Marple Local History Society

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  1. Mr. Hadfield's Memorieshttps://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/memories-of-local-people/compstall/mr-hadfield-s-memories.html

    Transcript of cassette entitled: Jack Hadfield Jack Hadfield was a native of Compstall, the eldest son of Sam Hadfield. Together with other members of this large family he worked at Compstall Mill where he started organising Trade Unions. He was also a...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Compstall

  2. Past news of local crime and misfortuneshttps://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/people/past-news-of-local-crime-and-misfortunes.html

    The late Peter Bardsley (1929-2010) scoured the 19th and early 20th centuries Stockport Advertisers, and other local papers, in the Stockport Heritage Library for these stories of the Marple past. Peter was a stalwart of several organisations in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: People

  3. Tom Oldham's Memories: Part 1https://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/memories-of-local-people/mellor/tom-oldham-s-memories.html

    Mellor between the wars – a picture of the district Top Mellor is that part above the Devonshire Arms, consisting mainly of old stone cottages, often spoken of as “the old village”. At the time I am going to talk about Mellor houses were not numbered...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Mellor

  4. A Long Lived Mellor Familyhttps://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/people/a-long-lived-mellor-family.html

    High Peak reporter: June 14th 1924 A Long Lived Mellor Family Five brothers whose ages aggregate 373 years. The total ages of five brothers, natives of Mellor, Derbyshire, namely Stephen, Alfred, Edwin, Abraham and Jesse Marshall amount to an aggregate...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: People

  5. Mr. Bradbury's Memories https://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/stories-from-the-archive/memories-of-local-people/compstall/mr-bradbury-s-memories.html

    Transcript of cassette entitled:Jack Bradbury Jack Bradbury, also a native of Compstall, has always lived in the village. He began working in Compstall Mill, but went on to be a gardener, in which occupation he ended his working life. He was in his...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Compstall

  6. Telephone Directory from 1911 https://www.marplelocalhistorysociety.org.uk/reference/telephone-directory-from-1911.html

    The original of this directory, which may be seen by clicking Davenport Station Archives had phone numbers for all the Stockport area, this has been filleted to obtain the pickings for Marple,and surrounding area, this may be seen below, the pdf of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Martin Cruickshank
    • Category: Reference
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Marple Local History Society would like to thank Mark Whittaker for his indispensable help and contribution in designing and setting up this website, which he continues to host on behalf of the Society.

About the Society

The Society was formed in 1961, following almost a decade of interest in local history matters. Originally called The Marple Antiquarian Society, it changed its name to The Marple Local History Society in 1990. The Society is a Registered Charity, 500099.

Monthly meetings are held between September and April, several field trips are made each year. The society publishes a range of publications, has an active archive session on Thursday mornings, and organises occasional exhibitions.

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