A "GOLDEN CLUSTER" OF HERITAGE
Thanks to Maureen, the garden is looking good. There is no end to her talents, we have seen her in previous posts mopping the hall floor and painting the ‘beer cellar’.
We hope the visitors on Saturday from the Saddleworth Civic Trust will be suitably impressed.
Milton Street Independent Labour Club is featured in Historic England’s newly published 2015 Designation Yearbook. It is, perhaps, one of the most interesting buildings highlighted, despite its modesty. Click here to download the ILP entry. Arts and Crafts buildings generally feature strongly with two areas receiving special research for listing – West Cambridge and Minchinhampton,…
Here is miscellany of heritage and architecture news over the past month… Greater Manchester… The places we miss most in Manchester Underground Manchester: Tunnels, a tube station and even shops hidden beneath the city’s streets Manchester town hall clock tours: stunning pictures Vision for Princes Gate, Oldham WW1 exhibition launched at the Pioneers Museum, Rochdale…
Chris and Lindsey led the final ‘pre-feasibility’ workshop for the Arts & Crafts Awakening project – fourteen people came. Chris first went through the duties of those who have become directors of the Arts & Crafts Trust. We then learnt about the new THI manager, Sue Oakley, who has been running the Keighley THI in…
The lawns in the garden need to be cut every week at this time of year and there are also those areas that are out of sight and sometimes out of mind that also need attention.In this instance the heavy mob had to be called in…
I went to a fascinating evening event in Manchester centre Wednesday, 10th June, about the new neighbourhood planning process and how it is working with regard to heritage and Liverpool city centre, especially the Baltic Triangle and Waterfront areas. The session was led by Dave Chetwyn who is managing director of Urban Vision Enterprise, as…
Maureen is hard at work cleaning, in preparation for tomorrow’s soiree by local micro brewery, Wilson Potter. She will enjoy a pint after all the effort!…
Wilson Potter Brewery have again produced a special beer for us, this time to celebrate our revolutionary architect Edgar Wood. The previous beers were ‘Nod to Nowell’ and ‘SBA’ in honour of Alexander Nowell and Sam Bamford. We now need to think of a name for the Edgar Wood beer, do you have any suggestions? Please let…
A miscellany of heritage and architecture news over the past month… Greater Manchester… Four town centres in the Rochdale borough are at risk of losing their charm, according to Historic England Hands off our Tudor treasure crest! – George Shaw of Saddleworth Future of Ellenroad Steam Museum hangs in the balance after unexpected £7,000 water…
This was our ‘wrap up’ meeting with Locality expert Zoe Goddard. She took us through the income streams which will form part of the Trust’s business plan for the Edgar Wood Centre. The meeting was keen to press on with enhancing the Lecture Room and to write to the Heritage Lottery Fund about our recent…
Today (20th May), we met up with our surveyor and Jubilee to discuss further the possibility of holding weddings and receptions in the Edgar Wood Centre and what is needed to make the interiors more appropriate. It was a good meeting and we concluded that the Lecture Room was the best option to develop first…
On Saturday 9th May, The hall at the Edgar Wood Centre became the venue for the Wilson Potter Brewery ‘Saturday Soiree’. As well as enjoying a range of craft beers, brewed here in Middleton, guests had the opportunity to look around the Arts & Crafts Church & school buildings and learn about Middleton’s revolutionary architect,…
A miscellany of April’s heritage news items……
Tuesday 28th April was one of those busy days at the Arts & Crafts Church buildings when several activities came together at the same time. While the Methodists were having their usual Tuesday meeting in the church, next door there was a steady traffic of people. One group was moving the Middleton History Library over…
After several days of hard work, it is good to stand back and admire the results. The ‘cutting up room’ is ready for use and the deadline has been met by a days…
We had a good meeting tonight (31st March 2015) working through a mix of detailed issues and broad aims about how we want to celebrate Middleton’s heritage and involve local people. Concerning the Heritage Lottery application, we agreed an outline for a local digital archive and history library, (still more idea than scheme) and asked…
One of the directors of The Arts and Crafts Trust Ltd is continuing the work to get the room next to the kitchen back into use, but what else could Maureen be going on a wet afternoon. The room next to the kitchen was traditionally known as the cutting up room. Can anybody suggest why,…
A miscellany of recent news items across the web……
The Locality led workshop was a two part affair last night (25th March) as we split into groups, one working up the Awards for All grant for the new Urban Village Hall with Lindsey and Chris, while the other concentrated on the history library and archive project. Nevertheless, it was a successful evening with a…
The Middleton Archaeological Society weekend excavation adjacent to Grade II* listed Tonge Hall is underway. The dig is exploring the area once covered by the Hall’s farm buildings. Follow the blog here…
