There is no History Society meeting in August, but we still have places available for our trip by coach to the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley on Wednesday, 7 August 2024. This trip is really good value for money at only £35 per person, which includes admission and the cost…
The next meeting of the Society will be on Tuesday, 9 July at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, CW8 3BD. For the last meeting of the season we have Steve Warbis from the Macclesfield Astronomical Society, who will be telling us in a simple way the…
Bradshaw House as you see it now on Lawton Street, Congleton, was built in 1820 and is a grade II listed Georgian-fronted property. The name, however, derives from an occupant of a previous house on the site which it replaced. This original building, then known as Cole Hill House, was…
Operation Neptune is more commonly known as D-Day and refers to the landing operations and associated airborne operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Planning began in 1943 and the Allies conducted a substantial military deception codenamed ‘Bodyguard’ months…
Operation Neptune, often referred to as D-Day, took place 80 years ago, on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. It was preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and marked the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and the operation began the liberation…
The next meeting of the Society will be held at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road, Weaverham, Cheshire, CW8 3BD on Tuesday, 11 June at 7.30 pm. Our speaker for June is Dr Graham Dodd, who is closely involved with the Nantwich Museum as a Trustee and who is also Vice…
May 14th 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Weaverham Primary Academy Northwich Road, Weaverham,, Cheshire, CW8 3BD Angela Brabin, retired solicitor with an MA in History and the author of ‘The Black Widows of Liverpool will talk about the trial of Dr Tomanzie. Dr Tomanzie practised as a Doctor in Victorian Liverpool. Dr Tomanzie…
(and impeccable handwriting). 29/09/2022 One of the more recognisable buildings that has been featured before is the Barrymore Institute. It is not one of the listed buildings in the village but that doesn’t mean it has not played a major part in the history of Weaverham. An earlier article on…
April is here at last to greet the longer evenings of spring and with that positive outlook we can look forward to the next meeting of the Society will be held on Tuesday, 9 April , at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich Road. This month we have…
It is March and although we can see signs of spring the winds are still cold and the skies cloudy. However, to cheer you up we have the next meeting of the Society which will be held on Tuesday, 12 March, at 7.30 pm at the Weaverham Primary Academy, Northwich…
