New Mills Local History Society
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Next Meeting
Fri. Dec. 4 2009
"Portico Library People"
by Emma Marigliano
N.B. Our meetings are held in
New Mills Town Hall (SK22 4AT), starting at 7:45pm.
Visitors are welcome (£1-00) and refreshments are available
at the end of the meeting.
2009
| Fri. Sept. 11 |
Glen Atkinson | Building the Big Ditch: a magic lantern slide show on the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal. |
| Mon. Sept. 21 |
Derek Brumhead | New Mills Festival Lecture: The Mills of New Mills. |
| Fri. Oct. 9 |
Professor R W Brunskill | Farmhouses and Cottages of East Cheshire |
| Fri. Nov. 13 |
Dr John Crummett | Abel Buckley Wimpenny – a nineteenth century Hayfield mill owner, manager, political activist and social reformer |
| Fri. (**) Dec. 4 |
Emma Marigliano | Portico Library People |
2010
| Fri. Jan. 8 |
Judith Wilshaw | Samuel Oldknow: Marple’s Famous Son. |
| Fri. Feb. 12 |
Eric Wood | The South-West Peak: A History. |
| Fri. Mar. 12 |
Ruth Gordon | Grabbing The Headlines: A Look At Derbyshire’s Publishing Industry Over 250 Years Ago. |
| Fri. Apr. 9 |
Kevin Whitaker | History of Woodford and A.V.Roe. |
| Fri. May. 14 |
Mel Smith | The Architectural History of Strines Hall and Its Renovation. |