Quite an exciting Thursday morning today at the Library. Amanda had arranged for a group of children from St. Bernard’s Primary to visit with us as part of the Memory Bank Project. It was a joy for Carole and I talking to the Group and answering their many interesting questions. […]
Monthly Archives: June 2016
An article by David Reid, featured in A Burnage Miscellany 4 from Burnage Heritage, was the focal point of today’s session. Using the National Library of Scotland’s digitised 1848 Ordnance Survey map of the area, we journeyed from Didsbury Road to cross the Nico Ditch over Slade Lane, our route both following and diverging away from […]
Local History Group – A Roman Road through Burnage?
On Tuesday we examined a number of documents relating to Shawbrook Villa, which lies across the road from the library. Glenis, one of our group, had produced for us a list of the occupiers of the property from 1871 until 1911: A Burnage Miscellany 4 was consulted first, with a piece by Scott […]
Local History Group- Shawbrook Villa
Another great Holiday session in the Library on Tuesday. Thankfully our young Lego fans are building the vehicles of the future, so watch out world! In the meantime, organiser Helen is a looking for crowdfunding to help her transport the enormous quantities of lego around for the sessions in a […]