Oh, what a lovely walk !

A postcard depicting "Promenaders" on Mottram Old Road !
This used to be a popular walk, from Gee Cross to Hattersley...and very picturesque,too !

Postcards.

 Here are a couple of postcards showing Hyde in quieter times.




Mottram Old Road .
The Low is in the background to the left of the telegraph pole.


Looking down Dowson Road.
How quiet is the road  !

Mottram Old Road, Greenside

I recently came across this photograph which I took from Werneth Low, probably in the 1980s, of the road works on Mottram Old Road to get rid of what was considered to be a dangerous bend near High Bank and Greenside Farm.

For comparison I've cropped a photograph taken from nearly the same spot in October 2010 to show the same part of that road.

Mottram Old Road

 Here is a postcard of Mottram Old Road, just below Werneth Low.
I wouldn't like to see kids playing in the middle of the road nowadays !!

Mottram Old Road Post Card

Below pictures supplied by Dave

 

The first two photos attached are what Dave has taken today, the first being the original photo, and the second is one he's cropped and skewed to try to match the view in the postcard. 

The third attachment is the view from Google Streetview of the spot from which Dave took the photo, and the fourth one is from Google Earth showing Mottram Old Road from the viewpoint up to the buildings shown. 

Dave thinks the actual viewpoint for the postcard was down the slope to maybe level with where you can see the horse in the top to pictures, as the hills in the background on the postcard look a bit lower down than in his photo (you can just see the distant hills faintly on the postcard). 

Thank you Dave for a great update