Magazines

The Ramsbottom Heritage Society normally publishes 2 magazines a year, which are free to all members.

The first 63  can be viewed by clicking on the cover.  The contents are also shown.

There is now a searchable PDF of the first 62 issues to enable phrases to be found across all the magazines

Magazines Issues 1-62

There is also an index of the first 25 magazines

Number	Pdf file	Contents
Index		References and the magazine number and page
1 - June 1990		12 Pages CONTENTS FOREWORD: THE RAMSBOTTOM HERITAGE SOCIETY, 1987-90 ORIGINS - Andrew Todd Page 3 - MAY 1990 - SOCIETY UP-DATE FROM THE SECRETARY Dorothy Moss Page 4 THE IRWELL VALLEY FORUM - Judith Appleby Page 5 April 1990 - NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVE - Brenda Decent Page 6 MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD IN NUTTALL WRITTEN BY HILDA FRENCH Page 7 MEMORIES OF BOYHOOD c 1912-20 Page 8 THE HISTORICAL SEEDS OF THE LOCAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES Page 9 THE PRINTERS' SOCIETY, HOLCOMBE Page 11 ONE DAY?
2 - Winter 1990, Spring 1991		12 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Editorial Page 3.Heritage Centre Update Page 4 Heritage Centre Highlights Page 5 Annual Photo Competition Page 7 Archives Page 8 Ramsbottom - What's in a name? (new theory unearthed?) Page 9 Extracts from the Diary of a Dedicated Gardener Page 11 A Monumental Task Page 12 Competition Ramsbottom Recollections Page 12 Childhood in Stubbins Lane in the Early 1920s Page 13 Ramsbottom's Iron Railings Page 14 The Shuttleworth Road Dispute, 1836-9
3 - Summer 1991		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Editorial Barbara PARK Page 3. Ramsbottom Model Railway Club - History in Miniature Harry DENNIS Page 4. Photographers in Focus Brenda DECENT Page 5. Heritage Centre A Helper Page 6. Ramsbottom's Iron Railings Page 6. The Rooks of Ramsbottom John SYKES Page 7. Datestone Competition Page 8. The 5th Annual Photographic Competition John LEYLAND Page 9. The Ramsbottom Oil Rig - and other items from the Archive Brenda DECENT Page 10.  The Swinging 60s - Cliff RICHARD visits Ramsbottom Page 11.  Journeys down Memory Lane Edith ROBINSON Page 12.  Boundaries & Backwaters Jan BARNES Page 13.  The Female Friendly Society Barbara PARK Page 14.  John SPENCER's Hazelhurst Engraving Works Andrew TODD Page 15.  The Courthouse, Holcombe Stuart JACKSON
4 - Winter 1991/ Spring 1992		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 2 RAMSBOTTOM AUSTRALIA? Barbara Park Page 2 RAMSBOTTOM FROM THE BOROUGH ARCHIVES Kevin Mulley Page 4 OUR FIRST HONORARY MEMBER Dorothy Moss Page 4 VALLEY OF THE RAMSON FLOWERS Jack Palmer Page 5 USING THE PRESENT TO PRESERVE THE PAST Geoffrey Johnson-Brett Page 6 NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVE Brenda Decent Page 7 CAN YOU REMEMBER? A new competition Page 8 DIARY OF A DEDICATED GARDENER Page 9 GAMES AND PASTIMES OF A RAMMY Margaret Ferguson CHILDHOOD Page 10 GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Clyde L Tweedale Page 11 CHILDREN AT THE HERITAGE CENTRE Hilda Barrett Page 12 NEWS TRAVELS Page 12 RAMSBOTTOM TROLLEY BUSES Barbara Palmer Page 16 ANNUAL PHOTO COMPETITION John Leyland
5 - Summer 1992		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Editorial Barbara Park Page 2 Society News Dorothy Moss Page 3 Train of Thought W.M. Bennion Page 4 Australian Update Dorothy Moss Page 4 The Story of the Fusilier Judith Appleby Page 6 Stockdale Saga Clyde L Tweedale Page 7 The Spencers of Hazlehurst Barbara Palmer Page 10 Reviews Trevor Park Page 12 Peter Nuttall Kay Page 12 Decimalisation in 1916 Barbara Park Page 12 A Ramsbottom Butcher and the Great War Andrew Todd Page 16 Ramsbottom Reminiscences Competition Andrew Todd
6 - Winter 1992		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Editorial Barbara Park Page 2. Society News Dorothy Moss Page 2 So What Else is New? New light on an old photograph Brenda Decent Page 5 Archive Update Page 5 Family History Research Page 5 Barcelona and Stubbins J W Barber-Lomax Page 7. Ramsbottom Cricket Club - One hundred not out (An historic year at Acre Bottom) Fred Entwistle Page 7. Grant/Kay Boundary Stones John Taylor Page 8 Aquatic Memories of a Summerseat Childhood Jean Price Page 10 Rev Henry Dowsett and the "Terpsichorean Art" John Simpson Page 10 Reviews Trevor Park Page 12 Holcombe School Log Book Barbara Park Page 14 Ramsbottom Observer Microfilming Project Andrew Todd Page 14. Ramsbottom Reminiscences Competiton Andrew Todd Page 15. A Ramsbottom Butcher and the Great War Jack Preston
7 - Summer 1993		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Editorial Barbara Park Page 2 Society News from the Secretary Dorothy Moss Page 2 The Turnbull Tale CLTweedale Page 6 Membership 1993/4 Page 6 Starting Work Hilda Barrett Page 7 Team Photograph Norman Kay Page 9 The Mysterious Doctor McDouall Trevor Park Page 11 Ramsbottom Reminiscences - Review John B Taylor Page 11 Ramsbottom - What's in a Name? Explored Again Stuart Jackson Page 13 Hazelhurst Engraving Works, 258-264 Bolton Road West W John Smith Page 16 Ramsbottom Reminiscences: A Second Volume? Andrew Todd
8 - Winter 1993		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Editorial Barbara Park Page 2 Society News Dorothy Moss Page 3 Ramsbottom Observer Microfilming Project Andrew Todd Page 3 Ramsbottom Reminiscences: Vol 2 Andrew Todd Page 4 Membership Renewal by Covenant Derek Rowley Page 5 Visit to Port Sunlight Mavis Homewood Page 5 Visit to Littleborough Mavis Homewood Page 6 1993 Photographic Competition John Leyland Page 7 Barwood Lea Stables Brenda Decent Page 8 The Taylors of Shuttleworth J Henaughan Page 10 Jubilee Celebrations 1935 Summerseat Jean Price Page 11 Jubilee Celebrations 1935 Ramsbottom Fred Entwistle Page 12 Visitors from Overseas Tom Barrett Page 13 Hazelburst Engraving Works - c1920s Barbara E Ford Page 13 More News from Australia Barbara Park Page 14 Book Review: Riot by W Turner Trevor Park Page 15 Starting Work at Shepherd's Edith Duckworth Page 16 Remember back to 1900 Edna Ashworth
9 - Summer1994		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Editorial Andrew Todd Page 2. Ramsbottom in Focus Mavis Homewood Page 3. Wartime Memories of Summerseat Jack Whitford Page 4. A Ramsbottom Beginning: the Life of Charles Edward WALKER, Calico Printer Jack Barber-Lomax Page 6 Life at Ashton Lodge Joan Barcroft Page 8 The Strange Case of Hawkshaw's Disappearing Boundary Stone Andrew Todd Page 10 Hawkshaw: the Moving Village Jan Barnes Page 12. Down on the Farm: Memories of Farming in Hawkshaw in the 1930s Edith Coates Page 12. The Brox Bulletin: Brooksbottom Mill's Works Magazine, 1944 Jean Price Page 15. Abraham WARBURTON's Mason's Mallet Gordon While Page 16. Ramsbottom's Hotels and Beerhouses, 1887 Andrew Todd
10 - Winter 1994		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 3 Delivering for ANDERTON’s Grocers from the 1920s to the 1950s Joan Barcroft Page 5 The Ramsbottom Co-operative Society Stocktake, 1954 Barbara Park Page 6 Stories in Stone Update Andrew Todd Page 10 Profit from PORR1TT Clyde Tweedale Page 12 A Nostalgic Walk 'Up the Lane’: Memories of Hawkshaw Lane in the Thirties Edith Coates Page 15 The Home Guard in Ramsbottom, 1941-4 Fred Entwistle
11 - Summer 1995		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 4 Ramsbottom lights up: our Town’s Electrical Centenary John Simpson Page 6 VE Day in Summer seat, and other Wartime Memories Jack Whitford Page 8 Edwin F PARKINSON: Lytham’s Package Tour Operator Janet Kitchen Page 9 The PORRITTs of Melbourne, Australia Lynne Porritt Newton Page 12 Turnpike Finger Posts at Bradshaw, Ainsworth and Elton Andrew Todd Page 12 Roger WORTHINGTON Jan Barnes Page 15 An Acrostic Advertisement John Simpson Page 16 Ralph ROONEY Jan Barnes
12 - Winter 1995		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 3 Pride in Achievement: Building in Ramsbottom between the Wars Gordon White Page 6 Around Ramsbottom: the Inside Story Barbara Park Page 9 The St Andrew's Refurbishment: and New Light on Some Old Mysteries Andrew Todd Page 13 Melvin CRAWSHAW: 'the Chemist on the Corner' Edith Robinson Page 15 Gas Lighting at Irwell Bridge Mill, Kenyon Street Joan Barcroft Page 16 A Summerseat Aviation Mystery Jack Whitford
13 - Summer 1996		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 2 Memories of Dundee Lane and Summerseat in the '20s and '30s Cliff Gaskell Page 5 Melvin CRAWSHAW: ’the Chemist on the Corner': Addendum Edith Robinson Page 6 Dale Street Stubbins: the Celebrations Mystery Page 8 The Summerseat Aviation Mystery Solved Cliff Gaskell Page 9 Ramsbottom Telephone Exchange Joe Crompton Page 11 The Holcombe Hey Society of United Artisans, established 1830 Brenda M Decent Page 13 James DEWHURST: an Obituary Clyde Tweedale Page 14 Mary Jane 'Cissie' LOMAX, Milliner of Bridge Street Barry Rothwell Page 14 Wartime Reminiscences 1939-45 Doris Hibbert
14 - Spring 1997		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Ramsbottom Miscellanea , Page 3. Archive Accessions, 1996 Brenda Decent Page 4. The Total Eclipse of the Sun, 29th June 1927 Barbara Park Page 5. A Memorable Summerseat Christmas - 1944 Jack Whitford Page 6. New in Tottington Bridge, Stubbins Andrew Todd Page 9 The Origins of Lancashire’s Whit Walks Brenda Decent Page 11. Holcombe Hunt Jan Barnes Page 12 Childhood Memories of Edenfield John Garnett Hillis Page 14. Oral History Taping Project Barbara Park Page 15. Some Recollections of Lower Bridge Street Edna Collier Page 16. Composition at St Paul’s, 60 Years Ago Edna Mary Holden
15 - Autumn 1997		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 2. Society Sketches: Lillian Cullen Dorothy Moss Page 3. The AITKEN Family: Millowners and Philanthropists Clyde Tweedale Page 5 In Search of Carr Fold Andrew Todd Page 9 Carr Fold in the ’20s and ‘30s Frederick Ashworth Hanson Page 14 A Walk on the Wildside: Flora around Nuttall Joe Crompton Page 16 Sledging in Ramsbottom between the Wars Andrew Todd
16 - Spring 1998		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Page 3 Society Sketches: Andrew Todd The Committee Page 4 Peel Brow in the ’20s: some Boyhood Memories Herbert Collier Page 7 Robert Thorpe: Turnbull and Stockdale's last Block Cutter Andrew Todd Page 9 How the Hanson Family came to Ramsbottom Frederick A Hanson Page 10 Memories of the Old Police Station Leslie R Norris Page 11 Ridgeways: a Chronicle of our Ownership of a Cottage in the Ridge, 1944 Marjorie Nuttall Page 15 Summerseat Kayaks of the ’40s: more harmless Children’s Games from the Good Old Days Andrew Todd
17 - Autumn 1998		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 3 Nuttall Park, 1928-1998 Herbert Collier Page 5 Ramsbottom’s First Floodlit Football Match John Simpson Page 7 A Brief Memory of Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital Frederick Ashworth Hanson Page 7 The Coach and Horses, Edenfield Andrew Todd Page 10 Greystones: A Hundred Years of history of a Stubbins House Brenda Decent Page 12 A Rough Summary: 1 : At Home and School Frederick Ashworth Hanson Page 16 Mocking the Tackier '
18 - Spring 1999		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 2 A Rough Summary: 2: Play and Work Frederick Ashworth Hanson Page 5 The Nightingale Family of Tockholes and Shuttleworth David E Jackson Page 9 Chapel Houses, Shuttleworth: the Mystery of the Lost Graves Andrew Todd Page 13 My Operation for Appendicitis, 1919 George Ashworth Page 15 The Hospital Experience, 1937-48 Doris Hibbert Page 16 The Children of Queen’s Place, Summerseat Eileen Collier
19 - Spring 2000		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 3 A Child’s Eye View of Bye Road, Shuttleworth, in the 1930s Freda Molyneux (nee Liptrott) Page 8 Memories are made of this: some Ideas on Photography Joe Crompton Page 10 Memories of Ramsbottom Signalbox and Crossing Andrew Todd
20 - Autumn 2000		32 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 3 The Ramsbottom Millennium Festival, 17th to 24th June 2000 Dorothy Moss Page 3 Millennium Festival Week and the Churches of Ramsbottom Elizabeth Duxbury Page 6 Cherished Vehicle Show Janet and lan Smith Page 9 ‘The Model’ and the ‘Dosser Class’: Ramsbottom’s Lodging Houses and Lodgers a Century ago Andrew Todd Page 25 The Mystery of the Butcher’s Vanishing Telephone Dorothy Moss Page 25 James Horrocks: Some incidents in the Vicissitudes of his Life James Horrocks Page 30 Tom Wightman : When I were a Lad Joe Crompton
21 - Spring 2001		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 1 A Ramsbottom Couple’s Visit to London and Belgium, 1921 Doris Hibbert Page 5 Memories of the Ramsbottom Central Co-op George Ashworth Page 9 Lifting the Lid on the Tramshed: Ramsbottom’s Buses Harry Hanson Page 14 Ramsbottom Urban District Council Transport Department’s Last Years: A Postscript Andrew Todd
22 - Autumn 2001		16 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 3 The Reverend Hume Elliot 1857-1927: his Obituary Andrew Todd Page 5 Ramsbottom Central Co-op: a Postscript Andrew Todd Page 6 St Paul’s Church: Some Historical Notes Joan Barcroft Page 13 My Ramsbottom Beginnings ... and beyond Brian Clarke Page 16 The Moors Edwin Longworth
23 - Spring 2002		20 Pages CONTENTS Page 1. Ramsbottom Miscellanea Andrew Todd Page 2. The 150"' Birthday of Peel Tower, 9th September 2002 John Ireland Page 5 A Wartime Return to Bye Road and Peel Brow School Freda Molyneux (nee Liptrott) Page 11 Two Surviving Buildings from Ramsbottom’s ‘Old Ground’ Andrew Todd Page 11 George Goodrick, the Grant Arms and the Truck System Andrew Todd
24 - Spring 2003		20 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Introduction Page 2. Ramsbottom Miscellanea Page 3. Crow Lane Project Kate Slingsby Page 4. Schooldays at St Paul’s, Ramsbottom George Ashworth Page 6 Celebrations D. Hibbert, J Smith, L de Ruijter Page 10 Ramsbottom Ramblings Alan Slater Page 15 Motor Cycling in Ramsbottom 1955-1966 Colin Anderton Page 17. With reference to Porritt’s Mill Edwin Longworth Page 18. Memories of “The Flan.” Barbara L. Howard Page 20 Robert Wittenbury, Ramsbottom’s unsung architect Andrew Todd
25 - Autumn 2003		20 Pages CONTENTS Page 1 Chairmans Remarks Dorothy Moss Page 2 Obituaries Barbara Park Page 1 Peter Mamas McDouall,Charles Dickens, and the Grant Myth Andrew Todd Page 12 Crow Lane Project Janet Smith Page 13 Crow Lane Reminiscences Barbara Park Page 14 Taping Team Activities Tony Murphy Page 15 Memories of Pebble Beach Marten Crowley - History of Edenfield Ian Summers Page 17 Memories of Hazlehurst School Alice O'Donnell Page 19 200 years of Methodism in Hawkshaw Jonathan Ali
26- Spring 2004		CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Chairman's Report Dorothy Moss Society Sketches - Dorothy Moss Andrew Todd Film Celebration of Ramsbottom Tony Murphy Ramsbottom Heritage Centre Displays 2004 Janet Smith The Case for Listing - St Paul's C of E School Andrew Todd Obituaries - Arthur Quinton J Smith & B Park Evelyn Waite Dorothy Moss Page 7 J & H Hinchliffe Ltd; the Coaches Joan Young, Joan Murphy Page 9 A Short History of Ramsbottom's Buses 1913-1969 Douglas Hartley Page 13 Parish Activities at St Joseph's between the Wars Norman Kay Page 18 Irwell Bridge Mill Janet Smith Page 20 Memories of Crow Lane Alan Richardson, Doris Hibbert
27 - Autumn 2004		CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea; Society Sketches - Tony Murphy Andrew Todd Chairman's Report Tony Murphy New Conservation Areas in Ramsbottom Elizabeth Duxbury St Paul's C of E School and Listing: - Update Andrew Todd Obituaries Page 6 Memories of Kenyon Street Tom Barrett Page 8 Ramsbottom Mill - the Most Powerful Mill in the Valley, but where is it now? Kate Slingsby Page 14 D - Day 60th Anniversary Alan and Doris Hibbert Page 16 Hazlehurst School - 100 not out Douglas Hartley Page 18 Hinchliffe: a Family Business The Hinchliffe Family
28 - Spring 2005		CONTENTS Page 1 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Page 2 Shoes have tongues Page 4 Daniel Grant Page 12 Recollections Page 16 Book review- Reverend R R CARMYLLIE -The Kirk at Ramsbottom Page 16 War Memorials Elizabeth DUXBURY
29 - Autumn 2005		Contents Page 1 Chairman's Report Page 2 Obituary Page 3 Memories of Ramsbottom during World War Two with contributions from: Marion BEECH, Cyril DAVENPORT, Edith DUCKWORTH, Frank & Irene HALL, Margaret HAMMERSLEY, Elizabeth HAWORTH, Harry HOYLE, Bessie & Jennie JOHNS, Margaret NOLAN, Alice O'DONNELL, Jeff POMFRET, Phyllis RODWELL et al.
30 - Spring 2006		Page 1 Chairman's report Tony MURPHY Page 2 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Obituaries Annual Photographic Competition "Ramsbottom past and present " (video/DVD) review Jonathan ALI Saved for the moment - ELR goods warehouse RHS Conservation Group report Kate SLINGSBY Page 6 A history of Isherwood's furnishers David ISHERWOOD Page 7 The Bridge Street accident 1944 Joan BARCROFT Page 8 Daniel Grant, famous or infamous Alan HITCH Page 13 F D Sims - the Wireworks, the War years Pamela WOOSEY Page 18 Memories of Post-War working at F D Sims Jennie JOHNS Page 20 Rarnsbottom Heritage Society Rambles
31 - Autumn 2006		Page 1 Chairman's report Tony Murphy Page 2 Obituaries Page 4 "Firsts" for the Conservation Group Kate Slingsby Page 5 Ramsbottom's South Western Approach Andrew Todd Page 6 Cormar Carpets 1956 - 2006 Page 9 F D Sims after 1945 - a chronology Pamela Woosey Page 17 E R P sign from Victoria Street/Rostrons Road Page 17 Bury Archive Service in 2006 Joanne Fitton Page 18 Ramsbottom Heritage Centre _- re-opening 2007 Page 18 Ramsbottom Cemetery, some inscriptions Elizabeth Duxbury
32 - Spring 2007		Contents Page 1 Chairman's Report Page 2 News from the Web-site Page 2 Discovery of "Time Capsule" at 42 Bridge Street Page 3 Libraries in Ramsbottom Page 5 Ramsbottom Library & Adult Education Centre 2007 Page 6 Ramsbottom Heritage Society - the beginning Page 7 Glimpses of 20 years of R H S activities Page 8 R H S Archives Page 9 Our first blue plaque - P M McDOUALL. Page 10 Radical Ramsbottom Page 15 "Signs" update Page 15 Conservation Working Group Report Page 16 Runaway Trains Page 18 Ramsbottom & Tottington'Blind Persons Welfare Committee 1961 - 1994
33 - Winter 2007		Contents Page I - Chairman's Report Tony MURPHY Page 2 Obituaries Page 4 Photographic Competition 2006 Page 4 Conservation Working Group Kate SLINGSBY Page 5 Archeaological Dig at Kibboth Crew Kate SLINGSBY Page 7 Extreme Weather -- Floods in the Ramsbottom area Page 12 Memories of Lancashire County Library Ramsbottom Branch, 2 Market Place Linda de RUIJTER & Janet SMITH Page 14 Life & tints of William. GRANT 1733 - 1817 Pamela PARKINSON Page 20 "Our Boys the Great War in a Lancashire village" - the new book by Jonathan ALI Page 20 Do you need help to research your Family History?
34 - Spring 2008		Contents Page 1 Chairman’s report Tony Murphy Page 2 Book Review – ‘Our Boys’ by JALI Ken Inman Page 3 Conservation Group Spring 2008 Kate Slingsby Page 4 Photographic Competition 2007 Page 5 Col A T Porritt, donor to our town Centre Centre pages "Waterpower" illustrations John B Taylor Page 13 Editorial team report Page 14 Extreme weather in the 30s & 40s Tragic Flood Norman Kay Page 18 Severe Weather in & 1947 Jean Pogson Page 19 Nuttall area — goits and watercourses Ian Smith Page 20 The Grants at the Battle of Culloden 1746 Brenda Richards
35 - Autumn 2008		CONTENTS 1 Chairman's report Tony Murphy 2 Obituaries Bill Bennion 1933 - 2008 William Hanson 1928 - 2008 3 November 1936 - the flood Florence Scholes [nee Fullard] 4 Reminiscences of Denis Frearson & Nancy Frearson of F D Sims 9 Stubbins Lane Mill Kate Slingsby 12 Nuttall Park & the Porritt legacy Gwenda Newton 13 The story of the plaque & stone in Nuttall Park Brenda Richards 15 Major JWS Grant 1824 - 1913 Brenda Richards 17 Scout Moor Quarry Janet Smith 19 Conservation Group report Kate Slingsby
36 - Summer 2009		CONTENTS Page 1 Chairman's report Tony MURPHY Page 2 Obituary - Ron DECENT Page 2 Book review - "The Fastest Man — Steeple Jack's Adventures in Lancashire", by Chris Aspin Page 3 Memories of a brief time at Shepherds Eileen LAMB Page 3 The history of the proposed Aldi Supermarket site Kath HADDOCK Page 7 Spring 2009 Conservation Group Report Kate SLINGSBY Page 8 Ramsbottom Civic Hall Page 14 Items from the RHS Archive 1 "Humpty Dumpty" C R ECCLES Page 16 Items from the RHS Archive 2 G F MARKLAND Norma MILLS Page 17 A brief history of Metcalfe Bros (Ramsbottom) Ltd (1937 — 1991) J BARRETT Page 18 Summerseat Railway Warehouse update Cover picture:- Vacant Railway Street building which was occupied until recently by T.NT as offices (by John B TAYLOR)
37 - Autumn 2009		Contents Page 1 Chairman's report Tony Murphy Page 2 Obituaries Nancy Martin Elizabeth Morris Ernest Greaves Page 3 Conservation Group Report Autumn 2009 Kate Slingsby Page 5 Harden Moor David C Hil Page 7 Memories of Peel Tower and Top’o’th’Hill Farm Margaret P Vickers Page 14 Dr Rhodes Boyson David McKie Page 15 Shaw’s Grocers (60 Bridge Street) before the Second World War Page 16 Civic Year of Ramsbottom Urban District Council 1972-73 Page 19 Memories of life on Gollinrod Farm during World War 2 Bryan Walsh Cover Gas lamp standard, Edith Street, Shuttleworth John B Taylor 2009 Centre pages Two Towers Walk John B Taylor 2009
38 - Spring 2010		CONTENTS Page 1 Chairman’s report Tony Murphy Page 2 Obituaries Alan Hibbert Walter Mills Page 3 RHS Photographic Competition 2009 Winners Page 3 Music Review “Singing for Ramsbottom” Richard W Hall Page 4 Kibboth Crew - a look at the evidence Kate Slingsby Page 6 Recollections of Mrs Mary Newborne nee Skelton Page 7 John Wood (Engineering) Ltd later Woods Engineers (Ramsbottom) Ltd Page 10 Bills & receipts of John Wood (Engineers) Ramsbottom - part 1 Page 17 Design & Technology Page 17 Gas Street Lighting, a very short history and a local connection Graham Twidale
39 - Autumn 2010		Contents Page 1 Chairman's report Tony Murphy Page 2 Obituary J B Taylor Tony Murphy Page 2 Holcombe Moor Training Area Jonathan Ali Page 5 News from the Archives Dave Haddock Page 10 Conservation Group Report Kate Slingsby Page 11 Whitelow Hill Excavation Richard Burns Page 15 Whitelow Hill notes Norman Tyson Page 17 Park Cottage Elizabeth Duxbury Page 21John B Taylor 1941 -201 Family and Friends
40 - Spring 2011		Page 1 Chairman’s report Tony Murphy Page 2 Obituaries Norene French Jack Kenneford Page 3 An appeal 26 March 2011 A Todd, President Page 3 Those who will, may win Page 5 RHS Photography Competition 2010 Page 6 Block Printing J E Raynerd Page 7 John Gray 1801-1872 Page 9 Elizabeth Gray 1799 1877 Page 10 Captain Richard Whittaker Porriit 1910— 1940 Brenda Richards Page 13 Growing up in Ramsbottom in 1920s and 30s Hilda Barrett
41 - Autumn 2011		Contents Page 1 Chairman’s report Kate Slingsby Page 2 Obituaries Page 3 Ramsbottom Miscellanea Page 5 News from the Archives Dave Haddock Page 9 News of Kibboth Crew Page 11 The Archaeology of 18th C water-powered textile mills Dr Michael Nevell Page 14 Fabric printing Page 15 The history of the New Jerusalem Church in Ramsbottom Brenda Richards Page 16 Plantation House, 61 Ramsbottom Lane Page 18 Memories of a Land Army girl in Shuttleworth George & Ruby Smith Page 20 The Mango Orchard
42 - Spring 2012		Contents Page 1 Chairman ’s report Page 2 Local Gardening News 2010 - 20Ï2 Page 6 Bills and Receipts of John Wood (Engineers) Ramsbottom (Part 2) Page 12 Ramsbottom War News - booklet available Page 12 Stubbins Printworks / Stubbing Paper Mill Kath Haddock Page 16 Obituaries
43 - Autumn 2012		CONTENTS Chairman’s Report page 2 Emily Badger - an appreciation Tony & Joan Murphy page 3 Ramsbottom Heritage Society Extravaganza 12th May 2012 Betty Chapman and lan Chapman page 3 News from the website page 4 2011 Photographic Competition page 5 Conservation Report Andrew Todd page 6 Latest Developments at Turnbull Prints Ltd page 7 Royal Memories Doris Hibbert page 8 Centenary of Holme Mill, Ramsbottom page 9 Ramsbottom Paper Mill Kath Haddock page 13 Ramsbottom Urban District Council (Part 2) page 15 Obituary - W D McClelland page 17
44 - Spring 2013		Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 2 Norma Mills – An Appreciation page 2 Joan and Tony Murphy 2012 Photographic Competition page 3 Miss Minnie Hassall Doris Hibbert page 5 An Introduction to Lavender Hills (previously The Cliffe) page 6 and its People Martin Henfield Colonel Porritt’s Support of a Soldier and his Family page 9 Harold Heys Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital page 12 Obituaries – Peter Morries, Clyde Tweedale, page 20 Jean Greenhalgh Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the page 22 Second World War Gillian Mawson The Civic Hall’s Lamppost page 23 Ramsbottom War News page 23 Summer Walks Programme 2013 page 24
45 - Autumn 2013		CONTENTS RAMSBOTTOM MISCELLANEA – NEWS ITEMS page 2 Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 3 The Bridge Family page 4 Ramsbottom Cottage Hospital Part 2 page 6 Church Fields Evidence Questionnaire, 1991-2011 page 10 Historical evidence of the Commons status of page 12 Church Fields, 1806 Andrew Todd Reverend Richard Chew and his Ramsbottom Roots page 13 Ramsbottom War News page 18 Ramsbottom Heritage Society’s Photographic Competition page 19 Tony Murphy Linda de Ruijter page 19 Obituaries – Tony Murphy page 20
46 - Spring 2014		CONTENTS Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 2 Ramsbottom Miscellanea - News Items page 3 Ramsbottom Heritage Society Photographic Competition page 5 We will remember them Elizabeth Duxbury page 6 Our Boys Jonathan Ali page 9 The Lost Generation - 1914 Duncan Francis page 11 Leonie Ashworth - A remarkable woman page 11 Kathleen Husband and Anne Shortt The zeppelin raid on the Rossendale Valley and Bolton page 16 Selected entries from the Holcombe School log book page 21
47 - Autumn 2014		CONTENTS Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 2 Ramsbottom Community Fire Station Open Day page 3 News from the archives page 4 News and Updates page 5 Ramsbottom Heritage Society’s Photograph Competition page 6 Ramsbottom War News page 6 The Belgian Connection Anne Shortt and Kathleen Husband page 7 Ramsbottom Urban District Council enters the 20th Century (1914 - 1918) page 9 The early years of the local Fire Brigade page 13 Private Harold Monks (1897 - 1915) page 17 The Diagonal Engine by John Wood of Ramsbottom page 19 Your King and Country need you page 20
48 - Spring 2015		CONTENTS Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 2 Ramsbottom Heritage Society Photographic Competition John Leyland page 3 Recent Website Activity page 5 Brenda Decent page 5 The Church Fields Inquiry - A Response David A.J. Walsh page 6 St Andrew’s Church page 8 Ramsbottom Market Place’s group of listed buildings page 10 Glimpses into the memoirs of James Thomas Rothwell page 15 Grant Arms Bowling Green page 21 Ramsbottom War News page 22 Ramsbottom’s Lost Generation Duncan Francis page 23 Local Research page 23
49 - Autumn 2015		CONTENTS Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 2 Ramsbottom’s Lost Generation Duncan Francis page 4 Ramsbottom’s “Sinkhole” 1915-16 Barbara Park page 5 1908 Ordnance Survey Map of Ramsbottom page 12 Ramsbottom’s “Sinkhole” 1915-16 ( continued) page 14 Ramsbottom War News page 16 The Ramsbottom Observer page 17 Signs of the Times 1878 page 18 Shop Window Competition 2015 page 21 Digitised Maps John Leyland page 24 Local Research page 24
50 - Spring 2016		CONTENTS Chairman’s Report Kate Slingsby page 2 Kate Slingsby - An Appreciation Andrew Todd page 3 Bowling Green Application Refused page 4 Ramsbottom War News page 5 Jubilee Gardens Time Capsule Burial Ceremony Tony Mosedale page 6 News From The Archive page 8 Archaeology Report, Aldi Site, Railway Street, Ramsbottom page 9 Annual Photographic Competition 2015 John Leyland page 13 Stephen Plunkett Duncan Francis page 16 Ramsbottom Lost Generation Part 2 - 1916 page 18 The Provision Of Local Banking Services page 19 Signs of the Times 1878 Brenda Richards page 22 Local Research page 28
51 - Autumn 2016		CONTENTS Secretary’s Report John Leyland page 2 News page 3 Ramsbottom War News page 4 Handy Tips Betty Chapman page 5 Ramsbottom Lost Generation Part 2 - 1916 page 5 War Memorials page 6 Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor any a drop to drink Zena Middleton page 7 Cobden Mill Kath Haddock page 14 The Ramsbottom Urban District in the late 1960s Nancy Herbert (née Sellers) page 16 Programme 2016/2017 inside front cover Local Research inside back cover
52 - Spring 2017		CONTENTS Secretary’s Report John Leyland page 2 News page 3 Ramsbottom Lost Generation Part 2 - 1916 page 5 Ramsbottom War News page 5 Bunty Miller page 6 Grants Tower and Area Anonymous page 9 Annual Photographic Competition John Leyland page 11 Grants Tower - A brighter future Kate Slingsby page 15 Porritt and Spencer’s World War 1 Memorial Plaque page 18 Memories of Ramsbottom’s Picture Palaces George Ashworth page 21 Local Research page 23
53 - Autumn 2017		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland page 2 News page 3 The 30th Anniversary of the Ramsbottom Heritage Society Ian and Betty Chapman page 4 Report from the Archive Team Brenda Richards page 7 A brief summary of the Conservation Group’s activities 2016-17 John Ireland page 9 Mysterious markings at Miller Street, Summerseat Andrew Todd page 11 The Lancashire Cricket League links with the RHS Kate Slingsby page 18 Grants Tower 1829 –1944 J C Watkin page 19 Sir Edward Hopkinson Holden (1848-1919) page 21 Publications for Sale John Leyland page 23 Local Research inside back cover
54 - Spring 2018		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 What Now for the Grant Arms? Page 2 Croft End, formerly New Bridge Mill, Stubbins Bridge Andrew Todd Page 5 Annual Photographic Competition John Leyland Page 9 Old Pictorial view of Ramsbottom Page 12 Annual Photographic Competition John Leyland Page 14 Letter from John Spencer John Spencer Page 16 Local Family History in the World War One exhibition at Bury Archives Ian Chapman Page 17 The Belgian Connection - Part 2 Kathleen Husband Page 19 My Final Job Doris Hibbert Page 22 Local Research Page 23 Heritage Gallery Exhibitions inside back cover Summer Walks 2018 back cover
55 - Autumn 2018		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Latest News Page 3 The names on the Porritt and Spencer World War 1 memorial plaque William Davenport Page 4 Ramsbottom Connects with an overseas visitor Barry Aldous Page 6 The survival of a Heritage Lampost circa 1920 Page 8 Joseph Strang Page 11 Ramsbottom Market Place by Monarch Kate Slingsby Page 13 Signs of the Times - 1908 Page 14 Ramsbottom Lane in 1851 John Tomlinson Page 15 Brooksbottom (Kay Street) Bridge, Summerseat Page 18
56 - Spring 2019		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Latest News Page 3 Nuttall Park Bandstand’s 90th Anniversary Renaissance Brenda Richards and Janet Smith Page 6 Summer Walks Programme Page 9 Grant Arms Hotel 2019 Andrew Todd & John Ireland Page 10 Ramsbottom 200 years in Art Exhibition Kate Slingsby Page 15 Annual Photographic Competition John Leyland Page 16 Carr Bank House Page 20 Keith Hoyle’s memories of St Paul’s Lynda Woodhams Page 27 Local Research inside back cover
57 - Autumn 2019		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Latest News Page 2 More Visitors from the Kirkman House Museum, Page 5 Walla Walla, Washington, USA Website and Facebook News Page 7 Secretary’s report John Leyland Page 9 Ramsbottom - 200 Years in Pictures Art Exhibition Page 10 Ramsbottom - 200 Years in Pictures Betty and Ian Chapman Page12 The Historical Significance of Scotland Place as the Page 15 Oldest Building in Ramsbottom John Ireland and Andrew Todd Local Research inside back cover
58 - Spring 2020		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Latest News Page 3 Annual Photographic Competition John Leyland Page 9 Signs of the Times - The Factory Bottom Tragedy 1864 Martin Baggoley Page 13 Memories of the Butchery Trade in Ramsbottom Ernest Hutchinson Page 15 The Flag on Holcombe Tower 1957 Malcolm C. McDonald Page 19 The Sale of Springwood Mill, Ramsbottom, 1952 Page 21 The Temple Manufacturing Company 1941 Page 23 Local Research inside back cover
59 - Autumn 2020		CONTENTS Facebook Keith Burroughs inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Nuttall: Ramsbottom’s Lost Village John Leyland Page 3 Latest News Page 4 The Porritt Legacy to Ramsbottom and Beyond Page 8 Wartime Memories Related to Yewbarrow Lodge Douglas Trevor Nuttall Page11 The Grant Arms (Ramsbottom) & The Goodricks John Goodrick Mitchell Page 12 Ramsbottom Music Hall Page 16 Signs of the Times 1884-1885 - A Concealment of Birth in Victorian Ramsbottom Martin Baggoley Page 21 Ramsbottom’s Scene John Tomlinson Page 24 Local Research inside back cover
60 - Spring 2021		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Nuttall: Ramsbottom’s Lost Village Page 3 Latest News Page 4 Photographs taken in 2020 John Leyland Page 8 A young boy’s recreation in the 1920s Ernest Hutchinson Page 9 The Rose and Crown, Carr Street RHS Exhibition team and Martin Baggoley Page 14 Death of Mr William Grant of Nuttall Hall, 30th May 1873 Page 22 Local Research inside back cover
61 - Autumn 2021		CONTENTS Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Nuttall memories Page 3 Society News Page 4 St Paul’s School in the 1920s Ernest Hutchinson Page 8 Arthur Bentley – Iron Founder and Builder Kate Slingsby Page 12 Bird Hall, Rowlands Road, Walmersley David Malin Page 14 Signs of the Times Page 21 Local Research Page 28
62 - Spring 2022		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page 2 Society News Page 2 Ramsbottom Heritage Society’s Lost Street Names Project Andrew Todd and Brenda Richards Page 7 The Grants’ Barrel Organ Kate Slingsby Page 10 Summerseat David Malin Page 14 Astronomical Images David Malin Page 19 Local Research inside back cover
63 - Autumn 2022		CONTENTS Meetings programme inside front cover Secretary’s Report John Leyland Page2 Society News Page 2 Conservation Group News John Ireland Page 5 United Utilities’ proposed work in Nuttall Village Page 7 We will remember them Betty and Ian Chapman Page 13 Our Platinum Jubilee Weekend Ian Chapman Page 15 Holcombe Rover Scout Crew 1936 - 39 Page 18 Burrs Country Park - Book Review Mildred Bootland Page 23 Local Research inside back cover Ramsbottom Reminiscences Publicity back cover