Included amongst the various photographs was one of Amos Woodhouse dressed as a Cavalier and another of him in the same outfit with seventeen others dressed in a similar fashion. Detailed examination of the programme revealed the reason for this unusual attire was that Amos and his friends were part of the Pageant Procession, taking the roles of Charles I, his Sedan-chair Carriers and Cavalier army.

Amos is fourth from the left on the back row of the photo, well disguised by his beard and moustache. Charles I, seated in the centre, was played by E. Rockliffe and the four Carriers seated at the front were J. Barton, W. Burrell, R. Wild and S.Wilcox. The remainder of the Cavaliers were J. Smith, N. Andrews, E.Brookes, C. Bennison, T. Heap, S. Pott, R. Ryder, W. Taylor, W. Thorley, W. Wild, T. Wyatt and T. Yarwood. Unfortunately we have no way of telling who was who.

We would like to thank Marie for getting in touch with us and allowing us to borrow her treasured possessions to study. If anyone would like to get in touch with us about similar items, please contact Mark or Peter.

Continuing our reports of feedback from Mail readers and visitors to the web site, we were recently contacted by Deborah Griffiths, the Head of History at Marple Hall School. Deborah told us about a coat of arms painted on an oak panel from the Hall which had been found around twenty years ago during the clear out of an old storeroom. The panel was very dirty and battered and the school paid for it to be professionally restored soon after it was discovered. Although not the Bradshaw coat of arms, in fact it's not known whose it is, the panel now has pride of place in the centre of a display about Marple Hall in the entrance to the History building at the school.

The panel is diamond shaped, each side measuring approximately 14" and the edges show ridged marks that suggest it was framed in some way. From the descriptions we have read of the various rooms at the Hall we feel it could have been from the library as this was said to contain a number of painted 17th Century coats of arms built into the oak panelling on the walls. Unfortunately we will probably never be certain of this.

When we visited the school to photograph the coat of arms History teacher Steve Price explained the tale of how the panel was discovered all those years ago and also told us of an archaeological dig on the Marple Hall site by pupils at the school in 1992. This dig revealed another mysterious coat of arms, this time painted on a large piece of stone that had fallen down the steep bank to the rear of the Hall. We hope to tell you more of this in the future and if Graham Rutter, who wrote the archaeological report when a pupil at the school in 1992 would get in touch, we may be able to do so.

As usual, if you can tell us about anything of interest regarding Marple's history or heritage, please get in touch.