Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 5hTrafford Local Studies weekly photo quiz includes this shot of the canal bridge on Manchester Road, Broadheath. They have it as 1930s. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026An old postcard featuring Westgate, Hale. The seller has it as 1920s. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Some people have suggested this is a false AI generated photo. Zoom in on some of the faces. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This picture is advertised as 'Automobile Procession In Streets Of Altrincham'. No date mentioned. Any thoughts on whereabouts it is? Looks like there are tramtracks in the road, so could be a stretch of Stamford New Road or Railway street.. 100
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Baguley Railway Station as it was. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stamford New Road, including WH Smith's at its old site, on a postcard sent in 1971. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Square, Bowdon on a postcard sent in 1970. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026An undated/unused postcard featuring Ashley Road, with its junction with Oxford Road on the left. No cars, plenty of horses and bikes, and looks like this section was considered to be Bowdon at the time of issue. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An undated/unused postcard featuring Southern and Sons Bakery, Hale. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A postcard featuring The Downs/Ashley Road. Undated. Looks 60s ish? 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A postcard sent in 1903 showing what was then the St Margaret's side entrance. The church, with spire, is in the background. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Two pictures from this week's Trafford Local Studies quiz:- Stockport Road, Timperley, c1910s Market Street, Altrincham, c1980s; photo courtesy of K. Hardman 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A postcard sent in 1906 featuring an unchanged section of Langham Road. The sender's message is bad news. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trafford Local Studies (TLS) 'Image of the week'. Their accompanying text:- This arch at Dunham Road Unitarian Chapel, was built to commemorate the visit of the Prince & Princess of Wales on 4 May 1887, during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year. TLS, cat. ref. TL1558 010
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The cottages near Bowdon Church on a postcard sent in 1912. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Unused/undated. A postcard featuring St Anne's Home with tennis court. 010
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Barrington Road on a postcard sent in 1940. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Trafford Local Studies weekly picture quiz includes this 1973 shot of the town clock under repair/renovation. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A picture of St Margaret's Church from an 1856 edition of The London Illustrated News. This would be shortly after it was built. 010
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Trafford Local Studies image of the week. They add:- George Richards & Co. Ltd., Broadheath, c1930s The staff stand in front of the largest machine made at their foundry. It was built to make gun barrels & all parts were cast at their foundry. Image: Mr G. Morgan Cat ref-TL7717 010
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026This appears on a sales site as a 1930-31 Witton Albion v Altrincham Cheshire League programme. The front cover is all that's showing in the advert. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026St Margaret's Church with the war memorial in its original place. Undated. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 24/08/2026St Johns Church, Altrincham on a postcard sent in 1906. Now shut down. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Old postcards featuring Stamford New Road and The Downs, and advertising W Shield's local businesses. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Trafford Local Studies' weekly photo quiz includes this shot of Regent Road. it's dated 1950. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 18/08/2026An old postcard advertising two local horse connected businesses. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Trafford Local Studies image of the week. Accompanying text:- A postcard of Shepherd's Cottage, Bowdon. Posted in Altrincham on 26 September 1910 to Miss Crossley, West Beach Lytham. Trafford Local Studies collection, cat. ref. TL0063 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Hale Civic Society were allowed access to the Welsh Chapel on Willowtree Road, currently being turned into a residence. They outline the chapel's history & added these photos. The plaque features two WW1 soldiers, & there are 2 men with those names on the Trafford War Dead site. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Trafford Local Studies weekly picture quiz includes this photo of the old Alty library. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A photo card issued by the Altrincham photographer George B Bradshaw Co. He operated in the late 1800s and early 1900s, and he's listed an impressive list of clients/patrons on the reverse. Impressive whiskers on the photo too! 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Not local pictures but might trigger some memories, before roads filled with car parking! From the 'Footy In The Good Old Days' site. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Another old/undated postcard featuring the much photographed Old Market Place. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This postcard looks to be a reprint of an old undated photo of Altrincham Railway Station. 010
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Trafford Local Studies weekly photo quiz includes these shots of Railway Street in 1987, and The Hare and Hounds c1960s. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 27/07/2026The Toll House at the corner of Stockport Road and Brooklands Road. A gloomy 1912 message from the sender. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 27/07/2026A leaf covered Alty Hospital on a postcard sent in 1923. The sender is trying to sort out a tango with Renato! 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026The Downs, near its junction with Woodville Road, on a postcard sent in 1915. The old telephone exchange building is in the background, it had been built a few years earlier. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 23/07/2026A steam train on the Altrincham line on this undated postcard. Clibrans in the background. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Moss Lane, Timperley. Postcard unused/undated. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A Hale Barns scene on a postcard sent in 1904. 001
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026The Kingsway, Altrincham, 'train' hedge chugs on. It's been there a few years now. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It's 1909 and Clibrans are acknowledging a roses order. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Another cutting, from a 1902 Manchester Evening News, highlighting problems Broadheath FC had in a game with Northwich Vics - perhaps an early indicator of the rivalry that would develop between the two clubs. Items taken from the British Newspaper Archive. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 14/07/2026An item from the Manchester Courier of 29 June 1903, reporting on the annual general meeting of Broadheath Football Club. It includes mention of their decision to change their name to Altrincham Football Club. From the British Newspaper Archive. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 10/07/2026A postcard sent in 1958 titled 'Road to Bollin at Bowdon Vale'. The sender mentions it's at the bottom of Priory Road. 020
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Trafford Local Studies' weekly picture quiz includes this:- Altrincham Railway Station, c1970s. Image courtesy of D. Rendell. 030
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 07/07/2026An undated/unused postcard featuring Timperley Village. 020
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Another postcard featuring the 1925 Altrincham Carnival. Tram tracks on the road, and the Barrington in the background. 000
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 03/07/2026A postcard featuring the Altrincham Carnival. The seller has it as 1925. 010
Altrincham - old stuff - people and places @alty-oldstuff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The Square, Bowdon on a postcard sent in 1970. 110
