Best of Hyde 2013

The time has come to vote for the Best of Hyde Daily 2013.

On 1st January 2014 members of the City Daily Photobloggers community will be revealing their Photo of the Year. I have selected twelve contenders for Best of Hyde 2013 and am asking readers to vote for their favourites. Please visit Best of Hyde Daily Photo 2013 and vote for your top three photographs.

Closing date for voting is 12 noon GMT on December 28th 2013.

Note: these thumbnails are just a taster - you must use the form on the page to cast your votes.

Best of Hyde Daily Photo 2012

The time has come to vote for the best of Hyde DP 2012.

View the twelve contenders at Best of Hyde 2012 and vote for your favourite three photographs.

Voting closes 12 noon GMT, 28th December 2012.

Sign of the White Hart

This is the sign for the White Hart at Mottram-in-Longdendale.

See the whole pub on Hyde DP Xtra.

The New Albion

The Albion has recently had a makeover.

It has also acquired a new pub sign which you can see on Hyde DP Xtra.

Curiously the new sign has an image of Britannia which is very different from the old sign which depicted a ship.

Site of the Wellington Hotel

The Wellington Hotel has finally been demolished.

The white building in the background is Pitfield Cottages built in 1869.

What a difference a week makes

Last Saturday morning and as can be seen in this shot of Clarendon Place looking from the Jolly Carter towards the Queens we only had but a scattering of light snow.

The snow finally hit with a vengeance on Wednesday morning.


Friday morning was fine, the main roads were clear and the buses were running, so I finally made it into town early afternoon. The side streets even in the town centre had hardly been touched and the footpaths were still full of hard packed snow.

Check out the slush on the other side of Clarendon Mall on Hyde DP Xtra.

ABC Wednesday:T is for Time

Back in May I featured this clock on Hyde DP Xtra. It hung on The George which was still open a year ago.

Now the old public house has been converted into a private residence.

As for the clock: Tempus fugit.

For more T posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Time is the CDPB theme today. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants to the theme.

White Gates Inn and the Wellington

As I walked down Manchester Road a few weeks ago workmen were busy erecting scaffolding outside the Wellington Hotel. I presume it is a prelude to its final demolition.

Meanwhile on the other side of the road the White Gates Inn appears to be still thriving.

ABC Wednesday P is for Plastic Fantastic

The offices and showroom of Plastic Fantastic is on the corner of Manchester Road and Clark Way.

This was formerly the Red Lion. When I first showed it here in September 2007 the pub was open for business as usual, but by August 2009 it had closed.

At least it has found a new use and not been demolished.

For more P posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Morning outside The Cotton Bale

Remember the days when pubs opened about 11 or 11.30am and then closed in the middle of the afternoon?

These days they can open at 7am and serve tea and coffee and breakfast.

The George & Its Clock Gone

When I showed you The George in May it still looked like a pub but now the old signage and clock have been removed.

The tree on the Woodend Lane side has also disappeared.

Hyde Holidays: Day Trip to Fleetwood

Whilst I am away on holiday, Rune from Visual Norway is minding the blog for me. I have scheduled some special posts for the period taking readers on day trips to the West.


Today's destination is Fleetwood, the most Northern town on the Fylde Coast.

This long row of houses is known as Queens Terrace. It overlooks the river Wyre.


From Fleetwood you can take a ferry across the river to Knott End on Sea or all the way across the Irish Sea to Ireland.


At the other end of Queens Terrace is the Steamer Inn with these magnificent chimneys.

The Plastered Crown

In June 2009 I showed you the Uncrowned Crown. It had then only recently closed down.

Now the outside has been given a makeover. What it will become remains to be seen.

Gardeners Arms

The Gardeners Arms on Lumn Road is a pub with a long history. In May it was boarded up but now it has found new landlords and is open for business again.


As can be seen on Hyde DP Xtra, the nearby Globe Inn has not fared so well.

For more G posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Bankfield Hotel 2010

When I last posted a photo of the Bankfield Hotel on Mottram New Road in September 2008 I didn't know much about its history.

Now, I am informed, it was once famous for its pleasure gardens known as Bowkers Gardens, after Joshua Bowker the proprietor. The gardens were a popular resort for the people of Hyde and surrounding townships. A band pavilion stood in the gardens, and in front of it was a spacious platform for dancing. At nights there were balloon ascents and illuminations, and the place was run as a sort of miniature Belle Vue.

This, further information and an old photograph of the hotel can be found on Hyde Cheshire.

The Bankfield is no longer a hotel but it looks as if its conversion into residential accomodation has been done more sympathetically than some other conversions.

Ridling Lane from the end of Nelson Street or is it the end of Travis Street?

Ridling Lane is an ancient route through the area.

This section is from the end of Nelson Street leading up to Lumn Road and the now closed Globe Inn.

The name-plate on the corner clearly reads "Nelson Street" but on street maps it is marked as Travis Street. At the junction of Travis Street and Nelson Street another name-plate also marks it as "Nelson Street" as can be seen on Streetview.


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Reflections in the Doorway of the White Lion

The light above the doorway to the White Lion is reflected in the façade.

To the left of the doorway is a newly erected plaque commemorating the 125th anniversary of the formation of Hyde Football Club. You can see a closer view of the plaque on Hyde DP Xtra.

For further weekend reflections visit Newtown Area Photo.

Lamb Inn 2010

The Lamb Inn is just down Stockport Road from the Cheshire Cheese but on the opposite side.

It didn't look much different when I posted a photograph of it in 2008, but it looked very different a century ago.


This is because the original inn was demolished about half a century ago and a new building erected higher up the road.

The old inn stood on what is now the car park.

Sepia Shadows by the Harewood Arms

The Harewood Arms stands just behind the stable block of the Etherow Centre in Broadbottom.

You can see the original coloured version of this on Geograph.

For more shadow shots visit Hey Harriet.

Cheshire Cheese, Gee Cross, 2010

This is the Cheshire Cheese on Stockport Road in Gee Cross.

It is not to be confused with the Cheshire Cheese in Newton, nor the Cheshire Cheese in Broadbottom, featured today on Hyde DP Xtra.

See how it looked in 1982 and much earlier on Old Hyde.

For more C posts visit ABC Wednesday