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LANCASHIRE LOCAL HISTORY FEDERATION NEWSLETTER ISSUE NO. 22, FEBUARY 2018 COPY DATE FOR NEXT EDITION: 15th MAY Editor (pro tem) Marianne Howell 01942 492855 [email protected] Chair: Marianne Howell 01942 492855 [email protected] Vice-Chair: Morris Garratt 0161 439 7202 [email protected] Secretary: John Wilson 03330 062270 [email protected] Treasurer: Peter Bamford 01253 796184 [email protected] Membership Secretary: Zoe Lawson 01772 865347 [email protected] Website Manager: Peter Houghton 01772 641604 [email protected] View from the Chair I would like to draw your attention to two Federation events – the Spring Day School on 24th February and the At Home, hosted by Leyland Historical Society on 19th May. Details and booking forms are below – we look forward to welcoming you. Subscriptions for societies (£8) and individuals (£5) are payable from the 1st of January. We hope that you feel membership is worthwhile and that you will renew (or join for the first time!) for 2018. Best wishes from Marianne Website news Events Diary for Societies: There is now a diary showing monthly events for member societies. This will be updated on a monthly basis by the web manager, so please let Peter Houghton know about all your activities by emailing him at [email protected]. Index to the Lancashire Local Historian: An updated index to the Federation journal, the Lancashire Local Historian, which was produced between 1983 – 2007/8 is now available on the website. The content of journal articles is listed alphabetically under author, title and subject, so it is worth checking to see if there are any items of interest to your research. LANCASHIRE LOCAL HISTORY FEDERATION ‘AT HOME’, SATURDAY 19 MAY 2018 LEYLAND CIVIC CENTRE, WEST PADDOCK, LEYLAND, PR25 1DH Leyland Historical Society is pleased to welcome members of the Lancashire Local History Federation to learn something of the town’s history and to help celebrate our 50th Anniversary. Programme 09.00 – 09.15 Registration/tea or coffee 09.15 – 09.30 Welcome/notices 09.30 – 10.15 Peter Houghton: The Industrial Heritage of Leyland & Farington 10.15 – 11.00 Mrs Elizabeth Shorrock: The ffaringtons of Worden 11.00 – 11.15 Interval/tea or coffee 11.15 – 12.00 Colin Dickinson: The Cotton Mills Lancashire 12.00 – 12.30 Sid Calderbank: Lancashire Local Dialect 12.30 – 13.00 Annual General Meeting of L.L.H.F 13.00 – 14.00 Buffet Lunch with tea/coffee 14.00 - 15.00 A guided Fishwicks double decker bus trip around Leyland 15.00 – 17.00 Three different walks around Leyland 1. Industrial Walk around Hough Lane, North & South Works of Leyland Motors & Rubber Industry 2. Walk to Worden Hall and Park with Elizabeth Shorrock 3. Walk to the South Ribble Museum and Parish Church 17.00 – 19.00 Make own arrangements for evening meal but recommend the Leyland Lion (Wetherspoon’s – which includes a display provided by the Historical Society). 19.30 – 21.30 Special talk by John Gater of Time Team who will discuss what the programme meant to him. COST: £17.50 (including buffet lunch, bus tour and evening speaker) For a further £7.50 access to our last two meetings of the season (usual price £10.00 each): • Monday 4th June – Dr Mark Baldwin “World War II Codebreakers” • Monday 2nd July – Dr David Starkey “The Monarchy” Closing date for applications: 5 May ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Booking form for 2018 ‘At Home’ Please complete and return to: Peter Houghton Leyland Historical Society 14 Clifton Avenue Leyland PR25 3ES 01772 641604 Email: [email protected] Please reserve me . Place/s Please indicate which of the three walks you wish to go on (1, 2 or 3). Name/s . Address. Postcode. Email. I enclose my/our cheque, payable to Leyland Historical Society, in the sum of £. Or contact Peter if you wish to make a Bacs Transfer AND a stamped addressed envelope (9” x 4½” preferred) for further information. If you have any special dietary requirements, please state here. WOULD YOUR SOCIETY LIKE TO HOST AN ‘AT HOME’ IN 2019? Each year one of our member societies hosts an ‘At Home’ on behalf of the Federation. As you will have seen above, this year our hosts are the Leyland Historical Society, who have devised an extremely interesting programme. The host society makes the arrangements – for the speakers, the venue (up to 100 people) and the refreshments – in conjunction with Federation committee members. It gives them the opportunity to showcase their society, and to invite speakers who can shed light on what is often a little-known aspect of the local area. The Federation undertakes to ensure that the society is not out of pocket, although on most occasions the costs are easily covered. The day includes a very short Federation AGM (no more than 30 minutes) to which all are invited. We would welcome interest from any member societies. So If you think your society would be interested in hosting the event in late Spring 2019, please contact Marianne Howell – details on the first page. A TRIBUTE TO MARGARET EDWARDS On behalf of the Federation Committee, I wish to thank Margaret for all the hard work and dedication which she has put into editing the newsletter over the past six years. Through the channel of the newsletter, Margaret has brought together the members of the Federation in a way that had not previously been achieved, and ensured that we had up-to-date, interesting and varied news from throughout the county. I think I can say that the current success of the Federation is in no small measure a result of Margaret’s handiwork. I know that Margaret is involved in many other activities and standing down as editor will allow her to pursue them with greater enthusiasm. The Federation wish Margaret well in all she does. At the moment we have no replacement editor and Marianne Howell the Federation Chair is bridging the gap until a successor can be found. So, if anyone would like to take up this interesting position please contact Marianne [email protected] Zoë Lawson NEWS FROM ARCHIVES LANCASHIRE Jacquie Crosby writes: “As 2017 draws to a close I am proud and pleased to tell you that we've just heard that Lancashire Archives has retained its status as an Accredited Archive Service. The letter says: 'The Accreditation Panel “… recognised the significant impact of finance and staffing reductions on Lancashire Archives since the award in 2014. However, they also recognised the service’s considerable achievement in continuing to develop and to deliver a positive service throughout this very difficult time. The Panel congratulated the service’s staff and management on this success.”' So a big thank you to my staff, our volunteers, the Friends of Lancashire Archives, and all our visitors who have contributed to our success and supported the service.” THREE EVENTS AT LANCASHIRE ARCHIVES BOW LANE, PRESTON, PR1 2RE Booking is essential for the following events. Further details and booking forms are available on the Friends website www.flarchives.co.uk. The Poor Law into the 20th century talk by Dave Burnham. Focussing on Bolton, Dave will explore how the Victorian Poor Law system, centred on the workhouse, developed during the 19th century to provide a more enlightened response to poor relief by 1930. Friday 9 March 2018 at 7.00pm. £10 per person including buffet supper and a glass of wine. Horrockses at Lancashire Archives - a workshop to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Horrocks, and to explore Lancashire Archives collections relating to the international textile company he founded. Saturday 24 March 10.30-3.00. £5 per person. 'There is no such thing as a good tax': Land Tax Assessments, 1780-1832, a half- day workshop on land tax records with tutor, Anna Watson Find out why this tax was introduced. Learn what you might discover about your ancestors from the returns - where they lived and what they were taxed on. Explore how local historians can use Land Tax returns to help to reconstruct the social structure of a community Tuesday 10 April 2018 2- 4pm. £10. CHESHIRE Cheshire West and Chester Council and Cheshire East Council have decided to allocate sites in Chester and Crewe for two new history centres to house the shared Archives and Local Studies service. These will replace the current Record Office in Duke Street, Chester, which is no longer fit for purpose. Facilities proposed include better spaces for activities with schools and community groups, exhibition spaces and more ‘informal’ access, as well as supervised research spaces. They will also look to extend digital provision and develop a much bigger outreach programme. The proposals will be more fully developed over the next two to three years including consultation with residents, service users and potential new users. The funding would come from each authority and, if approved, an HLF grant. If you would like to be involved in this consultation email [email protected] NEWS FROM SOCIETIES CHORLEY HERITAGE CENTRE GROUP In 2011, Chorley Heritage Centre began as the Chorley Heritage Centre Support Group. Interested volunteers, drawn together by Lincoln Shields, our present Chair, met to form a non-profit making group that undertook to preserve and archive any Chorley-related material. We had no premises, so our website was an early necessity, along with publicity, and the forging of local contacts. In this, we were indebted to Chorley Library where we were able to have occasional display space, and to arrange drop-in arrange collection days for people to contribute material. The group has amassed a range of sometimes irreplaceable collections.
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