Above: Castedge Farm Cottage in its prime. Above inset: Kathleen Nall (second from right) with her parents and (presumably) elder brother and sister. On the far right is her friend, Brenda Hewitt, who lived at the nearby Shooters’ Clough Cottage. Above: This...
Above: A wonderful view of the now-drowned hamlet of Goyt’s Bridge, taken from close to the Bunsal Incline. Errwood Cottage is in the centre, with Errwood Hall just visible in the distance. I’ve managed to obtain a photo I’d never seen before,...
Below: The old and new views match up exactly. Click either photo to enlarge. In October last year Michael kindly allowed me to scan his wonderful collection of old Goyt Valley postcards. One in particular caught my eye. It wasn’t the most picturesque...
Above: This rare photo shows the old Macclesfield to Buxton road as it snakes towards the horizon. The circled house is Marchington Farm. The next building is Moss House. Further along on the right is Moss Hall, and lastly Goyt’s Moss Farm, which now serves as a...
Above: Could a puma be living in the Valley? I’d say it was extremely unlikely. Above: A wallaby pictured in March 2009 near Lud’s Church by Andy Burton of Sheffield. Alan has sent a message posing what he says may seem a very odd question: Has...
I’ve taken a look at the drone on the maker’s website and it does look fairly idiot-proof. Which it would need to be if I’m not to drop such an expensive bit of kit in the middle of Errwood Reservoir! With Christmas fast approaching, I thought it...
Above: This suave gentleman features in the video (click to enlarge). He is Captain Preston, who married the younger Grimshawe sister, Genevieve, in 1891. He’s pictured on the steps leading up to the family’s hill-top cemetery – which is where he now...
Above: Yours truly pictured at the ruins of Errwood Hall with ITV Calendar presenter, Kerrie Gosney, and camera man (name to follow). My fleeting moment of fame lasted only a few minutes. But it provided a reason for returning to the valley after my recent move south....
Above: This illustration, which appears on the cover of Gerald Hancock’s wonderful booklet on the valley, would have been painted around 1900. My thanks to Michael Baines for allowing me to scan some of his wonderful postcards of the Goyt Valley. They include an...
Above: The gunpowder mill once employed around 100 men. Today the ruins lie beneath the northern end of Fernilee Reservoir. Joyce published the 56-page, A5 booklet in 1996. For a signed copy, send a cheque for £8 made out to J Winfield, 13 Jodrell Meadow, Whaley...
