Evacuation of children during the Second World War by Gillian Mawson – August 2016 In the early hours of 1 September 1939, th...

 A recent update on these proposals has been received and may be read by following the link below. An imaginative proposal by Graham Aldre...

from Vivian Preston Dubé 7 September · Glenbrook, NSW, Australia Hayfield, besides being the chief portal to Kinder, is not without some ...

On Sunday 18th September the Rev John Wesley will preach a sermon upon the topic of ‘Awake, thou that sleepest’ in the New Chapel on High ...

Neil Ferguson-Lee has kindly allowed us to publish his photographs of Furness Vale Station. These were taken in black and white in 1978.  We...

Raphael Tuck published a number of postcards on the theme of "Taking The Waters" featuring Buxton. Those released in 1909 were ill...

Much of our local road system was developed and improved under the Turnpike Acts. Trusts were set up under individual acts of parliament in ...

Thanks to Jim Oliver for the loan of this aerial view of the village. The date is believed to be in the mid 1970s. The brickyard is still ...

 In the background of this photograph are the buildings of Furness Vale Printworks. This view is from the area of Lodge Farm which is just o...

William Wood The murder of William Wood in July 1823 is well recorded. He was killed at a lonely spot on Buxton Old Road at Longside on ...

FIRE In 1905 William White appeared in court at Chapel-en-le-Frith, facing a charge of arson.  He had set fire to a haystack at Long Hill...

I don't know where the German Gipsies started their journey nor where it finished but in 1906 they weren't given a very friend...

Latitudinarians 1848  For several weeks back, the neighbourhoods of New Mills, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Whaley Bridge have been infest...

Until recently I was under the impression that all vehicles were obliged by law to  carry lights after nightfall, but it appears that ...

Chris Wilman braved the cold of Eccles Pike this morning to photograph the steam special "The Tin Bath"  Here is her photo of the ...

Reckless Motoring     Summer has at last arrived and living as I do in Whaley Bridge, within half a mile of Taxal Church, in good air and g...

John Allen sold his wife for 3s 6d; the electric fluid entered a cottage and smashed the furniture; a bear and a deer absconded from a boat ...

Unknown Lady's Death An inquest was held last evening at Furness Vale touching the death of a well-dressed unknown woman who was fo...

From the Glossopdale Chronicle 20th May 1871   The inhabitants of Shady Grove , Furness Vale, were greatly alarmed early on Sunday mornin...

Lady Pit, one of our local collieries closed in 1903. It was operated by the Beard and Bugsworth Colliery Company   and was one of seve...