Daniel Adamsons

The Following was sent to us by Judith Hunt....

"I have attached a photo I found in my fathers possessions. I know it is of  men who worked in the office of D Adamsons .  My father Harry Helliwell is second on right in back row.  He started as an apprentice draftsman at the age of 14 and was the youngest amongst them. Sadly I do not know anyone else's names but maybe someone's else's father or grandfather is in the picture and can recognize them I am making a guess that the photo could be around early 40's

  My grandfather Charlie (Charles Helliwell) also worked for Adamsons for 50 years as a fitter and turner and on retirement received a gold watch engraved on the back. This is still in the family today and working well.  You do not see this kind of farewell gift  of thanks these days."

 


From wikipedia

In 1851  Daniel Adamson established a small iron works in Newton, Cheshire, expanding it a year later by building a new foundry called the Newton Moor Iron Works on Muslin Street (now Talbot Road), between Hyde and Dukinfield. He specialised in engine and boiler making, initially following designs created by Hackworth, making and exporting the renowned "Manchester Boilers". Adamson was able to experiment with the newfound wealth from the worldwide export of these boilers which incorporated ring joints in the form of his patented Anti-Collapsive Flange Seam. He was also one of the pioneers of explosive forming used in the foundry process.^[2]
In 1872 he designed and built the Daniel Adamson and Co factory, a new premises in Dukinfield next to Dewsnap Farm (off Dewsnap Lane), with its entrance on Johnsonbrook Road. This new works was approximately 1,000 yards (910 m) from the old foundry but the site was large and had enough spare land around it for any planned expansion.
He improved the design and manufacturing process (pioneering the use of steel and taking out 19 patents in the process) over the 36 years he was involved with boiler and other foundry manufacturing. When he died in 1890 the business employed some 600 people.
Adamson's other business interests included a mill building company in Hyde ('The Newton Moor Spinning Company'), the Yorkshire Steel and Iron Works at Penistone, the Northern Lincolnshire Iron Company at Frodingham, and large share-holdings in iron works in Cumberland and south Wales.

Many Thanks, Judith and Wikipedia :)
Much appreciated.

Days long gone.

The following photo was given to us by Mike Thelwell.
The photo was taken circa 1959 and I believe it was taken on Shepley Street/John Shepley Street in Hyde.

"Reliving our Youth"

The following was sent to us by Joyce and Graham Sharp and it is precisely for the reasons they outline below just why we do the blog.

 

Hyde Cheshire Blog.

One of the first things that Joyce and I do each day is to look at this Blog and also the Hyde Daily Photo by Gerald England.

Why  do we this and look forward to it so much?

 

Joyce and I were brought up in Hyde, we were married at Hyde Chapel in 1956, we had two sons and left Hyde for Canada in 1966.

 

Our parents and siblings are all dead now leaving a few cousins, nieces and nephews and friends in England.

 

We now have three children, seven grandchildren and one great grandson, we have had no time to be "homesick".

 

However, as we get older there is a strong, but futile desire to relive our youth, a feeling shared by many. But, "You can't go home again".

 

We cannot walk up Joel Lane and over Werneth Low. We cannot go down Hyde on a Saturday evening for a Football Pink and the Empire News. I cannot go to the Moulders for a pint with my Dad and on to Ewen Fields with a Handforths pie at half time.

 

We cannot go to the August Wakes Week Fair on the Market Ground or to the Ritz for a Saturday matinee. A tripe tea upstairs at the UCP is a distant memory.

 

Are there still Saturday night dances at Enfield Street School ? Does Jock still have his stall on Hyde Market?

 A quick game of snooker in the Billiard Hall upstairs behind the Hippodrome on the way home from school.

To be able to walk down Hyde Lane looking in the many and wonderful shop windows.

 

These are some of the many things that we would like to do but, either they do not exist any more or, we don't have the legs for it!

 

So, this is where the Blogs come in, by refreshing some of those memories with the wonderful posts from so many people.

 

Thanks to Team Hydonian and particularly to you. Nancy, for helping us "relive our youth"

 

 

Joyce Baddeley and Graham Sharp on Werneth Low, 1954.

 

Many Thanks to you both for sharing the memories with us :) 

It's lovely to be able to help you relive your youth ! 

Construction of the M67 Motorway

Steve Hill sent us the following photos and note after the appeal yesterday about photos of the building of the M67.
They are fantastic !!
These are exactly the kind of photos that we are looking for..

"Here are a few more pictures of the M67 motorway under construction . Unfortunately they are not good quality as they are taken from Dennis Roylances film, the same film that the Ritz pictures came from but it does show the construction ".




Love this one. It shows the two tower blocks of John Grundy House and Chartist House and don't they look close together. It also shows the building of the DHSS building on New Beech St. Hyde Department Store (now Morrisons) can also be seen middle,far left.


The Astoria can just be seen middle,right of the picture.




Hyde Department Store can be seen top right on this photo.

Thank you so much, Steve.
I have been looking for photos of the construction of the M67 for years !!

Some great black and white shots..

Here are a couple of photos sent to us by David Stafford.

Over to David ...

"A couple of pictures taken awhile ago

The first one is  constructing the m67 motorway.

The second is of the building of the generator house at Godley Waterworks in the late 1950, showing ICI double chimney".

 

Great Photos, David. Thanks for sharing with us :)

I'd love to see more photos of the construction of the M67. 

There must be so many out there !

Junction Inn revisited

The following was sent to us by Judith Hunt.

Over to Judith...

"I was interested in the photo of the Junction Inn, but I knew it was not the right picture.  I attach a photo taken around 1984." 

"My great grandmother Mary Ann Helliwell had a shop at 148 Ashton Road which remained in the family for some years.  I know she was living in the shop in 1918 when her son was killed  at war. I also know that her daughter Edith kept the shop,  she had a daughter called Jean. Then  for a while my parents took over,  then my mothers  brother took it over for a short time before coming to Australia. I would say around late forties the shop ceased or was taken over. I know the 1984 photo shows the original shop as part of the hotel now. I would be interested to know if anyone does have earlier photo’s of the Junction with the shop alongside."

If anyone can help, please send the photo to us where we can,in turn, send it on to Judith  :)

Many Thanks for sharing, Judith !

A Sketch of Zion Church

Here is a fantastic drawing of the old Zion Congregational 

Church building by Barbara Sole. 

It is as it appears on the front cover of the book 

"The History of Zion - 1847 - 1996" which was written by 

my Mum, Doreen Morris.

I loved the old building - It was full of nooks and crannies to play hide and seek in which me and my sister did frequently when we went over with my Mum 

when she practised playing the organ.

Thanks to Barbara Sole for use of the Picture and ,of course, Doreen Morris for writing the book.  :)

Pudding Lane

A nice shot of Pudding Lane in the time before the housing estate was built in Hattersley..

The Junction Inn

The Junction Inn was situated at 150 Ashton Road in Newton. 
It was opened  in 1857 and was named after the new rail link at Hyde Junction which was run from the main Manchester to Sheffield route .

At the rear of the Junction there used to be a small factory making hats and many of the workers would call in for much needed refreshments.




EDIT:
After much detective work by many people it appears that the postcard is of The Junction Inn which stood on the corner of New Mills Road and Chapel Road, Hayfield and NOT the one on Ashton Road as stated on the back. It was demolished about 1934/5. 
This piece of information comes from David Stafford.

Many Thanks, David :)

Rosemount Chapel Interior

Here is a lovely postcard sent to us by Werneth Low.
It shows the interior of Rosemount Chapel in Flowery Field.
It was quite similar to the old Zion Congregational interior.

I was christened in this chapel :)



Many thanks for the loan of the postcard.
Much appreciated.