Market Street Building plaques

There are quite a number of stone plaques set in buildings on Market St, some old some new. I photographed most if not all of them a couple of years ago. I will put the locations of them after the last photo, just in case you want to guess where they are located. Some are obvious others less so. If anyone thinks I have missed one please let me know. Thanks

1, Slack View last shop/house Market St, just before new estate, which was the old Slack Mills

2, Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society building, corner of Market St and Greenfield St, now Wilkinsons Store. 

3, Exchange Building 1876, lower Market St above Luxury Linen Shop.

4, Town Hall Buildings 1888, Market St above Yorkshire Bank

5, Town Hall Buildings 1889, Market St above Absolute Hair and Beauty

6, AD 2006, Top end of Market St on right, new building now Age UK

7, Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Building, corner of Market St and Queen St

8, Benevolent Building 1834, above 2 shops junction Market St and Nelson St, Chandlers and Abbey framing

Bowling Green Pavilion 2007

Bowling Green Pavilion in Hyde Park taken in 2007, when it had been damaged by fire.
The Pavilion has since been restored.





Photos kindly sent to us by Phil Shawdale.
Many Thanks, Phil ! :)

St Stephens Church Lads Brigade 1953

 Another photo from Tony Downend showing the "Prefabs" in Newton.
This time it's a view of Whit Walks of St Stephens Church Lads Brigade, turning right from Carter into Dow Street in 1953. The "Prefabs" can be seen in the background.


St Stephens Whit Walks 1953


Comparative view 2011

Tony wrote this...

"The double deck houses were known (locally at least) as the  "steel houses". The "prefabs" came in kits, as name implies, and were single deck and those on Dow and Carter Streets were built in 1947. 

The 'steel houses'  were built at  much the same time, if not just a tad later, around the corner in Bushifield Close from the once prefabs of Dow and Carter Street.  

The refurb of the  "steel houses" was undertaken during this last year or so. 

 Hope this helps shed just a little light on Newton's  past."    

 Much appreciated as always, Tony :)

Auction of Land 1882 part 1.

 I recently posted this auction of land document that took place in Hyde in 1882.
Here is the first page... I hope it is of some interest.
The prices are amazing. I wish they were the same in 2012 :)



















Thanks to Jack and Doreen Morris for allowing us to show it !
Part 2 following soon.

Auction of land in Hyde 1882

A paper showing a sale of land by auction in Hyde in 1882.

The auction was held at The Norfolk Arms public house.
When I sort out the papers properly I will print a selection of what the buildings etc went for !
Makes great reading.





Thanks to Jack and Doreen Morris for letting us show this.

Municipal Building

This fine looking building was on on the corner of Water Street and Greenfield Street, the sign in the picture says 'District Offices'. I never went in the building and never knew what went on in there... yet I would have walked past it many times on my way to Greenfield Street School... The Building was back to back with the Old Fire Station...  If you know more about what went on in there... when it was built or pulled down please let us know. What a shame such a building as this was lost for what is now a car park. I wonder where those columns and stone work ended up... 

Pictures By Dave Williams