Whaley Bridge A to K

Ashby's Jewellers

Bankside, Bridgemont. The house is alongside Greensdeep bridge on New road. the boats are visiting Adkin's Tea Rooms which was in the grounds.

Bings Farm

Bings Knowl

The "Naden Girls" on front of Light Birch Farm at 111 Bings Road

Bingswood Works

The Blacksmith's

Bothams Hall, Bridgemont

Bowling Green

Bridge Street

Bridgemont

Brookfield House

Comment by Martin Daly

This Photo was taken before the church (now three houses) Circa 1890. I have a photo that shows Brookfield House without the wings, taken from around the time of the railway in whaley bridge.House was Built in 1858. Shown on 1860 census.Would love to know who the young guys on this photo are related to

Building of Caldene Terrace

Buxton Road

Buxton Road. Back of Trinity Church Hall

Bridgemont

Comment by Paul Charnley

The photos are dated 1922 , when the old chimney was found to be 4 ft 6inch out of vertical . Bricks from the south side were removed and replaced by screw jacks , these were then lowered by small amounts each day for a week , on measurement it was then found to be only 7 inches out of vertical !

by R. S-S

Here is the relevant entry regarding the chimney:Under the C.P.A. Bingswood weathered the first world war and the difficult years which followed it. Life in the factory was not without its excitement, especially in the 1920s, when the Bingswood factory chimney made headlines in the local newspaper. The big chimney in the yard was one of the octagonal chimneys common in Victorian England. During the reconstruction of the factory in 1893, the surveyor had found that the chimney was leaning in a northerly direction, and was, in fact, four feet out of the vertical at the top. Bingswood people seem to have grown accustomed to their leaning chimney and were not worried about it. The C.P.A. however would take no risks with it. First of all, the chimney was shortened by several feet, then in 1922, when the chimney was found to be four feet six inches out of the vertical, it was decided to undertake the difficult task of straightening it. Bricks were knocked out of the chimney on the southern side, and screw jacks were put in. The jacks were lowered a little each day, slowly bringing the chimney nearer the vertical. At the end of a week the work was finished, and the chimney was now only seven inches out of the vertical. It seemed determined to attract attention, however, for shortly afterwards a piece of its coping had been cracked by lightning and a lightning conductor was installed to prevent further trouble. The long struggle between the chimney and the management was finally won by the latter when the old chimney was demolished and replaced by our present circular one, which was built alongside the power unit and boiler house on the river side of the works

C. P. A. Bingswood

this was sent in by Paul Charnley, with the following email :-

Sorry, only a small old snap picture, but shows the old chimney (which was taller) being dismantled, with the new chimney next to the new boiler house over by the river !

The C.P.A. at Whaley Bridge possibly taken from Bings Farm.

C. P. A. Bingswood

Canal basin

Chimney from Canal Basin

comment by Brenda Whelan

Lower Macc Rd no 17 to 23 Coronation George VI. My grandma and grandad Mr & Mrs Bagshaw lived at no 17

Left by Gnatalee

My Grandparents (Win and Jack Winterbottom) lived at 21 Macc Road and I seem to recall a Mrs Beard living at no. 23, although I do not know if she would've been there at the time of this picture.

Left by Brenda Whelan

Mrs Charnley and her daughter Constance lived at no 19

Celebration

Prince's Cinema

Bridge Street and the Corn Mill

The Corn Mill

Hockerley Old Hall

Edwin Wild's original shop on Beech Road

Elnor lane

Elnor Lane

Elnor Lane 1950

Fernilee Toll House

Fernilee Toll house

Fernilee Toll House

Fernilee Toll house

View of Fernilee

Fire Station

Building the new Fire Station

Forge Road Garage

General View

Goyt Mill

Goyt Mill decorated for Coronation

Goyt Mill

Goyt Mill in the 1970s

Goyt Mill demolition

Goyt Road

Hadfield Fold

Sent in by Paul Charnley. A newspaper cutting probably from the Buxton Advertiser around the 1960s

Horwich house

Horwich House Interior

incline

Incline

Jug and Spoon

Kenfab Ltd.

Comment by Paul Charnley on the 30th November 2014

I think this photo (appox. 1980) is really of Jeff Heap's truck fleet, the garage to the left was Jeff's repair shop. Kenfab ( Mevril Spring Works on New Road ) was owned by Ken Wain and lived at the top of Reservoir Road. I was a contracts engineer at Kenfab and ended my Whaley Bridge days helping run Highway Safety Systems which was at the font of the building.

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