Market Street View

Here is a view of Market Street with the Philanthropic Society building with the sign at the top intact. This was destroyed a few years ago when the shop had some work done on it.

Next door is the North Cheshire Herald office, then Portfolio Camera shop and on the far right, the Crown Pub before it was closed down.

Unsure of the date but would probably put it in the late 1980's ?

Market Street - Long Lost Shops

Whilst supermarket shopping is good  because everything is under one roof, I do still miss the old days of going to lots of different shops on a Saturday, with my Mum, to get the shopping .

Woods was a very popular shop.

I think this is circa late 70's to early 80's.

Please feel free to correct me me I'm wrong.

Thanks to Diane for sending the photo to me.

Much appreciated.

Market Street Building plaques

There are quite a number of stone plaques set in buildings on Market St, some old some new. I photographed most if not all of them a couple of years ago. I will put the locations of them after the last photo, just in case you want to guess where they are located. Some are obvious others less so. If anyone thinks I have missed one please let me know. Thanks

1, Slack View last shop/house Market St, just before new estate, which was the old Slack Mills

2, Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society building, corner of Market St and Greenfield St, now Wilkinsons Store. 

3, Exchange Building 1876, lower Market St above Luxury Linen Shop.

4, Town Hall Buildings 1888, Market St above Yorkshire Bank

5, Town Hall Buildings 1889, Market St above Absolute Hair and Beauty

6, AD 2006, Top end of Market St on right, new building now Age UK

7, Hyde Equitable Co-operative Society Building, corner of Market St and Queen St

8, Benevolent Building 1834, above 2 shops junction Market St and Nelson St, Chandlers and Abbey framing

Dean and Noble

Below is a postcard which shows, amongst other shops, Dean and Noble, which stood on Market Street on the corner of the Borough Arcade..
The advert below is from when it stood lower down Market Street next to the alley, Longmeadow Passage.
Dean and Noble had an iconic status in Hyde as a place where you could buy almost any small electrical item or accessory




Here is a still from a 35mm cinema reel of silent adverts that were used at the Theatre Royal Cinema.

Thanks to Werneth Low for the postcard and Stephen Hill for the advert :)

Much appreciated !!

Postcard from Market Street

A postcard showing Market Street.
Redmans "Good Bacon Shop" on the left ! :)

Martins Bank, Hyde

Martins Bank Limited was a Liverpool-based British financial services company that was taken over by Barclays Bank in 1969. The company has its origins in the 16th century and was said to have been founded by Sir Thomas Gresham , who began trading in Lombard Street under the sign of a grasshopper. After the Second World War it was the first bank to enter into partnership with a major retailer, opening banking concessions inside branches of the Lewis's department store chain.

Image © Barclays Ref 30/1399 Courtesy Martins Bank Archive.

Martins Bank Hyde Branch  which was situated on Market Street.

The bank was bought by Barclays Bank in 1969, when all of its seven hundred branches became branches of Barclays. Around 30 branches closed immediately, and ten were downgraded to sub-branches. Some, such as the sub-branch at Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk were brand new and handed over to Barclays on the day appointed by Act of Parliament for the merger of the two banks, 15 December 1969. The Martins grasshopper logo was retained for part of the combined business until the early 1980s, with "Martins Branch" and a small grasshopper appearing first on both statements and cheque books, later cheques only (see the Martins Bank Archive Project link below). Martins numbered among its customers a football pools company, a major airline and a world renowned shipping line. When these customers wanted to borrow large sums, Martins was known to have borrowed from other banks on a number of occasions to fulfil these requests. Even so, many who worked for the bank believed that Martins could have survived on its own, as at the time of takeover it was expanding its UK banking operation, and continuing a run of "firsts" which included:

• First in the north of England with a cash machine in 1967
• First with mobile banks to provide banking to remote areas
• First with a drive-through bank in Leicester in 1959 and Epsom in 1966
• First and only English bank to have a head office outside London
• First to recognise and embrace the swinging 60s in its advertising
• First to experiment with and then use a computer to operate current-account business
• First with a branch on the centre court at Wimbledon

Women were contractually obliged to leave the bank upon marriage, and as late as 1965, men were not allowed to get married until their salary reached a prescribed level. Many of Martins' forms, and some procedures, were retained or later adopted by Barclays as being more advanced than their own.

Thanks to Wikipedia

Barclays Bank as it is today.

Thanks to Google maps.

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 ! :)

A postcard from home.

A postcard of Market Street.



Postcard published by Grenville of Stockport and postally used in 1919.

It hasn't changed an awful lot in almost 100 years. It's still instantly recognisable.
Anyone any ideas what the large sign is on the side of the building on Croft Street?

Perhaps Paul can shed some light on the premises? It looks a bit like a pub on the Market Street side.

French Swimming Team

Another picture from Fred Booth to tempt us today... the cars are all parked on Market Street, outside the Cheshire Cheese Pub.. and Dawson's shop which we featured the other day. I have struggled with the date on this but think it says May 1908... any more information would be great. It must have something to do with Hyde Seal Swimming Club. 

Looking down Market Street

A nice shot taken by John Morris, circa 1990's, I think.(Thanks Dave) :)

The Shepherds Call pub behind the ladies on the left, Swinton Insurance (now gone) and Hopwoods Barbers (also now disappeared).I think the china shop is still open on the corner of Church Street on this photo (now Bargain Booze) - was it called Grays China Shop? - but looks for sale. Note the 210 bus coming up the hill to Gee Cross. The service now sadly defunct.

From Hyde To Wanganui

We have been contacted by Alan and Brenda Maddocks from Wanganui New Zealand, and this is what he has to say:

I enjoy browsing your website.  My wife Brenda and I lived at 3 Cleveland Avenue, Hyde, 1962 -69, An electrician I worked for Hyde Corporation for a few months during 1966, then for Godley Footwear until 1969. Brenda at one time worked part time at Walls and for a company at Gee Cross that sold paper products but we cannot remember it's name.  Early 1970 we moved to Denton and in 1973 emigrated to Wanganui New Zealand. Our son and daughter were both born at Aspland Home. One thing I enjoyed about living in Cleveland Avenue, a short walk along Alexander Street and there was the canal, a great place for a walk along the towpath.

I have a collection of postcards, including the one above, it is unused and I cannot remember how I acquired it.  I hope your readers could date the photograph, maybe even recognise some of the people.

I took this photograph 2 evenings ago, we are in winter now in NZ but we are having a few days of clear weather, bright sunny days but cold at night.  The peak on the horizon is Mount Taranaki, about 60 miles away as the crow flies.

 





Thanks again to Dave Williams for these pictures of Cleveland Avenue

Strange but true !

 Whilst walking down Hyde today I noticed a "Superhero" walking down in front of me, so I decided to take a photo of him as it isn't every day you get to see one "live" in your town. Anyway, when I got home and downloaded the photo I noticed that there wasn't just the one Superhero -  Superman had joined him ! Funny thing was I didn't see him whilst taking the shot as the bus passed just as I was taking it - either that or he was in invisible mode ...haha...enjoy!


Superman and friend.

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..


The Beatles Abbey Road album cover


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 ! ;)

Old Hyde

We have John and his friend Mark to thank for these two pictures I have seen the first one but the second I'm not sure if I have or haven't... anyway both are perfect to show here.

John says "The photo of Hyde Market is a great shot; I wonder what the policeman was saying to the children on the right where the present bus shelter would be. It's just typical of the two trams, you wait ages for one then two come at once! Nothing's changed has it? It looks as though the first tram is going to Edgeley, was this the forerunner of the old 30 bus route?"

John says "This photo of Market Street is a fantastic snapshot of life, I presume around the First World War. It looks as though there is a parade march past of troops marching down the street. Note that there is a Union Jack hanging off what was the Co-op. Also note the group of people outside the bakers; I’ve assumed that it is a bakers shop because I think there may be a Turog sign on the wall above the shop, please correct me if I’m wrong. It’s interesting to note that there doesn’t appear to be any overhead cables for the trams. The house to the left are still there but those on the right have since been demolished."

Same view of above photo taken 2011

I noticed Hepworths shop in the top picture..... I showed a view of Hepworths with my Grandma marching past with the British Legion. The other buildings to catch my eye are the old supermarket and the main Co-op on Greenfield Street, that must have been a 'newish' building when the picture was taken. 

 Greenfield Street/Market Street Co-op

In the second picture my eyes are drawn to the posts for the overhead lines... they look very ornate... but those scrolls and fancy curves mask the strength wrought iron work can take. The Co-op on the corner of Market Street and Queen Street is a nice building... the round corner is a pleasure to look at still. 

Queen Street/Market Street Co-op

Thank you John for this post... and thanks for the recent pictures that Dave as supplied