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The topic for History Day 2019 was “What have Cheshire’s gardens ever done for us?” and at the end of October 2019 we created a display with this theme. Once again it was very successful and the estates at Winnington Hall at Winnington; Hefferstone Grange, Weaverham; Oakmere Hall, Cuddington and…
The subject for the Cheshire Local History Association History Day on Saturday 3 November 2018, was Historic Crime and Punishment in Cheshire. Once again we prepared a highly praised display on this theme, with illustrations on common punishments such as the crank, shot drill and picking oakum; Knutsford Goal; the…
Following the very successful History Day in Northwich on 4 November 2017, our display for that day has been requested by 4 libraries in the area. Sandiway Library will be having the display from the middle of February to the middle of March, which includes World Book Day on 1…
We had a very well-attended meeting at our meeting on Tuesday, 9 January, which included visitors from The Viking Society. The title of the talk was “DNA and the Vikings” and Professor Stephen Harding of the University of Nottingham told us about the work being undertaken to track where significant populations of…
