{"id":2156,"date":"2017-05-15T13:15:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=2156"},"modified":"2022-05-22T20:42:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T19:42:00","slug":"historic-picture-collection-ii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=2156","title":{"rendered":"Historic Picture Collection II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bollington Civic Society&#8217;s&nbsp;<span class=\"discover\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=32\">Discovery\u00a0Centre<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> houses our unique collection of more than 5,000 historic pictures taken in and around Bollington since the 1860s!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The collection has been digitised in order to make it available to everyone through the medium of the PC and the internet. The collection has been categorised and indexed to make it easy to find the pictures you want to see. For more information about the collection please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=1001\">first page on this subject<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To see the archive or to obtain copies of photographs visit the&nbsp;<span class=\"discover\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=32\">Discovery\u00a0Centre<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> at <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=3946\">Clarence Mill<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/bollingtonphotos.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">see them online<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5850\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/external.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\">. Many of the better known pictures are included in various books about Bollington. Some of these can be obtained at the&nbsp;<span class=\"discover\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=32\">Discovery\u00a0Centre<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> or by mail order &#8211; checkout the <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=999\">books page<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<table id=\"pics\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"85%\">\n<h3><b><a name=\"Sunday School trip\"><\/a>Sunday School trip, 1945<\/b><\/h3>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2171 size-full\" title=\"Sunday School trip, 1945\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barge_120.jpg\" alt=\"Sunday School trip, 1945\" width=\"504\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barge_120.jpg 504w, https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/barge_120-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">There are many pictures of the canal in the collection, including a series taken immediately after the canal breached on leap day, 29th February 1912.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Picture reference: 53\/74<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3><b><a name=\"High Street\"><\/a>High Street, before 1912<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2172 size-full\" title=\"High Street, before 1912\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/highstreet_120.jpg\" alt=\"High Street, before 1912\" width=\"528\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/highstreet_120.jpg 528w, https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/highstreet_120-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This picture shows the view down High Street looking towards Beeston and Oak Bank. The very large building on the left is the <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=4084\">Primitive Methodist Chapel<\/a>, since demolished. <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=2298\">High Court<\/a> is on the site today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Picture reference: 119\/13<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3><b><a name=\"Workers at\"><\/a>Workers at Ingersley Vale bleaching works, c.1890<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2173 size-full\" title=\"Workers at Ingersley Vale bleaching works, c.1890\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ingersley_120.jpg\" alt=\"Workers at Ingersley Vale bleaching works, c.1890\" width=\"573\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ingersley_120.jpg 573w, https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ingersley_120-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dyeing and bleaching were an important industry in Bollington. Indeed, it was the very last of the cloth industries, surviving until the late 1990s when Shrigley Dyers moved away to Leek. Only textile printing remains (RA&nbsp;Smart).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Picture reference: 43\/65A<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3><b><a name=\"St John's School\"><\/a>St John&#8217;s School, 1926<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2174 size-full\" title=\"St John's School, 1926\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/school_120.jpg\" alt=\"St John's School, 1926\" width=\"439\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/school_120.jpg 439w, https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/school_120-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">At this time St John&#8217;s School was next door to <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=4103\">St John&#8217;s Church<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=2216\">Church Street<\/a>, located where the modern house stands on the corner of <a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=2415\">Vine Street<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Picture reference: 46\/14A<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>There are thousands more pictures like these so come along to the&nbsp;<span class=\"discover\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=32\">Discovery\u00a0Centre<\/a>\u00a0<\/span> and have a look on our PC database for the ones that interest you! Or have a <a href=\"http:\/\/bollingtonphotos.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">look at the online library now!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163\" src=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/external.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"10\" height=\"10\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happyvalley.org.uk\/?page_id=1001#Family\">Family history research<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollington Civic Society&#8217;s&nbsp; houses our unique collection of more than 5,000 historic pictures taken in and around Bollington since the 1860s! The collection has been digitised in order to make it available to everyone through the medium of the PC and the internet. 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