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Bury Town Centre 1960s: Photograph of the Month

Posted on July 7, 2017

This month’s photograph is of an unspecified area of Bury Town Centre taken in 1963. As many of the photographs within this set are marked as ‘Central Dereliction Area’, it is possible that the houses shown in the image were … Continue reading →

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Richmal Crompton Library Display

Posted on May 17, 2017

After recently installing a glass cabinet in the main library area at Bury (to be used for promotional material and reading displays), we thought it might be a good idea for one of our first displays to feature a local author! And it’s … Continue reading →

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Springwater Mill: Photography Project

Posted on May 15, 2017

It’s always satisfying to assist visitors with their research and we were more than happy to help photography student, Andrew Carson, with his university degree project on Springwater Works in Whitefield. Up until Andrew visited the Archives he could find … Continue reading →

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WW1 Project Retrospective: Secondary School Sessions

Posted on March 10, 2017

I was so excited when Bury Archives asked me to be a part of the ‘Bury Remembers the First World War’ Project as a Secondary School Facilitator. What a great opportunity to be more involved with the Archives, connect with … Continue reading →

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Donation Of The Month – A Family’s Story

Posted on March 3, 2017

We were absolutely thrilled to be approached by Michael,  a life long Bury man, who wondered if his own family’s story would be of any interest to the Archive. Michael’s wonderful photographs and documents give us an insight in to a local … Continue reading →

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Archives in the Community: photographing Radcliffe Parish Church

Posted on February 13, 2017

We were extremely saddened to learn about the Boxing Day Floods back in 2015 and how this affected the communities in and around Bury, not to mention the rest of the UK. We can’t imagine how devastated we would be … Continue reading →

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The Day The Circus Came To Town.

Posted on January 31, 2017

You can smell the grease paint; hear the band and the animals, and feel the crowds excitement! The following extracts from the article sum up the Circus’s impact on Bury beautifully.. Continue reading →

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Back to the 1990s – Images from the Bury Times on Display

Posted on January 16, 2017

Archives preservation is not just about caring for records from long ago! Yes it’s always exciting to handle photographs from a far distant era but it can be just as fascinating to study and preserve images from more recent times: … Continue reading →

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Bury Postcards

Posted on January 13, 2017

As you are probably aware we are really proud of our image archive and take every opportunity to show off what we have!! To celebrate the New Year we have two exciting projects coming your way! A fabulous new display … Continue reading →

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Christine – Volunteering for the Borough Archive

Posted on December 29, 2016

Hi my name is Christine. Having made the decision to retire from full time work two years ago, I discovered that Bury Archives were looking for volunteers to work on the WW1 project. Having studied History and English, a keen … Continue reading →

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