tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post8654168180012646262..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Old HydeTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-72247997295809536572011-03-27T12:55:34.152+01:002011-03-27T12:55:34.152+01:00I've only just realised that the second pictur...I've only just realised that the second picture couldn't have been either of the Coronation celebrations for Edward VII in 1902 as the Co-op on the corner of Queen Street wasn't built till 1908! So the 1911 Coronation of George V seems the most likely.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-38544513998944414192011-03-27T12:35:51.941+01:002011-03-27T12:35:51.941+01:00'On March 2nd, 1929, the new Central Emporium ...'On March 2nd, 1929, the new Central Emporium and offices at the corner of Market Street and Greenfield Street were opened.'<br />'The History of Hyde' - by Thomas Middleton (page 199)<br /><br />I'm no fashion expert, but the clothing in the first picture seems to belong to the late 1920s/early 1930s, and in the second picture late Victorian/Edwardian.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-17600081964035781162011-03-27T12:10:55.379+01:002011-03-27T12:10:55.379+01:00Ha! I missed Nancy's comments... we now need ...Ha! I missed Nancy's comments... we now need a fashion expert, and the date the main Co Op was built.. ;o)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-46511421086473398292011-03-27T12:07:59.254+01:002011-03-27T12:07:59.254+01:00Thank you Dave... and Beryl for this... I admire y...Thank you Dave... and Beryl for this... I admire your thinking and wish I could have thought of this... ;o)<br />...Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-64582770795401847692011-03-27T12:07:34.951+01:002011-03-27T12:07:34.951+01:00How about it being from the Jubilee celebrations w...How about it being from the Jubilee celebrations which marked 50 years of the incorporation of the borough of Hyde ? That was in June 1930 so fits with not being winter and before the tram to Edgeley ceased?Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-71530455054341868202011-03-27T11:57:48.578+01:002011-03-27T11:57:48.578+01:00Just a few more thought about the pictures. On the...Just a few more thought about the pictures. On the first one Market Street is still paved with stone setts - when was it first tarmaced? The following link says that the Stockport to Hyde tram service commenced in 1927 and the Edgeley link ceased to operate in 1931:<br />http://www.petergould.co.uk/local_transport_history/fleetlists/stockport1.htm<br /><br />In the second picture I'm not sure that the marchers are troops - the white belts across the back of the marchers remind me of what was the fairly common sight in my youth of the local Boys' Brigade. And, as Beryl has pointed out to me, the dress of the ladies and children is definitely of a celebratory type rather than for a funeral or a 'troops off to war' occasion. I thought the occasion could have been connected with celebrations at the end of the First World War:<br />'The Hyde Borough Band appeared, and began to play on the Market ground, whilst several Boys Brigade and Boy Scouts' companies turned out, and to the music of bugles, paraded the streets.' - The History of Hyde by Thomas Middleton<br />But that was in November 1918 and again the type of clothing being worn suggests that it's not winter.<br />My bet is that the occasion is part of the celebration for either the coronation of Edward VII (which was actually in 2 parts - fixed for June 1902 & was postponed because of his illness to August 1902, but they still went ahead with the celebrations on the original date) or for that of George V in June 1911. It could just be part of a Whitsun procession, but the Union Flag suggests that it's more of a National celebration.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-75693500487163417712011-03-26T20:25:26.634+00:002011-03-26T20:25:26.634+00:00I can't make out what the car is in the first ...I can't make out what the car is in the first picture, but it's certainly from the early to mid 1920s so the picture's later than that.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-48121215769425084012011-03-26T16:48:35.760+00:002011-03-26T16:48:35.760+00:00Hi John..
I was trying to do that last night but d...Hi John..<br />I was trying to do that last night but drew a blank... I wondered about the second shot if it was from around the first world war... maybe the troops marching back after a funeral... It is something for us to look into.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-68365999235828288592011-03-26T16:29:32.167+00:002011-03-26T16:29:32.167+00:00Can anyone give an accurate date for these two pho...Can anyone give an accurate date for these two photographs? Obviously the first one is before the grade 2 listed tram shelter was erected (when was it erected) and the second would be after 1908 from the photograph that Dave took.JohnThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418988711175328486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-42478322417154129422011-03-26T12:41:52.111+00:002011-03-26T12:41:52.111+00:00I've noticed on a lot of these old pictures th...I've noticed on a lot of these old pictures that the overhead lines themselves aren't usually visible but the supporting bits and pieces usually are (remember the ones of Godley Arches where it looked as if there were a couple of jet fighter planes in the sky?), the odd thing to me here is that they ARE visible of the first picture. I don't fancy the idea of trying to take photos showing the views as they currently are, particularly the first one. I imagine that in attempting to photograph from that position a 330 bus on its way to Stockport you'd be hit by a 330 going the other way! Interesting to see there's a Co-op shop in both of the pictures - I'm sending you photos of the stonework at the top of both of them.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.com