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Bollington Discovery Centre
A new experience in Heritage Discovery!
More pictures from the Happy Valley!
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Sunday
School trip | High Street | Workers at
mill | St. John's School
Historic picture collection
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.
Picture reference: 119/13
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Workers at Ingersley Vale
bleaching works, c.1890
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. Only textile printing remains (RA Smart).
Picture reference: 43/65A |
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 |
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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