Tag Archives: Bury Greater Manchester

Collection Highlights: Accessions 2023

Posted on January 31, 2024 by buryculture

The start of the year is an exciting time for us as we look back on what we’ve achieved through the old year while looking forward to another year full of surprises. We’re always blown away by the amount of … Continue reading →

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The Queen’s Silver Jubilee

Posted on June 5, 2022 by buryculture

We look back to June 1977 by sharing some of the images featured in The Bury Times of local Jubilee celebrations. It’s unfortunate that we do not hold the original press photographs, however, we hope that this collection of newspaper … Continue reading →

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Visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the official opening of the New Town Hall, Bury

Posted on June 4, 2022 by buryculture

We’re continuing our celebration of Royal occasions this time with a visit of Her Majesty in October 1954 on the occasion of the official opening of the new Town Hall. Accompanied by His Royal Highness, The Duke of Edinburgh, the … Continue reading →

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The Queen’s Jubilees

Posted on May 28, 2022 by buryculture

Helen has been a huge help with our Jubilee celebrations, arranging a very fine selection of photographs for our corner display cabinet: a showcase of local Royal celebrations! In this article she offers a timeline and synopsis of the Queen’s … Continue reading →

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Ethel Goodall: First Woman Mayor of Bury

Posted on March 8, 2022 by buryculture

To mark International Women’s Day this year we are sharing with you this portrait of Ethel Goodall, Mayor of Bury 1945 – 1946. Ethel was the 50th Mayor of Bury but more importantly, she was the first woman to be … Continue reading →

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The Spirit of a Town: Graham Cooper & Douglas Sargent Photographic Archive

Posted on May 2, 2020 by buryculture

Back in 2016, Graham Cooper donated a slide collection which consists of over 300 images taken during the late 1970s and early 1980s of Bury, as Graham describes, ‘at the threshold of change’. In his publication, Sense of Place: Outside … Continue reading →

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Photo Donation of the Month: Birth and Death of a Mill Chimney

Posted on March 27, 2020 by buryculture

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 →

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The Holiday “Spirit”

Posted on August 16, 2019 by buryculture

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 →

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Cheers to Crown Ales: Crown Brewing Company Ltd archive

Posted on May 31, 2019 by buryculture

We were recently contacted by the archivist from Cumbria Archive Service to ask if we would be able to take in a hefty couple of share members’ ledgers relating to the Crown Brewing Company of Bury; they were duly delivered … Continue reading →

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Bury Art Gallery and Public Library: laying of the foundation stone April 1899

Posted on April 25, 2019 by buryculture

April 29th 2019 is the 120th anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone for Bury Art Gallery and Public Library; using items from our archive we want to explore the origins of this beautiful building – why it was … Continue reading →

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