The Lymm Archive

Welcome to our photo gallery.  If you can help us identify people or places in any of these images or you have photos or stories to share, please get in touch with us at thelymmarchive@gmail.com.  We would love to hear from you.

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The changing face of Top Lane (Booths Hill Road)

The first photograph was taken during the 1950s looking towards C. J. Ward's at the corner of Cherry Lane. (Look closely and you will even see a low flying plane making its approach to 'Ringway Airport'! The second image shows a more modern version of Top Lane looking towards The Co-op.

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Digital Story Telling at its finest ... read our case study from TownsWeb Archiving !

Posted on 6th Jun 2023 by Glynis Allen

The Lymm Archive Team had the pleasure of working once again with TownsWeb Archiving on the recent upgrade of our PastView website.  Read our case study here! This opportunity also led us to catch up and discuss the huge strides that had been made …

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Historic Lymm in Colour

Posted on 20th Nov 2021 by Glynis Allen

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER CREATES UNIQUE RECORD OF LYMM LIFE! Over sixty years after taking his first photographs of daily life in his home village, Alan Taylor is as committed as ever to preserving and sharing the history of Lymm. And in November 2021, a …

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Welcome to LyDiA, the Lymm Digital Archive

Posted on 4th Nov 2019 by Glynis Allen

Since Lymm Heritage Centre first opened in June 2017, the focus has always been on 'sharing heritage' and in a way that can be enjoyed by everyone.  Not just visitors to the Centre but also to the thousands of social media followers around the worl …

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