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* Peterloo Massacre, in Manchester, Monday 16th August, 1819 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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NEW / UPDATED PAGES Don't forget, those pages may need to be refreshed if visited recently. |
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| * Articles & Contributions' page More links to a selection of articles, of Local and Family Interest, on the Oldham & District Branch pages of the MLFHS website. * 'Articles & Contributions' page The Election of a Councillor, Coldhurst Ward, 1922'. from an illustrated presentation given by Jeremy Sutcliffe * News & Information page : The final Meeting of the Oldham HRG and the future. |
Week ended 2023-02-10 |
* News page : Programme updated. Two events added : (i) Family and Local History Fair at Manchester Central Library (ii) Family History Week at Oldham |
Week ended 2022-02-15 |
* News page : Full Programme of monthly meetings for 2022 meetings on zoom. |
Week ended 2022-01-27 |
Week ended 2021-09-27 |
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* News page : Full Programme for Oldham Histories Festival and Heritage Open Days for September 2021 View or download |
Week ended 2021-08-17 |
* 'Articles & Contributions' page More links to a selection of articles, of Local and Family Interest, on the Oldham & District Branch pages of the MLFHS website + a link to the new Video page * Programme & News Update to the Local Studies and Archives opening times |
Week ended 2021-07-23 |
* 'Articles & Contributions' page Links to a selection of articles, of Local and Family Interest, on the Oldham & District Branch pages of the MLFHS website |
Week ended 2021-05-03 |
* 'Articles & Contributions' page A Gartside Sent to Van Diemen's Land - "Man's Inhumanity to Man" by Sheila Goodyear |
Week ended 2020-04-03 |
* Miscellany ... Reading New list of transcriptions added. * Memories & Family History new entries added : ~ Joseph Travis, Grocer, of Oldham" .. LINK ~ Wykeham Henry Koba Freame, DCM ... an ANZAC in the family (Link is to my other website ... opens in new page) ... LINK ~ Edward Garside Whitehead and WW1 (In Members' & Visitor's Pages ... opens in new page) ... LINK ~ Chadderton Ladies Group ... LINK ~ Old Buckley & Prockter store at Mumps ... LINK * Updated programme 2020 |
Week ended 2020-01-04 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with Link to AFTERMATH - and the years following The Peterloo Massacre (the Oldham HRG, illustrated talk, in September 2019) |
Week ended 2019-10-12 |
* News page : Full Programme for Oldham Histories Festival and Heritage Open Days from September to October 2019 |
Week ended 2019-09-08 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with Link to 'William Fitton - The Lost Reformer'; article contributed by Anna Mayall |
Week ended 2019-07-21 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with Link to trancription from the Oldham chronicle, November 1884, of 'A Night. with the Failsworth Veterans of Peterloo', in 1884 |
Week ended 2019-06-30 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with Link to John Knight & a window into early 19thC Radicalism in Oldham |
Week ended 2019-05-25 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with link to transcribed ages from 'Short Stories About Failsworth Folk' by Sim Schofield,about Radicals & Reformers |
Week ended 2019-03-16 |
* Programme and News Page updated with news of a new cd to be released, called 'Road to Peterloo' with link to 3 Demo tracks on the website. |
Week ended 2019-03-09 |
* Transcription of 'Historical Sketches of Oldham' by Edwin Butterworth re-loaded to website for better display on devices. Please refresh the pages if visited before. |
Week ended 2019-03-09 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with link to Full transcription of: 'NOTES & OBSERVATIONS, Critical & Explanatory, on the Papers Relative to the Internal State of the Country, Recently Presented to Parliament; to which is appended, a REPLY to Mr. Francis Philips's 'Exposure of the Calumnies circulated by the Enemies of Social Order ...'' Dec. 1819 |
Week ended 2019-03-02 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with link to Transcribed extracts from the 1819 Publication: "The Peterloo Massacre, Containing a Faithful Narrative of the events which Preceded, Accompanied, and Followed the 16th of August, 1819" Edited by 'an Observer' on the companion website. |
Week ended 2019-02-09 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with link to The Story of Peterloo by F.A. Bruton on the companion website (full transcription of the book).on the companion website. |
Week ended 2019-02-02 |
* Peterloo project menu updated with link to Crime, Comment and Punishment 1800 to 1819 in extracts from the diary of William Rowbottom on the companion website. |
Week ended 2019-01-13 |
Week ended 2018-12-15 |
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More Reading Page & News Page (time limited) * 'THE ROUGHYEDS' KITBAG" OLDHAM RLFC During World War One 1914-1918 by Michael Turner Limited edition of 500 |
Week ended 2018-11-24 |
Week ended 2018-09-28 |
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News page : Updates to the programme, taking it to March 2019 |
Week ended 2018-09-09 |
Week ended 2018-08-25 |
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"Votes
for Women!" the story of Women's Suffrage 1867 - 1928 * The First Women to Stand for Parliament in The General Election of 1918 |
Week ended 2018-08-11 |
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"Votes
for Women!" the story of Women's Suffrage 1867 - 1928 * Main Menu page updated with additions: * AGM Reports from 1910 to 1918 from Oldham Society for Women's Suffrage * Extras folder - miscellaneous suffrage related pictures. * 1913 Pilgrimage - Transcript of diary from Marjory Lees |
Week ended 2018-01-26 |
* JOHN EARNSHAW of Oldham : Quaker, Surgeon, Reformer' by Elizabeth Bailey. Also from the Peterloo Menu HERE |
Week ended 2017-12-02 |
News page : * Saddleworth Historical Society Lecture, MANCHESTER : Sex, Death and Politics in the Georgian Town. 7:30 pm Wednesday 6th December, Saddleworth Museum, Uppermill, OL3 6HS * Date change for Oldham HRG December Meeting |
Week ended 2017-11-15 |
News page : * Photos from the 198th Anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre-2017 * Saddleworth Historical Soiety - Dr. John Dee :Renaissance Man in the Labyrinth of Reformation Manchester a lecture by Professor Stephen Bowd |
Week ended 2017-08-26 |
News page : * 'Oldham Histories Festival and Heritage Open Days' 4th - 23rd September Showing Full Programme of Events |
Week ended 2017-08-20 |
Miscellany
Page * More Reading - 'A Victorian Society : 'Oldham Photographic Society - The First 150 Years' by Christine Widdall * Mixed Bag of Old Photos - 6 Signed photos of acts that played at the Palace Theatre, Oldham, in the 1930s |
Week ended 2017-05-13 |
Members'
Pages * The Development of the King's Highway Through the Village of Oldham from 1700 to 1800. by Jack Dawson * JOHN KNIGHT and a window into radicalism in late 18thC & early 19thC radicalism in Oldham by Jeremey Sutcliffe |
Week ended 2017-02-25 |
Peterloo Project : Before ... On the Day ... Aftermath * Oldham Chronicle October 29th 1955 "'AFTER PETERLOO Dangerous to be known as a Reformer' * 6 Oldham & Peterloo related maps * Oldham Chronicle February 20th 1885 " ... an interesting lecture last evening, delivered in the Moorside Liberal Club, by Mr James Cooper. " * Photograph of Failsworth Veterans of Peterloo in 1884. Archives & Scrapbook - Map menu * 1824 map of Oldham (Baines) |
Week ended 2016-09-23 |
'Archives & Newspapers' Section renamed as 'Archives & Scrapbook' * 'Blast from the Past' Newspaper articles - 'The Glodwick Hermit - Billy Butterworth' * 'Scrapbook' - 'An Oldhamer at Waterloo in 1815 * Maps added ... Map of Oldham 1817, Map of Oldham 1824; early 19th century Parish Map of Oldham (2 maps); Manchester 1819, area of Peterloo (2 maps). |
Week ended 2016-09-10 |
News page : * 'Oldham Histories Festival and Heritage Open Days' 3rd - 23rd September Showing Full Programme of Events |
Week ended 2016-09-02 |
Peterloo Project : Before ... On the Day ... Aftermath * A new project on the website leading up to the 200th Anniversary, in 2019, of the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, on the 16th August 1819. Information, Pictures, Resources. Miscellany Page * George Henry Hughes - Cycle Store in Oldham |
Week ended 2016-08-28 |
Miscellany Page * Oldham Celebrate Coronations : Queen Victoria, Edward VI & George V *... Mixed Bag Photos 3 photos inside the Lyceum, Oldham |
Week ended 2016-02-21 |
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2015-11-06 |
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Miscellany Page * 'Memories & Stories' - 'More Memories of Coldhurst - an Open Letter' from Tom Seville |
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2015-11-06 |
From the Archives
* Gallery of 68 pictures illustrating the period, added to The Diaries of William Rowbottom, from 1787 to 1830, |
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2015-10-10 |
From the Archives
* The Diaries of William Rowbottom, from 1787 to 1830, handloom weaver of Burnley Lane, Chadderton. Serialised in the Oldham Standard, weekly from January 1887 to March 1889; edited and annotated by Samuel Andrew. |
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2015-09-26 |
Miscellany
Page - 'More Reading : Transcripts' On-going Project to transcribe Chapters from : OLDHAM CENTENARY : 1849 - 1949 Chapters: 'Education Department' (part) & 'Public Assistance' |
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2015-08-25 |
News Page * Programme for Oldham heritage Open Days September 2015 * Sunday 16th August 2015 - The 196th Anniversary of Peterloo Massacre, in Manchester - photos from event. |
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2015-08-17 |
Miscellany
Page ... Mixed Bag Photos * 2 Photos - Christmas Day 1936 Mayoral Visit to Boundary Park * Links page ... History of Oldham Workhouse & Account of Tramp Ward, by Mary Higgs |
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2015-08-02 |
Members'
Pages * An Oldham family Goes to Russia' by Alice Handley Miscellany Page ... More Reading * Oldham Centenary : 1849 - 1949 ... On-going Project to transcribe Chapters. |
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2015-07-26 |
Miscellany
Page ... * Mixed Bag of Photos : Mayor of Oldham's 'Lamb' Holiday Fund - added photos for 1930 & 1932 * More Reading: Page re-styled with : Links to book transcriptions to read on this website: Books to buy or borrow from a library; Links to books to read or download freely from the 'Internet Archive'. |
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2015-06-27 |
Members'
& Visitors' Pages * MARY HIGGS Student, pioneer, wife and mother, undercover tramp and social reformer, by Carol Talbot |
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2015-04-25 |
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Miscellany
Page/Memories * From 'Rivington View' A 'Memories' contribution from Aelred Taylor * Failsworth Wesleyan Sunday School Girl Guide Company - 17th Oldham & selected pages from Minute Book Newspaper clippings * The Mill Accident of 1896 |
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2015-03-07 |
Miscellany
Page * LANCASHIRE - Brief Historical and Descriptive Notesby Leo H. Grindon Pub. 1892 Scans and transcripts of selected chapters of local interest. |
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2015-02-07 |
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2014-12-31 |
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2014-12-13 |
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2014-12-06 |
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Miscellany
Page * 'Memories & Stories' - more memories added News Page * Programme updates for January to June 2015 |
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2014-11-30 |
Miscellany
Page * 'Memories & Stories' a new section with stories and memories and an invitation for readers to contribute their own. |
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2014-11-22 |
Members'
Pages (also linked from WW1 'Mixed Bag' Menu) * 'The Great War - How it Touched Lives in Oldham' (Part2) Narrative and Slides from the September 2014 Talk at Oldham-HRG |
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2014-11-15 |
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'Miscellany/Mixed
Bag of Old Photos' * Pictures added to 'Collection of photographs from Alex Balmforth' |
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2014-09-27 |
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Members'
Pages (also linked from WW1 'Mixed Bag' Menu) * 'The Great War - How it Touched Lives in Oldham' (Part1) Narrative and Slides from the August 2014 Talk at Oldham-HRG |
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2014-07-22
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2014-07-17
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News Page * Programme of Talks for 'May - ''Family History Month' * 'The History of Oldham High Street' - an Illustrated Talk, May 31st Both at Oldham Local Studies & Archives |
2014-05-02
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2014-05-02
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2014-04-22
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* Dunwood Park Memorial Drinking Fountain Project (also linked from the WW1 Aftermath Page) |
2014-03-17
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Miscellany
Page *Street index for 24 of the Alan Godfrey Maps in the Greater Manchester area. Map Scale 1:25000 (with location grid showing how they fit together). Each map is split into a 10 section grid, using the original folds, for locating entries. |
2014-02-27
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2014-01-29
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2014-01-26
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News Page Programme and 2 date changes |
2014-01-17
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2014-01-17
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2014-01-12
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Miscellany
- 'Oldham Stories' * The memories of Mary Jane Dickinson |
2014-01-12
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2013-12-08
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2013-12-05
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Members'
Pages 'Locally born Architects : Edgar Wood and James Henry Sellers' by Alex Balmforth Kathleen 'Lally' Bowers, 1914-1984, Oldham born actress, by Alex Balmforth A 'MIXED BAG' OF OLD PHOTOGRAPHS A collection of photos from Alex Balmforth |
2013-12-04
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MEETING PROGRAMME
- CHANGE Programme change for November's meeting. |
2013-11-11
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2013-11-09
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2013-10-17
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New Project : 'World War
1' - on the Home Page. The War to End War -the information page Remembering the First Woirld War in Oldham and district. |
2013-10-17
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Menu
page - Women's Suffrage Links to Marjory Lees' 1913 Pilgrimage diary, written up on the Oldham Local Studies and Archives blog, in July 2013. |
2013-10-01
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Video Links 1. An introductory audio-visual sequence to "Votes for Women" - the illustrated story of Women's Suffrage from 1867 to 1928 2. "Votes for Women!" & the 1913 Pilgrimage by Sheila Goodyear |
2013-09-18
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Members'
Pages "Votes for Women" - the illustrated story of Women's Suffrage from 1867 to 1928 by Sheila Goodyear |
2013-09-18
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Links page Added Link to 'Spinning the Web' |
2013-08-31
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News Page Link to monthly extracts from the 'Diary of William Rowbottom, 1787-1830', starting with August |
2013-08-31
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News Page Oldham Heritage Week 9th - 22nd September, 2013 Download the 6 page leaflet of what, where and when. |
2013-08-30
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Members'
Pages Fossil forest, by Stephen Darlington Coming of the railway, 1845 by Stephen Darlington |
2013-07-11
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2013-07-11
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Books Page Three, 'free to download' or 'read on-line' books, by Edward Baines (pub. 1836) and Edwin Butterworth (pub. 1842) |
2013-07-06
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News Page Monthly Programme updates |
2013-07-06
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Links page Added Links to : Lancashire Museums, The Gutenberg Project within 'The Internet Archive', Alan Godfrey Maps. |
2013-06-22
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Gazetteers
& Directories, History, Directory & Gazetteer of the County Palatine of Lancaster' by Edward Baines. Vol 2 pub.1825 Transcription of the 18 pages relating to Oldham. |
2013-05-29
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From Archives
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2013 May
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Members'
Pages Photos from the Collection of John Homes |
2013 May
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Members'
Pages History of Oldham Fire Brigade by Mark Beswick |
2013 May
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