Aeriel View of New Market Square 1968

Here is another aeriel view of the Market and the new development in 1968.
The HSBC Bank is still very recognisable from this photo but many of the old shops have gone, amongst them the shoe shops and the butchers shop that were opposite Woolworths.
 Look how many market stalls there were then compared with todays market ! This was maybe because the old market hall was demolished and the new one wasn't ready? Does anyone know?
The old Methodist Church that stood on Norfolk street can be seen top left of the photo.
Parking was available where the DHSS building now stands (bottom right).



Thanks to John Hopwood for the great photo !!
Much appreciated. :)

For 'Werneth Low'

It was a bit dull this morning but I went down to the Market Square and took these photographs of the new layout, more of less one from each corner:

And here's one looking at the Town Hall which I took about 3 weeks ago:

Gerald England has taken quite a few photographs of the Market Square over the last few months and you can find them here on the Hyde Daily Photo.

Postcards from Hyde

Here are four wonderful postcard shots lent to us by John Bloor.

Quite a few disappeared shops on them such as Prices the bakers, Harrops furniture shop, Greenwoods the mens outfitters,Crossleys, UCP Restaurant and Middletons. Also, two disappeared banks - William Glyns (now Royal Bank of Scotland) and the Midland Bank (HSBC).

The roads are so quiet !









Many Thanks, John - Much appreciated ! :)

Tranquil spot.

 With all the upheavel with the market being redeveloped, I just thought I'd show this shot which shows the Cenotaph on Werneth Low overlooking all the mayhem !
Such a place of tranquility !

 

As Tufty Club said, if you're not from Hyde you might have trouble spotting it, so I've zoomed in :)

The Fountain on Hyde Market

As most Hydonian will be aware, the market is in the middle of a revamp.
Here is a photo showing how the market looked in the 1970's - complete with fountain, stone built seating and planters.
The Town Hall can be seen in the background.

I have very fond memories of this market.



Many thanks to Martin Leigh for the photograph .
Much appreciated, Martin !! :)

Market Square (Artists Impression)

Thank's to Susan Jaleel for sending in this artist's impression of the town centre after redevelopment - which was on the front of the 1961/62 Official Guide.  Susan wonders how it will compare with what's in store for the new look 50 years on!

Postcard from Hyde

 A view of Hyde Market and the Town Hall.



You can never have too many pictures of such a beautiful building !

Roof Top Views

I was lucky to have been given a couple of books and a disk of photo's by Grant. When I get the disk I was more than pleased with the content and Grants pictures will be featured now and then over the few weeks. Grant tells me pictures were all taken in the 1990's. This one shows the roof top views and was taken from the Town Hall.

Market Square 2

We recently showed a view of how the Market Square looked in the 1970s, and we asked if anyone had more views from back then..... Joyce has kindly sent in these two and thinks there are one or two more and maybe a postcard from this time which she has but can't yet find.  Thank you Joyce... here's hoping they turn up.

Market Square

I think this would be late 70s or early 80s.... not sure when maybe someone could put a date to it... I was 50/50 on this set-up ... I prefer the Market on this ground... but did enjoy sitting about watching the world go by.  If you have any pictures of the fountain or the giant rubbish bin that it turned into we would appreciate a picture of it and add it to this post.