This is
Hyde Daily Photo Volume 1 (2006-2011) which is now in archive mode. For recent photographs please visit
Hyde Daily Photo Volume 2. Additional material and links to blogger friends can be found at
Hyde DP Xtra.
This part of Dowson Road from the corner of Markland Street down to Market Street was originally
Swain Street before the road was extended in the 1930s bypassing the village of Gee Cross.
The sign on the lamppost says "For Hyde United follow Tameside Leisure Park" despite the fact that Hyde United is simply
Hyde FC now.
St Barnabas is the Anglican church serving Hattersley. It was built in 1965 and has served residents from when it was first opened in October 1966. Before that the residents had worshiped in homes from the very first weekend of moving into Hattersley. The church building was renewed following storm damage in January 2005. It is in an
Interregnum since the retirement of the Vicar Rev Derek Akker due to ill health in January 2009.
Previously this was an Indian restaurant on Clarendon Place went by the name of
Garlic. That moved some time ago to new premises above
Clarendon Mall.
For a short time this opened as the
"Bay Leaf" but has now metamorphosed into
Bengal Spice.
Under the tarmac of Clarendon Place lie the cobblestones of
Hoviley Brow.
I'm taking a short break from daily posting.
I've had various computer problems since before Christmas and they still continue.
I have limited access through the use of other machines and am keeping in touch with people as much as possible.
I've decided to suspend daily blogging until I get these problems sorted out and have caught up with things that have been neglected.
Markland Street consists of two halves. The top half, overlooking
Swains Valley Allotments, leads off the end of Haughton Street and ends above the old railway embankment.
The other half leads
off Dowson Road.
The two sections are cut off by some garages here reflected in a deep puddle.
This time last year the ground was
covered in snow.More weekend reflections can be found at
Newtown Area Photo.
The end of Markland Street viewed from the TransPennine Trail up the old railway embankment.
Last Thursday I asked you
what is behind the barbed wire?.
Well I don't actually know.
The building lies between Mansfield Road and the former Godley to Apethorn railway line. Access is from Back Lane/Lumn Road.
The architecture is typical of the mid-Victorian factory buildings in the area. It does look as if it could have been a church originally but old maps only mark a "Pumping Station" nearby.
This is the top end of Market Street before it becomes Stockport Road at the
Clock Roundabout.
The Estate Agents office was formerly "Stockport Road Post Office" despite being actually on Market Street. I suspect the original Stockport Rd PO was around the corner. Adding further to the confusion, Stockport Road was address of the former
Gee Cross PO.
Both, along with
Cheetham Fold PO were closed about three years ago.
The Crown Pole at Mottram-in-Longdendale was originally erected in 1760 for the coronation of George III. It was replaced in 1902 and again in 1926.
Read more on
Old Hyde.
The old Redferns Rubber Works is now an
Industrial Estate with different businesses occupying the old buildings.
The large shadow belongs to a brick covered bridge that links two buildings across Dawson Street, which you can see more of on
Hyde DP Xtra.
There are though several other interesting shadows to be seen here.
A closer view of the window reflections can be seen in
yesterday's post.
For more shadows, visit
Hey Harriet.
The Redferns Industrial Estate is an area where a number of businesses operate from many of the old buildings that originally comprised the Redfern Rubber Works.
These reflections were captured underneath the covered brick bridge linking two buildings across Dawson Street of which you can see more on
Hyde DP Xtra.
See more Weekend Reflections at
Newtown Area Photo.
When I spotted the squirrel I grabbed my camera which was to hand and took a shot through the window.
It has been a while since I had a little quiz on here so time for another.
What is it that can be found behind this barbed wire?
I'll show you what is there next Thursday so you have a week to come up with some answers. At my discretion I may award prizes to those who provide the funniest, most inaccurate or most accurate answers.
The first Zion school and chapel was opened in 1847. It consisted of two storeys with the chapel above the school and was enlarged in 1859.
It was replaced by a large building on Peel Street which opened in April 1899. One hundred years later it too was replaced by the modern new Zion Church which opened in 2000.
For more on its history see the posts at
Hyde Cheshire.
Visit
ABC Wednesday for more Z posts.
Built in 1694 as a farmhouse, #2 Back Lane housed Mottram Post Office for many years.
Like
Ye Olde Village Fish & Chip Shop next door it is a Grade II listed building.
You can read the official description on
Old Hyde.
Looking down
Nelson Street coming from Market Street.
Travis Street goes off to the left. Nelson Street continues to the right then takes a sharp left to join
Ridling Lane. That dog-leg section carrying one-way traffic between Ridling Lane and Travis Street is marked on some street maps and GoogleMaps as a continuation of "Travis Street" despite the clear streetname signs.
I don't know for sure but would suspect that the gap now occupied by a secure garage or store room was originally a corner shop.
A view of the Trans Pennine Trail taken from Dowson Road bridge on Christmas Day looking towards the bridge at Knott Fold.
Compare it if you will with the view I showed you in
November 2009.
See more
Sunday Bridges at
San Francisco Bay Daily Photo.
These stables off Green Lane are on the site of
Dove Farm.
Dove Farm, built in 1675 and enlarged in 1781, was said to be haunted by hounds.
Sadly the farm was demolished in the 1970s.
Here is the Shell garage on Dowson Road open on Christmas Day when the price of petrol was 123.9 pence per litre.
The day before it had been 122.9ppl.
Yesterday it had gone up to 124.9ppl.
I wonder what it will be tomorrow.
Looking over the Swains Valley Allotments towards the houses in Markland Street.
Compare it with the view in
July 2009.
When I showed you this shop back in
July 2008 it was closed.
But now it is open.
It is a Grade II listed building and you can read its official description on
Old Hyde.
For more Y posts visit
ABC Wednesday.
Lumn Hollow is, I think, the site of
The Lumn. Long demolished it was the oldest house in Hyde.
An old text quoted on
Hyde Cheshire states
a lane led to Walker Fold Lane, down Lumn Hollow, where an ancient bridle path, passed by Lumn Farm, then branched off, and then it became Ridling Lane, until it joined Hoviley Lane at Ridling pits (on the site of Queen's Hotel, Clarendon Place).
The semi-detached houses you can see here are on Ridling Lane. Some years ago Victorian terraced houses lined both sides.
In the background is a block of flats called
Chartist House.
For the coloured version of this photograph see
Geograph.
The courthouse at Mottram is now the home of the Tameside Patrollers. It is a Grade II listed building. Read the official description on
Old Hyde.
A Manchester bound train has just left Hyde Central station and is passing over Great Norbury Street.
For a view just a few moments earlier see
Hyde DP Xtra.
To see more bridges visit
San Franciso Bay Daily Photo.
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