From the Chronicle files - Thursday 21st August 2025

When the Chronicle learned that Lord’s Café had bought a new oven in 1950, they sent a news team along to cover the very first bake!

For as the newspaper reported, it wasn’t just any bread oven. This one cost £1,000, was gas-fired, thermostatically controlled and could steam bake 240 loaves on four decks at a time, all with a guaranteed light crust.

Lord’s Café was on High Street West, opposite Fielding’s jewellers and also ran a flourishing baking and confectionery business.

The photograph featured in the Chronicle to record the historic moment featured head baker Mr W. Probert (left) and baker Mr F. Cooper unloading a batch of freshly baked Vienna bread.

75 years ago...

More than 1,000 fans packed Droylsden’s Moorside Stadium to see the team nicknamed the Bloods hammer Glossop 5-1 to maintain their unbeaten start in the Manchester League.

The Hillmen trailed 3-1 at the break and with a strong wind behind them seemed certain of grabbing a few goals in the second half, but they failed to capitalise on the conditions and paid the price.

The Chronicle was lamenting Glossop’s lack of fire power in attack which had led to just three goals in four games and saying new signings were needed before the FA Cup tie with Cheshire League Altrincham.

The match was at North Road where Glossop’s first game of the season had produced a large crowd and gate money of £35.

Two goals in two minutes put New Mills on the way to a 4-2 victory over Stalybridge Celtic Reserves in the first ever Manchester League game at Church Lane.

But the scoreline did not reflect the play. Visiting Celtic were the better side, but Millers’ ‘keeper Hall was on top form pulling off some great saves.

The cricket season was coming to an end for another year and with just a few fixtures left it was another less than unsuccessful one for Glossop in the Lancashire and Cheshire League.

Third from the foot of the table they totalled just 121 at bottom side Swinton who in reply were dismissed for 56.

There were two matches left before the end of the Glossop and District League season came to a close but Hadfield St. Andrews were already certain of winning the first division championship for the fourth successive year.

The silverware was secured at Mottram where the church lads bowled the villagers out for 121 to win by six wickets.

A nail-biting finish was looking likely in the Glossop Industrial League where Hawkshead were topping the table by a single point.

Maconochie’s and Woods had each played fewer games and if they won them would play each other for the title.

Eighteen tenants were asking Glossop Town Council to be moved from the estate of prefabricated homes the corporation had built in Whitfield.

They wanted to live in traditional stone-built council houses, but there were none available, and they were added to a waiting list.

Still on housing, and the town council was giving an assurance to Glossop and District Trades Council that only trades union members would by employed on all future building contracts. 

But they refused the trades council’s plea for one of its members to be co-opted onto the housing committee.

A Tintwistle man was jailed for three months by Glossop magistrates for kicking and punching two policemen when he visited the home of a former friend late one night.

The court heard the men had once been close, but a dispute had arisen. He had gone around to attack his friend whose wife called the police.

Educational visits to ‘foreign countries’ are fairly common these days but it was different in 1950 and just five years after the end of the First World War.

But the Chronicle was reporting that 28 students and three teachers from Kingsmoor, Glossop, would be crossing the North Sea to spend two weeks in Norway.

There were fears there could be an outbreak of polio in Glossop after a 28-year-old man from the town was taken to Hyde Isolation Hospital suspected of suffering from the disease.

A local health spokesman assured people there was no cause for alarm as they were still waiting for a diagnosis.

There were calls for Glossop’s Norfolk Square to be improved and the council was listening.

Readers contacted the Chron asking for flower beds, lawns and trees and the council agreed to look into the requests.