Meetings
Our Meetings are normally held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 pm (doors open at 7:30 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 2022/2023
8 th June: AGM and talk by Steve Poole
(Non members welcome but cannot participate in AGM section (approx 10 mins)
Station/History Centre Location Plan
Norden & District Local History Society
Monday 3rd April - We have a visit from 5 members of Writers on Tap with their performance of 'Behind Closed Doors'
Monday 8th May - Jackie Mafi - 'The History of Brands'
Monday 5th June - Robin Parker - The History of the Lancashire Monologue
Monday 4th Sept - Heather Davies, Conservation Manager - 'An update on the restoration of Rochdale Town Hall'
Monday 2nd Oct - Roger Frost - 'Monastic Wealth in the Lancashire Reformation.
Meetiings at Norden Bowling Club, Trinity St, Norden, OL12 7RW All talks start at 7pm
Contact Us |
Rechabites |
Early Schools |
Non-conformist schools |
C of E and RC Schools |
Board and Local Authority Schools |
Canal Restoration |
History Trail No 13 - Canal Walk |
Clegg Hall & Smithy Bridge |
Railways in Littleborough Centre |
Littleborough Viaduct to Summit Tunnel |
Summit Tunnel |
Blackstone Edge Turnpike |
Calderbrook Turnpike |
Doghill to Steanor Bottom Turnpike |
Todmorden Rd TP |
Toll Roads |
Littleborough Book |
Industrial Histories |
Pubs & Inns |
History Trails |
Co-op - Early Grpwth |
Coop - Central Premises & Competition |
Coop in 20th Century |
Coop Decline & Change |
LANCTAN |
Schofield Iron Woks |
Phoenix Iron Works |
Consterdine textile Mills |
Schofield Textile Mills |
Consterdine and Schofield Booklet |
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 |
Shackleton - Coal Merchant |
Mining around Hollingworth |
Possible Roman Littleborough |
Blackstone Edge Roman Road |
Littleborough Hoard |
WW2 Anniversaries |
Roll of Honour |
WW2 Heroes |