Next Meeting
Fri. Sep. 7, 2012
"Underground Manchester"
by Keith Warrender
Our meetings are held in New Mills Town Hall
(SK22 4AT), starting at 7:45pm.
Visitors are welcome (£1-00) and refreshments are available at the end of the meeting.
List of meetings (2012)
Archive lists 18-21 have now been added to the site,
see Archive Lists 13-21.
Don't forget our companion web site, Picture New Mills,
which gives access to over 5000 historic photographs of New
Mills collected by the Society.
And if you like a challenge why not try to pin down some of our unidentified pictures.
On the search page, click on "U" and then select "unidentified".
Payment for publications and subscription fees may now be paid
online using PayPal (you do not need a PayPal account to do this.)
Postcards of New Mills
In the first few decades of the 20th century hundreds of postcards were published, giving a wonderful record of the streets and buildings of New Mills, just like other places. These are now highly collectable, and there are copies of many of them in the archives of New Mills Local History Society. They can be viewed on the website picturenewmills.org.uk.
Have you ever wondered who published all these postcards? Roger Bryant, the archivist of the Society,
has been tracking down the local photographers, stationers and publishers who produced them and he
will give an account of his findings in a meeting of the Society at New Mills Town Hall on Friday
May 11th at 7.45 pm. All are welcome: admission £1 for non-members.
Roger's talk will also be a general talk about the Society's archives.
He will give a survey of the contents of the collection and highlight some of the
most attractive items. He will explain a number of ways in which the archives can be used.
For example, maps, title deeds, photographs and other documents can reveal the history of
New Mills farms from the 17th century to the present day. A fascinating example is Ringstones
Farm in Rowarth, where the history can be traced from 1640 onwards.
