These photographs were taken by me in either 2002 or 2003.
There are also one or two old photpgraphs of Ashton which you may find interesting. Just click on the relevant photo for an enlarged version.
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The Colliers Arms |
Hurst Nook Sunday School |
The Lord Nelson |
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Hurst Village Club |
The Odd Whim |
The Tithestone |
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A View over Luzley |
The Colliers Arms from the Front |
Hartshead Pike |
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A View of the Clough |
The Waterworks - Knott Hill |
The Big Back |
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Prospect House |
Constable Donaldson's Grave in St Johns |
Hartshead Hall |
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Another View of the Big Back |
235 Kings Road |
Albion School |
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Gorsey Farm |
Ashton Library |
Moss de Lee |
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My Great Grandparents' Grave in Hurst Cemetery |
The Clock at Hurst Cross. It's been 8.25 for almost 40 years |
Hurst Cemetery Chapel:-demlolished by the Council in 2005 |
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The Junction Inn on Mossley Road |
The Hare & Hounds at Hurst Cross |
Hurst War Memorial |
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Dirk Farm originally Dirt Farm |
Hartshead Hall from below on Lilley Lanes |
The rather dilapidated old swimming baths |
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Junction Mill in Portland Basin |
The Border: Hartshead and Mossley |
Whitelands Leather Works:- another building demolished by the Council in 2003 |
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Dukinfield Bridge: The Lancashire and Cheshire Boundary |
Hurst Cemetery circa 1910: from Prospect Road |
The Red School |
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The Black School |
Hurst House; the home of Joseph Pleasants |
The future of Hurst: Council Babes 1927 |
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The Cake-a-Pie Clock |
Ladysmith Barracks |
Ada Sykes & Family |
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Ashton Technical School c 1905 |
The Infirmary |
The Boating Lake c1905 |
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A view across the Golf Course c 1954 |
Ladysmith Barracks in the late 1960s |
The Regimental Pay Office 1955 |
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Hurst Lodge c 1950 (my estimation) |
Inside the Children's Ward |
Stamford School FC 1949-50 |
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The Paddling Pool circa 1955 |
Stamford Park Flower Garden |
Stamford Park The Dingle |