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  • Manchester in Colour
  • High Peak In Colour
  • The Village in Colour
  • Sale of the Jodrell Estate
  • Growing Up In Buxworth
  • The Cope Family Ventures in Buxworth
  • Stage Carriage
  • A Victorian Heroine
  • Bugsworth Tales
  • The Extraordinary Parish of Taxal
  • Errwood Hall
  • Memories Of Furness Vale by Brian Fearon
  • Our Village's Own Railway
  • Journey To The Centre Of The Earth and Other Stories by Cliff Hill
  • The Middleton Family
  • Some Village Photographs
  • The Railway Photography of J. Wallace Sutherland
  • Furness Vale Station
  • The Auxiliary Hospitals.
  • Churches And Chapels
  • The Bridges of Furness Vale and Whaley
  • Mapping The Village
  • Manchester and Derbyshire film scenes
  • The History Society Bookshop
  • A Postcard From High Peak
  • Dr Allen's Casebook
  • Some Dove Holes History
  • OVER THE HIGH PEAK RAILWAY
  • A Holiday Resort - Whaley Bridge and Taxal
  • Reuben Wharmby of Furness Vale
  • A Computer Generated Village
  • East Cheshire Past and Present by J. P. Earwaker (1880)
  • Horwich End Gasworks
  • Gowhole Sidings
  • The 1867 New Mills Train Crash
  • The Murder of William Wood
  • Waterside
  • A Library of books
  • Goytside Farm

Monday, 29 April 2024

Marple's Changing Face

Marple's Changing Face from Marple Civic Society on Vimeo.

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Saturday, 27 April 2024

Fernilee Reservoir Inauguration Ceremony of 1932

This historical video was uploaded to Vimeo by David Stirling

Fernilee Reservoir inauguration ceremony (1932) from David Stirling on Vimeo.

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A Village Story

This is a 1960 film from Vimeo made available with the help of Disley Parish Council.

A Village Story from FGC Group on Vimeo.

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Whaley Bridge

 A 10 minute video from 2012:


Whaley Bridge from PSM on Vimeo.

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Wednesday, 17 April 2024

Celebrating the Coronation


 A watercolour painting of Buxton Road in 1953.  The village was bedecked with flags and bunting to mark the Coronation of queen Elizabeth II in June.

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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS

  Tuesday 7th January By rail to the seaside and country with Chris Makepeace

Tuesday 4th February The History of Manchester Aviation with Frank Pleszak

Tuesday 4th March Exploring Macclesfield Silk Museum's Archive by The History Hunters

Tuesday 1st April From Policeman to Crime Writer with author Neil Hallam..

Whaley Bridge Archive

 The now inactive Whaley Bridge History Forum will close during 2023. Its archive contains over 1600 photographs submitted by members and many local history articles. In order that these may be preserved and accessible, We have copied the content to two dedicated websites and may be viewed as follows:  
Whaley Bridge Photos - https://sites.google.com/view/whaleybridgephotos
Whaley Bridge History - https://sites.google.com/view/whaleyphotos/home

Newsletter

 We have been publishing our quarterly Newsletter since 2011.  The complete archive is now available to read or to download on our companion website: https://furnessnewsletter.wordpress.com/

Bingswood Printworks

 An 1898 inventory and valuation of Bingswood Printworks in Whaley Bridge has been donated to the Society and may be read together with maps and photographs at a dedicated website: https://bingswood.blogspot.com/

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Some Useful Links

  • Cheshire Image Bank
  • Band on the Wall - Historical Archive
  • Bollington Photo Archive
  • Britain From Above. Historic aerial views
  • Bugsworth Basin Newsletter Archive 2001-2012
  • Chinley,Buxworth and Brownside Community Website
  • Chorlton History
  • Coal Authority Interactive Map
  • Davenport Local History
  • David Kitching's page inc Bugsworth Basin/Peak Forest Canal
  • Derbyshire Photographic Archive
  • Hawk Green Recollections by Alan Proctor
  • Manchester Photographic Archive
  • Marple Local History Society
  • New Mills Local History Society
  • Picture New Mills
  • Pubs of Manchester, past and present
  • Steve Lewis's New Mills Website
  • Stockport Image Archive
  • The Industrial Heritage Of Britain. An excellent local archive
  • Whaley Bridge Community Website
  • Whaley Bridge Discussion Forum

About The Society

Furness Vale Local History Society
Furness Vale, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
We research and record Furness Vale's past. An archive of documents, maps and photographs is maintained, a product of many years research. We hold meetings on the first Tuesday of each month except July and August. A guest speaker usually presents an illustrated talk of local or regional interest. Membership is available at an annual fee of £5. For further information contact David Easton 01663 744080 furnesshistory@gmail.com
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