History of Tameside
History of Tameside
Dates of Historical Events
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
January 
Jan 1 - 1853 - Peel of Bells added to Holy Trinity Church Stalybridge
Jan 13 - 1890 - Daniel Adamson died aged 71
Jan 14 - 1901 - Astley Cheetham Public Library opened in Stalybridge
Jan 15 - 1950 - First Trolley Bus runs Piccadilly to Gee Cross 210 service
Jan 16 - 1871 - Stalybridge school board met for the first time
Jan 18 - 1868 - Ashton's local paper the "Ashton News" first published
Jan 18 - 1889 - Hyde Lane coal pit explosion 23 killed
Jan 29 - 1863 - St James's Church Millbrook consecrated
February 
Feb 02 - 1838 - First stone laid for St Paul's Church Stalybridge
Feb 05 - 1855 - Thomas Gair Ashton born. First Lord Ashton of Hyde
Feb 05 - 1925 - Explosion at Stalybridge Generating Station
Feb 11 - 1921 - Local paper reports 10,000 people in Ashton out of work
Feb 12 - 1857 - Dukinfield Local Board established
Feb 17 - 1826 - Sam Laycock - local poet born
Feb 18 - 1881 - Hyde granted a Charter of Incorporation
Feb 19 - 1904 - Manchester trams allowed passing the Snipe and running to Ashton
Feb 22 - 1904 - First electric trams ran to Ashton to Manchester
Feb 26 - 1907 - The very first "Pathe Newsreel" was shown at local cinemas
Feb 27 - 1807 - Hunters Tower Gorse Hall opened
March
Mar 1 - 1938 - The Manchester to Ashton trolley bus service began
Mar 2 - 1902 - The New Post Office in Stalybridge opened
Mar 5 - 1857 - Stalybridge received its Charter of Incorporation
Mar 8 - 1848 - Baptist Church (Wakefield Road) Stalybridge opened
Mar 9 - 1893 - Hyde adopted the Public Libraries Act
Mar 9 - 1928 - Police Act for Stalybridge received Royal Assent
Mar 13 - 1885 - Mossley granted a Charter of Incorporation
Mar 18 - 1871 - Stalybridge Borough Band established at the Bath Hotel
Mar 19 - 1863 - The Hussars sent for because of rioting by laid off cotton workers in Stalybridge
Mar 21 - 1888 - The present St George's Church opened in Stalybridge
Mar 21 - 1940 - Trolley Bus service extended to Ashton Market
Mar 27 - 1930 - Last meeting of the Ashton board of Guardians
April
Apr 1 -1923 - Townships of Newton and Godley transferred from Ashton to Stockport Poor Law Union
Apr 5 - 1855 - Ashton Reporter first published
Apr 10 - 1876 - Founder of the firm John Summers (Stalybridge) died aged 54
Apr 11 - 1878 - William Neal promised to pay £12,000 towards a new Town Hall for Ashton
Apr 14 - 1881 - First election of Hyde Town Council
Apr 14 - 1959 - Openshaw Metropole Cinema closed demolished 1962
Apr 17 - 1987 - Queen Mother visited Ashton to open the Museum of the Manchester Regiment
Apr 19 - 1845 - 15 men killed when the Railway Viaduct collapsed in Ashton
Apr 23 - 1846 - First railway train arrived in Ashton
May
May 1 - 1800 - Peak Forest Canal opened
May 2 - 1907 - 2 trams met on a single line on Hyde Lane (now Market Street) in Hyde as neither would give way the drivers ended up in court
May 4 - 1889 - Hyde Public Baths opened cost to build £6,197
May 7 - 1870 - Stalybridge Corporation Baths opened (a gift from Robert Plat)
May 18 - 1925 - Nigel David Howard, (cricketer, Lancashire and England) born Gee Cross
May 20 - 1930 - King and Queen visited Ashton
May 21 - 1904 - Hyde Park opened
May 22 - 1904 - First electric tram
May 23 - 1842 - A stage coach service began between Ashton and Oldham
May 25 - 1899 - Oldham, Hyde and Ashton tramway tested
June
June 1 - 1889 - Foundation stone laid St Stephen’s Church Hyde by Mrs Ashton
June 14 - 1888 - Railway accident at Hyde Junction 4 killed 14 injured
June 15 - 1901 - Dukinfield Town Hall opened
June 16 - 1928 - Black Knight Pageant revived in Ashton
June 20 - 1921 - Employment Exchange opened on Market Street, Stalybridge
June 23 - 1893 - Commissioner of Peace for the Borough of Hyde appointed
June 24 - 1821 - Samuel Waller a preacher was given 3 months in prison for holding service in Ashton
June 25 - 1921 - Hyde War memorial on Werneth Low unveiled
June 28 - 1925 - Memorial window to Canon Sheriff unveiled at St Paul's Stalybridge
June 30 - 1940 - First Trolley Bus from Crown Point Denton to Ashton
July
July 2 - 1830 - Ashton and New Market Ground opened
July 12 - 1873 - Stamford Park Ashton opened
July 16 - 1889 - William Shaw, Founder of Shaw's Breweries Dukinfield died
November
Nov 7 - 1908 - Leigh St School opened at a cost of £18,230-12-7 Hyde
December
Dec 10 - 1900 - Post Office in Corporation St opened Hyde
Dec 12 - 1929 - Greenfield St School opened Hyde
Dec 19 - 1879 - Flowery Field nondenominational Church opened
Dec 22 - 1845 - Railway between Manchester and Sheffield opened