Photographs of Cheadle in the 1940s
Front view of Abney Hall
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People playing on the lawns in front of Abney Hall
View of the gardens at Barnes Convalescent Home
Rich assortment of plants in the Winter gardens inside Barnes Convalescent Home
View of the main Barnes Convalescent Home building and clock tower
A view of the exterior of Barnes Convalescent Home.
Early members of the Bowmen of Bruntwood archery club based in Bruntwood Park
Class members posing for a school photograph at Broadway High School in 1948
View of Bruntwood Hall from the driveway with the grounds in the foreground
View of Bruntwood Hall and Park
Post-war photograph of the front of Bruntwood Hall at the time it was used as the Town Hall for the Cheadle and Gatley Urban District Council
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Bruntwood Park
Ralph Bullock standing next to one of his excursion coaches
Group photograph for local people who attended a dinner dance in the ballroom at the Cheadle Conservative Club in 1944
Sign of Osbornes Removers who occupied Cheadle Hall in the 1940s
Group photograph of the Cheadle Home Guard outside the Drill Hall during the 2nd World War
Group photograph of members of the 2nd Cheadle Scouts
Young girls play in the water in the Cheadle weir near to High Grove Road in 1945
Huge crowds gather to see war leader Winston Churchill as he passes through Cheadle as part of his 1945 General Election campaign
A lady stands outside the WVS charity shop on High Street during World War 2
Local children Irene, Joan, Jack and Joyce Livesey pose in a Manchester photography studio during WW2 for a picture to send to their father who was fighting in North Africa
A mother and son in the old "Railway Field" close to Stockport Road now occupied by a housing estate adjoining Moseley Old Hall
The Manchester Road bridge over the River Mersey
A tram travels along Stockport Road near to what is now known as Roscoe's Roundabout
A post-war street scene of Stockport Road in Cheadle Heath
A tram travels along Stockport Road as it nears the junction with Edgeley Road