Crompton Brothers

On the retirement of John Harper, Whyrill and Henry john took over the building business and reputation, renaming it Crompton Brothers, builders and contractors.

At some unknown date the company moved from 18 Thornley Street to Silver Hill Road, just off the Stockport Road.

Access to the yard was up a sloping road from Osborne Road. This is now overgrown and limited to a footpath. There appears to have been a second access along the side of 46 Stockport Road - see aerial view. Right: Map locating Silver Hill Road, Hyde

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Above: An aerial view of Silver Hill, showing the approximate position of the Crompton Bros' yard, marked yellow. A second builder's yard abutted to the south.

Above: The, perhaps original, enamelled Silver Hill Road sign attached to the magnolia painted wall on the right. Right: The original entrance to Crompton's builder's yard from Osborne Road. Brown-field social in-fill housing can be seen on the left.

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Left: The heavily built and creosoted office which was once the Crompton Bros' office, a Scout Hut and now a garage.

Right: Looking towards the yard from Silver Hill Road, showing the old office on the left and the in-fill social housing of Ashley Mews.

Left: Ashley Gardens in-fill housing in the southern part of the old yard.

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Above: The name plate for Silverhill, 46 Stockport Road, Hyde Right: The front view of Silverhill, 46 Stockport Road, Hyde It looks as though the basement floor has been modernised to accommodate large and light French windows. A balcony has been constructed in front of the 'ground-floor' parlour windows. Through access to the builders yard was to the right of the building.

Left: The impressive entrance steps to Silverhill, with a modern canopy and wood and glass door. Below: An extract from the London Gazette of 17 August 1934, Issue 34079, page 5292 giving notice of that Crompton Bros was closing its stone merchant's business at Edge Hill Quarry

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Left: Aerial photograph locating Edge Hill Quarry

And finally

Right: An extract from the London Gazette of 17 April 1962, Issue 42651, page 3229 giving notice of that Walter CROMPTON and Henry John CROMPTON Jnr. closed Crompton Brothers on 31 March 1962. The company was dissolved by the sons of Henry john CROMPTON Snr, suggesting that the children of Whyrill were no longer involved in the building industry.

Walter was 48 years old and Henry john Jnr. 46. In August 2009, whilst photographing Silver Hill I met a 92 year old resident of the area. He told me that his garage had been the yard office and mentioned that when the company closed its name and reputation was sold-on. The new company, using the Silver Hill yard was Someone and Crompton. John Harper's company started when he moved to Hyde in 1887/8, carried on beyond its closure in 1962.

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