Ecton Hill is in North Staffordshire, overlooking the Manifold Valley and was mined for copper and lead since the 16th century although mine...

  We were surprised to learn that there had been a hairdressing salon at 229 Buxton Road. Julie Walker (nee Aspinall) has described her chil...

Furness Vale Rose Queen and her attendants aboard a Wade's lorry in the 1960s. Photograph courtesy of Julie Walker The Rose Quee...

  This photograph was taken in 1936 in the garden of Heatherby, Diglee Road, Furness Vale. This was the home of the Knowles-Bolton family, o...

The Life and Times of Furness Vale Printworks by Chris Bond is based upon  the scrapbooks of Mr W. A. Bradbury who was employed as a foreman...

George Boyle recently gave a talk on the history of his working narrowboat. His story also includes much background information about the ...

This digitally colourised photograph shows Bullock's Garage  at 6 Manchester Road, Cheadle.  The building behind, is the Cheadle Institu...

In this article we will follow a route from from Furness Vale to Bugsworth.  We will start at the bottom Station Road and as we cross the...

  On 2nd June 1940 a train arrived at Whaley Bridge from Southend on Sea in Essex. On board were 240 children evacuated due to the war.  The...

This is Google's satellite view of the Britannia Mill at Buxworth. Little remains of the four storey mill destroyed by fire in August 20...

This book by Robina McNeil and Michael Nevell is an excellent guide to the many historical sites throughout Greater Manchester. Divided in...

The derivation of the name Gow Hole is unknown. The earliest mention  of this hamlet,  so far traced is Jawhill in 1587. In probate docum...