Walks in 1969 - 1970

As these walks from the "Name Book" include very few other notes or details they have been grouped together for convenience and page size.

Photos are from these years but often cannot be matched to specific walks.

29th March 1969, Edale – Hayfield (bus)

(the bus fare recorded against each name is 3/- for children and 5/- for adults (that is, 15p and 25p). The listed names are:

Dan McGookin	Graham Davenport	Peter Booth	Tony Mason
Chris Gorman	Trevor Wild	Mary Boothroyd	Mr Mason
Dave Stafford	Geoffrey Durham	Hilary Andrew	Mr Booth
Andrew Howie	Kevin Suffell	Julie Flunder
John Woodward	Noel Flunder

W1969-003 Amblerbridge working party 22/5/1969

Working Party – Easter 1969, Shelf Brook Bridge

Update provided by Ann Papageorgiou 31 January 2021:
On Easter weekend 1969 (Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th April) some 17 pupils from The Willows Seconday Modern School on Hibbert Lane, Marple, helped with the construction of Shelf Brook Bridge, on Doctor’s Gate above Glossop. Members of the Ramblers Association and the Peak & Northern Footpaths Society (PNFS) were also involved.

Pupils from The Willows who helped were:

Phil McFall	Graham Booth	David Taylor	Beverley Stubbs
Ian Ellison	Phil Woodhouse	Steven Hurley	Ian Exley
Terry Linton	Ben Wayling	Andrew Howie
Dan McGookin	Jeremy Clifford	Mary Boothroyd
John Woodward	Stephen Ward	Hilary Andrew

A fascinating piece of cine film taken of this event by Frank (‘Pop’) Mason is now available too:

Recently David Morton from the PNFS viewed the cine film and would be very interested to learn more about that weekend. He asked if any of those named above could contact him so that he could add a first hand account of the construction of that original 1969 bridge to the history of the Shelf Brook Bridge (also known as Ambler Memorial Bridge).

A recent picture of the bridge and its history can be seen on the PNFS webs site.

David can be contacted via the ‘Contact us’ link or by email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

If you are one of those who helped that 1969 Easter weekend, your grandchildren might just be amazed at the risks that were allowed!

WW1969-001 Amblerbridge working party 28/6/1969

Saturday 20th September 1969 – Edale Cross Job

Andrew Howie	Paul Ellison	Phil Stafford	Mr R Booth
Leslie Fader	Trevor Wild	Ian Finlay	FR Mason
Ian Exley	Peter Jones	Noel Flunder
Eric O'Neil	Nicholas Gorman	Paul Andrew
John Woodward	Chris Gorman

(There are nine additional surnames in a different writing)
Higginbotham, Proctor, Hughes, Alexander, Sanders, Jackson, Ward, Walker, Burgess.

WW1969-004 Doctors Gate path 28/06/1969

Sunday 27th September 1969; RA Rally

(Rambler's Association)

31 names are listed, and the fare was 7/6 - but there is not indication where this rally took place.

Saturday 11th April 1970: Glossop Circular

Miss Gillian Wright	Alistair McIvor	Catherine Beard	David Parker
Mr F R Mason	Trevor Wild	Alison Wilson	Paul Beetham
Mr R Booth	John Woodward	Jonathan Thorpe	Christine Barlow
Graham Booth	Nigel Mills	David Thorpe	Kevin Suffell
Peter Booth	Judith Wright	Stephen Granger	Angela Coffey

WW1970-001 Gordale - July 1970

Sunday 26th April 1970: Edale – Fairbrook Naze – Hayfield

F R Mason	Laura Booth	Andrew Howie	Stephen Grainger
Ron Booth	Graham Booth	Tim Grundy	Kevin Suffell
Mick Warwick	Dave Stafford	Noel Flunder
Gillian Wright	Dan McGookin	Gary Townley

WW1970-002 Gordale - July 1970

Monday 21st December 1970 - Hayfield Circular

Hayfield Reservoir, Kinder Low End (Cavern), Kinder Low - edge - drop to path out of icy wind, 3 knolls, Redbrook, Downfall - down Downfall, traverse to Mermaids Pool, Kinder Reservoir - Hayfield (alongside reservoir)