Undertaker's car park under water

After heavy rain the car parking space for the undertakers on the corner of Market Street and Dowson Road is inundated by a huge puddle.

The reflection on the right is of the back of a house on Thornley Street, while the trees on the left are on Dowson Road.

See a wider, coloured view on Geograph.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Weekend Reflections.

Looking down on the Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal, viewed here from the Manchester Road bridge, was built at the turn of the 18th/19th centuries. On the right are 19th century warehouses. On the left are 21st century houses built on the site of the former Automasters Enginering Works.

Previous views of the Peak Forest Canal from Manchester Road:

• circa 1980
• December 2007
• October 2008
• March 2009
• April 2009
• August 2009
• January 2010
• June 2010
• October 2010
• March 2011
• February 2012
• June 2012
• October 2012
• March 2013
• August 2013
• November 2013

A contribution to Water World Wednesday.

The former Unity Inn

The Unity Inn on the corner of Oldham Street and Croft Street was closed in 2013 and has since been converted into residential use.

See how it looked in December 2012 before it was closed and in March 2013 when it was stripped of its signage.

A contribution to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.

Rufford Avenue

Bungalows off Walker Fold.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Sunset over Grosvenor Road

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

The former Packhorse Inn

The Pack Horse Inn at Mottram in Longdendale was a stopping place for pack horse trains on the saltway from Cheshire through to Yorkshire.

I first showed you the Packhorse Inn and its sign back in July 2008.

Having being closed for more than year, owners Enterprise Inns, based in Solihull, were granted planning permission in 2013 to convert it into a single house. The conversion appears to be still unfinished.

A contribution to Good Fences and The Weekend in Black and White.

See the original photograph on Geograph.

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Manchester Road, Kingston

This is the A57 road that connects Lincoln to Liverpool via Sheffield and Manchester. Here at Kingston it is approaching the Cheshire-Lancashire boundary. Long distance traffic now bypasses this road by using the motorway network but it remains a busy local route.

The cul-de-sac on the right is Hall Street. According to one of my twitter followers this was once known as Scholes Street.

A view down Hall Street is on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.

T is for Towpath

The towpath of the Peak Forest Canal approaching Manchester Road.

On the left is a grade II listed former canal warehouse now used as offices.

On the right are new houses built on the site of the former Automasters engineering works.

Compare with the view in 2008 before the works was demolished - Hyde DP Vol.1, Automasters and with the view in 2011 before the new houses close to the canal had been built - Hyde DP Vol.1, Moorside Place.

A contribution to
Outdoor Wednesday;
Water World Wednesday;
ABC Wednesday;
Good Fences.

Shadows at Church View

I first published the view from "Church View" on 3rd May 2009 and later on 31st March 2013 but this time I'm showing a view of the street itself.

The sign under the street name sign reads "Private Road No Parking".

A contribution to Shadow Shot Sunday.

Autumn on Great Norbury Street

A contribution to
Our World Tuesday;
Wordless Wednesday.

ABC Wednesday: J is for John Street (Northern remnant)

When the roads on the north side of the centre of Hyde were demolished in the 1970s to make way for the M67 motorway, this small remnant of John Street survived. The four terraced houses at the end lie back-to-back with the former St Andrew's Mission which closed in the 1960s.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

Shadows across Woodend Lane

The end of Woodend Lane from the top of Church Brow looking towards St George's Church.

There is just a feint glimpse of the church tower behind the foliage above the top of the houses on the right. The lych gate can be seen between the cars at the top of the photograph.

A contribution to Scenic Weekends and Shadow Shot Sunday.

ABC Wednesday: G is for Gerrards, Gee Cross

In the 17th century, opposite the end of Apethorn Lane was a small group of cottages known as Gerrards Fold.

The Ashton family farmed there before they embarked on the cotton trade in the district.

Towards the end of the 19th century the old fold was converted into a large Elizabethan style house known as "The Gerrards".

James Bradley lived there around 1905, Gladstone stayed there too as did a ghost. The now disgraced Stuart Hall once wanted to buy the property but the then owner refused him.

At the turn of the 21st century the house was demolished and replaced by three-storey modern town houses.

For an old photograph see the Hydonian blog.

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

ABC Wednesday: E is for Edna Street

A contribution to Outdoor Wednesday;
ABC Wednesday;
Wordless Wednesday.

Weekend in Black & White: Stockport Road, Gee Cross

The coloured version can be seen on Geograph.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White.

Preparing for KFC

Work has now begun on preparing the ground for a new KFC restaurant on the site of the former multi-storey car park.

See how this view looked in March

The high-rise flats in the background are known as Chartist House.

A contribution to Skywatch Friday.

Stockport Road, Hattersley

The A560 at Hattersley from the junction with Ashworth Lane. The council demolished all the houses on the east side of Stockport in the mid-noughties. However one owner resisted all offers to purchase and remains. Wildflowers grow on the former garden of the adjacent boarded-up house.

A contribution to
Skywatch Friday;
Floral Fridays.

Weekend Reflections and Shadows in Black & White on the Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal from the towpath just above Manchester Road bridge.

See how it looked in April 2009.

See the view in the opposite direction on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Weekend Reflections and Shadow Shot Sunday.

New houses on Manchester Road

These new houses on Manchester Road past the bridge over the Peak Forest Canal are part of Moorfield Place built on the site of the former Automasters Engineering Works.

See how they looked under construction in August 2013.

A contribution to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.

ABC Wednesday: S is for Sluice

This sluice gate on the Peak Forest Canal allows water to run off into Wilson Brook. The houses behind the fence on the right are part of Moorfield Place which was built on the site of the former Automasters Engineering Works.

See how it looked in August 2013;
a year before that in September 2012;
earlier in February 2012;
a year earlier in March 2011;
three years before that in March 2008 before the Automasters Works was demolished.

See the view in the opposite direction on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Outdoor Wednesday and
Water World Wednesday as well as
ABC Wednesday and
Good Fences.