Several people indicated an interest in re-forming
the Bollington Civic Society Historical Group and
I requested to hear from those who would be interested. A
significant number of people responded to this request and
a meeting for everyone to discuss the way ahead was held
on Monday 28th March 2011. Background
and ideas document.
The Historical Group organises history
walks through the most interesting parts of Bollington.
These are free and open to anyone with an interest in Bollington
history. Watch this web site for announcement of further
walks.
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The original group existed in the 1970s, 80s and early 90s, although
Dr John Coope was researching on
his own and with Harry Cole from the early 1960s. The group undertook
a major amount of basic research on Bollington and its industries.
They were responsible for writing and publishing several of the
very popular books about Bollington history. They were also responsible
for the collection and cataloguing of the historic picture collection,
prompted by Dr John who collared
every patient at the Waterhouse to bring out their albums! The
principle historians were George Longden, Molly Spink and Roger
Bowling. They were supported by James Hough, Christabel Burgess,
G R Alexander, Geoff Coe, A Fearnhead, Brenda King, David King
and others. There is more about this group on the acknowledgements
page. Molly Spink
remains active in this work assisting in the transcription of the
cataloguing information into the Discovery
Centre picture database.
Roger Bowling has been researching coal mining around Macclesfield
in recent years. Brenda King has done much in the research and
study of Macclesfield's silk industry. George Longden wrote the
wonderful history of the area around Kerridge hill for the KRIV
project. I am not aware that any of the others remain active
in historical research but would be pleased to be updated.
I have very slowly been collecting historic items for the Discovery
Centre collection and also writing up bits of history in web pages,
often drawing on the work done by the original team. But there
is a need to undertake more orderly, and more professional, research
than I am able to do.
So, if any of undertaking historical research, history recording,
history exhibits at the Discovery Centre and elsewhere, extending
the picture collection into modern times, leading history walks
around the town, and writing papers, books, and web pages on historical
matters, interests you please let me know and I will set up a meeting
to discuss the possibilities further. I anticipate this becoming,
as it was before, a subsidiary group of Bollington
Civic Society.
