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From Scandals to Snooker: The Brian Boru Club, Ashton-in-Makerfield
Posted on 19th Jun 2025 by Thomas McGrath
This is part of a new blog series we will be sharing with our colleagues working on the 'Ashton Building History Project'. This post was researched and written by Anna Standring. Front Elevation of the Brian Boru Club on Byrn...
Ellen Weeton's travels in Wales - 200 years on
Posted on 11th Jun 2025 by Helen Kavanagh
Two hundred years ago, Ellen Weeton embarked on one of many adventures – this time to North Wales. Recorded in her diary which we hold in the Edward Hall collection, the entries for May to July 1825 reveal a woman ahead of her time....
'A Liberal Display of Flags and Bunting' - Ince's Victory Celebrations
Posted on 24th Apr 2025 by AWL Team
On 24 th April 1945, The Ince Urban District Council Peace Sub Committee met to make ‘arrangements for celebrating locally the cessation of hostilities in the European Theatre of War’. ‘In accordance with the wishes of His...