Mottram Road And The Olive Tree

Another great view from Mottram Road, with Otto Monstead's Margarine Works on the right. The pub next door is The Olive Tree.

Market Square (Artists Impression)

Thank's to Susan Jaleel for sending in this artist's impression of the town centre after redevelopment - which was on the front of the 1961/62 Official Guide.  Susan wonders how it will compare with what's in store for the new look 50 years on!

Oaklands Hall

 

Oaklands Hall, situated in Godley, was built in 1838 as a residence for local business men and was once occupied by Daniel Adamson – an engineer, involved with the digging and opening of the Manchester Ship Canal.

The 1881 Census shows the property was occupied by Deane Stanley, who ran his father’s Turkish Towel business in Gas Street, Hyde. He was married to Flora, who is believed to be their resident ghost. There are occasional sightings of Flora, when she is regarded as a being friendly and to be a good omen.

Deane Stanley was also a mining engineer. Unfortunately, he was reputed not to have a good head for business and he eventually lost his fortune. He died in 1894 after falling of a horse, whilst working in the South African Transvaal.

Oaklands Hall was purchased in October 1924, for use as a Masonic Hall. The building is now run by Oaklands Masonic Club.

 

 Oaklands Hall is now a place for Weddings and Celebration parties and  is also an approved venue for Civil Marriages.

 http://www.oaklandshall.co.uk/

Hyde Reporter 'Cutting 1'

This is a cutting from the Reporter... it was titled as..

 'A Soldiers Life'

Guns at the ready, Hyde men of the Cheshire Regiment are pictured at camp during the First World War. If you can name the soldiers or have any details, contact the Reporter Group at 167 Market Street, Hyde.

Well, the office on Market Street is long gone.. and I wonder if any details came in.

Cutting from Dave Williams 

Cemetery Chapel views

AS promised, some lovely shots of the Cemetery Chapel by Dave.
Beggars belief that it was allowed to be demolished.























Thanks Dave, at least we have some decent photos of the building to remember it by...
Little comfort, I know.

Trevor Grimshaw

Trevor Grimshaw was born in Hyde, Cheshire in 1947 and studied at the Stockport College of Art from 1963 to 1968. He developed a unique style working in oils charcoal and graphite to produce atmospheric, stylised images of the Northern industrial landscape, mainly in monochrome.

Grimshaw exhibited widely in the UK (including at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy in the 1970’s) as well as in the US and Germany. His work was included in the private collections of LS Lowry, Edward Heath, the Warburton Family and Gerald Kaufman and he is represented in a number of public collections, including The Tate Gallery, Salford Art Gallery, Stockport Art Gallery and Bury Art Gallery. He illustrated "The Singing Street", a book of poems by Mike Harding. Geoffrey Key described Grimshaw, a long time friend, as "one of the most important graphic artists working in the north during the last half of the 20th century".

By the time of his tragic death, in a house fire in 2001, Grimshaw had become a reclusive figure. He held his last show in 1997 in the County Museum and Art Gallery at Prostejov, Moravia, Czech Republic, his 50th show in his 50th year, and in 2004 a major retrospective exhibition was held at Stockport Art Gallery in celebration of his life and work.

To think, I almost bought one of his drawings off him on the flea market when it first opened. 

How I wish I had. I couldn't afford it but  still wished I'd got it. What an investment it would have been.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Grimshaw for more information.

Factories



The Viaduct

Hyde Co-operative Premises

As previously stated in other blogs on this site, Hyde's Co-operative movement was established in 1862. A few of the shops and premises have been shown before. The full extent of the co-op shops and premises in the Hyde area is shown in the following photo's. Most of the addresses are known, but there area few I'm not quite sure on the precise location, listed below, again any help would be appreciated. Co-operative Laundry Newton Wood Grocery Newton Cottages Central Drapery & tailoring Gee Cross Grocery & Cottage Newton Branch Grocery & Butchering

Cyril Stanley Bamberger

Cyril Stanley Bamberger , nicknamed Bam, was born on 4th May 1919 in Hyde and was educated locally. He left school in 1934, aged 14, and joined Lever Brothers as an electrical apprentice
In 1936 he volunteered for the Auxiliary Air Force and was posted to the bomber squadron, No. 610 Squadron in Chester as a photographer. Bamberger was accepted for pilot training with the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) in 1938.

 


Bamberger was called to full time service on the outbreak of war, completed his training and rejoined his former squadron, at RAF Biggin Hill on July 27, 1940, as a Sergeant Pilot.  Bamberger flew with 610 Sqn during the early air fighting over the Channel that followed the Dunkirk evacuation. The squadron suffered heavy casualties but Bamberger was credited with a "probable" Messerschmitt Me 109"  on August 28 in combat off the Kent coast^.
When 610 Sqn was withdrawn to rest in mid-September 1940, Bamberger was posted to No.41 Squadron RAF  at Hornchurch and was soon back in action in the Battle of Britain.  He was credited with his first confirmed combat victory, again an Me109, over Canterbury on October 5.
With the Battle of Britain winding down, Bamberger volunteered for Malta . He flew Hurricanes with  No. 261 Squadron from Hal far from late November 1940 and was credited with shooting down two Junkers Ju 87 aircraft over the Grand Harbour in January 1941.
Bamberger joined  No. 93 Squadron  in 1942 and was deployed to Tunisia. He was commissioned Pilot Officer on 9 February 1942 and promoted to Flying Officer on 1 October 1942. With the same Squadron he returned to Malta in 1943 and was credited with another kill, again a Junkers Ju 87 on 13 July, this time over Sicily.
Bamberger was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) which was gazetted on 28 September 1943.
Bamberger was promoted to Flight Lieutenant on 9 February 1944, returned to the UK in July 1944 and in November of the same year was awarded the bar to his DFC  

Bamberger was released from RAF service in 1946 and he returned to Lever before joining the management of a Guiness subsidiary.
When No. 610 Squadron was reformed as a Royal Auxiliary Air Force unit he rejoined it as a flight commander  and was given the rank of Flight Lieutenant. In 1950 he became the squadron's Commanding Officer . After the outbreak of the Korean War Bamberger accepted a permanent RAF commission, and for most of the duration of that conflict was an  Intelligence Officer at the Air Ministry. He was promoted to Squadron Leader on 1 January 1957.
Bamberger later converted to flying helicopters and flew the Bristol Sycamoreaircraft in Aden
He finally retired in 1959 after being awarded the Air Efficiency Award and Bar.

 After retiring from the RAF in 1959, Bamberger went into business, founding a packaging materials company. He later ran an antiques business. He remained active in RAF matters and was closely involved with the Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust, of which he was vice-chairman.

 Bamberger died on 3rd February 2008, aged 88. He was survived by his wife Heather, whom he married in 1954, and by three sons and a daughter. It was Bam's granddaughter who presented the Duchess of Cornwall  with a posy at the unveiling of the  Battle of Britain Monument in London on 18 September 2005.


^{(Thanks to Wikipedia)}

The end of an era.....

Just thought I'd update you all on the Cemetery Chapel which as many of you knew was faced with demolition. Sadly, today was the day and the Chapel stands no more.
















The sun goes down on one of Hydes beautiful building...




How it used to look.


A lovely shot by Susan Jaleel.
This was taken just two weeks ago and is probably one of the last photographs of the chapel before its demolition.

Hyde Market through the ages

 As Hyde Market is in the process of undergoing renewal I thought a few pictures of the market through the ages might remind us of how it has changed.

In the 1920's. The Norfolk Arms pub is on the right hand side.

Circa 1940's

Typical 1950's shot.

Early 1960's

Two pictures from the 1970's

1982

The bus shelter in the 2000's

A couple of shots of the redevelopment Feb 2012