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Kerridge Ridge and Ingersley Vale 
Countryside & Heritage Project

This project is in place to identify, design and implement environmental improvement activities around Kerridge Ridge and Ingersley Vale.

project web page

Bollington Civic Society

Chairman: Mrs Sandra Edwards
Tel: 01625−571126
email
web page

Membership: Open to all with an interest in the town. Subscription (2008/9): Individual £5, Household £10.

Purpose: To promote high standards of planning and architecture; to discover and share with the public the geography, history, natural history and architecture of the town; to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest. 

Meetings: We meet monthly from September to May (but not in December) on the 3rd Monday of the month at the Community Centre in Ovenhouse Lane (from Henshall Road, far end on the left), starting at 8.00pm. See the programme. Everyone is welcome to attend our meetings.

Achievement: The society maintains a remarkable archive of old photographs of Bollington and its people covering the past century. We make awards annually to the best front gardens and baskets in the Bollington in Bloom contest.

Publication: The Civic Society are joint publishers of Bollington Live!

Discovery Centre: Open Wednesday 2-4, Saturday 11-4 and Sunday 11-4.

Bollington Carbon Revolution: Spin-off project to reduce carbon emissions.

Photographic Archive

Curator: Fiona Swailes
email
web page

Bollington Civic Society maintains a collection of thousands of photographs of the town and its people dating back to the 1860s. We are always looking for photographs of the town, especially historic pictures showing buildings and other things of interest that may no longer be there or have been altered. If you have any or know the whereabouts of any pictures that could be of interest (and most are) then please contact Fiona Swailes, the curator of the collection. We will copy your pictures and return the originals to you if you wish.

Copies of pictures are available to the public on request for £10 each (approx 8"x10").

Chairman: Mark Stedman

Editor: Anthony Holland
Tel: 01625−268047
email

Web page including past editions online.

Bollington Live! is published three times a year on a non-profit making basis with free distribution to households throughout the town. Under the editorial banner of "Bollington, a town in its own right!" we aim to promote local concerns. Contributions are very much welcomed by the editor.

Bollington Live! is published by Bollington Arts Centre, registered charity no. 515096, and Bollington Civic Society, registered charity no. 501544. All those involved in its writing, preparation and distribution are volunteers; only the print formatting, printing and finishing are paid for.

Contributions to: The Editor, c/o Bollington Printshop, The Old Stables, Queen Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5PS or by email.

Sponsors: As a free magazine, Bollington Live! has to find income to cover its total production cost. This is partly covered by advertising but also, most importantly, by corporate sponsorship.

Advertising: If you would like to advertise in Bollington Live! please email Tim Neale.

Distribution: Everywhere with a Bollington, Bollington Cross, Lowerhouse and Kerridge address plus Pott Shrigley hamlet, parts of Rainow including Spuley Lane. Oakenbank Lane, Smithy Brow, Blaze Hill, parts of Whiteley Green including Lodge Brow, Sugar Lane to the triangle, Holehouse Lane to the Windmill Inn, Redesmere Close. If you live within that area and are not getting your copy please email.

If you are new to Bollington - just moved in - you may be able to get your free copy of the most recent edition at the Bollington Printshop, alongside Pool Bank car park. Just call in and ask if there is a spare copy for you.

Please see the web page for much more about the magazine and access to past editions online.

Bollington Initiative Trust (BIT)

The Trust seeks to take over for the community the public and community buildings in Bollington that are no longer wanted by local councils and other public bodies.

Contact: Chairman, Graham Barrow
Tel: 01625−573807
email
web page

Business in Bollington

The group for those who do business in Bollington, whether you be a freelancer, sole trader or small, medium or large business, and no matter what kind of business.

Contact: Sue & Geoff Claughton
Tel: 01625−576456
Fax: 01625−268483
email
web page

We meet at regular intervals, usually at the Vale Inn. Please see the web page for details.

Bollington Family History Club

Contact: via the web site

We are a group of enthusiastic amateur genealogists who meet at the Arts Centre, usually on the first Thursday of every month, between 10:30am and about 12:30pm, to share our successes and encourage each other with our research. We operate on a "drop-in" basis so that members can come and go at any time during the morning, and we would be delighted to welcome new members, whether beginners or the more experienced family historian. Please check our web site to confirm the date and location of our next meeting.

For those researching the history of Bollington families, don't forget to visit the Discovery Centre where you will find the picture database available on PCs - ideal for finding pictures and information about those from the past! And now the Old Bollington Family trees are being recorded on this web site - have a look!

Bollington/Thurles Twinning Committee

Contact: Mrs. Yvonne Houghton
Tel: 01625−575133

Bollington is twinned with the Irish town of Thurles.

Bollington Cross Women's Institute

Secretary: Mrs. E. Hooley
Tel: 01625−573524

President: Mrs. Sheila Cutler
Tel: 01625−574369

We meet at the Bollington Christian Life Centre, Hawthorn Road, on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7.30pm.

Bollington Wives Group

Formally Bollington Young Wives Group. This group is no longer active.

Bollington Probus Club

Secretary: Mr. John Trinder
Tel: 01625−575197

We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month in the Town Hall, Wellington Road, Bollington, at 10.15am to 12.00 noon. The club is for retired men of professional background to discuss topics of general interest. Trips organised to places and events. Bowls, walking and golf sections.

Friends of the Recreation Ground

Contact: Town Hall
Tel: 01625−572985

This group co-ordinates with Macclesfield Borough Council officers to manage the Recreation Ground. Occasional meetings. Call the contact number to be included in the notification list.

Hall Hill/ Springbank/ Lowerhouse Neighbourhood Association

Chairman: Mr. Brian Hayes-Wilson
Tel: 01625−573628

Kerridge Residents' Association

Hon. Secretary: Andrew Downes
Tel: 01625−572531
email

Canalside Residents Association

Chairman: Jim Weselby
Tel: 01625−572948

The Macclesfield Canal Society

Secretary: Malcolm Bower
Tel: 01625−428734
email

Local member: Tim Boddington
Tel: 01625−574888
email

Canal Society web pages

Mary Sunley Canal Boat

Contact: Arthur Dowd
Tel: 01565-651256
email
web page

Boat trips for the physically or mentally disabled. The boat is also available to hire for trips and functions with maximum accommodation of 12 per party.

Greenpeace

Local organiser: Kim Creasey
Tel: 01625−573945

Badger Group

Local organiser: Kim Creasey
Tel: 01625−573945

RSPCA

Emergencies and general enquiries:
Tel: 0870 5555 999

Local Branch:
RSPCA Macclesfield, South-East Cheshire & Buxton Branch
Web site
Telephone: 01625−669620

Animal welfare charity. Animal re-homing.

If you need a vet look up Businesses, click on 'V' and find 'Veterinary Surgeon'.

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