Welcome to Marple Local History Society website
Quick links to the Society's Online Archives & many of the Society's images
Two contrasting images of Town Street
Next Meeting: 16 September 2024:
‘Coronation Street - Early Days’ - Mark Llewellin.
Here are links to a record of the 2023 - 2024 Season and a glance at the programme for our 2024 - 2025 Season.
Searching the website:
To find information within the website you may wish to use the search box within the top banner, above. Using this facility and the search terms ‘Strines’ and ‘Mill Brow' produced 41 results and 31 results respectively.
Elsewhere: Manchester Libraries Local Image Collection
Featured Article:
Memories of Brabyns Hall - Betty Johnson
It was 16 years of age when I first came to Marple. An old school friend of mine who lived in Wales had a job of parlour maid at Brabyns Hall and I met her in Wrexham when she came home on holiday. We had been to school together with her five sisters. In the course of conversation she told me Miss Fanny Hudson who owned the Hall wanted a kitchen maid. She spoke for me and wrote a letter that I could have the job if I still wanted it.