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Girl on the left is possibly Joan Wortley far right could be Shelagh Hillsdon

St Lukes's Rose Queen circa 1945

1945

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Possibly Holmes Chapel and Cranage (and others?) Home Guard. Front row, on left F Blease, 8 A Jackson, 9 H Stubbs, 11 L Mathews, 13 W Ridgeway. 2nd from front from left, 4 E Pickering, 6 A Mainwairing, 7 ?Potts, 9 W Mandeville, 11 A Winstanley, 15 W Winstanley, 16 ? Hopkin. 4th Row left Russel Tudor. When the Home Guard was stood down, it was decided to have a parade in Northwich. Representatives from the 5th Cheshire Home Guard marched in the parade as one contingent. The photo was taken after the parade. This is backed up by the number (12) of officers sitting in the front row , distinguished by their open jacket collars showing their shirt and tie. Also, the RQMS is sitting 4th from left in the front row. As an HQ member, he wouldn't normally have paraded with one or two detachments.

Detachment of Home Guard

1945

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A group of ladies from Victoria Mill at wedding of Dot and Sid Jackson 1948/9. Back row Dorothy Shooker 2nd Winnie Barber 3rd row Eileen Harrop .? Murray 4th Elsie Hardy 5th row Mrs Jeff front row Margaret Higgins, Susan Hough.

Some guests at wedding of Dorothy and Sid Jackson

1948

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Coach and horse drawing the May Queen with a range of shops behind. Includes Cambrian Stores and Sandbach Coop.

May Day Parade in the village

1950

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Charity children's party in Victoria Club run by the British Legion

British Legion Childrens Party

1950

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Extract from Sandbach and District Parochial magazine January 1951, Holmes Chapel section.

Holmes Chapel section of Sandbach Parish Magazine

1950

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Holmes Chapel School on Macclesfield Road with a posed photograph of the students and teachers at the time. The children seem to be positioned across Macclesfileds Road so traffic must have been very infrequent at the time.

Holmes Chapel School

1910

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Agricultural College at Saltersford

Saltersford Agricultural College

1920

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Front aspect of the Cranage Village School facing on to Knutsford Road

Cranage Village School

1930

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Back row: Brenda Blackhurst, Brenda Street, Eileen Whitehurst, Audrey Wright, May Townley. Next row: Stan Webb, Brian Winstanley, Eric Calton, Dennis Whitehurst, Keith Bentley, John Heaath, Philip Plant. Next row: Faye Barratt, Mary Heaath, Brenda Blackhurst, Beryl Whitehurst, Margaret Walker, Janice Baskerville, Sheila Pickstock, Margaret Birchall. Front row: Donal Blackhurst, John Walker, Derek Birchall. The teacher is Miss Woodward, known by the children as Marty.

Cranage C of E school, circa 1944/5

1945

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Macclesfield Road School (Senior Class) about 1945/6. Names are thought to be: (left to right) Back Don Blease, Peter Frost, Philip Barratt, Geoff Sproston, Peter Blackhurst, David Weighell. Middle. John Pickering, Brian Barratt, Gordon Lester, Michael Harrop. Albert Gregory. Norman Wheelton, David Blackhurst, Arthur Jackson, Wilfred Norbury. Front Maureen Gough, Norah Lawton, Joan Barnard, Valerie Roberts, Margaret Parkinson, Joyce Barnard. Peter and David Blackhurst at twins.

Macclesfield Road Primary School Pupils

1946

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David Peake back row 2nd from right, Ian Benson is on the extreme left, Carol Shaw 2nd girl bottom row from the left. Also Darnall twins, Berly Harrison , Jane Beswick, Jean Butters, Jane Whitehurst next to Jane Beswick. Bottom row 4th from the end.

Macclesfield Road School Pupils 1954

1954

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Macclesfield Road School about 1955/6, Rodney Street back row far left

Macclesfield Road Primary School Pupils 1955/6

1955

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Photo taken in first floor classroom and includes: From the back left moving left to right across the 2 rows of double desks Barbara Thomas, Pamela Kirkham, Pam Thomas, June Kendrick *?, *?, Angela Bowler? *? Geraldine Robinson, Helen Coulter, Eric Thomas, Susan Blease Perry twins, Carol Thompson, Judy Edmunds Robert Edmunds, Paul? Roy Woodcock There are at least 10 children out of shot. Amongst those would be Carol Bolshaw, Elizabeth Bolshaw, Katy Bolshaw, Antoinette Moffat, Lyn Hilsden, Christine Brown, George Golding, Susan Pickstock Further contributions of names / identities or corrections are welcome Photo supplied by Barbara Jackson

Macclesfield Road Primary School 1960

1960

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A class from Holmes Chapel School when it had to meet at the Victoria Club before the Middlewich Primary School was built. The photo was taken outside the Victoria Club and includes Margaret Croll fourth from right on 3rd row.

Holmes Chapel School at Victoria Club Classroom

1960

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Article in Sandbach Chronicle on 29 May 1981on Comp School netball teams topping their respective leagues. Source www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Comprehensive School Netball team 1981

1981

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Entrance to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School

Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School

1998

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Hermitage Primary School

Hermitage School

1998

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Original Cranage Village School after closure and building for sale

Cranage School Building

1998

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Morris Men of Holmes Chapel from early 1900's under the captaincy of W Harrop. J Lea, W Walters, T Pickstock, J Pearson, N Lea, J Cusson, T Goulding, M Hill, G Sproston, S Snelson, J Sproston, W Henshall

Holmes Chapel Morris Men about 1900

1900

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