Kellys Fishing shop stood on the corner of Dowson Road before it was widened in approximately 1986. Before it was demolished it stood with a...

View of the top of Market Street showing Norths Factory (formerly Slack Mills). Also note the Old Laundry(North Cheshire?)with the arched do...

Historically, Mechanics' Institutes were educational establishments formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjec...

As promised , another photo of a long gone Hyde Political club. Todays picture is Hyde Labour Club. This was located at the crossroads of Ho...

The spread of the cotton industry caused an increase in the population and gradually the village of Gee Cross came into being. This was foll...

Bears Wood as always been a popular place to walk and take picnics for the folks of Hyde and Gee Cross.. I played here many times as...

Hyde adopted the Public Libraries Act in 1893, but at first used a room in the Mechanics Institute which was located on the corner of Union ...

. First Council Meeting Noon Monday, April 25th, 1881 As would be expected all the elected councillors were present, the 'Ch...

U.C.P. The initials stood stood for United Cattle Products - advertised as " the offal emporium of the north-west ." The UCP, sol...

Greencroft Mill was the first steam-powered ,purpose-built ,mule spinning factory to be erected in Hyde. It was built in 1802-03 by John Ash...

Robin & Jam M ost of the 19th Century saw two local lads making a name for themselves.. Born in 1815, Robin and Jam were the eldest of ...

If you've never ventured in Bottoms Hall then do so.... these woods are still popular today as they have always been.. there's bea...

The Borough Of Hyde & How It All Came About On the night of January 26th, 1879... a group of Ratepayers' voted against a Charter Of...

The Jubilee celebrations which marked 50 years of the incorporation of the borough of Hyde included a childrens day which was held on t...

Photo showing Lower Market street - the stretch that includes Barclays Bank and the Pagliacci Italian Restaurant. Brookes Ironmongers is pic...

Strawberry Hill Victoria Street The wall plaque says Strawberry Hill 1857

Hyde P leasant S unday A fternoon . . This building was on Market Street, just lower down than the junction with Union Street. I remember pl...