Meetings of the Littleborough Historical and Archaeological Society
(For Norden & District Local History Society meetings see bottom right)
The Society’s Meetings are normally held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 pm (doors open around 7:00 pm) in the History Centre on Platform 2 of Littleborough Station. The Centre is fully accessible via the station ramp. Light refreshments are served on arrival.
Non Members are very welcome to attend and there is a small charge:-
Members £2:50 Visitors £3:50
Free Parking is available locally GPS - postcode OL15 8AF
Address
Littleborough History Centre, Platform 2, Littleborough Station, Stephenson Square, Railway St, LITTLEBOROUGH, Lancs.
OL15 8AF
Email - lborohist@gmail.com
Future Meeting during 2023/2024
14th March 2024 - Leaving a Legacy (Family History) by Liesl Beckles
11th April 2024 - Holcombe Moor Update by Neil Coldrick
9th May 2024 - GM Archaeological Update by Ian Miller
13th June 2024 - AGM followed by a talk (to be determined)
June: AGM and talk by Steve Poole
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Station/History Centre Location Plan
Norden & District Local History Society
Meetings at Norden Bowling Club, Trinity St, Norden, OL12 7RW - Tlks start at 7 pm -
2024 PROGRAMME
8th April - Mike Brennan - Peterloo
13th May - Roy Wainwright - The Life & Work of E Chambre Hardman
3rd June - Bernard Pratt - A photographic journey to Rochdale in the 1960s to 1980s and a but earlier"
2nd September - Jane Ellis - 'Tk of Old Rly' - The Wanderings of a Railway Rambler
NO MEETINGS IN JULY & AUGUST
7th October - Update on the restoration of Rochdale Town Hall
4th November - A talk by Brian Groom based on his latest book 'Manchester , A People's History of the City that Shaped the Modern World'
HISTORY CENTRE
LOCATION MAP
Contact Us |
Rechabites |
Early Schools |
Non-conformist schools |
C of E and RC Schools |
Board and Local Authority Schools |
Richard Jay - Coach Operator |
William Burrill |
Richard Jay Haukier |
Leach - Cycles to Haulage |
H M Sutcliffe |
J Grindrod & Son Ltd |
R Rudge and Son Ltd |
Canal Restoration |
Clegg Hall & Smithy Bridge |
Railways in Littleborough Centre |
Littleborough Viaduct to Summit Tunnel |
Summit Tunnel |
Industrial Railways |
Blackstone Edge Turnpike |
Calderbrook Turnpike |
Doghill to Steanor Bottom Turnpike |
Todmorden Rd TP |
Toll Roads |
Industrial Histories |
History Trails |
Littleborough Book |
Pubs & Inns |
Co-op - Early Grpwth |
Coop - Central Premises & Competition |
Coop in 20th Century |
Coop Decline & Change |
LANCTAN |
Schofield Iron Woks |
Phoenix Iron Works |
Clegg's Shore Mills |
Consterdine textile Mills |
Schofield Textile Mills |
Rayon (Artificial Silk( Manufacture |
Mills |
Deanhead Chemical Works |
Akzo Chemical Works |
Starring Pottery |
Summit Brickworks |
Tetlows Pottery |
Whittaker Pottery |
Coal Mining Map |
Starring Clay and Coal Mine |
Cleggswood Colliery |
Mining around Hollingworth |
Shackleton - Coal Merchant |
Possible Roman Littleborough |
Blackstone Edge Roman Road |
Roll of Honour |
WW2 Heroes |