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REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS Meetings are held at the Horwich Resource Centre, Beaumont Road (off Longworth Road), Horwich on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm. Free parking and disabled access is available. A guest speaker addresses each meeting talking on some aspect of heritage and attendees are invited to ask questions and express their own opinions on the topic. Tea, coffee and biscuits are available at all meetings. Admission to the meetings is free to members but non-members are also welcome to attend for just £1.50, payable on the door at each meeting. Forthcoming meetings will be on the following dates: 2010 Feb. 9th "Looking At Old Horwich" Martin Brownlow March 9th "More Notable Old Rivingtonians" David Kaye April 13th "Loco Works Film Night" May
11th "Leverhulme - could he have been more successful?"
June 8th A.G.M. 25 Years Celebration July 13th "Monasteries in Lancashire" Maureen Gilbertson Aug 10th "Beatrix Potter" Margaret Curry Sept 14th "North Country Folk Lore" Peter Watson Oct. 12th "Quarter Sessions Poor Law" Joan Holding Nov.
9th "344 Pretoria Pit Disasters" Andrea
Finney SPECIAL EVENTS A variety of special events are organised throughout the year including an Autumn Gift Fair, Summer Evening Guided Walks, Trips to Places of Interest, the Opening of the latest Exhibition at the Heritage Centre and a Christmas Event. 2010 Saturday
March 6th Open Day Launch of the new exhibition Saturday April 10th Open Day "History of Transport" Saturday May 8th Open Day "85th Anniversary of Leverhulme" Saturday June 12th "Heritage Societies Open Day" Saturday July 17th Open Day "Horwich Then & Now" Saturday Aug. 14th Open Day "Horwich Station/Loco Works" Saturday Sept. 11th Heritage Open Day "Family History" Dec. 14th Christmas event - tba
!SAVE HORWICH LOCO WORKS! Plans have been submitted to develop the Loco Works
site. The Society's campaign is not blanket opposition to this development,
but an attempt to persuade the developers to consider sympathetic
upgrading/conversion to modern day uses like housing & offices
as part of their 'mixed development' - without the Loco Works Horwich
wouldn't exist. We want to see a sensitive conversion, like Arcon
Village, respecting the heritage of the site. The Society
is asking people to register their views through this website, on
the petitions at the Heritage Centre and Horwich Library, on line
or by letter to Bolton and Horwich Town Councils by March 5th. For further information about any of our events please contact The Editor. |
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