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Bury Image Bank is a comprehensive image library containing a local history and archives database,

showcasing streets and buildings from c.1850 to the present day.

You can type in an area that you wish to search. i.e. Summerseat, and you will be able to view many old photos.

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115	16th August 2010
Name:	Grahame Sharples
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Comments:	Great site. It all makes more sense now that I have visited a couple of times and walked around some of the area.
Surnames I am Researching:	I am looking at the Haworths, Parkers and Hutchinsons of Woodhey and Holcombe Brook as seen in the 1871 and 1881 Census with Barnes Haworth as the senior figure. They were concerned with the Woodhey Chemical Works, Bank Mill and New York Mill on Redisher Brook. Various ruins can still be seen on the brook below the Hare and Hounds. Any comments or information would be appreciated. Barnes died in 1882 and is buried at Emmanuel at Holcombe. He was married to Hannah Duckworth and was a Manufacturing Chemist.

114	6th July 2010
Name:	James dean
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Comments:	Hi I was a boarder at Summerseat House in 1956 due to a bad chest infection caused by the fog and smoke of Manchester, which was very industrial [mines mills etc.] I have happy memories of the open fields around the house, and the big tree in the front garden which we used to hide behind when playing hide and seek with nurse Grey. I stayed for two years before going on to an open air school in Cheetham Hill. I am now sixty and still have chest problems but think that if not for my stay at Summerseat i would not be here today.
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113	22nd April 2010
Name:	Vix
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Comments:	What a brilliant site, I was only planning on dipping in and discovered I've been sat here totally transfixed for over an hour! I do the breakfast show on 107.4 Tower FM and I have a feature where I have a quick little fact about our area. Sometimes its Bury sometimes its Bolton, well your site will certainly give me plenty to talk about. I lived in Bury for many years, I cannot believe how much has changed, I love history its really interesting and hopefully it will fuel other peoples interest when I mention some of the amazing work you have done here! Please keep up the excellent work, if I ever find anything whilst researching for the breakfast show I'll pass it over to you! You have my total admiration for the work you've done, please keep going - I'll be book marking you so I can find you again! Kindest regards Vix...x
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112	10th April 2010
Name:	Martin Sanders
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Comments:	Looking for a long lost relative Daphne Sanders who moved to Summerseat in c1954 to be with her boyfriend then and whom we think she married in 1957 in Heywood. Research seems to suggest that his name might be David Barker, so they were David and Daphne Barker... any information on Daphne and her family would be interesting.
Surnames I am Researching:	Daphne Sanders , Daphne Barker

111	3rd April 2010
Name:	Frances Shankland
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Comments:	I visited Summerseat briefly last weekend. My mum lived there as a child. She died recently, and I didn't have enough time to research her child hood home properly. I found your site to be very helpful and will visit again. Thanks for all your hard work.
Surnames I am Researching:	Ashworth, Cartman, Tattershall, Brookes (Brooks).

110	31st March 2010
Name:	Mollie Senior
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Comments:	I stayed at Summerseat House convalescing from January 1948 to November 1948. I had my 11th birthday whilst there. Are there any photographs of the building and grounds during that period.
Surnames I am Researching:	--

109	28th March 2010
Name:	Helen Mercer
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Comments:	Hi there, I am a descendant of John Altham who was a farmer and butcher in Summerseat during 1851 - 1880. He moved with many of his family from Grindleton near Clitheroe which was then part of Yorkshire. I have been to Summerseat, but could not find any of the houses they lived in. I am sure Plum Tree House still exists, but could not find it. Thanks for the web site - very interesting
Surnames I am Researching:	Altham.

108	24th March 2010
Name:	Neil Stansfield
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Comments:	Very interesting and well researched website.
Surnames I am Researching:	I'm looking for relatives of William Easey, who was a butcher from Hall St around the 1930's - 1940's

107	17th March 2010
Name:	Ann G. Parker
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Comments:	What an interesting site! I will return to it. Ann Parker, New England, USA
Surnames I am Researching:	Royall, Lockett, Maraman.

106	13th March 2010
Name:	Ann Ashworth
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Comments:	I am on a return visit after a year-long lay off because of illness. I am so grateful to Peter and his family for providing so much family history/local information to us all for free. Thanks to him I managed to locate the grave of my 4x gt grandfather and other family members at Rowlands old Church, which I had been looking for for years. Thank you so much for your continued commitment to this website.
Surnames I am Researching:	HILTON's of Summerseat/Pilkington

105	8th March 2010
Name:	Pam Galloway
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Comments:	I didn't realise my mum's story was here (Lilian Galloway). It was gratifying to take her back to Summerseat House in the summer of 2008. She was very happy to be there again. Thanks for keeping this resource for people who may have interest in the history of the place.
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104	3rd March 2010
Name:	Brenda Joel
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Comments:	I lived at Summerseat House in the late 60's as a child who had chronic asthma, my name then was Brenda Morton. I am interested in finding people who were there at the same time.
Surnames I am Researching:	I would like to get more photos of the house and grounds if possible.

103	7th February 2010
Name:	Angela Burke
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Comments:	What a great site! I lived in the village from 1948 - 68 when I married. It brought back a lot of memories. Milkman Joe Pye's horse Dolly used to knock on our front door in Beech Street with her nose to get her regular sugar butty! The weekly visit from George in his old converted charabang filled with fruit, veg and fish. Everyone used to really clean the outside of their houses using the dolly stone to whiten the edge of the steps. The small local shops - Mooneys then Ronnie Stewarts in India Street, Harry Everett 'over the bridge' near one of the 2 Co-ops. Oh happy days!! Keep up the good work
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102	16th January 2010
Name:	Gary Greenwood
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Comments:	I am researching my great grandfather who lived at the Rowlands, Rowlands Lane Summerseat. His name is Squire Greenwood my great grandma was Priscilla Greenwood there son Howarth Greenwood was killed in world war1, at Gallipoli in 1915 he was in the Royal Lancashire Fusiliers I found my family in the 1901 census. I would like to know if my great grandparents are buried locally.
Surnames I am Researching:	I am going to research in BDM to see if I can trace any more information.

101	9th January 2010
Name:	Tony Wilson
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Comments:	I have visited this sight many times in the past and as an ex resident of Holly Street (1965 - 1970) I find it so interesting. The amount of effort you have obviously put in and the overall quality of the site add so much to the enjoyment. Thanks!
Surnames I am Researching:	I used to go to Campaigners at the Evangellical church which stood on the corner of Railway Street opposite the Liberal club (was it previously a co-op?) and it would be interesting to see any old pictures.

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