Monthly Archives: April 2015

Donation of the Month: autograph book kept by Bury Hippodrome.

Posted on April 17, 2015 by buryculture

We are so pleased to announce our latest donation! Kindly donated to us by Mr Raymond Wilson, the autograph book contains delightful entries from many performers who visited the theatre between the years of 1920-1925. Raymond was keen to inform … Continue reading →

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Family Ties

Posted on April 2, 2015 by buryculture

One of the collections held by the Borough Archive is a Miscellaneous Local Photographs Collection (MLP). This is where we catalogue photographs that are important to the history of the borough but do not have links to any of the other … Continue reading →

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Dainty Little Scones

Posted on April 1, 2015 by buryculture

Our World War 1 Heritage Lottery Fund project is gathering pace with the input of lots of fantastic volunteers who are scouring digitised copies of local papers from the period. They are looking for interesting articles, pictures and advertisements as well … Continue reading →

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