The Virtual Time Tour of Marple

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Some photos of Mellor provided by Ray Noble have been added to the Virtual Tour this afternoon:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/index.php?cat=12

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Some more images uploaded this morning from the History Society's second Strines folder:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-27

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A selection of photos from Marple Local History Society's Archives folder for Strines have been added to the Virtual Tour this afternoon:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-27

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Some more images from Ray Noble added this morning - these show dancing on the lawn of Brabyns Hall in 1929:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-13

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Three more new images from Ray Noble added to the Tour this evening. These include two of people at the Trinity Methodist Church and a Girls Group on Chadwick Street:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

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A couple more photos from Ray Noble added to the Tour this evening:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

Also one much better copy of an existing photo, so it's been replaced:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=727

And finally Ray's copy of an existing All Saints' School photo had all the names on the back (fantastic! ):

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pid=2911

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First photos of 2013 uploaded to the Virtual Tour have been provided by Ray Noble and include several shots of the Hollins Mill Chimney just prior to demolition in October 1957.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

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A variety of photos from MLHS folders on Compstall, High Lane and Ludworth/Lower Fold have been added to the Tour this morning, including a couple of interesting shots of the Gasometer at Ludworth prior to and during demolition in 1976.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

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Photographs from a Marple Local History Society folder for Compstall have been added to the Virtual Tour this morning.

Amazon will be interested to see a couple of Compstall Cricket Club players but dates and names are not recorded:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

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A photo of Marple British Legion c 1948 from Ray Noble has been added to the Tour this morning:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?album=lastup&cat=0&pid=7667

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A selection of photos from Marple Local History Society Archives have been added to the Tour this evening featuring Hawk Green and Chadkirk Chapel:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

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Thanks for that interesting snippet Ray!

A new album has been added to the Tour this evening showing the handover of the section of Iron-Age Ditch at Mellor Old Vicarage at the end of September, taken by Arthur Procter:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=131

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When Marple council decided that Captain was not needed any more they sold him to Oldfield & Braddock's at Chapel House Farm c1952 I walked with him and Len Oldfield from Rose Hill Council yard to Chapel house Farm.

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The Virtual Tour has been updated this evening with a selection of photos taken by the late Gordon Mills between 1957 and the early 1960s. These have been passed to Marple Local History Society by Gordon's widow, Barbara. There is also one from Ray Noble of Captain Marvel!

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

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The Virtual Tour has been updated this morning with photos from Marple Local History Society's Archive folder for Hawk Green and also some 1979 Carnival photos from Ray Noble.

See: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0

The images on the Virtual Tour have now been viewed more than 1,500,000 times - if only I had a penny!