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.

Sweet Dreams in Godley

Here is an interesting little item that was lent to us by John H.

I have no information whatsoever on it. I haven't yet tracked down where the company was either.

Anyone who can help, please contact us.
Thank you.

EDIT

John Barnouin Rowcliffe was a wire manufacturer with a small workshop in Godley that employed 2 boys and 12 men. He was born in Tarporley, Cheshire, and married in Manchester in 1859. As far as can be ascertained the business operated from about 1865 until around 1878.

A little more about John Barnouin Rowcliffe. He lived on Mottram Road, before coming to Hyde he had been an apprentice draper,he was about 17/18 at the time. He then became a manufacturer of small miscellaneous items in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. This was in the late 1850's and early 1860's. He then took up wire manufacturing in Hyde,in the late 1870's he moved to Macclesfield. He died in Chorlton, Manchester, in 1916.

In February 1897, the partnership between John B. Rowcliffe, Fred Rowcliffe and Henry Jermy, carring on business as Engineers and Tool Makers, Levenshulme under the firm of Atlas Engineers was dissolved by mutual consent.

In August 1878, John B. Rowcliffeof Godley was given notice in respect of his invention for woven elastic wire web for matresses.

In 1865, his partnership with James Dillon, Manchester and elsewhere,as small manufacturers under the name J.B.Rowcliff was dissolved.

In 1860, the firm of J.B.Rowcliffe and company, Ducie Street, Manchester, granted patent for the invention of improvements in the apparatus for winding yarn or thread on pin bobbins.

Many thanks to Maloney for supplying the details above !

Much appreciated.

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 !!

Daniel Adamsons Staff Photo 1947

The following was sent via email by David Stafford.

Over to David....

"Hi all

I have been loaned a photograph from my brother Jeff.

It’s a picture of part of the personal employees at Daniel Adamson’s DukinfIeld September 1947.

The pictures measures 37 inches X 10 inches so I have had to scan it in four parts.

I know it’s not a direct picture of Hyde but with the works being on the boundary of Hyde and DukinfIeld

it employed many local peoples so they maybe family or relative on the photo with the residents of Hyde.

Each section can be enlarged for you to clearly see the faces of the employees."










Many thanks to David and, of course, Jeff for the loan of the photo.

Unfortunately, it isn't possible to make the faces any bigger on the blog but if anyone would like a larger size let us know and I'll see what can be done.

Daniel Adamsons

The Following was sent to us by Judith Hunt....

"I have attached a photo I found in my fathers possessions. I know it is of  men who worked in the office of D Adamsons .  My father Harry Helliwell is second on right in back row.  He started as an apprentice draftsman at the age of 14 and was the youngest amongst them. Sadly I do not know anyone else's names but maybe someone's else's father or grandfather is in the picture and can recognize them I am making a guess that the photo could be around early 40's

  My grandfather Charlie (Charles Helliwell) also worked for Adamsons for 50 years as a fitter and turner and on retirement received a gold watch engraved on the back. This is still in the family today and working well.  You do not see this kind of farewell gift  of thanks these days."

 


From wikipedia

In 1851  Daniel Adamson established a small iron works in Newton, Cheshire, expanding it a year later by building a new foundry called the Newton Moor Iron Works on Muslin Street (now Talbot Road), between Hyde and Dukinfield. He specialised in engine and boiler making, initially following designs created by Hackworth, making and exporting the renowned "Manchester Boilers". Adamson was able to experiment with the newfound wealth from the worldwide export of these boilers which incorporated ring joints in the form of his patented Anti-Collapsive Flange Seam. He was also one of the pioneers of explosive forming used in the foundry process.^[2]
In 1872 he designed and built the Daniel Adamson and Co factory, a new premises in Dukinfield next to Dewsnap Farm (off Dewsnap Lane), with its entrance on Johnsonbrook Road. This new works was approximately 1,000 yards (910 m) from the old foundry but the site was large and had enough spare land around it for any planned expansion.
He improved the design and manufacturing process (pioneering the use of steel and taking out 19 patents in the process) over the 36 years he was involved with boiler and other foundry manufacturing. When he died in 1890 the business employed some 600 people.
Adamson's other business interests included a mill building company in Hyde ('The Newton Moor Spinning Company'), the Yorkshire Steel and Iron Works at Penistone, the Northern Lincolnshire Iron Company at Frodingham, and large share-holdings in iron works in Cumberland and south Wales.

Many Thanks, Judith and Wikipedia :)
Much appreciated.

Days long gone.

The following photo was given to us by Mike Thelwell.

The photo was taken circa 1959 and I believe it was taken on Shepley Street/John Shepley Street in Hyde.

Construction of the M67 Motorway

Steve Hill sent us the following photos and note after the appeal yesterday about photos of the building of the M67.
They are fantastic !!
These are exactly the kind of photos that we are looking for..

"Here are a few more pictures of the M67 motorway under construction . Unfortunately they are not good quality as they are taken from Dennis Roylances film, the same film that the Ritz pictures came from but it does show the construction ".




Love this one. It shows the two tower blocks of John Grundy House and Chartist House and don't they look close together. It also shows the building of the DHSS building on New Beech St. Hyde Department Store (now Morrisons) can also be seen middle,far left.


The Astoria can just be seen middle,right of the picture.




Hyde Department Store can be seen top right on this photo.

Thank you so much, Steve.
I have been looking for photos of the construction of the M67 for years !!

Mid - 1970's Adverts

Disappeared Shops - Holts Butchers

The following two photos were sent to us by Jacqueline and Colin Ridgeway. They show some family of Jacquelines including her Grandfather Albert Ashley Holt who had a Butchers shop on Market Street in Hyde.

 

Albert was married to Margaret who was the daughter of Amos Winterbotham who had been the former Mayor of Hyde. The shop was supplied by his brother Fred Bennett Holt who also supplied many other butchers shops in the area due to him having Beef cattle and Pigs. 

The war more or less ruined the business for the Holts due to Alberts injuries and food rationing during and after the war. 

The shop later became CAPPERS who also sold tripe.
Albert Ashley Holt was Jacqueline Ridgways Grandfather. 
Fred Holt was Alberts older brother. 

Many thanks to Jacqueline & Colin Ridgway for sharing.
Much appreciated :)

T.Wall & Son - Big Night Out

Many thanks to J & D Morris
Much Appreciated. :)

Was this the longest Street in Hyde ??

George Street was always rumoured to be the longest Street in Hyde although I have recently been told that that honour goes to Apple Street. 

Does anybody know the answer ? 
George Street was certainly a contender .

 
George Street Shops looking down towards Newton Street, approx 1950's.

 
Hyde Methodist Chapel(New Connexion),or George Street Chapel as it was more commonly known 
  Looking down George Street from Newton Street, Spinners Arms on left. 

A 125 Manchester bus parked up in Hyde Bus station, George Street at the back with Tanner Street to the right 

The bottom end of George Street at the junction with Hoviley Brow. 

Innocence !

Here is a lovely story and photo courtesy of Marjorie...

This is a photo which stood in the window of Taylor & Wain's studio on Hamnett St. 

It is a photo of me aged 5. I was watching the photographer preparing his camera and was unaware that he had taken it.  

My mother had a copy in black & white but this one was hand coloured by George Wain and put in the window. My mother asked for it but was refused. For years I stood at the Shaw Hall bus stop outside Woolworths, on the way home, looking at myself. When I went to the Grammar school Mr Wain was my art teacher and I mentioned the photo. He told me it was his favourite child study and the next day brought it in to school and gave it to me. 

Nice man, Mr Wain. We kept in touch until he died.

Many Thanks, Marjorie...and what a great photograph.:) 
Mr Wain painted a beautiful picture of My Nan which still hangs proudly at my parents house.
 He was a very talented man indeed..

Some Adverts from Old Hyde

 
A photo showing Brookes and Sons which is mentioned on the page above.
Brookes is the shop with the green sign next to the tram !




The top page supplied by Susan.
Many thanks for sharing !

Hyde United Football Programme

Today we have a couple of pages from a Hyde United programme dated November 11th 1950.

Some great old adverts from long gone businesses.

Many Thanks to Susan for sending them to us. :)
If anyone else has anything similar, please dont hesitate to send them to us.
All photos and memories much appreciated !

More Adverts from disappeared shops and businesses

Here are a few more Adverts from 1968.




Frankie Appleyard was a very helpful, well known and well liked man around the Hyde area.


Candair Engineering Co Ltd was situated at Johnson Brook Works on Johnson Brook Road.

 EDIT
We were recently contacted by Simon Harkinson the M.D. of Candair, I am reassured and happy to report that the company moved on to Newton Moor Industrial Estate in the mid 1970s where they still are today!

1968 Adverts

 All adverts as seen in the 1968 Green Guide.


Is this the same address that housed Mayfair Chemist from the 1970's onwards ?


Another Newton Street Disappeared shop !


Disappeared Business.


 
Originally established in Hyde in 1961... now operating as Bennetts Staff Bureau Recruitment Agency. 

 
Disappeared Business.

Thomas Beeley & Son Boiler Makers

David Barlow has sent us some more information regarding the Beeleys of Pole Bank.

"Thought Hydonians might be interested in these photos unless they are already on the blog....

Thomas Beeley & Son  Boiler Makers  Hyde Junction  (Founded 1875)

Thomas Beeley late of Pole Bank, Hyde was born in 1833 and died in June 1908 aged 75 years.   His son Thomas Carter Beeley of Bowlacre, Hyde died in June 1909 in his fortieth year and one year after the death of his father."

 

 Thomas Beeley of Pole Bank, Hyde

 

 Thomas Carter Beeley of Bowlacre, Hyde

Much appreciated, David ! :)