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Whit Sunday Procession of Witness - Burnage Lane

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Whit Sunday Procession of Witness along Burnage Lane [presumed 1950s].

Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness- Choir Leaving Parish Hall Drive

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Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness- Choir Leaving Parish Hall Drive onto Fog Lane.

Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness- Hans Renold

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Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness taken on Burnage Lane outside the Hans Renold works.

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Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness- Hans Renold 2.jpg
Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness on Burnage Lane outside Hans Renold works.

Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness- Hans Renold 3

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Whit Sunday- Procession of Witness taken on Burnage Lane outside Hans Renold.

Burnage Station - St Nicholas Christmas fayre 1983.jpg

Burnage Station - St Nicholas Christmas fayre 1983.jpg
Photograph taken at Burnage Station, Saturday 19th November 1983, 10:49am, the day of the St. Nicholas Christmas Fayre.

Childhood Memories of the 'Brickie'

Childhood Memory of the Brickie.pdf
William Brennan describes the activities local children used to enjoy at Jackson's brickworks. "It was a place of great fun and adventure, but what happened on the ‘Brickie’ had to stay on the ‘Brickie’! If our parents had known, they’d never have…

Garden Village Newsletter - The Wheatsheaf - February 1914

gardenvillage_wheatsheaf_1914.pdf
An edition of "The Wheatsheaf", the newsletter produced by residents of the Garden Village, dating from February 1914.

Barbara - Working at a Furriers.pdf

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Barbara's description of her time working at a furriers in central Manchester.

Garden Village Jubilee 1956 - Programme and History.pdf

Garden Village Jubilee 1960 - 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.