EAW008499 ENGLAND (1947). The Daniel Adamson and Co Engineering Works, Dukinfield, 1947. This image was marked by Aerofilms Ltd for photo editing.

Wood Street Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

'Dewsnap House' At the time of this phoograph it was occupied by the Hegginbotom's who worked Dewsnap Farm. Mr Hegginbotom would deliver milk by horse and trap. The horse was always well groomed with its main done up in plats. The trap was spotlessly clean and shiny with the wood work brightly varnished and lined out. There was a long whip keep in a holder but we never saw it being used. The milk was in metal milk churns that stood in the back of the trap and the milkman would walk alongside delivering milk. The milk was drawn out of the churns using a laidel which was then emptied into jugs left on the window sills by the householders. The children would wait for the horse in Pearson |Street and give it a slice of apple off the flat of their hands. Dewsnap House was last occupied by a foster family who was looked after by a lady called Mary. The children were Karla Perry, Howard Frank Perry and Naomi Rebecca Perry who were all pupils at Globe Lane School between 1957 and 1964 Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

Farm workers cottages. These were demolished about 1954 after the last occupants, the Hilton fammily, moved out to live in the new houses on Chester Avenue. The daughter, Pauline Hilton, was a pupil at Globe Lane School between 1948 and 1955. Pauline was noted for not only her good looks and the beautiful dresses she wore which I believe were hand made by her mother. Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

Pattern Shop Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

Remains of the old raised platform on which ran the tramway carrying coal tubs down from Victoria Pit before being unloaded into railway wagons alongside. The big white gate is where the tubs entered the platform after crossing over Dewsnap Lane. The tramway originally carried on down Wood Street and under Victoria Road to the canal basin where the coal was loaded onto barges but after the railway was built in 1845 the tramway was diverted onto the platform to be loaded into railway wagons. The sidings have now been built over with houses but the wall of the platform is still visable in the gardens. Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

Hardmans corner shop, this was an off-license for Robinsons Brewery. It was a very tiny shop area the size of a front living room in which there was a counter, window display, shelving and boxes of vegatables. There was a beer pump on the counter to draw beer up from the cellar and customers would take jugs to be filled up. The dray wagon used to drop the barrels down into the cellar through a trap door in the footpath down the side of the shop in Adamson Street. Back in the 1940's beer and pop bottles were made of glass and there was a deposit on them for their return to the shop. As children we would collect all the bottles and take them back to the shop to collect the deposits. This was quite lucrative as it supplimented any pocket money. If we were having difficulty finding bottles we would climb into the back yard of the shop and borrow a few empty bottles then take them around to the shop and collect the deposit on them. Shortly after the war when I was about seven years old I remember seeing my first banana in Hardman's shop, I ran home and told my mother who gave me some money and a ration stamp. I could only have one which I took home to find out how to open it. I could see there was a tiny hole in the skin so when it was opened I examined the inside closely and found a grub wriggling around inside which put me off. To this day I still examine a banana skin for holes before opening it. Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

This is know as the Wooden Bridge although it is made of metal. The bridge is on the line of the old tramway which once ran down from Victoria Pit to the canal basin in Newton Wood. The tramway was diverted in 1845 when the railway was built and the footbridge was erected to replace the footpath which ran alongside the old tramway. Information supplied by the Globe Lane Pals

Hyde Junction (now Hyde North) railway station

Dukinfield Arms

Albert Mill

Victoria Mill

Hyde Mill