No account of the history of Bollington would be complete without mentioning:

• the shops;
• the Bollington Festivals;
• the canal breach;
• the railway;
• the canal;
• the old pubs;
• the Bridewell prison;
• the Rediffusion Service Station;
• the World War I Soldiers Cup.

A Recipes and Quotations book written by the Wesleyan church in 1928 provides a fascinating insight into the household recipes in use at the time, and also the small shops and businesses of Bollington.