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Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Colonel Duckenfield



This statue of Colonel Robert Duckenfield stands outside the entrance to Dukinfield Town Hall, King Street, was erected in 2007.

Colonel Duckenfield lived from 1619 to 1689 and was High Sherrif of Cheshire. He was Lord of the Manor of Dukinfield, living at the now-demolished Dukinfield Hall, where he established up the first independent chapel in England (Old Hall Chapel - the oldest Nonconformist chapel). He fought for the Parliamentary side in the English Civil War and led thew forces that captured the Isle of Man.

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Tuesday, 4 November 2008

Autumn Colours at Daisy Nook



Looking a little like a Constable painting, this autumn scene shows the Hollinwood Canal in Daisy Nook, between Ashton and Failsworth.

This was Waterhouses Junction, where the Fairbottom Branch led off towards Bardsley. To the left the canal leads to Crime Lake. To the right was a flight of four locks which took the canal down to the lower level to cross the aqueduct.

See Google Aerial View of this location.

Sunday, 2 November 2008

Wind Turbine



Ashton under Lyne Sixth Form College on Darnton Road has installed a 20kw wind turbine on its playing field as a way of cutting power bills and helping the environment.

This vertical axis wind turbine was designed to produce renewable energy cost-effectively, cleanly and quietly. This is the first college in the North West to have its own on-site wind turbine.

It is very new and was only switched on in October. A slight blur in the photograph will show you that the turbine was rotating fairly quickly when this shot was taken from nearby Montague Road. The high open country of Hobson Moor above Stalybridge can be seen in the background.

Older readers will remember the Sixth Form College as being Ashton Grammar School.

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Saturday, 1 November 2008

The Word is On The Street!



For today's Theme Day on "Books" we pay another visit to Maurice Miner, whom we met coming up for air last Sunday.

He is one of a series of light-hearted scupltures to have been put up in the area to celebrate the forthcoming re-opening of the old Ashton Market Hall after the 2004 fire.

This miner celebrity has dropped in here in Market Avenue in Ashton. He is seen here amusing himself with some down to earth reading. He is a mine of information and tried to floor me with a few questions. He told me that life has been the pits recently but these days things were looking up!

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Friday, 31 October 2008

Alphabet Friday - Stockport Road



S is for Stockport Road, which is the main A6017 road from Ashton towards Guide Bridge, Denton and, of course, Stockport.

This photo is looking along Stockport Road towards the centre of Ashton from the bus stop in Trafalgar Square. The tower of St Peter's Church is seen in the centre of the photo. The Twelve Apostles terrace is out of shot to the right.

See Google Aerial View of this location.

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

St Peter's Church



St Peter's Church stands in the angle between Manchester Road and Stockport Road and its tower is seen prominently straight ahead when looking westwards down Stamford Street.

St Peter's was opened in 1824, built for the Church Commissioners (along with many others elsewhere) in response to the spread of non-conformist churches. It has a gothic-style tower 128 feet high and inside it has gallery seating around three. sides

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Monday, 27 October 2008

Little Madam



Another in the series of statues to have appeared in Market Avenue in Ashton recently is this young lady making faces at passers-by.

In the background can be seen the miner who featured in yesterday's photo.

Sunday, 26 October 2008

Coming up for Air



Another new sight in The Avenue this week is this coal miner who appears to have lost his way and has surfaced amid the shops. He joins the other figures who are heralding the re-opening of the Market Hall.

I wonder how long it will be before someone falls over him?

See Google Aerial View of this location.

Saturday, 25 October 2008

Cheeky Chappy



This cheeky chappy is thumbing his nose to passers-by on the corner of Market Avenue and Old Street in Ashton.

This fellow is one of six sculptures that have appeared in the area to mark the imminent re-opening of the Market Hall.

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Friday, 24 October 2008

Alphabet Friday - Rock



R is for "Rock" and this splendid example can be found in Stamford Park, on the border between Ashton and Stalybridge.

This lump of rock is an erratic boulder that was carried by a glacier and deposited in the locality when the the ice melted. It was moved to its present location after the park was opened. It was popularly supposed that this rock was a meteorite but that is not the case.

At first I was waiting for the young gentleman to get out of shot, as I thought his bright shirt would draw too much attention from the rock, but when he turned to look at it, there was suddenly a connection and I am rather pleased with the result!

See Google Aerial View of this location.

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