Possibly taken on Wellington Road.
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Looking North East over High Street
St John’s School Extension had been built but the old Vicarage is still next to the Church.
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Bollington Road with the Salt Box
Looking North towards Bollington Cross. On the right is the Salt Box, demolished when Kingsway was built in the 1930s. On the left is Stringers’s Wheelwrights Shop.
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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.
