Macclesfield Nostalgia: Crowd of onlookers flock to see flood spectacle

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By Emma Boff

We take a look at fascinating photos from over the years taken around Macclesfield and the surrounding areas, dating from between 1910 right up to 1970.

Our cover photo this week features a scene from the occasion when Bollington Canal burst, attracting onlookers from all over.

A crowd can be seen gathered near the Wagon and Horses pub around 1910, amidst canal floodwater flowing down the street.

Above, vehicles parked outside Macclesfield’s Newtown Chapel on South Park Road, in a photograph captured in the seventies.

A couple take a leisurely stroll down Macclesfield's Park Lane, in this image captured in the 1970s, while the old public library is visible at the junction with Park Green.

Road resurfacing work is back-breaking work for a labourer on Roe Street, Macclesfield, in this photograph, taken in the 1920s.

The stark frontal exterior of Macclesfield’s Roe Street Congregational Chapel is depicted in this image from the 1950s.

Kidd’s Chapel was built in 1827 when St. George’s Independent Chapel for protestant dissenters was licensed for divine worship in accordance with the Church of England.

Mr Kidd was the first pastor. It later became the Roman Catholic Parish Hall.

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Material taken from Wednesday's edition of the Macclesfield Express. You can explore old books, maps and newspapers by visiting Cheshire Image Bank.