Town Hall Foundation Stone

The foundation stone of Hyde Town Hall was laid on 30th June 1883.

For more information about this event read today's post on Old Hyde.

Old Signal Posts

There aren't many pieces of railway infrastructure to be found on the path of the former Godley to Apethorn railway line, now part of the TransPennine Trail.

But there are a few old signal posts.


This one is almost hidden by the trees that have grown around it.

Through the Lych Gate

Looking out through the lych gate to St George's Church and down Great Norbury Street.

I showed you the view in the opposite direction back in March 2007.

For more information about the history of St George's see today's post on Old Hyde.

Stepping Out

Stepping out of Gower Hey Woods, this is the opposite view of the one posted on 20th April 2009.

NJM Cosmetics

Around the corner from Kelly's Authentic Indian Cuisine you'll find a new stall NJM Cosmetics.

Nicola, who runs it, has promised a 10% discount to any customers who mention seeing this post on Hyde Daily Photograph.

Wild Irises

In several places alongside the Trans Pennine Trail you will find a clump of wild irises.

The White White Lion

On the side of the White Lion public house is a porcelain frieze of a lion.

It isn't white and its details are unclear so here I have post-processed my image to effectively highlight and whiten the edges.

You can view the original photograph on Geograph.

There are more W posts to be discovered on ABC Wednesday.

The Magic Flute at the Fete

The organ playing outside Gee Cross Fete this year was the "Magic Flute", a 105 note concert organ.

According to the Melody Man website

This concert organ was built by David Leach of Huddersfield and Ian Goodwin of Stockport between 1995 and 1998. It was first played in Anglesey in 1998.

It was built from new to play from a MIDI system using a slightly modified DECAP 105 note scale. Electro-magnets take the place of pneumatics, except on the percussion.

David's workshop was part of Springwood Music Workshops in central Huddersfield. The building formerly housed Conacher's cinema organ works and latterly, John Willis had his church organ business there.

The organ contains 380 pipes which are a mixture of new and reclaimed pipework, the latter having been sourced and restored from the massive stocks stored at Springwood. Apart from the 12 metal Tromba reed pipes, all the pipework is of the flue type.

Wind is supplied by two blowers and three regulators accurately set the wind pressure for different sections of the organ.

The organ was sold to Duncan Mallows in the Spring of 2006. During this year, we have been commemorating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Mozart. It therefore seemed appropriate to name the organ "THE MAGIC FLUTE".

There is a brief video of the organ at the fete on Hyde DP Xtra.

More of my photographs from this year's fete and earlier ones can be found at Gee Cross Fete 2009.

Through My Wife's Eyes

During the brief very sunny period recently my wife acquired a pair of sunglasses of the type that fit over the top of your ordinary pair of spectacles.

Time, I thought, for an experiment that I've seen other photographers do in the past.

So here is a view of the Market Place with the entrance to Clarendon Mall and the Jolly Carter pub opposite.

It is a photo of the reflection in her sunglasses, post processed to turn it back again from the mirror image.

You'll find a similar experimental photo, with less post-processing, on Ackworth born, gone West in celebration of our 35th wedding anniversary.

St Paul's, Newton

Last week I just showed you St Paul's bell, so this week I thought I'd show you the whole church.

Gower Hey Brook Culvert

Somewhere close to the duckboards in Gower Hey Woods, the brook disappears under a culvert.

It will emerge somewhere beyond the footpath from Gower Road to Church View.

Clarkes Arms in Winter

I have to remind some people from time to time that the word "daily" refers not to the timing of the photographs but to the frequency of publishing. Only rarely are they very recent or topical.

This view of the Clarkes Arms, taken from across the Stockport Road bridge over the Trans Pennine Trail, is several months old. So full are the trees with summer leaves that the pub is quite hidden from view at this point now.

Today though, a more recent photograph, for Skywatch Friday, can be seen on our special blog Hyde DP Xtra.

Bent Belisha

Near to where the 330 bus broke down on Dowson Road a few weeks ago, someone half-demolished the belisha beacon on the zebra crossing.


About ten days later a group of four workmen arrived to straighten it.

Swains Valley Allotments

Got no garden? Want to do some hard work? Get yourself an allotment.

Actually though, you might not be able to, as according to the Tameside MBC website, currently there are no vacant plots available here nor elsewhere in the area.

Women's Institute at the Fete

One of the interesting stalls in the marquee at Gee Cross Fete was the one belonging to the local WI.

More photos at Gee Cross Fete 2009.

Return to the Fete

Yesterday was Gee Cross Fete and it was the best weather for it that has been known for years.

I've just posted nineteen photographs that I took at the fete on Gee Cross Fete 2009.

Although I didn't return to the field, as I left, I had my hand stamped with a blue image which would allow me to go back without paying again. What I did was to cross the road to Gee Cross Methodist Church where the local Art Group had an exhibition and were serving tea and biscuits.

So here is my half-drunk cup of tea and a view of the blue "return-stamp".

The Bell of St Paul

I showed you a distant view St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Newton, in January 2008.

Here is a closer view of the bell.

Signs of the Time

Looking down the side of Market Street.

In the foreground is the sign for the Bradford and Bingley covering up most of the sign for Specsavers.

Further on is the "For Sale or Rental" sign on the closed down Woolworths.

Peeping out underneath in the background is the sign on The Abbey.

Both Abbey and the B & B are now part of the Santander banking group which is currently about to rebrand its UK branches which also include the Alliance & Leicester

The signs are bound to change.

Abundant Buttercups

If you go into Gower Hey Woods from the end of Osborne Road you come to a banking. Recently it was covered with buttercups.


More were to be found around the duckboards which were quite bare a couple of months ago.

At Newton Station Again

Last week I showed you the Ins and Outs at Newton for Hyde station.

Access on the opposite side is via footpaths from Victoria Street or Danby Road.


This view is from the Glossop-bound platform looking back towards the Victoria Street bridge. It is the opposite view to the one I posted last month looking down on Newton Station.

To see this same view as it looked twenty years ago, visit Old Hyde.

Under the M67 near Morrisons

My post of August 16th 2007 showed the entrance to the tunnel or underpass below the M67 leading from Commercial Street near Godfrey Mill into Morrison's car park.

Earlier this year I walked through it and this is the view from the other side.

For a different rendition of this photograph see my Sithenah photoblog.

Reflection of Hyde Market

Last Tuesday I had reason to be in town at the unearthly hour of 8.30 am.

Not much opens before 9 am so it was very quiet but the sun was already very warm and I captured this reflection of the market in the smoked-glass window of the White Lion.

Brokendown Bus on Dowson Road

A couple of weeks ago, a 330 bus, enroute from Ashton to Stockport, broke down in front of the zebra crossing by the juction of Dowson Road and Grosvenor Road.


Needless to say it caused a bit of a traffic jam.

Cut Through to Church View

About a month a ago I posted a photograph of St George's from Church View.

Someone asked "Can you still cut through to Gower Road from Church View?"

The answer is yes.

Dukinfield Arms

Just over the border at the junction of Cheetham Hill Road and Birch Lane is the Dukinfield Arms.

At least it used to be, but the pub closed some years ago and was converted into a licensed grocers.

Path from Osborne Road

In August 2007 I discovered the path to Gower Hey Woods from Osborne Road.

This view is the opposite of that earlier one, looking back towards Osborne Road.


The wall lower down has grown a lot more moss over the past two years.

Getting In and Out at Newton

Today's pictures show the ways in and out of Newton for Hyde railway station. Despite their appearance here, they were taken in 2009.


See how it looked twenty years ago on Old Hyde.

The Blooming Town Hall

Remember the new trees that were planted last year around the Town Hall.

Well they have grown a bit, survived the winter and been joined by a colourful array of flowers.

Starting from Apethorn Lane

Recently I showed you the end of the line at Apethorn Lane where walkers and riders on the TransPennine trail need to leave the old railway line.

Here now we are looking back from there at the start of this section of the trail.

Riders and cyclists turn off at a signpost just after Green Lane Bridge directing them to Green Lane, whilst walkers can explore the track as far as the turntable near Godley Junction.

Cow Heels

The theme today for members of CDPB is "Feet" so I thought I'd show you some cow heels.

Despite the monochrome rendering, this isn't an ancient photograph. It was taken recently at the tripe stall belonging to Jack Curvis.

You can see another photograph of the cow heels on his stall on my Ackworth born, gone West blog.

I had wanted to feature pig's trotters but they sell so well that Jack had sold his stock before I could get down to the market.

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