tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post8908573217095716400..comments2024-03-23T16:10:12.319+00:00Comments on Hyde Cheshire Blog: Mystery archway.Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-59785173233883770402011-08-07T15:27:59.802+01:002011-08-07T15:27:59.802+01:00Don't know how I managed to miss this post whe...Don't know how I managed to miss this post when it first appeared, but I've seen it now and would like to throw in a few of my memory's joggings here. What you are calling Whittaker's Whim was, in my childhood, Moores' Factory. The Moores family also lived in a house adjacent to the works - Lester and Joyce Moores went to Holy Trinity School. Access to the factory was via a driveway which ran from Stockport Road, between Morrison's sweet shop and the right hand bend facing the Werneth. This driveway was a steep decline to the level below Stockport Road, as shown in the pictures. Some of the land down there consisted of a fair-sized lake which had at least one swan living on it. I lived at 220 Stockport Road in the 1950s/60s and from the land behind our house we could see down into Moores premises. The swan would often leave the lake, walk up to steep slope to our back and access Stockport Road via the driveway adjacent to 226 Stockport Road. My dad, who had a joiner's workshop behind our house, used to feed it.Werneth Lownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-18137932860347968982011-04-06T07:54:27.775+01:002011-04-06T07:54:27.775+01:00Hi Paul
I hope you have enjoyed looking back throu...Hi Paul<br />I hope you have enjoyed looking back through these postings.<br />What you say is very possible, there as to b a culvert around there that feeds/fed the stream in Gower Hay. The arch is substantial I wonder if there is a clue to this on the other side of the road?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-56294350780683823202011-04-05T20:20:32.724+01:002011-04-05T20:20:32.724+01:00Hi I was just looking back through some of your ol...Hi I was just looking back through some of your old blogs, and I came across the puzzle of the arch in the wall opposite the Werneth Hotel. I am not too sure but if you look at the 1875 & 1910 maps of the area on the CCC site, there appears to be a lake of some sort on the site of the old quarry, comparing this to the tithe map, there is a waterway passing through the area. Perhaps this waterway and possible lake fed the two reservoirs (Diamond & Stonepit) opposite. Just a thought.<br /><br /><br />Paul TaylorHyde Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13799992790388189244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-45646079492726837202010-09-06T21:58:33.057+01:002010-09-06T21:58:33.057+01:00Whittaker was responsible for several buildings ar...Whittaker was responsible for several buildings aroung Gee Cross but from what I can gather there was as many pie in the sky ideas which did nt come to fruition.<br /><br />As reagrds the Arch, I know there was a open stream which ran through the Werneth Pub Cellar so its quite possible the Arch could of been the opening of a culvert for the said stream, just a guess !!!Ghost of Red Pump Sthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972000278375063425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-12865035985961435372010-09-02T20:01:09.780+01:002010-09-02T20:01:09.780+01:00I have never heard or seen this before Nancy.. I w...I have never heard or seen this before Nancy.. I wonder if Brian or Neil Howarth can shead some light on this.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04167792394551286975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-73388046264471114782010-08-30T21:18:55.727+01:002010-08-30T21:18:55.727+01:00That's a very observant comment, Dave.It's...That's a very observant comment, Dave.It's probably correct ,too!<br />Thanks for that. It never occured to me.Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-6870915768898035202010-08-30T14:46:27.909+01:002010-08-30T14:46:27.909+01:00Presumably the archway was a more prominent featur...Presumably the archway was a more prominent feature at one time - hence 'Arch Joinery'.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-78467509747313066672010-08-30T13:04:57.310+01:002010-08-30T13:04:57.310+01:00Thomas Middleton's 'History of Hyde' s...Thomas Middleton's 'History of Hyde' says in relation to Whittaker's Whim: "Mr Whittaker enclosed the ground behind the building with a stone wall with the intention of making the spot 'Gee Cross Market Place'. The market scheme never came to anything." So the archway was presumably built at this time, but there's no mention of what it may have been for.Dave Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-67833448925960432702010-08-29T00:06:58.501+01:002010-08-29T00:06:58.501+01:00Yes Gerald,I believe there is another lot to be bu...Yes Gerald,I believe there is another lot to be built under the wall - It may be flats , I'm not sure.Hydonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723686770197717456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8599481671908734427.post-75952699335708845732010-08-28T22:58:42.125+01:002010-08-28T22:58:42.125+01:00The new houses have been up for some time - see Ki...The new houses have been up for some time - see <a href="http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/2009/10/king-edwards-court.html" rel="nofollow">King Edwards Court</a> or are they building even more under the wall itself?Gerald (Ackworth born)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10972748175799683560noreply@blogger.com