The Virtual Time Tour of Marple

[admin]

Thirty images from Marple Local History Society's archives have been added to the Tour today. These are from files on Brabyns Hall and Estate and have been added to the Brabyns Hall, Iron Bridge and Brabyns Brow albums. To see all the new additions use the link below:

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

A better copy of this existing image of Iron Bridge Cottage has also been added:

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-1236

[admin]

Several new images from the 1922 Historical Pageant to dedicate Marple's War Memorial Park have been added to the Tour this morning. Most of these are newspaper cuttings, so the quality is not the best but one is particularly interesting as it shows that elusive lodge at the Stockport Road entrance to Memorial Park.

See: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-51

In addition, a better copy of this photo has been added: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-366

These latest additions have come from Marple Local History Society's archives. The society have made numerous contributions to the Virtual Tour over the years since it first began but I am pleased to announce that we have now agreed to work together in a more formal collaboration that will progressively make the images in their archives available to everyone to view on the Virtual Tour of Marple and District. I have the first of many folders to scan and I think us history buffs are in for some really exciting stuff!

As usual, watch this space for the latest news.

[admin]

A new album has been added to the Virtual Tour this morning as a small tribute to the late Robert Salmon. Bob was a local professional artist and a member of the Society of Marple Artists for over 30 years - he even designed their logo. The album has been added as part of an update to the SMA's page on the main site in preparation for their 42nd Annual Exhibition in April, which will be properly announced soon. In the meantime, as the album is now live, I thought I'd better mention it here!

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=85

[admin]

Thanks for letting me know Alison. It looks like I didn't paste the full link in, or it got lost somehow.

It should have been http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0&page=3

Since adding those photos yesterday I have also added some shots this morning that were taken at the 2000 Marple Local History Society Millennium Exhibition but didn't have time to mention here as I was heading off for a meeting.

These can be seen at in a new album here: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=84

Watch this space for a special new announcement about the Tour coming soon  

[alison]

Mark - appears to be a technical gremlin! When I click on the link I get a page full of code that starts
Template error
Failed to find block 'admin_approval'

Alison

[admin]

Several great family photos provided by Stuart Bradley have been added to the Tour this morning. These include Stuart's great grandma and great grandad pictured outside their home on Joseph Street, which is the small alleyway / entrance opposite the cinema and alongside the Reed Rains estate agents. Going to have to take a peek down there next time I pass!

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=0&page=3

[admin]

As well as the new photos of the Marple Hall Tapestries mentioned in a separate post there are two new postcards of Marple Dale and a great shot of the Rag 'n' Bone man in Mellor in 1965. The latter, courtesy of Ann Hearle.

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

Also, Ray Noble has managed to put names to the 1955 Cricket Team: http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-3753

And we've had names added to a picture of Brownies / Guides at the Trinity Methodist Church:
http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-611

[admin]

Several new photos added to the Tour this morning include Maple Baths in the early 80s, Hawk Green Cricket Teams of 1940s and 1950s, and a couple of 1920s and 30s family shots of Enid Hibbs (from Compstall) and Enid Dixon (aged 95 and living in Glossop! ). Thanks are due to Axel Thomas, Ray Noble and Leslie Poole from the State of Maine, USA respectively.

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

[admin]

18 photos of the Jolly Sailor inside, outside and the stables have been added to the Tour this afternoon. Can anyone identify the chap at the bar and possibly date those interior shots?

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

[admin]

Three great new Compstall related photos added to the Tour this morning, thanks to Leslie Poole from the USA and Jean Hanson (nee Dawson).

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

[admin]

Uploading of the Marple Civic Society photos of Listed Buildings exhibited in 1993 was completed yesterday. Many thanks to the Civic Society for allowing us to share these great images from their archives. There are still more photos taken at the same time that did not feature in the exhibition and the best of these will be added progressively to new albums. We may need help in identifying some of them.

Happy New Year to all!

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=lastup&cat=-68

To read more about Marple Civic Society visit: www.marplecivicsociety.org.uk

[admin]

A new photo has been added to the Virtual Tour this morning with a bit of a challenge. Can anyone out there identify the mystery football player that we can't yet name?

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-3637

[admin]

More photos from the 1993 Civic Society Exhibition of Listed Building have been added to the Tour this morning, along with a couple of postcards and a great shot of Ray Noble and his dad in Memorial Park.

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

[admin]

18 photos from yesterday's Mini Christmas Festival (or "Cracker" as everyone was calling it) have been added to the Tour this evening.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=81

[admin]

A new dimension has been added to the Virtual Tour this morning with the uploading of our very first video clip. This is a short sequence shot during a carnival in the early 1960s. It has been provided by Terry Wood, whose family wedding cars can be seen in the clip. The sequence has been extracted from a family DVD orginally shot on 8mm cine film.

http://visitmarple.co.uk/photos/displayimage.php?pos=-3606

The file format is wmv and it should run fine on Windows Media player. You may have to give permission for the application to run in your browser the first time you try. Let me know if you have any technical issues.

Has anyone else got any interesting stuff like this out there?