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Auction No 354, Category: Local History

14 Lots (displaying 1 - 14)

Manchester Ship Canal and the Mersey Docks & Harbours Board, a bundle of correspondence, engineers' reports, and other documents 1888-1889 and 1907

Lot: 1

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £40
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Manchester Ship Canal and the Mersey Docks & Harbours Board, a bundle of correspondence, engineers' reports, and other documents 1888-1889 and 1907, many concerning early construction work. (Qty.)

Lancashire & Manchester Transport interest including photograph of Didsbury to Cheadle horse-drawn omnibus c.1909

Lot: 2

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Lancashire & Manchester Transport interest including photograph of Didsbury to Cheadle horse-drawn Omnibus c.1909, large 1930s folding Plan showing Existing and proposed tramways in Manchester and neighbouring Boroughs and Districts issued by Manchester Corporation Tramways, plus 4 other photographs. (6 items)

Railway History and photography, including David & Charles regional History (5, in d/w)

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £17
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Railway History and photography, including David & Charles regional History (5, in d/w), Manchester area softbacks, etc. (22)

Manchester softbacks and ephemera including "Thumb-Nail Sketches of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition as seen from Chorlton-cum-Hardy", John Heywood, 1887;

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £56
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Manchester softbacks and ephemera including "Thumb-Nail Sketches of the Royal Jubilee Exhibition as seen from Chorlton-cum-Hardy", John Heywood, 1887; Withington Baths 1909 City Architect's Plan and photogravure view; 1904 Charity Programme for Hulme Dispensary; auction catalogues for Worsley Old Hall and Scarisbrick Hall 1931-1945, and Red Cross Charity auction Midland Hotel 1915; etc. (Qty)

Colwyn Bay Rose Queen Festivals memorabilia 1925 & 1926,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £20
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Colwyn Bay Rose Queen Festivals memorabilia 1925 & 1926, including Souvenir Programme, and album containing Official Photographs (4) and private snapshots (8). (Qty)

Photographs 1880s to 1920s, mostly 5 x 7", including views of West Kirby & Hoylake (17), Royal Visit to Leek (2)

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
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Photographs 1880s to 1920s, mostly 5 x 7", including views of West Kirby & Hoylake (17), Royal Visit to Leek (2), good coaching scene by Harrison of Leeds, etc. (39)

Four slot-in albums of mostly snapshot photos 1920s & 1930s, mostly of Wales, Isle of Man, Whitby area and Scotland; including Dolgarrog Floods 1925

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £76
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Four slot-in albums of mostly snapshot photos 1920s & 1930s, mostly of Wales, Isle of Man, Whitby area and Scotland; including Dolgarrog Flood Disaster 1925 (8), scenes at the Musselboro' Horse Races nr. Edinburgh 1936, Colwyn Bay Motor Bus 1924, horse-drawn transport at various localities, family snaps etc. (Qty.) 

Manchester Photographs with Edwardian views of Heaton Park and Prestwich area, and 1950s & 1960s City Surveyor's photos of streets and premises,

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £64
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Manchester Photographs with Edwardian views of Heaton Park and Prestwich area, and 1950s & 1960s City Surveyor's photos of streets and premises, notably Moston, Ardwick, Miles Platting, Cheetham Hill, Harpurhey, and Rusholme Road Cemetery. Also ephemera including Theatre Royal Programme for 1888; and 2 albums of unrelated photographs. 

Manchester & Salford history titles 1970s to modern, largely softback illustrated works,

Lot: 84

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Manchester & Salford history titles 1970s to modern, largely softback illustrated works. (30)

Local History 1970s to modern, largely illustrated softbacks with many Cheshire titles

Lot: 85

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £30
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Local History 1970s to modern, largely illustrated softbacks with many Cheshire titles, some Lancashire. (23)

Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove

Lot: 183

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £100
UNSOLD
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Correspondence, receipts and billheads, 1800s to 1870s, all to Manchester familes including the Davenports of Plymouth Grove and the Adsheads of Withington, the letters both family and business related, the receipts & billheads including 8 with pictorial vignettes of the period 1810-20. (abt. 106 items)

Souvenir Menus 1882 to 1960s chiefly Manchester related but including Cunard(11) and other shipping (8);

Lot: 189

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £62
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Souvenir Menus 1882 to 1960s chiefly Manchester related but including Cunard(11) and other shipping (8); better include Midland Hotel Woodrow Wilson Freedom of the City 1918 & Peace Celebrations 1919; and Town Hall Receptions 1909 & 1910, & Juvenile Ball 1882. (58)

Manchester Programmes chiefly the Victorian Amateur Players at the Athenaeum 1901-1924 (25),

Lot: 190

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Manchester Programmes chiefly the Victorian Amateur Players at the Athenaeum 1901-1924 (25), but also Manchester Ice Palace (4, including Silver Jubilee 1936), The Midland Hotel Theatre (2), etc. (36)

Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers;

Lot: 191

  • Auction Date: Wed 7th Oct 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
UNSOLD
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Greater Manchester Theatre Programmes 1913-1960s, plus few fliers; including Manchester Hippodrome 1928-32 Grand Variety Matinees (6) featuring Gertie Gitana, George Formby, Ted Ray, Sybil Thorndike etc; 1934 Rochdale Hippodrome Souvenir Brochure for Gracie Fields; Free Trade Hall re-opening 1951; etc. (26)