As promised earlier,  a video. Very sorry about the quality of the film but it is the best I can do. Hope you like it.

See----- YouTube broadcast  yourself-----Viagra @ whaley Bridge

Keep taking the pills.

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High Peak Harry   

You still do not appear to have answered our question put to you in post #32 in the “Whaley Bridge Town Centre” thread.

The members if this forum are still awaiting your reply.

Thank you again Jon, It was the "Printshop Chimney" . The Calico Printers Association to give the company it's correct name, at the Bingswood site where Stampiton and Paintmaster now are. Painted on the side of it in enormous letters on the Whaley side was C P A vertically. It was filmed from The Bings in about 1965. In the final shot Harry Mortens farm is just visible ( now his son's, young Geoff and his wife Joan) . I'm sorry about the graininess but had to play it backwards slowly or the whole run would only last about 2 seconds.

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Dear Snowy,
Maybe 1964, but don't forget, even then my dementia was kicking in.

P.S. Isn't it still the wife's job to do the washing?

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By the way, does anyone know if there are still any traces of the old chimney, or was the site completely cleared?

Morning all

Re printworks chimney.

Before the one on the photo there was an earlier in the yard in the middle of all the buildings, this was dropped in the early 1930's. The last chimney was dropped on August 15th.1966,I was on Bings Road as well as many of you, unfortunately I was to anxious and took a photo too quickly consequently the chimney looks almost upright. I am trying to attach the photo and anothers before the event. One from the canal basin, one with a hole at the bottom and one looking straight up Here goes.  

george attached the following image(s):

and again

Like was on my school reports must do better!

george attached the following image(s):

I hope you find them worthwhile if I manage to complete them

Dear George, Thanks a million for the photos, I could have sworn that the writing was C P A only. I must have seen it many thousands of times and it is surprising what tricks the old memory plays.I stand corrected. I was probably standing next to you on the Bings that fateful day possibly discussing how well the WB&B Co-op was doing as it nearly owned Whaley didn't it. Who benefitted from all the property that it owned ? There must have been hundreds of houses and shops and outbuildings that were owned by the company.... Who asset stripped?