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VE Day 1945: a town’s celebration
Using three editions of The Bury Times newspaper published just after VE day in 1945 we discover how the town celebrated this momentous occasion in history. Be inspired by archives. Out of the darkness… …there was light. Both literal and … Continue reading
Posted in Voices from the Archives
Tagged Archive collections, Archive Donations, Burrs Mill, Bury at War, Bury Council, Bury Lancashire, Bury Parish Church, Bury Times, Dorothy Moran archive, Graham Cooper Archive, Infant Street Prestwich, Italian POW artwork, Ivy Road Elton, Lancashire Fusilier, Major Trevor Roper, Star Mill Bleach Works Burrs, VE Day 1945, VE Day 75, Warth Mill Camp, WInston Churchill's VE Day speech, Women's Voluntary Service
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Photo Donation of the Month: Birth and Death of a Mill Chimney
A couple of months’ ago we were asked to carry out some research into the history of Bury Boot & Shoe (formerly Woodhill Mills) off Brandlesholme Rd. The request came from an interior designer who was carrying out renovation work … Continue reading
Stand United Reformed Church: An Expanding Archive
As each year passes we welcome in more and more church records; some wait to be catalogued into new and exciting collections where others join existing ones – helping to create a comprehensive archival record of a church’s history. Stand … Continue reading
Posted in Donations
Tagged archive, Archive collections, Archive Donations, Bury Archives, Chapelfield, Church Architecture, Presbyterian, Radcliffe, Religious records, Reverend Alexander Anderson, Reverend Richard Slate, Stand Chapel, Stand Lane, Stand United Reformed Church, Walker Allen
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Photo Donation of the month: A Winter’s Tale
In January 1963, the local press was full of reports of the ‘arctic spell’, where on Boxing Day 1962, snow descended upon Bury and its surrounding towns. There were messages from the police who patrolled danger spots such as rivers, … Continue reading
Unveiling the Radcliffe War Memorial
Most of us will pass a war memorial every day, as we drive or walk to work; as we take a leisurely stroll on a sunny Sunday morning – they are part of our community and our heritage; they are … Continue reading
Posted in Bury Remembers the First World War, Voices from the Archives
Tagged Dr George Scarr, Floral trubute, Heber Street Radcliffe, Radcliffe, Radcliffe District Council, Radcliffe Guardian, Radcliffe War Memorial, Remebrance Sunday, Spring Lane Radcliffe, Stand Grammar School, Unveiling of Radcliffe War Memorial, War Memorials
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Bernard Fielding Archive: a work in progress
We’re well under way with our scanning and cataloguing of the Bernard Fielding Image collection. We’ve had grateful help with this project from many volunteers in recent years, but for the past 12 months or so, Daniel (who is on … Continue reading
The Holiday “Spirit”
With all this rain drenching our holidays we thought we’d give August’s Photo Donation of the Month a special holiday flavour! There’s sun hats and picnics, a pebble beach and somewhere off in the distance, the sitters’ eyes take us … Continue reading
Posted in Donations, Photograph of the Month
Tagged archive, Archive collections, Archive Donations, archive work, Bury, Bury Archives, Bury Council, Bury Greater Manchester, Bury Lancashire, Bury Photographic Society, family history, holiday photographs, local history, nostalgia, Sidmouth
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Joseph Buckley & Sons of Radcliffe: Herbal Brewery
Tom Keighley is a collector of old bottles, glassware and demijohns from the local area. His latest find is a large stoneware flagon bearing the name Joseph Buckley of Radcliffe and dated 1936. Most of the pots he collects belonged … Continue reading
