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Plan of Burnage Model Railway- May 1914.jpg
A diagram from the May 1914 edition of Models, Railways and Locomotives. The plan is to scale and displays the track layout, stations and its relation to the house at 6 Moorton Avenue.
Making Parts for Merlin Engines.JPG
View of the interior of the garage- presumably during the second world war. "Making parts for Merlin Aero Engine" written on the back of the photograph.
Farmers Arms 1950s.jpg
A view of a group of people outside the Farmer's Arms in the 1950s. Are you able to identify anybody in this picture?
Christ Church Burnage - 125 years Handbook.pdf
A handbook celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Christ Church United Reformed Church on Burnage Lane. Includes commemorative programme of events, recollections of the church in the local area, and items relating to the history of the…
Garden Village Jubilee 1956 - Programme and History.pdf
A document produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Garden Village. Includes a brief history of the village, a programme of events to celebrate its jubilee, along with extended descriptions of life in the village in the mid 1950s.
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Bevan Taylor - The Bombing of Burnage High School and Leaving Education.
Bevan Taylor tells us about the wartime bombing of Burnage High School and how this prompted him to leave.