Hyde Name Origins.

The name "HYDE" is derived from the hide, a measure of land for taxation purposes, taken to be that area of land necessary to support a peasant family. In later times it was taken to be equivalent to 120 acres .

Monday, 30 May 2011

Hydes claim to fame ?

As I was looking through some photos of Hyde I was struck by the similarity of the Beatles famous Abbey Road Album cover with the one of Hyde Town Hall's zebra crossing..

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The Beatles Abbey Road album cover

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Hydes very own Abbey Road photo from 1968.

Maybe the Beatles got their inspiration from this picture as they didn't release their album until 1969 ! ;)
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Tom said...

This makes me wonder about how many musicians and singers from Hyde have made it on to Radio, TV, or the 'Big Stage'. I can think of a few who I've seen on TV... and then there's Brass Bands.. that did good well before our time.

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