!953 is written on the back but thought to be 1963. Oak Bank workers preparing for trip on Pool bank
Places 2: Oak Bank Mill
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Oak Bank Trip to Blackpool
Horace ‘Curly’ Hough on left with bag. Next to him is Albert Clayton with Tommy Heaps in front of him.
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Macclesfield Canal at Hurst Lane bridge
A beautiful picture of a horse drawn boat load of stone on the Macclesfield Canal approaching Hurst Lane bridge, no.26. Note the lack of overgrowth, the wide clean towpath and the telephone poles and wires. In the distance smoke rises from Oak Bank mill chimney.
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Higher Mills and Church St
Postcard posted July 1924. Gives a good view over the town showing St John’s church, Oak Bank mill and house, Lowther Street school and Beeston quarries on the far hill. Higher mills are in the foreground.
