LFHHS Chorley Branch

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The LFHHS Chorley Research Centre at Astley Hall Farm House has closed for refurbishment.

We hope to be open before July with a totally modernised and refurbished research and education facility for our members.

This refurbishment will provide a Research Centre comprising an all purpose research room, a computer research room, a library room, a training/meeting room, kitchen, and toilet. All heating, lighting, electrics, carpets are being replaced and all the walls redecorated.

We have worked closely with the Officers of Chorley Council in the design stage of the refurbishment to provide a facility that we all can be proud of. Our research centre will become part of a new community facility providing an exhibition and meeting space at Astley Hall Farmhouse which is part of the Astley Hall and Park environment. Needless to say we are very fortunate and grateful to Chorley Council for spending a significant amount of money in these hard economic times to provide us with modernised facility within the historic and beautiful Astley Hall Farmhouse.

We are applying to the Heritage Lottery for funding to re-equip the centre to the same high standard that the council are refurbishing our centre. If we are successful we will be replacing the all computers, printers, and the internet network infrastructure. We will be equipping our library with library quality shelving so that all our resources will be available and providing a microfiche/film printer to enable our researchers to make copies of our fiche resources. Our education room will contain a ceiling mounted data projector, screen and student friendly furniture!. Our application to the lottery will be in the order of £20,000 to £30,000.

Our LFHHS Oswaldtwistle Research Centre will still be open during this time

Exciting times. We will keep you abreast of developments!
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Our 'Next Steps' Education Course will start on 7th February 2014

LFHHS Chorley Branch are running their Intermediate Family History Course - Next Steps starting on the 7th February 2014.

A 10 week course designed to help to put some meat on the bones of your Family History and shows you sources and techniques to break through the 1837 barrier!!!

The course is held at Charnock Richard Scout and Guide Headquarters, Chorley each Friday for 10 weeks and starts at 7.30pm.

The cost is £35 which includes all handouts and tea and biscuits!!!

For further information or to book a place on the course contact course leader Pauliine Chapman on 01257 453087.

Branch News

Next Meeting

Our next meeting on the 15th April 2014. We will be welcoming Adam Cree w2ho will be talking to us about 'Susannah Knight'. The story of the unique woman responsible for the Astley Hall Memorial Book