EPW038611 ENGLAND (1932). Pownall Hall, Altrincham Road and surroundings, Pownall Park, 1932

The lake in Lindow Common, sometimes referred to as Black Lake.

Worms Hill, a steep hill that can take you by surprise as you leave Wilmslow towards Styal! Especially difficult on a bike....!

Stamford Lodge, occupied for 30 years by the astronomer Francis Godlee (1854 - 1928). It was used latterly by a company conducting experiments on animals, much to the disgust of many local residents. It currently lies empty and derelict, but at the time of writing an American company is interested in the site.

Wilmslow Workhouse.

Now The Morley Nursery.

Pownall Cottage, still standing.

Mobberley Road.

Greaves Road.

This became Kings Road.

Sandy Lane.

The Carrs, Wilmslow. Henry Boddington (Boddington's Brewery) bought Pownall Hall, and the area known as The Carrs was part of that estate. The area is known as The Carrs because it had been quite boggy at one stage.

Sewage works.

Styal Road.

Carrwood Road and Broad Walk. Looks like the road and some of the houses were under construction at the time this photograph was taken.

This group of buildings used to be the school for the Cottage Homes. It is now used as offices for the prison. The original Victorian windows still exist.

Bollinwood - the Governess' House at the Cottage Homes. Adjoining the house is a beautiful wood-panelled boardroom with a statue of Queen Victoria! All the buildings still stand and are used as part of the prison estate.

The cinema, Styal Cottage Homes. This now serves as the gymnasium at the prison.

Styal Cottage Homes, now HMP Styal, where I worked from 1982 to 2009.

Pownall Hall.

This is now Gorsey Road.

Racecourse Road, so called because there used to by a gypsy racetrack on Lindow Common.

Bourne Street.

This used to be a general store/newsagent, on the corner of Altrincham Road and Park Road.

This would become Buckingham Road.

43 Altrincham Road, Wilmslow (original house now demolished and two new houses are now built on the site). I used to live here in the 1980s. Whilst I lived here, the owner sold off the garden which lay to the west. The land was bought by a builder, who built two houses on the site. Some time after this photograph was taken, Buckingham Road was built, meaning no. 43 was now on the corner of Altrincham Road and Buckingham Road.

Lindow Common. The Lindow Man was found very near here, just out of shot.

The Carnival Field. I used to live directly opposite and used to watch the fair and fireworks etc.

Park Road, Wilmslow