Best of Hyde Daily Photo 2012

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Weekend Reflections: Norbury House

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See the whole house on Hyde DP Xtra.

See more weekend reflections via Newtown Daily Photo.

Spruced Up Sluice Gates

The sluice gates on the Peak Forest Canal have been spruced up and cleaned out.

See how it looked in February 2008 with barbed wire on top of the graffiti-covered brick wall hiding Automasters Engineering Works.

Now behind the low railings are new homes.

See also how it looked last September on Geograph when the sluice was clogged up with algae.

For the Eastward view along the canal see Hyde DP Xtra.

Throstle Bank Villas

The end house on the corner of Dukinfield Road and Throstle Nest street was built in 1880.

Skywatch Friday: Dukinfield Road

A look up Dukinfield Road from the end of Throstle Bank Street during a brief spell of sunny weather last Saturday afternoon.

The road is the A627 leading to Ashton under Lyne.

The long row of houses on the left date from 1880.

For more sky shots visit Skywatch Friday.

Site of the Wellington Hotel

Following the demolition of the Wellington Hotel and the houses on Rhodes Street North there is a clear view through to the new houses on the old Automaster's site.

The Elms

Last week I asked Who lived in a house like this?

The answer, as a few of you knew, is L.S. Lowry who lived at The Elms in Mottram-in-Longdendale from 1948 until his death in 1976.

It isn't exactly Lowryesque but I thought I'd give it a painterly look.

You can see my original photograph on Geograph.

Shadows on Level 3

Level 3 of the Clarendon Shopping Centre car park is on the roof.

The large block of flats is John Grundy House.

It is named after John Grundy, a former mayor of Hyde. His widow, Kathleen, later held the same position in her own right. She was destined to be the last victim of Harold Fred Shipman, whose legacy, alas, still casts shadows across the town.

For more shadows this Sunday please visit Hey Harriet.

ABC WednesdayC is for Chartist House

Chartist House as viewed from across Union Street.

It is one of two blocks of high rise flats in the town. Originally built as Council Housing but now operated by the New Charter Housing Association.

For more C posts visit ABC Wednesday.

Looking up at Markland Street

The end of Markland Street viewed from the TransPennine Trail up the old railway embankment.

Top of Market Street

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.

Old Post Office Farm

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.

Junction of Travis Street and Nelson Street

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.

Swains Valley on Christmas Day

Looking over the Swains Valley Allotments towards the houses in Markland Street.

Compare it with the view in July 2009.

Lumn Hollow

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.

Mottram Old Grammar School

Behind St Michaels and All Angels Church at Mottram can be found the Old Grammar School, now a private house.

It is a Grade II listed building and you can view the official description on Old Hyde.

Site of the Wellington Hotel

The Wellington Hotel has finally been demolished.

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

Wheelie Bins on Albert Road

Although these bins are on Albert Road they belong to the houses on Croft Street the backs of which are on the right. On the left are the backs of houses on Bowling Green Street.

Marlborough Road

Marlborough Road, Gee Cross is a typical street of post-war semi-detached houses. The view here is from the corner of Gloucester Road near Dowson Primary School.

Winterbottom View

The waste ground in the foreground of this shot used to be Winterbottom Grove on the Hattersley Estate. It is part of the area East of Stockport Road that was demolished in recent years.

We are here overlooking Mill Hill Green with Mottram church in the background.