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Meetings of the Littleborough Historical and
Meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 8 pm (doors open a 7:15 pm) in the History Centre on Platform 2 of Littleborough Station
Future Meetings will be about:
August 13th Kate Sherry Trouble at Mill - Kate describes the history of a typical 19th-century cotton mill using a variety of records, including a mill diary, and provides an insight into life in a cotton mill from both a worker’s and an owner’s perspective.
September 10th Norman Redhead
October 9th Anne Mealia Todmorden murder - This talk explores some of the well-known murders committed in Todmorden as well as some less well-known cases. Discover a grisly murder with a hatchet and pistols, which kept the nation talking, a serial killer, crimes of passion and tales of revenge and insanity.
November 12th Carole and Nicola Davies ( Title to be confirmed but it’s about Local Soldiers - WW1 remembrance )
December Members Christmas social
Members £2:50 Visitors £3:50 includes refreshments
Non Members are very welcome to attend
The History Centre is located on Platform 2 of Littleborough Station and is fully accessible via the platform ramp.
Later months are now being sorted and will be posted shortly
See here - Contacts for details about joining the Society
Next page History Centre TOP
Starts at 8:00 pm (doors open 7:15 pm)
Non-members are very welcome
Members £2:50 Visitors £3:50 includes refreshments
The Centre is accessible via the ramp to Platform 2
Archaeological Society
| History Centre |
| Contact Us |
| Gordon Harvey |
| Town House Mill |
| 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 |
| Industrial Histories |
| History Trails |
| Littleborough Book |
| Littleborough Books |
| Pubs & Inns |
| Early Schools |
| Non-conformist schools |
| C of E and RC Schools |
| Board and Local Authority Schools |
| Chapels iSummit & Calderboork |
| Closed Chapels Shore Caldermoor Croft |
| Chapels Featherstall Stubley Rakewood |
| Rechabites |
| Clegg Hall & Smithy Bridge |
| Smithy brige Train Distaster |
| Railways in Littleborough Centre |
| Littleborough Viaduct to Summit Tunnel |
| Summit Tunnel |
| Industrial Railways |
| Was summit Tunnel Necessary |
| Blackstone Edge Turnpike |
| Calderbrook Turnpike |
| Doghill to Steanor Bottom Turnpike |
| Todmorden Rd TP |
| Toll Roads |
| Farming |
| List of Farms |
| Co-op - Early Grpwth |
| Coop - Central Premises & Competition |
| Coop in 20th Century |
| Coop Decline & Change |
| LANCTAN |
| Schofield Iron Woks |
| Phoenix Iron Works |
| Ebor Engineering |
| Deanhead Chemical Works |
| Akzo Chemical Works |
| Law's mills |
| Clegg's Shore Mills |
| Consterdine textile Mills |
| Schofield Textile Mills |
| Heap's West View Mills |
| Rayon (Artificial Silk) Manufacture |
| Mills |
| 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 |
| Falllen Heroes not on Littleborough Cenotaph |
| Roll of Honour |
| WW2 Heroes |