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Guide Bridge Station was built by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway on its new line from Ardwick Junction, near to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway's terminus at Store Street, (now Piccadilly) to Sheffield and opened as Ashton and Hooley Hill on 11 November 1841 when the line opened as far as Godley Toll Bar. It was renamed Ashton in February 1842 and became Guide Bridge on 14 July 1845 when the line was extended to Sheffield.
The station originally had a 4 platform configuration with a large office on the southern side. However, the southern (former fast line) platforms were decommissioned and the tracks lifted in 1984-85 as part of layout alterations associated with the changeover from 1500V DC to 25KV AC working on the Hadfield line, with demolition of the buildings following a few years later. The area has been covered and used as access for the southern platform, but some evidence remains of the previous two tracks. The junction at the country end of the station was also remodelled in 2011 to allow Stalybridge line trains to cross the junction at 30 mph (max) rather than 15 mph as previously.
With the electrification of the Manchester–Sheffield (via Woodhead) line in the early 1950s, Guide Bridge, already a major centre of railway operations, increased in importance. Express trains called here, as well as EMU trains between Manchester London Road and the north Derbyshire towns of Glossop and Hadfield. There were also Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) services from Manchester London Road (Piccadilly) to Macclesfield (via Rose Hill Marple - closed in January 1970), Stockport Edgeley to Stalybridge and to Oldham (via the Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Railway, which closed to passengers in 1959). The station was also where Express Trains to and from Manchester Central on the London Marylebone route, changed locomotive. Drawn by a Bo-Bo or Co-Co Electric Locomotive from Sheffield, a steam or in later years diesel Locomotive would take the train the final few miles to Manchester Central and vice versa. The Woodhead Line was busy with goods traffic, especially with coal traffic from South Yorkshire to Lancashire power stations. The station also accepted goods under British Railways "Passenger" freight service and had a licensed Buffet.
There was a large marshalling yard about a mile east of Guide Bridge at Dewsnap. There was also a stabling point immediately to the east of Guide Bridge station where engines could be fuelled. Guide Bridge was also where the local Retail Coal Merchants transferred Coal from British Rail Coal wagons, carefully weighed into One Hundredweight sacks for delivery to homes around Ashton, Audenshaw and Denton. Express passenger trains via the Woodhead line ceased operation on 5 January 1970, but Dewsnap sidings and Guide Bridge stabling point were busy until the final closure of the Woodhead Line (east of Hadfield) on 20 July 1981. The Class 76 electric locomotives were a frequent sight here, along with Class 25, Class 40 and numerous others classes of diesels.
`â¦Until recently a former Girl Guide Association of Victoria property, Tapestry was originally the country retreat of Ann Rylah (later Lady Rylah). It is located at Strathewen, adjoining the Kinglake National Park. Lady Rylah died in 1969 and bequeathed this property to the Girl Guide Association of Victoria who became the proprietor in 1970 . Probate was granted to Morven Bond, solicitor July 1969.
Her will stated: `I give devise and bequeath my property situate at Strathewen 17C 17D and 17 F of Section 4 in the Parish of Kinglake together with furniture and furnishings therein ⦠to the Girl Guidesâ Association of Victoria of 20 Russell street Melbourne aforesaid for its use by the Ranger Branch. If the said Association shall not accept the said property furniture and furnishings them my trustee shall hold the same for my daughter UPON TRUST ANNABEL JANE BROWNELL absolutely.â Ann also bequeathed her house at Kew to her daughter my property (15 Victor Avenue Kew) â¦`together with all the contents therefore owned by me which are not otherwise specifically bequeathed by this will and together with the goodwill of the Veterinary practice carried by me at 15 Victor Avenue Kew aforesaidâ.
Her will described Tapestry thus:
`Property known as âtapestry;â off Fraser Road and Bowden Spur Road, Strathewen, Victoria. All that piece of land containing 59 Acres 1 rood and 1 perch of more or less so much and such pars as lie above the depth of fifty feet below the surface being allotments 17C and 17D ⦠and all that piece of land containing 7 acres 22 perches more or less on the surface and sown to the depth of fifty feet below the surface being Allotment 17F of Section A in the Parish of Kinglake County of Evelyn â¦. The building is timber house of 4 rooms, carport and sheds and outbuildings. Valued by sworn valuer Stanway and Flint Pty Ltd at $11,550.00â .
The Girl Guides sold the property in 1994.
Ann FF Rylah (on the title as a veterinary surgeon of 15 Victor Ave, Kew) had purchased the 59 acre property in 1951: there were no buildings, only fruit trees from a former orchard (at least one apple tree remains). The property was allotment 17C&D, Section A Kinglake parish and was first purchased in 1928 by Strathewan orchardist, Sydney Horn for â¤55.
Ann purchased three timber worker huts from near the Strathewen Post Office and moved them to the property as temporary accommodation, naming the hut amalgamation Panda Hut (named after Annâs dog). Only remnants of the Panda Hut chimney remain but it is pictured as a gabled timber hut located south-west of the house.
The 1967 aerial view shows the house and hut, along with the pine ring in its infancy .
As well as a country retreat, Ann Rylah made Tapestry a venue for a number of Ranger training and camping activities. Many rangers and girl guides camped in Panda Hut as a result during her lifetime.
Ann Flashman BVSc, later Ann Rylah, later Lady Ann Rylah
(largely derived from Robin Giesecke Ann Flashman BVSc October 2002)
Ann Flora Flashman was the first woman to enrol in the Sydney University School of Veterinary Science in 1930. She became the fourth woman to qualify and enter the veterinary profession in Australia. Her enrolment is thought to have encouraged other women to train as veterinarians. Ann was educated at the Ascham School for Girls, Sydney, matriculating in 1929: there she was the popular leader of the schoolâs girl guide troop. She was also a keen sportswoman and had developed an interest in journalism.
She enrolled at Sydney University in 1930, where she received the full support of the Faculty staff and pursued her Guiding activities and played intervarsity hockey. Her final year essay on duodenal ulcers in dogs was published in the Australian Veterinary Journal, and she was awarded the STD Symons prize for clinical subjects. Her final year practical work was undertaken at the Berri Experimental Farm and she graduated in 1936. Her graduation was preceded only by those of Belle Reid from the Melbourne Veterinary College in 1906, Margaret Keats from the Melbourne University Veterinary Faculty in 1923 and Pat Littlejohn from the Sydney University Faculty in 1935.
Ann joined the staff of the Lost Dog's Home in North Melbourne as its first paid veterinarian, following the footsteps of Belle Reid who had worked there in an honorary capacity. She also worked for the Lort Smith Animal Hospital in North Melbourne until she set up her own practice at her marital home 15 Victor Street, Kew, as Ann Flashman. She had married Arthur Rylah (1909-1974) in 1937, a former Deputy Premier of Victoria, government leader in the Assembly (Liberal party member), attorney general and Chief Secretary, and later Sir Arthur Rylah KBE 1968, a national political figure and reformer: she was his official partner and hostess in government circles. They had two children and lived at Kew (Athur Rylahâs birthplace, son of Walter Rylah), in a large Old English style home that survives today. They separated in 1968- a year before Annâs death. Arthur Rylah retired to his hill station retreat, Laurieton, at Mt Macedon (he is also listed at 34 Range St, Camberwell in WWA 1968) and Ann remained at their 15 Victor Avenue, Kew home and Tapestry (Refer to Costar in ADB V16: 161-2)
She gained the devotion of many animal lovers in Victoria through her tireless devotion to caring for animals and young people. She wrote a column called Pet Talk in the Melbourne Herald under the pseudonym John Wotherspoon, addressing issues such as tail docking, suitable pet ownership and the psychology of dogs and owners. These columns ran well in to the 1960s and were followed by two books: The Australian Pet Book (1962) and The Australian Dog Book (1971).
In her professional life she had brought great credit to the profession, being a skilled diagnostician and small animal practitioner; one who amply met the expectations of Ian Clunies Ross when he had written that there is "no conceivable reason why they (women) may not achieve a distinction equal in all respects to that of their brother members".
As a Girl Guide leader she was captain of the 4th Yarra Company, Division Commissioner, North Eastern Suburbs, Captain of the First Melbourne Cadet Company and District Commissioner, Northcote. From 1962 to 1967 she was Senior Branch Adviser for Victoria in 1968 she held the post of Lieutenant of the 4th South Yarra Company and Training Adviser for Victoria. She wrote (as Ann Rylah), `Australian Adventure. Girl guiding under the Southern Cross' (published in Sydney 1967) as a definitive handbook for Girl guides (136 pages).
Ann was an active member of and contributor to the Victorian Division of the Australian Veterinary Association and was its Vice President when she died from a cerebral haemorrhage on 15 March 1969. Then separated from her husband, Annâs cremation without an inquest caused some controversy, particularly after her husband, Sir Arthur Rylah, remarried in the same year.
The many tributes paid to her included one by Reverend Gordon Brown who described Ann as "One of those people possessed of a driving force which would not let her rest. In her professional and private life she was a dynamo who would not rest until she had accomplished what she set out to do." If one considers that while running a veterinary practice, having a high profile social responsibility and bringing up a family she also devoted much time and care to fostering the Guiding Movement in Victoria, she accomplished a great deal..'
An unidentified group of Louisbourg Girl Guides.
Date of Creation: ca. 1943
Reference Number: 00-11-29997.076
Photographer: Photographer Unknown
Louisbourg Girl Guides, ca. 1943. Photographer unknown. Reference number: 00-11-29997.076. Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University.
The Guide: this guy is the guide at Shahi Hammam (Royal Bath), in Androon Lahore near Masjid Wazir Khan. Great friendly Guy, he also sang a Kafi from Bulley Shah's work. very impressive...
interiors of Shahi Hammam (Royal Bath) can be seen here: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=325111614285452&set=a...
Guide Friday is most commonly associated with open top tour buses but also operated a handful of other vehicles. In February, 2003, former Bostocks of Congleton Leyland Leopard Plaxton Supreme IV WCA 942W was seen at the new operating centre. Guide Friday had been taken over by Ensignbus a year earlier.
Disneyland Dial Guide paper toy (circa 1974). Original scans graciously provided by Andy Castro. Digital clean-up and restoration by Robert Nava.
Height: 8"
Width: 10"
Depth: 0.031"
Difficulty Level: 2
A C13 propels the late afternoon motor train (the clerestory set) from Oldham into Guide Bridge, in heavy sleet.
I didn't note how many passengers were changing for the GC line London train. (This was one of Oldham's two "direct" routes to London.)
Another old photo. One of the second tier tourist spots in Manila is the Chinese Cemetery. It is an interesting spot, with some very grandiose tombs and draws enough people that there are guides who make a living showing people around. This was our guide when we were there.
As an aside, I have been looking over some old film scans, this is one of them. I have to say that the scanning of film takes forever, but once that is done, good exposures really need almost no processing and they do have a very nice character of whatever film stock you were using. I think this was Kodak Elitechrome.
December 13, 1997. Peri Gilpin of NBC's "Frasier"; Mike Tyson; Lucy Lawless of the syndicated "Xena: Warrior Princess"; Marv Albert.
Guide Bridge signal box located to the east of Guide Bridge railway station. 15:00, Monday 18th July 1988
(1/60, F8)
Guide Bridge signal box was a Great Central Railway Company type 5 design opened on 9th December 1984 fitted with a Westinghouse Signals Limited M4 entrance-exit signalling panel, having previously been open as Ashton Junction signal box from January 1907 until 24th November 1984. The signal box was refurbished in the 2003 including the fitting of uPVC windows, and closed on 4th December 2011 when control passed to the Manchester East Signalling Control Centre. The signal box was originally scheduled to close on 17th October 2011 but the closure was postponed due to faults or quirks transferring to Manchester East Signalling Control Centre when Ashburys signal box closed and the signalmen being given more time to get used to them. After closure the signal box was retained for use as an office, unfortunately an electrical rewire was required which was considered to much and the signal box was demolished in mid June 2013
A replacement Tew Engineering Limited SM48 entrance-exit signalling panel was constructed but never installed
Ref no 08881
At a local shopping centre, Pathfinders and Guides fundraise for Guiding Mosaic 2016 by selling Autumn, Chocolate Mint Girl Guide Cookies
The guide, in white blouse, is from the family that collected the cars at Vehicle Vault. Here, she's telling us about the muscle car section.
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Girlguiding Gibraltar (formerly Gibraltar Girl Guide Association) is a Guiding organization in Gibraltar. It is one of the nine branch associations of Girlguiding UK. It is represented by Girlguiding UK at World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) level and Girlguiding UK's Chief Guide is also Chief Guide for Girlguiding Gibraltar. The program is a modified form of Guiding in the United Kingdom, adapted to suit local conditions, with the same promise, and Rainbow, Brownie, Guide and Ranger groups.
The first Girl Guides troop in Gibraltar was formed in summer 1914, its creation was reported to the Colonial Secretary on 28 August 1914. However, the official founding year of the branch is given with 1925 and was remembered by three stamps issued on 10 October 1975.
In April 2009 the Gibraltar Parliament conferred the Honorary Freedom of the City of Gibraltar upon the local Girl Guide movement in recognition of decades of positive contribution to the community.
This was taken at the actual ceremony held at Grand Casemates Square on 08 June 2010.
Took this shot the last weekend. Father and Son duo were busy bird watching. The lake had lotsa birds.
I gotta run. will catch up with your all stream.
We held our first ever 'puppy room' to help students who might be stressed ahead of their exams.
Image Credit: Bhagesh Sachania