Idiot Check

Found on Hamnett Street.

For signs, signs.

ABC Wednesday: I is for Ink & Indian Cuisine

In 2010 this used to be the "Garlic" but that moved into the space above the entrance to Clarendon Mall and is still there.

It briefly became "The Bay Leaf" before finding life as the Bengal Spice.

By March 2011 it had changed to the Jaipur which had previously operated from premises at the bottom end of Market Street.

A few months later the Jaipur moved again to premises on Market Street formerly occupied by "Clove" - see my post of 17th May 2012.

It was then that the sign for the Bengal Spice re-appeared here.

Now, however, the sign has been removed again and the premises re-opened as "Maha Indian Cuisine". As yet they don't have a neon sign up.

Next door, meanwhile, the premises, formerly occupied by an equestrian suppliers, are now a tattoo parlour operating under the name "Northern Ink".

A contribution to ABC Wednesday.

Comfort Corner, 2013

The bottom end of Market Street. Around the left-hand bend it becomes Manchester Road. On the right is the exit from the bus station. Before the building of the M67 in the 1970s this would also have been the junction with Newton Street ahead but now there is just a slipway to the M67 immediately round the bend.

See how it looked around 1948 on Old Hyde.

For Our World Tuesday.

Mellow Yellow Monday: Marie Curie Cancer Care Daffodil Appeal

On Saturday there were numerous ladies collecting for the Marie Curie Cancer Care Daffodil Appeal and I caught this one outside Clarendon Mall.

Read more about it on the Great Daffodil Appeal website.

A contribution to Mellow Yellow Monday.

Shadow Shot Sunday: 3 4 5 6 ^ 8 9

I found the shadows of these numbers on Church Street last week.

Where did they come from?

See my post for Friday Fences.

For a wider view showing the whole street scene see Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to Shadow Shot Sunday.

The Weekend in Black and White: Pole Bank Gardens

One of the sunken gardens at Pole Bank.

For information on the history of Pole Bank see Old Hyde.

A view of one of the other gardens at Pole Bank can be seen on Hyde DP Xtra.

A contribution to The Weekend in Black and White and Scenic Weekends.

School Fence

Today's post features the fence at St George's Church of England Primary School. I showed you a little bit of the school in September 2010 but here is a closer view of the surrounding fence.

A day school first existed here in 1836 but was replaced by a new school in 1870. Extensions were made in 1895 and 1913. The stone wall below the fence is part of the perimeter of the "new school". The old buildings were replaced by modern classrooms in 1978.

See photographs and further information about the history of the school on Hyde, Cheshire.

A contribution to Friday Fences.