The top floor of the Soldier Dick was used by the Oddfellows who established their "Foundation Stone Of Truth Lodge" in 1829. A m...

  George Tomlinson passed away on 11th July 2023 at the Hawthorne Nursing Home in Buxton at the age of 98.  His funeral is at Macclesfield...

Philip Hadfield's grandfather spent his entire working life as a railwayman at Whaley Bridge and New Mills. Arthur Hadfield was well kn...

  The lands where Furness Vale stands were once royal hunting preserves. West of the River Goyt was Macclesfield Forest and to the East, th...

Our May 2023 meeting featured John Hambleton's Curio Quiz. Members were invited to examine various tools and implements before their pu...

 A departure from local history at our March meeting saw Debbie Bailey present her talk about wildlife conservation in Furness Vale.   Thank...

David Jackson, author of the recently published trilogy "Stepping into the Past" is currently writing a history of Taxal Scouts. H...

 This is a recording of our meeting on 7th February 2023 when Frank Pleszak presented the story of Frank Marriott, "The High Peak Dambu...

 Our latest video is based upon our March 2022 meeting when members were taken on a virtual tour from New Mills to Furness Vale via Bridgemo...

Our first meeting of the New Year proved interesting and informative. Claire Moores' story was at times amusing, at times a harrowing ac...

 David Harrop of the Manchester Postal Museum was guest speaker at our meeting in December 2022.  Here is a recording of his presentation:

 Here is a video recording of our meeting on 1st November 2022 when archaeologist Catherine Parker Heath presented a talk about the recent e...

A view of Buxton Road c1920, courtesy of Carol Trafford. The house at the corner of Station Road doesn't appear to be a shop although i...

We are creating a series of 3D computer models showing how parts of the village appeared c 1960.  This short tour takes us past some of the ...

  Blackwell Mill The loneliest village in England is how Blackwell Mill was described in 1921.  The name comes from the corn mill wh...

 The Lost Village of Ashopton. Ladybower Reservoir.  Ashopton was sited in the centre of this picture The remains of the village of Ashopton...