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25-430: As a master machinist, William Jones started making sewing machines in 1859 and in 1860 formed a partnership with his fellow lodger and master machinist, Thomas Chadwick. As Chadwick & Jones they manufactured sewing machines at Ashton-under-Lyne until 1863. Their machines used designs from Howe and Wilson, produced under licence. Thomas Chadwick later joined Bradbury & Co. William Jones joined his brother to continue

50-459: A Jones machine. Jones was happy to make machines under different names when ordering over 100 machines unlike Singer which would only produce machines with their name on. The different Jones machines can be found appearing under various name such as CWS (Co-operative wholesale society), Whiteley's universal, Federation (which is another machine for the co-operative wholesale society) which are all basically Jones Family CS machines. The Cat-Back design

75-401: A daily charge of £3 being introduced. As a result, the once busy car park largely fell quiet. A subsequent review was taken, following complaints from neighbouring residents, with backing of local councillors over the re-distribution of cars once parked on the ample station facility to the surrounding residential streets with charging dismissed soon afterwards. A new single-storey ticket office

100-410: A fire gutted the waiting room, footbridge and ticket office. The fire has subsequently been attributed to arson and caused around £1m of damage to the station, necessitating the demolition of the footbridge. This has not been rebuilt, necessitating a lengthy walk out of the station and along the adjacent main road to change platforms. In January 2009, the previously free car parking was abolished, with

125-462: A frequent sight here, along with Class 25 , Class 40 and numerous others classes of diesels. The former TransPennine Express operator, Arriva Trains Northern , had plans to establish Guide Bridge as a major interchange station, coupled with hopes that the Woodhead line might re-open. Such aspirations failed to materialise when First TransPennine Express took over the franchise. On 22 October 2006,

150-589: A half-hourly DMU service between Piccadilly and Rose Hill Marple . There is a limited service after 19:00 each evening to Rose Hill Marple, whilst the Glossop service drops to hourly after 21:00. Early morning, rush hour and late evening services start or terminate at Glossop. On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service to Hadfield but no service on the Rose Hill Marple line. The Stockport-Stalybridge line DMU service, which had previously been an hourly operation,

175-551: Is operated by Northern Trains . The station is 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (7.6 km) east of Manchester Piccadilly on both the Rose Hill Marple and Glossop Lines . It 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 station , to Sheffield ; it opened as Ashton and Hooley Hill on 11 November 1841 when

200-457: The Ashton Canal . Industries included Scott & Hodgson Ltd which had an engine shop near Guide Bridge railway station . In later years it was occupied by "Arnfields", makers of Mono-Pumps. Guide Bridge is located on the Ashton Canal , and later on the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway . These were used for the transportation of raw materials and the delivery of parts of

225-468: The Cat-Back and Serpentine model) appeared in 1879. These were manufactured until 1909. The Serpentine machines formed a lock stitch using a reciprocating (i.e., linear fore/aft motion) boat shuttle, while later models used a vibrating shuttle . The B model received the 1884 Northampton Leather Exhibition prize for the best machine for closing boot uppers and general leather work. The CS Family model

250-751: The Guide Bridge Conservative Club. It is served by Guide Bridge railway station which also serves as a railway junction. At the centre of Guide Bridge is St. Stephen's Church and St Stephen's Church of England Primary School. Guide Bridge is home to the Guide Bridge Theatre, formerly the Ashton and Audenshaw Repertory Club, which opened on 29 July 1972. Guide Bridge railway station Guide Bridge railway station serves Guide Bridge in Audenshaw , Greater Manchester , England , and

275-530: The Oldham, Ashton & Guide Bridge Railway, which closed to passengers in 1959. The station was also where express services, to and from Manchester Central on the London Marylebone route, changed locomotives. 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

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300-571: The Woodhead Railway Heritage Group has submitted plans to create a museum to celebrate the Manchester to Sheffield rail link. The museum is to be housed in a former signalling and telecommunications building at Guide Bridge railway station. Network Rail has been carrying out renovation work on the building since 2020. The current service at Guide Bridge consists of a half-hourly Manchester Piccadilly- Hadfield EMU service, increasing to every 20 minutes during weekday peak periods, and

325-691: The business, opening a factory in Guide Bridge , Manchester in 1869. In 1893 a Jones advertising sheet claimed that this factory was the "Largest Factory in England Exclusively Making First Class Sewing Machines". The firm was renamed as the Jones Sewing Machine Co. Ltd and was later acquired by Brother Industries of Japan, in 1968. The Jones name still appeared on the machines till the late 1980s. The Jones patent for his popular Serpent Neck model (also known as

350-451: The changeover from 1500 V DC to 25 kV AC working on the Hadfield line, with demolition of the buildings following a few years later. The area has been covered, with a section forming part of the car park, 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 Stockport-Stalybridge Line trains to cross

375-803: The finished engines. Guide Bridge was the home of the Jones Sewing Machine Company . Since the Reform Act 1832 , Guide Bridge has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the Ashton-under-Lyne parliamentary constituency . The constituency was initially represented in the House of Commons by members of the Liberal Party until a period of Conservative Party dominance in

400-720: The junction at 30 mph (max) rather than 15 mph as previously. With the electrification of the Woodhead Line between Manchester and Sheffield 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 DMU -operated services from London Road to Macclesfield , via Rose Hill Marple , which closed south of Rose Hill in January 1970; Stockport Edgeley to Stalybridge ; and to Oldham , via

425-517: The late 19th century. Since 1935, the constituency has been under Labour Party control. The member of parliament since 2015 has been Angela Rayner . The Conservative Party, which has enjoyed a steady rise in the constituency since 2001, while still being outstripped by the Labour Party which has seen an even bigger rise in votes in the constituency since 2010 , is represented in Guide Bridge by

450-482: 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 had a four platform configuration originally, with a large office on the southern side. However, the southern (former slow line) platforms were decommissioned and the tracks were lifted in 1984–85; this was part of layout alterations associated with

475-492: The route operated in the other direction (leaving Stockport at 9:22 and calling at 9:37, on Fridays only). This train was also unusual in that it arrived at Guide Bridge on the Manchester-bound platform before changing tracks after departure. Since the start of the summer 2018 timetable on 20 May, the service on this route has operated on Saturdays instead of Fridays and now has a return working, with one train to Stockport and

500-455: Was almost entirely withdrawn when TransPennine services between Manchester and Leeds were re-routed from Manchester Victoria to serve Manchester Piccadilly in 1989. There was, for a time, a 16:08 Friday only "service" from Stalybridge to Guide Bridge whilst weekend engineering work was taking place in the Stockport area (in 2004). Subsequent to this, the once-weekly parliamentary train on

525-469: Was also sold under the name Eclipse, and The Favourite. This article about a manufacturing company in the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guide Bridge Guide Bridge is an area west of Ashton-under-Lyne , in Tameside , Greater Manchester , England. Historically part of Lancashire , Guide Bridge was built as a village around an eponymous bridge over

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550-525: 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

575-431: 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

600-505: Was commissioned in December 2014; it was built on the former island platform (now platform 1), as part of a £1.7 million revamp of the station. Improved lighting, an extended car park with 140 spaces, CCTV cameras and cycle storage lockers were also provided. The new facilities were opened officially by the Minister of State for Transport Baroness Kramer. In August 2023 it was revealed that

625-448: Was produced for many years. One version of it has "As Supplied to Her Majesty Queen Alexandra" written along the shoulder and like many Jones machines displayed very ornamental decoration ensuring that many are still kept in good condition as decorative items. You can find Jones machines and advertising with reference to her as "Princess Alexandra" and "Queen Alexandra" and there is a reliable account that while at technical school she did use

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