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Sunday School trip | High Street | Workers at mill
| St. John's School
Bollington Civic Society's new Discovery Centre houses
our unique collection of more than 5,000 historic pictures taken in and
around Bollington since the 1860s!
During 2005 the entire collection has been digitised in
order to make it available to everyone through the medium of the PC. The
collection is being categorised and indexed to make it easy to find the
pictures you want to see. For more information about the collection
please see the first page on this subject.
To see the archive or to obtain copies of photographs
visit the new Discovery Centre
at Clarence Mill. Many of the better known pictures are included in
various books about Bollington. Some of these can be obtained at the Discovery Centre - checkout the books page for details.
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There are many pictures of the canal in the
collection, including a series taken immediately after the
canal breached on leap day, 29th February 1912.
Picture reference: 53/74
Compare this picture with one taken in 1977 at the same spot on the Macclesfield Canal. |
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This picture shows the view down High Street
looking towards Beeston and Oak Bank. The very large
building on the left is the Primitive Methodist Chapel,
since demolished. High Court is on the site today.
The reason we believe it to be taken before
1912 is because the chimney erected at Oak Bank Mill in 1912
is not present. The mill is at the back of the picture at
the foot of Beeston quarry. The original mill chimney stands
on the hill above.
Picture reference: 119/13
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Workers at Ingersley Vale bleaching
works, c.1890
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Dyeing and bleaching were an important
industry in Bollington. Indeed, it was the very last of the
cloth industries, surviving until the late 1990s when
Shrigley Dyers moved away to Leek.
Picture reference: 43/65A
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At this time St John's School was next door to
St John's Church in Church Street, located where the modern
house stands on the corner of Vine Street.
Picture reference: 46/14A
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There are thousands more pictures like these so come along
to the Discovery Centre and have a look on our PC
database for the ones that interest you!
Family history research
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