tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post6029531409670639099..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Frank JohnstonTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-89976872162205506992011-04-08T08:15:05.155+01:002011-04-08T08:15:05.155+01:00Hi Dave
Thank you for sharing such great images of...Hi Dave<br />Thank you for sharing such great images of such a grand Hydonian. The Book you need to look out for is as Dave states.. "The History OF Hyde" by Thomas Middleton... Printed by the "Higham Press, Hamnett Street. Hyde. 1932. Pages 552 - 553. I have seen it on Ebay once.... I can scan the pages for you if that will do.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-26329144176282618472011-04-08T00:00:16.204+01:002011-04-08T00:00:16.204+01:00Tom, Thanks for putting these photos up on the sit...Tom, Thanks for putting these photos up on the site they look great and thank Dave for the reference to the article in Thomas Middletons book - I'll have to search out a copy!<br />I suppose that may be part of the explanation how Frank could afford a car.Dave Johnstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-28075110929479052322011-04-07T15:14:48.211+01:002011-04-07T15:14:48.211+01:00Thanks for that Dave... I've added the info to...Thanks for that Dave... I've added the info to the posting...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-79120311613503366892011-04-07T11:13:43.059+01:002011-04-07T11:13:43.059+01:00Thomas Middleton's History of Hyde says:
"...Thomas Middleton's History of Hyde says:<br />"At the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, there were some noted runners in Hyde at 100 yards and quarter-mile; these included S.Annabel, W.Bradley, A.Halton, and A.Fletcher, the best known perhaps being Frank Johnson, who during a long career as an amateur, won over £500 worth of prizes, and later became equally successful as a professional."<br />The book was published in 1932 and an inflation calculator I found on Google says that £500 in 1932 is now worth £24,995.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-46414566743825343592011-04-07T08:32:40.790+01:002011-04-07T08:32:40.790+01:00A great set of pics.A great set of pics.Gerald (SK14)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18308693910074268386noreply@blogger.com