R S-S I think you have misunderstood me.

What I am suggesting is

that instead of 'losing' all the photos in the various threads and then having to struggle to remember in which thread a particular photo was,

is that the photo is still attached to the appropriate thread ( i.e. the extension to Jam Butty Hill" ),

but that we also  have a separate gallery of photos linking back to the thread/contributor, so that people could look at the photos and then read the appropriate thread.

This way, as I see it, we do not 'lose' the photo and people could then access them without trawling through numerous threads unless they had an interest.

Does this make sense ?

Mike

I'll have a look for this pointing this evening, when I take a stroll down for a couple of pints in t'club.

As the club is still the club, unless somebody has put "BATH HOUSE" in the pointing there, I can't see it being that.

As you mentioned The Old Bull's Head, I can't see it being that, but possibly it might be the Chapel virtually next door; though I'm sure there is proper inscribed masonry showing its former use.

If its the former railway station, the gable ends aren't visible from the road.

I'm leaning towards the former shop into which the Navigation was extended, but I'd hardly describe that as "famous". Mind you, that goes for all the other buildings I've mentioned!

Mr Stevenson-Smythe is right, a bit of discussion DOES add to the memorability of photographs

Hmmmm,

Sounds like Gnathole School to me now. You confused me by saying it was close to the Bull's Head. It's nearer to the Rose & Crown.

Dear R S-S, many thanks for the photo of The Bull's Head. What memories it brought back to me, I used to go in there nearly every day. As a matter of interest the house in the centre of the photo which was demolished to make the club's car park  used to be the home of the Smith family. These Smiths are now all over the Whaley area, one being a postman, the other an ex-fireman now taxi driver plus about 4 more.

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With regard to The Gnat Hole School the only person still alive that I know of who went there is Rolf West the electrician in New Mills. His  large family lived over the road from the school. There may be others alive but all my relatives that went there are now in St. James's back yard.

Now back to the photo library. How about another main heading, we already have  general discussions and history, how about another for photographs. This could have many subsections like people, events, buildings, celebrations, nature(including if necessary birds which do not belong to W/B)  and many more. When anyone posts a photo in a topic they could also post it in the photo album under the right category. In the future if you wanted to look at just pubs for instance in the area you could look in photo album under buildings. At present there are photos  of many pubs in the area ( nearly all contributed by Mr. R. S-S  thanks again ) but to find them all would take hours as they are hidden in nearly every topic. 

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Dear Buggyite, Whilst you are looking for whatever R S-S has posed for you,  perhaps you could ask some of the locals which garden the statue went from,  that was bought by, I believe, by a visiting USA man in the 50's. My mother always called it "Piffy on a Rock-Bun" I remember seeing it prominently  in a garden in Bugsworth.Thinking about it there are not many houses in Bugsworth that could comfortably fit a large statue in the garden. It was white/ish and probably marble and much larger than lifesize. I don't have a photograph of this but someone may have one.