2021
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/09/21
Railway heritage of the North-West
Paul Salveson
Paul is a visiting professor at the universities of Bolton & Huddersfield with a PhD degree in Lancashire dialect literature.
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21/10/21
Myles Standish - Man of Mystery
Bill Walker
Find out about the local connections of this historic figure.
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18/11/21
Your 17th Century ancestors attitudes to Sex, fornication and Adultery
Dr Alan Crosby
What did your ancestors get up to … possibly bastardy, fornication, adultery, and much else and much worse! There’s no need to be ashamed – after all, the highest and greatest in the land were hardly guardians of morality (think of the 14 illegitimate offspring of King Charles II).
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02/12/21
Christmas Quiz
Join us for our annual Christmas Quiz.
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2022
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20/01/22
Member Contributions - Show and Tell
Bring family heirlooms and tell us about them
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17/02/22
Children in the Mines
Alan Davies
How children were treated whilst working in a mine before 1842, and after that date
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17/03/22
AGM
Propaganda and Reportage in the Great War
Mike Coyle
Understand how the media influenced the public during the First World Wall
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Railway heritage of the North-West
Paul Salveson
Paul is a visiting professor at the universities of Bolton & Huddersfield with a PhD degree in Lancashire dialect literature.
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21/10/21
Myles Standish - Man of Mystery
Bill Walker
Find out about the local connections of this historic figure.
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18/11/21
Your 17th Century ancestors attitudes to Sex, fornication and Adultery
Dr Alan Crosby
What did your ancestors get up to … possibly bastardy, fornication, adultery, and much else and much worse! There’s no need to be ashamed – after all, the highest and greatest in the land were hardly guardians of morality (think of the 14 illegitimate offspring of King Charles II).
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02/12/21
Christmas Quiz
Join us for our annual Christmas Quiz.
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2022
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20/01/22
Member Contributions - Show and Tell
Bring family heirlooms and tell us about them
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17/02/22
Children in the Mines
Alan Davies
How children were treated whilst working in a mine before 1842, and after that date
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17/03/22
AGM
Propaganda and Reportage in the Great War
Mike Coyle
Understand how the media influenced the public during the First World Wall
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