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Local archive • Undated • Macclesfield
Macclesfield local archive
Macclesfield has its own LimePin Time Capsule for photographs, places, businesses, people and local memories connected with this community.
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Macclesfield
Cheshire East · Cheshire
Photographs, stories, businesses, people and places from Macclesfield, preserved by the community.
Nearby archives: Tytherington · Upton · Higher Hurdsfield · Sutton · Fallibroome · Henbury · Prestbury · Rainow
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THE LOCAL STORY OF MACCLESFIELD
2 community contributions • archive growingStories through time
1750
Industry • 1750 • Macclesfield
Macclesfield and the silk industry
Macclesfield became one of England’s best-known silk towns. Silk throwing, weaving and printing shaped the town’s streets, mills and workforce, and surviving sites such as Paradise Mill preserve that industrial story.
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Photo memory • 1980
The high street as people remember it
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Local story • 1950
Everyday life in the community
Schools, workplaces, journeys, celebrations and ordinary days all belong in local history. This timeline grows with community contributions.
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Place history • 1920
Businesses that came before us
Help record what used to occupy today's shops, homes, workshops and landmarks.
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