Saturday 3rd June - Guided tour of the Castlefield area, Manchester - with Norman Redhead
Roman remains, canals, railways, warehouses, the River Irwell, skew bridges, plus MOSI - Castlefield has it all. More details next time, including advice on getting there using public transport
Plus - two more trips at the planning stage - dates TBA - watch this space
A guided walk through Wapping Tunnel and Chatsworth Street Cutting -
A boat trip through the Anderton Lift and guided tour at the Lion Salt Works
Roman remains, canals, railways, warehouses, the River Irwell, skew bridges, plus MOSI - Castlefield has it all. More details next time, including advice on getting there using public transport
Plus - two more trips at the planning stage - dates TBA - watch this space
A guided walk through Wapping Tunnel and Chatsworth Street Cutting -
A boat trip through the Anderton Lift and guided tour at the Lion Salt Works
Cheshire Local History Day
Cheshire Local History Day, Northwich Memorial court, CW9 5QJ Saturday 29th Ocyober from 0915-1630 Cost £12
Details from Cheshire Local History Association; Cheshire Records Office; Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL www.cheshirehistory.org.uk
Cheshire Local History Day, Northwich Memorial court, CW9 5QJ Saturday 29th Ocyober from 0915-1630 Cost £12
Details from Cheshire Local History Association; Cheshire Records Office; Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL www.cheshirehistory.org.uk
OUR NEXT LECTURE.... 10th October -
“Crossing the Menai” - Bob Daimond Make sure you underline in red in your diary for this. Bob is coming from the far part of the Principality to give us his lecture. He is a civil engineer and Trustee of Menai Heritage. His talk will cover the history of the Telford and Stephenson bridges up to the present day. There is sure to be a good turnout for our first lecture of the season - 7.00pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, L1 3BT. MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY, THE PROGRAMME FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON
All meetings will start at 7.00pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, L1 3BT.
14th November - “The Stanley Bank Project”- Mark Adams Mark works for Liverpool Museums and played a leading role in the Stanley Bank excavations. In addition to the field work he has now researched the available documentation on the site. Mark last spoke to us in February at the Members Evening and this will be a fascinating talk from a professional archaeologist.
12th December - AGM, Quiz, Book Auction Attendance at this “Inns of Court” evening is compulsory. No constitution to discuss this year. The quiz will be fun. Do please bring any spare books that you might have for the auction, strictly NO fiction please. Thank You.
9 th January 2017 - Subject and speaker to be confirmed Negotiations are “ongoing”, as they say. Watch this space.
13th February 2017 - Members’ Evening Volunteers Wanted! This is the evening when members share their discoveries, researches or interests in the form of short (10 minutes or so) talks. It doesn’t have to be “Death by Powerpoint”. We can cope with 35mm slides and some of the best recent contributions have not used visual aids at all.
13th March 2017 - “Uses of Modern Technology in Archaeology” - Roy Forshaw No one is better qualified than our own Roy Forshaw to give us this practical account of how the latest technological developments benefit the industrial archaeologist.
10th April 2017 - “Industrial Activity in North Wales before the Industrial Revolution” - Ray Jones Ray lives in Chester and has done extensive research across North Wales into medieval industries such as iron making - hundreds of years before the industrial revolution.
“Crossing the Menai” - Bob Daimond Make sure you underline in red in your diary for this. Bob is coming from the far part of the Principality to give us his lecture. He is a civil engineer and Trustee of Menai Heritage. His talk will cover the history of the Telford and Stephenson bridges up to the present day. There is sure to be a good turnout for our first lecture of the season - 7.00pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, L1 3BT. MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY, THE PROGRAMME FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON
All meetings will start at 7.00pm at the Quaker Meeting House, 22 School Lane, L1 3BT.
14th November - “The Stanley Bank Project”- Mark Adams Mark works for Liverpool Museums and played a leading role in the Stanley Bank excavations. In addition to the field work he has now researched the available documentation on the site. Mark last spoke to us in February at the Members Evening and this will be a fascinating talk from a professional archaeologist.
12th December - AGM, Quiz, Book Auction Attendance at this “Inns of Court” evening is compulsory. No constitution to discuss this year. The quiz will be fun. Do please bring any spare books that you might have for the auction, strictly NO fiction please. Thank You.
9 th January 2017 - Subject and speaker to be confirmed Negotiations are “ongoing”, as they say. Watch this space.
13th February 2017 - Members’ Evening Volunteers Wanted! This is the evening when members share their discoveries, researches or interests in the form of short (10 minutes or so) talks. It doesn’t have to be “Death by Powerpoint”. We can cope with 35mm slides and some of the best recent contributions have not used visual aids at all.
13th March 2017 - “Uses of Modern Technology in Archaeology” - Roy Forshaw No one is better qualified than our own Roy Forshaw to give us this practical account of how the latest technological developments benefit the industrial archaeologist.
10th April 2017 - “Industrial Activity in North Wales before the Industrial Revolution” - Ray Jones Ray lives in Chester and has done extensive research across North Wales into medieval industries such as iron making - hundreds of years before the industrial revolution.
OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM, ELLESMERE PORT - 12th SEPTEMBER
Apologies for lack of photos I was the guide!
Twenty five members turned up for our first meeting, and it wasn't raining! (Remember last year in Runcorn when we had torrential rain?). Peter Purland, our own member and LWE Driver (Long Weekend End, come on, keep up if you can) was our guide. Peter has the “presence” of Brian Blessed, there was no chance of not being able to hear him, even from Garston. We are all experts and it was with some trepidation that Peter explained, in the little time we had, some aspects of the Museum and canal operation. I was particularly interested to see a special catch fitted to narrow boats that the rope was attached to. A boat was at one end of the rope, a horse at the other. Not having any brakes, a boat will tend to carry on with inertia but horses do have brakes, and on seeing a bed of clover might stop to eat it. The clever feature of the catch is that it released the rope once the boat had overtaken the horse. Therefore the horse didn't get pulled into the canal. Brilliant idea. We walked down the cobbled path, previously trodden by thousands of horses. At the end of the path were stables. We were able to see inside them and how they might have looked. Near to them was an enclosure used for manure. It would be loaded from there into a narrow boat, then taken to a farm adjacent to the canal for the fields and possibly exchanged for straw for the stables as a return cargo.- Thanks go to Peter for being a most able guide and to who helped usher us and then shut the museum down for the night. As our tour closed and it became darker we retired to the Station Hotel. A humble, but adequate spread, was ready for us with a variety of “sarnies” including luncheon meat, or “Spam” as one of our members proudly announced. Lighting was somewhat “moody” but we made do with flashing disco lights. Thanks also to Renie for finding a place serving food at a reasonable price and that was open and we felt was acceptable to members.
Apologies for lack of photos I was the guide!
Twenty five members turned up for our first meeting, and it wasn't raining! (Remember last year in Runcorn when we had torrential rain?). Peter Purland, our own member and LWE Driver (Long Weekend End, come on, keep up if you can) was our guide. Peter has the “presence” of Brian Blessed, there was no chance of not being able to hear him, even from Garston. We are all experts and it was with some trepidation that Peter explained, in the little time we had, some aspects of the Museum and canal operation. I was particularly interested to see a special catch fitted to narrow boats that the rope was attached to. A boat was at one end of the rope, a horse at the other. Not having any brakes, a boat will tend to carry on with inertia but horses do have brakes, and on seeing a bed of clover might stop to eat it. The clever feature of the catch is that it released the rope once the boat had overtaken the horse. Therefore the horse didn't get pulled into the canal. Brilliant idea. We walked down the cobbled path, previously trodden by thousands of horses. At the end of the path were stables. We were able to see inside them and how they might have looked. Near to them was an enclosure used for manure. It would be loaded from there into a narrow boat, then taken to a farm adjacent to the canal for the fields and possibly exchanged for straw for the stables as a return cargo.- Thanks go to Peter for being a most able guide and to who helped usher us and then shut the museum down for the night. As our tour closed and it became darker we retired to the Station Hotel. A humble, but adequate spread, was ready for us with a variety of “sarnies” including luncheon meat, or “Spam” as one of our members proudly announced. Lighting was somewhat “moody” but we made do with flashing disco lights. Thanks also to Renie for finding a place serving food at a reasonable price and that was open and we felt was acceptable to members.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM FOR 2016 – 2017 SEASON
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If the answer is “No” and you wish to receive the Bulletin as hard copy, we are asking you to pay an
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Please give to your Treasurer at a meeting or send to
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Name(s)………………………………………………………………………………………………
Address………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Email address………………………………………………………………………………………..
Tel No………………………………… Mobile………………………………………
Are you willing to receive the MIHS Bulletin by email? Yes No
If the answer is “No” and you wish to receive the Bulletin as hard copy, we are asking you to pay an
extra £2 as a contribution towards the increased postage costs.
Full Time Student £10 Family £22
Single £16 Institutional £22
Postage (see above) £2
Please find enclosed Cash or Cheque (payable to MIHS) amounting to £ ……
Please give to your Treasurer at a meeting or send to
Mrs I Verity, 14 Ardern Lea, Alvanley, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 9EQ
