Smile!Tameside

The Smile! Reporting Tameside’s Social History project will digitise and catalogue photographs from the Tameside Reporter Newspaper Collection held at @tmbc_culture 📷Copyright Tameside Reporter (Quest Media) licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0 Watch our video bit.ly/2P5tP5O

Some #MondayMotivation to get you through the afternoon, in puppy form. There is only one photograph of them, so presumably the photographer decided no second take was needed. Either that or they couldn't sit still long enough for the glass plate to be changed...

Tameside Local Studies & Archives have written a blog post on Arthur Wharton, widely considered the first Black professional footballer, and the first to play in the Football League. You can read the profile at the link below. tamesidesop.wordpress.com/2022/10/07/bla…

A car maintenance class at Hattersley Comprehensive School in 1973, helping drivers to avoid roadside misfortune. To any drivers reading this, remember to check your oil and fluid levels if you haven't recently!

The Civic Mayor, members and officers of Tameside Council are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Read more information on our facebook page here: facebook.com/TamesideCounci…

Taken on this day in 1958, a tractor works in the field alongside the gauging basin at Bottoms Reservoir in Longdendale.

Tameside Local Studies & Archives will be at Stalybridge Library on Tuesday 6th of September at 2pm, sharing and discussing archives relating to the town. Please book by phone (0161 342 4242) or email (localstudies.library@tameside.gov.uk) to attend.

Wolseley 6/80 seemingly loaded up for a trip (including canoe!), taken on this day in 1958.

Goall!!! Back of the net at Manchester Corinthians Ladies versus Preston Ladies, around 1950 #Lionesses

A very ornate display of flowers and plants from around 1948; hopefully the parks, hedgerows, gardens, and verges around you are looking just as lively after the much-needed weekend rain.

There's so much you can do in a library. In this case, painting a portrait.

Families boarding the Sunflower II for a trip on Stamford Boating Lake in around 1950. Does anyone remember taking a ride on the Sunflower II? #SmileTameside

@sportandbeerfan Thank you for the info (to both you and your sources!)

@SmileTameside1 My sources tell me that the team in the stripes are that of Brush Electric (as per the name on the stand). The venue was National Park, Ashton

Two players shake hands before the match c. June 1971. Can anyone help identify the teams in this picture? #SmileTameside

@ManUtdMrs Thanks for the tip!! We will look into this possibility...

@SmileTameside1 Is it Godley Hill in Godley, Hyde? I know they had a Morris dancing group x

A group of morris dancers performing in a street. Does anyone know where this photo was taken? #SmileTameside

Taking a ride on a miniature steam train. Can anyone help to identify where this photo was taken? #SmileTameside

There are still some places available for our talk on the lead-up to the Murphy Riots and the returning of the sabres, which will be held at Stalybridge Library on Tuesday 21st June at 2pm. To book your free place call 0161 342 4242 or email archives@tameside.gov.uk

Who else is looking forward to the band contests today?! Can anyone identify where this photograph was taken? #SmileTameside

#WisdomWednesday Here is the information about the earlier images depicted today showing past Whit Friday Band contests in the borough from top left: Millbrook 1996; Top Mossley 1960s, and Stalybridge Football Club 1998. #WhitFriday

Marking the end of Volunteers' Week, one of the wonderful team of volunteers at Tameside Local Studies & Archives has written about her experiences working with the archives of the Manchester Regiment. A big thank you to all of our fantastic volunteers! tamesidesop.wordpress.com/2022/06/08/vol…