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John Horsefield, Botanist
John Horsefield, Artisan Naturalist. The Heritage Society talk on Weds 17 June is “John Horsefield and his Daffodil” by Peter Corbally. John Horsefield was a poor weaver from Besses o […]
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Clough Day 2015
Sunday 17th May was the tenth Prestwich Clough Day. The event began in 2006 to celebrate the centenary of Prestwich Clough becoming a public park. It is now one of […]
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Society Facebook Page
The Society has opened up a Facebook page. It intends to post news, comments, events and pictures on the site. Everyone on Facebook is cordially invited to join the page […]
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Restored Memorial Stone
Following the recent interest in the Centenary of the Great War we have been recording local War Memorials. The Whitefield War Memorial Committee set out to raise £1000 to build […]
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School Trip
The Heritage Society has been working with Park View Primary School. Jack Barrett, our Chairman, visited the school to talk to Year 3 pupils about local history. On the following […]
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Museum Opening : Prestwich and the Great War
All the items here are from one soldier from Prestwich who served in the Great War. The latest exhibition in the Heritage Museum in Prestwich Library was opened by […]