Archive 2025: Local History

2025 programme

DateNameSubject
8 Jan 2025Christmas lunch
22 JanMark ChildThe Manchester Mechanics Institute
5 FebHugh JonesThe Chartist movement in Manchester and Salford
19 FebAllen Christey-Casson (SVTT)The Victoria Theatre
5 MarLinda VeaseyThe capture of the French eagle
19 MarGeorge WaterhouseClog making in Lancashire
2 AprBeryl PattenPendleton people and places
– from the Woolpack to the White Horse
16 AprSheila ThomasWWII 80th anniversary of VE Day
30 AprPeter WheelerBlindness in Culture
7 MayGroup outing to Wardley Hall 1/2
Photo gallery/2
14 MayGroup outing to Wardley Hall 2/2
28 MayBrian BriggsThe king of the forgers
11 JunFiona EllisHistoric pubs of Eccles
25 JunAnita DouglasBroadoak Park, Worsley
9 JulPaul SherlockSalford twinning
23 JulValerie IvisonWartime memories
13 AugBeverley CarneyFrom Yorkshire to Lancashire
20 AugGroup outing to Buxton
Photo gallery
3 SepChristine StarmerManchester Library Theatre
17 SepDavid PeaseWilliam Huskisson – the world’s first railway casualty
1 OctSue PounderMy Monton
15 OctDebra CharnleyA house history in Swinton
29 OctBeryl PattenAgnews: history, art and philanthropy
12 NovJim TraceyWilliams Deacon’s Bank
3 DecAnne McGarryThe process of researching history
10 DecDavid RoughleyA Trip Down Memory Lane (Part 2)

2024 programme