Updated 8th September- Latest News
There has been a change of speaker for October and December - details are on the Monthly Meetings Page
A new booklet Ramsbottom Past and Present - Volume 1 Transport is now available.
44 pages of old and new photographs, concentrating on transport, delivery vehicles, buses, cycling, fire engines, motorbikes, railway, Ramsbottom Railless Trolleybus System and other vehicles.
The book costs £3 with £2 postage, but it can be sent with one of our Local Heritage Trails for no additional postage, so why not buy 2 books at the same time from the online shop
Local Heritage Trails Volume 1 and 2
These are 40 page booklets, volume 1 has 3 walks around Holcombe and Summerseat, and volume 2 has 3 local walks around Ramsbottom and Stubbins
Even if you don't want to do the walks, there is research on the buildings and sites on the route, including photos and QR codes linking to videos.
Membership Renewal
Membership runs from April to March and currently costs £8 a year, with a reduction for joiners throughout the year. Members receive a twice yearly News Magazine, back copies are available for viewing here
Renewals are now due for existing members and a form was sent with the latest News Magazine
Research
Research
The Ramsbottom Heritage Society have a Project Forum of members who do research, to collate the research and make it available via
the research pages of this website
searchable version of the News Magazines Issues 1-62
selling books and booklets on our online shop
Introduction
The Ramsbottom Heritage Society is a registered charity which promotes the history of Ramsbottom, as well as recording the present through photographs. See About for further information.
We have public meetings at Christ Church Neigbourhood Centre, Great Eaves Road, once a month. The programme for 2024 is available here
Research We research the history of Ramsbottom and make the information available through the research section of this website, on Facebook, or through books and the News Magazines
Bury Archives
The Society has a varied collection of over 6000 documents and 2000 photographs which are fully catalogued and packaged in archive-quality materials. Most of these documents and photographs are held at Bury Archives, where they can be viewed. The opening hours at the Archives which are on the bottom floor of Bury Library/Art Gallery are now Tuesday-Friday 10 - 3.30 p.m. and Saturday 10 - 1 p.m.
The online Catalogue can be found at http://archives.bury.gov.uk All of our documents are prefixed RHS
Magazines The Heritage Society produces a News Magazine twice a year with local news and research articles. The first 62 issues from 1990 - 2022 are available as PDFs
Oral Taping Over 80 recordings of memories of Ramsbottom residents recorded between 1988 and 2011.
Photograph Archive of over 8, 500 photographs, including 6,000 photos taken since 1987 as part of the Annual Photographic competition that recorded Ramsbottom in that year. The competition is no longer running, but photographs are always welcome. To get a description of how to use the Photographic Database click here
Paintings A gallery of the paintings, posters and photographs which have been donated to, or bought by the Heritage Society, most of which were displayed at the exhibition on the 5th and 6th October 2019
Maps of Ramsbottom Over 100 maps, plans and drawings in the possession of the Ramsbottom Heritage Society are now available in PDF format for viewing
We also have an active conservation group who meet regularly to review planning applications and their impact on the conservation of Ramsbottom.
Online shop selling publications produced by the Heritage Society, as well as publications produced by local authors
Exhibition
There is an exhibition in the Heritage Gallery to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, entitled 10 Monarchs, 8 Coronations. The exhibition is on the top floor of Ramsbottom Library, and thus is open whenever the library is open. The exhibition will run until Summer 2024 and then will be replaced by an exhibition promoting the Heritage Society's achievements and research.
There is a booklet to accompany the exhibition, available from the Heritage Gallery or Hearts for Homes on Bridge Street, or via our online shop. The cost is £2 .