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My father was a very keen cyclist in the 1940s and remembers a cafe near Whaley Bridge called the Egypt Cafe ( possibly had a roof in the shape of a pyramid ) - does anyone have any idea where it was?
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Hi,
It is possible that this cafe might be the 'Iron Church' or Buxton Road Tea Rooms referred to in the post in the link below by RSS (see post #40) . There are some pictures. The roof is not in the shape of a pyramid, but there is a definite angular aspect to it that your dads memory may have turned into a pyramid shape. I dont remember reading anywhere on the forum of any cafe near or in Whaley called the 'Egypt' cafe, but perhaps others have an idea ?
http://www.whaleybridge.net/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=1059&p=2
Cheers Jon. Edited by user 05 April 2013 01:24:40(UTC)
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the OP didn't say IN Whaley, he said NEAR Whaley...
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Well, I'm going to put two and two together and come up with 15 here.
I would first like to quote G. Jackson from the thread "Anyone for Tea?"
http://www.whaleybridge.net/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=79
"The photo is of Henry Hoggins' second cafe. The first was over the road near where Stanway's shop is now"
Next I would like to refer to the photograph posted by Gnatalee in "Industrious Whaley"
http://www.whaleybridge.net/forum/default.aspx?g=posts&t=146
Now if you look on the right hand side of the picture you will see a building where Stanway's now is with a distinctive pyramid roof. Now add into the mix that Egypt was very newsworthy following the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922. Maybe this was, for a while at least, the "Egypt Cafe"
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Thanks for trying Rockbanker.
I posted your comment and the photos to my Dad but sadly he said it isn't the one. He does remember Bill Garlick's cafe tho'!
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The Derbyshire Yeomanry served most of the First World War in Egypt. While this doesn't directly answer the question I think it may give some clues to our resident military history enthusiasts. I believe we have at least three users of the forum who could be called that. Was it an ex-serviceman who opened it? Maybe it was originally for returning troops? Don't know, just throwing some suggestions out there.
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I am delighted that you finally located the Egypt Cafe. I had no idea that it had been there on Blaze Hill. You live and learn! :)
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