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  • Rotary in Marple
    • Rotary Club Newsletters (Archive)
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• Waterways
  • An Introduction to the Canals & Waterways of Marple
  • Marple Aqueduct Bicentenary
  • Marple Gathering of Boats - Easter 2004
  • Marple Locks, Silver Celebration
  • Memorial to Dr Boucher at Marple
  • Peak Forest Canal History (Constructed 1794 to 1805)
  • Restoration of the Marple Locks & Aqueduct
  • Virtual Tour of Marple Locks
    • Introduction / Navigation
    • The Narrows
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    • The Winding Hole
    • Bridge No. 16
    • Lock No. 1
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    • Lock No. 6
    • Pond below Lock 7
    • Lock No. 7
    • Lock No. 8
    • Bridge No. 17
    • Lock No. 9
    • Lock No. 10
    • Lock No. 11
    • Lock No. 12
    • Bridge No. 18
    • Lock No. 13
    • Lock No. 14
    • Lock No. 15
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    • Acknowledgement
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  • Froghall up the Caldon
• History
  • Marple Hall
    • Ownership of Marple Hall
    • A Visit to Marple Hall in 1880
    • A Guided Tour of Marple Hall
    • Marple Hall Glass
    • Goodbye to All That
    • Marple Hall - The Journal of Charles Bellairs
    • Marple Hall Tapestries in full Colour
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    • John Bradshawe
    • The Strange Haunting of Marple Hall
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    • Last Caretakers of Marple Hall
  • Samuel Oldknow
    • Oldknow's Story
    • Mellor Mill and Estate
    • All Saints' Church: Second hand bells
    • Marple Lime Kilns
    • The 1892 fire at Mellor Mill
    • Oldknow 200
  • A Brief History of Marple
  • Marple's Changing Face by Gordon Mills
  • An away day to Marple
  • Memories of Selma Fielding
  • John Stanhope Collings-Wells V.C. D.S.O.
  • Richard Ingham DCM Medal
  • Sprinting Porter Saved Diesel Train
  • Memories of Albert Schools
  • Memories of Marple with Trixie Gough
  • Memories of Marple with Fred Winterbottom
  • Memories of Marple with Barbara Hambleton
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  • The Flora Buck Scrapbooks
  • Monty - a Marple Connection
  • Marple Schools WWI Roll of Honour
  • Fatal Explosion at the Dolce Vita!
  • Memories of Marple with Hannah Robinson
  • Memories of a Wartime Evacuee
  • Francis Brindley and the Marple Brindleys
  • Marple Rose Queens
  • The Marple Band on Radio 2
  • 50 Years of Faithful Service
  • Brabyns Park Iron Bridge
    • Iron Bridge at risk again
    • Viewing Platform
    • Restoration Project
      • Brabyns Park Discovery Trail
      • Project Summary
      • Iron Bridge Story
      • Iron Bridge on TV
      • Campaign Diary Year 1
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      • Project Planning (Part 1)
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      • Construction Diary
      • Completion Diary
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      • Iron Bridge Documentary
      • Public Consultation
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      • Introduction
      • Scroll Bridge
    • Iron Bridge Plaque Relocation
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  • Willows School Walks
    • School Walks
      • 1957 to 1959
        • 7th December 1957
        • 11th January 1958
        • 8th February 1958
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        • 10th April 1958
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        • 24th January 1959
        • 14th February 1959
        • 20th March 1959
        • 25th April 1959
        • 19th May 1959
      • 1961 to 1962
        • 26th October 1961
        • 19th November 1961
        • 10th December 1961
        • 27th December 1961
        • 3rd February 1962
        • 24th February 1962
        • Other Walks
      • 1964 to 1966
        • 12th September 1964
        • 19th September 1964
        • 10th October 1964
        • 24th October 1964
        • 15th November 1964
        • 16th January 1965
        • 20th February 1965
        • 26th March 1965
        • 10th April 1965
        • 24th April 1965
        • 1st May 1965
        • 22nd May 1965
        • July 1965
        • 24th July 1965
        • 12th August 1965
        • 17th September 1965
        • 16th October 1965
        • 26th November 1965
        • 22nd January 1966
        • 25th February 1966
        • 6th April 1966
        • 7th May 1966
        • 21st May 1966
        • 16th July 1966
        • 21st July 1966
        • 10th September 1966
        • 17th September 1966
        • 8th October 1966
        • 29th October 1966
        • 3rd December 1966
      • 1967 to 1969
        • 7th January 1967
        • Other Walks
        • 4th February 1967
        • 1th March 1967
        • 8th April 1967
        • 29th April 1967
        • 30th June 1967
        • 22nd July 1967
        • 23rd September 1967
        • 21st October 1967
        • 16th March 1968
        • 11th April 1968
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        • 18th May 1968
        • 20th July 1968
        • 29th July 1968
        • 4th September 1968
        • 28th September 1968
        • 5th/6th October 1968
        • 24th October 1968
        • 20th December 1968
        • 22nd February 1969
      • 1969 to 1972
        • Walks 1969 - 1970
        • Walks 1971 - 1972
    • Willows School Holidays
      • 1958 - First Willows School YHA Holiday (Lake District)
      • 1959 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Lake District)
      • 1960 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Scotland)
      • 1961 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Arran)
      • 1962 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Mid & North Wales)
      • 1963 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Lake District)
      • 1964 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Arran)
      • 1965 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Scotland)
      • 1966 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Wales)
      • 1967 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Lake District)
      • 1968 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Arran)
      • 1969 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Scotland)
      • 1970 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Wales)
      • 1971 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Lake District)
      • 1972 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Arran)
      • 1973 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Scotland)
      • 1974 - Willows School YHA Holiday (Wales)
    • Willows Walks Introduction
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  • Railways of Marple and District
    • Website Introduction
    • Book Introduction
    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • The Dawn of the Railway Age
    • The Railway Comes to Marple
    • Enter the Midland
    • Marple's Expansion
    • Macclesfield Bollington and Marple Railway
    • Fin de Siècle. Marple's Heyday
    • Marple By-Passed
    • A Changing World
    • World War II and Nationalisation
    • The Beeching Era
    • Marple Re-built
    • The Turn of the Tide
    • Postscript 2002
    • Bibliography
• Walks
  • Walks Around Marple Number 1 - Marple Dale
  • Walks Around Marple Number 2 - The Roman Bridge & Lakes
  • Walks Around Marple Number 3 - Marple Locks & Brabyns Park
  • Walks Around Marple Number 4 - Chadkirk
  • Walks Around Marple Number 5 - From Way to Cut
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