School days revisited.

This week we received this from Lee Brown via email.
Over to you, Lee....

"Hello Team, I thought these photos from my wife's days at Leigh Street School in the 50's, might be of interest to readers of the blog. In those days she was Judith Anne Allen, nowadays Judi Brown. She is still in touch with Judith Hazel Allen, who now lives in Ashton.

 Names that she can recall are as follows" :-

1959 - Back row L to R :  ?   ?   Denzil Grimshaw   ?  Paul Carr, David Trelford.

            Next row  ..   ..   :  ?   Trevor Armstrong, Stephen Hampson, Judith Hazel Allen, Patricia...  Dorothy Hampson,  ?  ?  ?

            Middle row   ..   :  Linda Buckley, Anne Carles, Rebecca Curran, Carol...,  Lesley Walker, ?  Pauline Hitchen,

                                          Stella Gerrard, Pamela Robinson,  ?

            Next row  ..   ..   :  Christine Hamer, Wendy Mellor,  ?   ?   Gillian...,  Judith Anne Allen, ?    ?  Susan Pedley.

            Front row ..   ..   :   ?   ?   ?  Donald Hague.

1957 - Back row  L to R :  ?   ?   ?   John Smith  ?   ?

           Next row   ..    ..  :  ?   ?   ?   Pauline Hitchen, David Trelford,  ?   Stephen Hampson,  ?   ?

           Middle row  ..  .. :   Judith Hazel Allen, Lynne Carles, Stella Goddard, Pamela Robinson, Lesley Walker, ?   ? 

                                           Rebecca  Curran,  ?   ?   ? 

           Next Row,    ..  .. :   Wendy Mellor,  ?    ? Christine Hamer,  ?   Gillian ....,  Judith Anne Allen,  ?  Helen...

           Front row    ..   ..  :    ?    ?   Donald Hague,  ?

1956 - Back row left to right: John ?  ?  ?  John Harrop,  ?  Ian Taylor, David Trelford.

           Next row   ..    ..    ..   :     ?  David Pearson, Judith Allen, ?  Lynne Chandler, Jean Alexander, ?  ?

           Middle row     ..    ..   :  Christine Hammond, ?   ?  Elaine Gordon, ?  ?   Agnes Daniels,   ?   ?

           Next row    ..   ..    ..   :     ?  Beryl New,  ?   ?   ?  Dorothy Slater,  Christine Hamer, Dorothy Hampson.

           Front row   ..   ..    ..   :     ?   ?  Nicholas Langridge, Geoffrey Andrew,  ?  

As usual, if anyone out there can help fill in the blank names please don't hesitate to get in touch with us so we can update the post !

Thanks Lee and Judi for the great photos. :)

Daisyfield United Methodist Church

This is another cutting from the special edition of The Reporter entitled 'All Our Yesterdays' and published (I think) sometime in the 1980s:

Thomas Middleton's 'History of Hyde' has this to say about this Church:

'DAISYFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

This place of worship had a common origin with the Newton Wesleyan church. The movement commenced as a Wesleyan congregation in Hallbottom school in 1828, when Mr J. Drummond formed a Society. About 1835 there was a split among the Wesleyans owing to differences between Dr. Warren and other ministers. Those of the Hallbottom congregation who disagreed with Dr. Warren took a room for themselves near C. and J. Ashton's mills, and ultimately founded the Newton Wesleyan Church. The others remained at Hallbottom and took the name of Warrenites or the Wesleyan Association. They continued at Hallbottom until 1851. In that year a tea-meeting was announced, at which an objection was raised to one of the recitations on the programme, namely Dr. Bowering's poem entitled "God". This poem gave such offence that it was decided that unless it was struck off the programme, the tea-meeting must not be held at the Hallbottom. The promoters, however, were not disposed to accede to this proposal, and arrangements were made to hold the tea-meeting at the Temperance Hall, Hyde. After this the congregation became unsettled, and it was finally decided to leave Hallbottom, and erect the Daisyfield chapel and schools, which were opened in the year 1852. Soon after the erection of the new building the name of the United Methodist Free Church was given to the religious association with which the Daisyfield congregation was connected, this step being taken as a result of the amalgamation of the "Reformers" and the "Wesleyan Association". After a quarter of a century's use the building became inadequate, and at a cost of £2,900 the present chapel and school were built, the foundation stone being laid by Mr. David Holland, of Macclesfield, on Saturday, September 11th, 1875, the buildings being opened on Thursday, July 27th, 1876, when the Rev. Peter MacKenzie was the preacher. In 1907 the United Methodist Free Church, the Methodist New Connexion, and the Bible Christians, united under the name of the United Methodist Church.'

Sounds like a seething hotbed of Methodism. One wonders if they came to blows over the proposed poetry-reading at the tea-meeting. I've searched the internet for Dr Bowering's poem entitled "God" but can't find anything.

This is a section of the Ordnance Survey map of circa 1910 and shows where the church was. Cundy Street is still there and is opposite Garden Street, which runs along the north side of the football pitches off Ashton Road.

This is from my A-Z dated 1993 which still shows the church although it had been demolished in the late 1970s.

St George's School

This is a photo from 1952 (July of that year if the calendar at the back has been kept up-to-date) of part of the class of Yvonne Rowbottom (nee Bann).

Beryl (first on the left on the front row) says that the names of the pupils are as follows:

Back row: Roger Scott, Frank Brierley, Alex Dunlop, ?, Noel Senior, John Harrison.

Middle row: Janet Smith, Valerie Hall, Michael Garner, Geoffrey Woods, Harold ?.

Front row: Beryl Dilkes, Rita Carradice, Hilary Shaw, Jacqueline Capper, Philip Ashley, Bobby Cullen.

The Hyde Club

The following photos were sent to us by Rachel Birch.
They were taken by one of the clubs members.

The Hyde Club is situated on Bowling Green Street.



 As mentioned in a previous post, it is also known as The Gentleman's Club and also The Top Club.


It was founded in the early 1890's as a social club for the gentry of the town. 







 
It looks like it is still a great place for a drink, chat and ,of course, a game of bowls !


Many Thanks Rachel. :)

Cock Brow and Apple Street

It's supposed to be the height of summer, but I'm sure everyone's getting a bit fed up of the clouds and rain and wind and the cold weather we've been having recently. Let me take you back just a couple of weeks that spell of warmth, blue skies and sunshine that we had for a few days, to 26th of May to be precise. We'll start of at the top of Werneth Low, at Windy Harbour, and I'll take you for a walk down Cock Brow and Apple Street:

Years ago, when the horse and cart were the only means of transporting goods, in places where the road had a steep gradient a horse was kept in a field at the side of the road and would be harnessed to any cart going up or down the hill to provide assistance to the horse in pulling the cart up, or for additional braking effort when going down. The horse was known as a cock-horse - hence the name 'Cock Brow' for this stretch of road - and it would presumably have been kept here in the field to the left of the road.

Lowend Farm on the right

I love the pattern of the shadows of the trees and the sunlight here

Nearly at the end now - that's Mottram Old Road you can see at the top

This is what you see when you get to the end. It comes out onto Mottram Old Road just before the railway bridge marking the boundary with Hattersley. You've now got to turn round and walk all the way back or trek up Mottram Old Road, which has memorable views towards Werneth Low on a nice day like this.

Hope you enjoyed the walk!

The lost memorials.

We received this email from Bill yesterday. I wonder if anyone has any information about it !

Over to Bill....  

Hi Tom/Nancy, 
I took these two pictures last weekend while I was out walking. They show two small war memorials on the site of what was the old St George's boat house on the canal by the side of Captain Clarke's Bridge. One stone is in memory of Harry Hurst Warburton and the other commemorates three boat club members who were killed in WW2. These are R H Nash F Plant and Harry H Warburton One of the stones says that Harry Warburton was killed on active service in Italy, February 23rd 1946. Strange considering that the war ended in May 1945. Someone may be able to cast some light on this and tell us more about the other two people. 
Incidentally, my Dad used to be a member of the boat club and he told me that they used to row up to the bottom lock at Marple and back. 
Hope you can use it. 
Regards. Bill.

 


UPDATE  by Sean Dalton

NASH, RONALD HARRY
Rank: Sergeant Trade: Flt. Engr. Service No: 1109844
Date of Death: 31/08/1943
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 7 Sqdn.
Grave Reference Coll. grave 7. B. 1-4. Cemetery RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Harry and Jane Nash, of Northwich, Cheshire.

Many thanks, Sean. :)

Werneth Low Road

A 1970's postcard of the cottages at the top of Joel Lane/Werneth Low Road.    
Todays view.
Not a lot of changes really, although the trees are a lot fuller..

St George's School

The following information is from a photocopy Beryl has of the history of the building of the original Day School at St George's. I don't know the source of the document, but it's entitled 'Our School Heritage' and is signed at the end 'A Proctor, School Trustee'.

"The foundation of what came to be known as the 'Old School', in Church Street, was laid in 1835 by Mrs Thomas Howard. the building was opened for Sunday School purposes on Whit Sunday, 22nd May 1836 and as a day school on the 26th. It was a handsome two storey building; the upper room was for boys and the lower room for girls. The cost was £1,300 and this amount was raised by three means.

First of all a subscription list in the form of a broadsheet two feet long and containing 120 names with the amount subscribed. This totalled £619. 13s. 0d.

From the start to the present time St George's people have given freely to the furtherance of the Christian faith. It is evident from the list of names that many who had given towards the erection of the Church were to the forefront in aiding the school.

Secondly a Grand Bazaar was organised in 1835. It received the patronage of her Majesty Queen Adelaide - Consort of William IV - who sent nine specimens of needlework she had made. These raised over £100. In all the bazaar realised £369. 15s. 0d.

The third means of acquiring the necessary capital came in the form of a Government grant of £300.

At the special service held in the Church to celebrate the opening of the school £46. 3s. 9d was collected. This sum topped the required amount.

The original school building

The 'New School'

By 1870 the population of Hyde had greatly increased and the Old School was far too small to accommodate the children of our growing town. The Education Act of that year made it compulsory for all children to receive an elementary education and so the necessity for a larger building was apparent.

So the 'New School' was erected in Henry Street and Tower Street; the foundation stone being laid by Mr John Sidebottom, J.P. of Kingston House on 3rd September, 1870. When opened this building was used as the boys school and the older building as the girls school. The cost of this building was £1,400.

The first extension

At this stage, there was an open area between the two buildings, used as a play ground. In 1895 at a cost of £700 a new wing was added to the older portion of the building. Finally in 1913 the open area was closed by a further extension, costing £2,000. So in four stages over a period of eighty years, the school building was erected and remained until 1978.

It is an interesting fact that the total cost of the four buildings which constituted the school was £5,400 which was approximately the total cost of St George's Church.

In 1836 when the school opened there were 50 day scholars, but by the end of the century this number had risen to 750. The Sunday School at this time numbered almost 1,000 scholars. In 1908, when Leigh St School was opened, about two thirds of the day scholars were transferred there.

celebration tea-parties for the School were held every 10 years from the 50th anniversary in 1886. In 1906 on the 70th anniversary 750 sat down to tea, in three sittings. There were a few original scholars present at this party. The centenary was celebrated in 1936 with a party of 350 people."

A photograph of the original school from, I would guess, the early 1960s

Here the first extension can be seen at the far end with the two subsequent extensions between that and the original building which faces onto Church Street.

A recent photograph showing how that corner of Church Street and Henry Street looks now

A recent photograph showing where the first extension was. You can still see the bottom part of the four buttresses and the protruding part in the middle where the entrance door was.

Gerald England did a post about Queen Adelaide's Tapestry in May 2011, which you can see here.

Goodier House (2)

This week we received this email.

I wonder if anyone can help?

"I AM CURENTLY DOING MY FAMILY TREE OF THE TURNER`S WHO WERE MY GREAT GRAND PARENTS AND LIVED IN HYDE .

THEY CAME FROM SOUTH YORKSHIRE AREA THEN MOVED TO HYDE IN THE 1840s.

I CAME ACROSS YOUR FANSTATIC WEBSITE. SHOWING A PHOTO OF GOODIER HOUSE.

MY FATHER HARRY TURNER WAS BORN AT 6 GOODIER FOLD ON THE 27th OCTOBER 1910

I HAVE HIS BIRTH CERTIFICATE WHICH COULD BE PUT ON YOUR WEBSITE.

MY GRAND FATHER: WAS JOHN THOMAS TURNER, HIS WIFE SARAH E TURNER.

I WONDER IF THERE IS ANY CONNECTION WITH HENRY GOODIER TURNER?

I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE TURNERS.

THANK YOU,

DESMOND C TURNER."

I hope someone has some information for Desmond.

Leigh Street Infant And Juniors

My good friend John Zazzarino contacted me to say he had a few shool photo's from Leigh Street Infants and Junior schools that might be of interest... and here they are.. John did not have the time to name all the children... but I'm sure we can between us. 

Back row: Mary Sowter, Anne Lofthouse, ?, ?, Josie Daniels, Janet Fearnley, ?.

Second to back row: ?, John Zazzarino, ?, ?, Peter Boake, ?, ?, Aurelio Zazzarino. 

Second to front row: Jacquiline Hilton, Maureen Nicholls, Catherine Pickford, Janet Pickford, Catherine Dale, ?, ?. 

Front row: ?, John Hilton, ?, ?, Christopher Brainbridge.

Back row: ?, Philip Wilson, Peter Webb, Philip Heathcote, Martin Boake, ?, Alan Hodgkinson. 

Next row: ?, Anne Lofthouse, ?, Janet Fearnley, Josie Daniels, Catherine Pickford, ?, ?.

Next row: ?, Steven Smith, John Zazzarino, Aurelio Zazzarino, ?, ?, ?, Duncan Morris. 

Front row: Jackie Hilton, Janet Pickford, Catherine Dale, Deborah Stanley, Janet Redfern, ?, ?, Mary Sowter. 

Front row on floor: John Hilton, ?.

Back row: Mrs Trueman, ?, Eddie Lanigan, Barry New, Maureen Nicholls, ?, Josie Daniels, John Zazzarino, ?,  Duncan Morris. 

Next row: ?, ?, ?, Philip Heathcote, Martin Boake, Peter Webb, ?, Aurelio Zazzarino,Pete Smith, Mr Renwick (Headmaster)

Front row: ?, ?,  Mary Sowter, Jean Mitchell, Janet Fearnley, Anne Lofthouse, Janet Redfern, Angela Delibero, Linda Campbell, Jackie Hilton, Susan Oldham.

Front (on floor) John Hilton, Paul Walker.

Back row: Eddie Lanigan, Jean Mitchell, Kim Tighe, Janet Redfern, Maureen Nicholls, Janet Fearnley, Josie Daniels, Barry New.
Next row: ?, Pete Smith, Paul Taylor, Roy Knowles, Martin Boake, Peter Webb, ?, Aurelio Zazzarino, John Zazzarino.
Next row: Susan Oldham, ?, Linda Campbell, ?, Anna Delibero, ?, Anne Lofthouse, Christine Rostron, Jackie Hilton.
Front row: John Hilton, Christopher Brainbridge, Roger Owen-Storey, Stephen O'Neill, Duncan Morris, Alan Hodgkinson.

The photo's were taken between the years 1963 and 1967

Thanks to Duncan Morris for all the names - He says sorry to anyone wrongly named or not named at all - It was over 40 years ago after all  :)

The Village Squash Club

Here is an advert for the opening of the Village Squash Club on Captain Clarke Road. Unfortunately I don't know what year this was.  
The Village is still going strong. Although it is now known as De Vere Village Hotel Manchester Hyde most people still refer to it as "The Village".

Silver Jubilee 1935

As we are about to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee, here is a medal to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary in 1935 .

Sent in to us by Ceecee.
Many thanks :)

I wonder whether anything like this has been commissioned  by Tameside for  Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee?

Lee Martin

 Lee Andrew Martin was born on the 5th February 1968  in Hyde, and is a former professional footballer.



He played for Manchester United, Celtic, Bristol Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Glossop North End, Bangor City and NEWI Cefn Druids during his career. His position was left back.


In 1990, whilst playing for Manchester United, he scored the only goal in the FA Cup final replay against Crystal Palace.(See above photo).

During his United career he won an FA Cup medal (against Crystal Palace) and a UEFA Super Cup medal ( playing against Red Star Belgrade).

Lee Martin played a total of 108 games and scored two goals for United before he left Old Trafford in January 1994 to join Celtic.
He retired from football in 2008.

Town Hall Clock

 Here is an unusual view of Hyde Town Halls' clock and workings from inside the tower.

The dedication plaque shows Joshua Bradleys name and the date 13th October 1884. 
The large bell in the clocktower is known as Owd Joss (Old Josh), named after Joshua Bradley, a former poor child worker in the mills who later became mayor of Hyde. 

The clock chimes the Westminster Quarters, the same chimes as Big Ben in Westminster.