Additions and Updates on The Marple Website

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Since 2001 The Marple Website has published an annual Christmas Greeting giving a summary of the web site's news, successes and achievements.

Here's a look-back at 2023: https://www.marple.website/about-this-site/annual-christmas-greetings/2023.html

Merry Christmas to Marple and beyond!

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The Macnair Trust has published their annual accounts to November 2022 on their Marple Website Community Page

The Macnair Trust is a local charity created in 1973 by Mrs. Iris Macnair, the widow of Alan Macnair, a prominent member of theMarple community.

The Trust has uploaded their Financial Report to year ending November 2022 to The Marple Website today: https://www.marple.website/macnairtrust

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Today the 3rd Generation of The Marple Website was launched!

This article on the main site explains more: https://www.marple.website/about-this-site/3rd-generation-marple-website.html

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Since 2001 The Marple Website has published an annual Christmas Greeting giving a summary of the web site's news, successes and achievements.

Here's a look-back at 2022: https://www.marple.website/about-this-site/annual-christmas-greetings/2022.html

Merry Christmas to Marple and beyond!

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Thanks to research by Hilary Atkinson and @tonyjones, we now know a little more about the story of Frederick Booth, the gardener who worked and lived on the Brabyns Estate for more than 50 years:

https://www.marple.website/local-history/50-years-of-faithful-service.html

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An unusual artefact comes home to Marple

Every now and then an Internet search comes up trumps for all involved!

In October 2022 Fred Duthy in Sweden was clearing out a box of his grandmother's stuff and found a tiny metal cylinder around 2cm diameter and 5cm long. On it was engraved the following inscription:

Frederick Booth
from
Miss Hudson
on completion of 50 years
of faithful service.
Brabyns 1860 – 1910

Read more on he main site: https://www.marple.website/local-history/50-years-of-faithful-service.html

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Listen to The Marple Band on BBC Radio 2 in 1996

Every now and then something unusual is donated to Marple Local History Society Archives. Earlier this year former Marple Librarian Margaret Bradbury decided to pass on a cassette tape that she'd had for a very long time. It was a recording made way back in 1996 featuring The Marple Band on Radio 2's Listen to the Band.

You can listen again now with BBC permission on The Marple Website:

https://www.marple.website/local-history/the-marple-band-on-radio-2.html

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Local charity The Macnair Trust has published their annual accounts to November 2021 on their Marple Website Community Page:

https://www.marple.website/macnairtrust

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This week, with the help of Friends of Chadkirk, the old Marple Website article about Chadkirk Chapel and Estate has been updated and migrated to the new web site:

https://www.marple.website/marple-today/chadkirk-chapel.html

The Friends of Chadkirk also now have an entry in the Community Directory:

https://www.marple.website/community/community-groups-in-marple/784-friends-of-chadkirk.html

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Plans to revitalise Brabyns Bike Track are gaining momentum

Many local people will not be aware that there's been a Bike Track in Brabyns Park since 2004.

It looks like this won't be a secret for much longer, as a new group of volunteers are intent on putting the old track back on the map.

Read more on the main site: https://www.marple.website/community-projects/brabyns-bike-track.html

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Local charity The Macnair Trust has published their annual accounts to November 2020 on their Marple Website Community Page:

https://www.marple.website/macnairtrust

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Winners of best dance and performing arts school in the North

A family from Marple have won the title of the Best Dance and Performing Arts School in the North with their family run business, Debut Academy of Performing Arts:



Read more on the main site: https://www.marple.website/community-projects/debut-dance-academy.html

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Marple Website Movie Premier: Oldknow 200

In 1990 the Marple community celebrated the bicentennial of Samuel Oldknow's Mellor Mill with a 2 week long event. This record was filmed and produced by Tony Sheldon and Denise Ambery. At the time only 25 copies of the VHS video were made, with one copy in Marple Library. So the Marple Website's on-line premier of this wonderful look back at Marple's History is likely to be the first time that many folk have seen it.



Link to main site: https://www.marple.website/local-history/samuel-oldknow/oldknow-200.html

A special thank you to Tony and Denise for allowing their film to be shared on The Marple Website. Also to Anne Frazer for help preparing the film for publishing on-line.

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Francis Brindley and the Marple Brindleys

This article written by Noel Brindley was migrated from the old site to the new yesterday:

https://www.marple.website/local-history/marple-brindleys.html

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Love the new plaque ordered by Plan Bee Honey Bee Sanctuary for the Marple Website's sponsored hive.



Read the full story here: https://www.marple.website/community-projects/plan-bee-sanctuary.html