Author Archives: Lee

Mancunian Province?

An interesting piece written by Jonathan Schofield highlighting the differences between the monolithic Manchester and it’s “provinces”.  Middleton and Edgar Wood are mentioned too! https://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/news/manchester-today-state-of-the-city_29-12-2015_12-07-08#.VobK7xB9lNg.facebook…

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It was DEAD good!

On Thursday 26th February Middleton Archaeological Society held their regular monthly event at the Sessions Room at the Olde Boar’s Head.  They hosted Ruth Nugent from the University of Chester.  Ruth’s talk was entitled “Dead at Chester Cathedral: the burials and commemorations at the cathedral”.  The talk was extremely interesting and very well presented.  Ruth…

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The new MAS Programme for 2015

I hope you had a pleasant Christmas. Today, Boxing Day, has been an industrious one for me.  Although I did allow myself a brief distraction at lunch time for a visit to MAS HQ – The Olde Boar’s Head for lunch and a pint (or two). However, much of the day has been spent creating…

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An Evening with the Civic by Lee Wolf

This evening I had the honour of presenting to the Middleton Civic Association on behalf of Middleton Archaeological Society at their monthly meeting at the Olde Boars Head. The talk I presented was about the formation of the Middleton Archaeological Society and detail of our recent investigation at Clarke Brow / St. Leonard’s Square. What…

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