Fax. 01244 973812
Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL
Sandbach History Society
Programme of Events 2010-11
All meetings, unless stated otherwise, are held in the Marriott Room of Sandbach Library
at 7:45pm for 8.00pm., on the first Tuesday of the month between September and May.
7 September 2010
“Cheshire's Changing Borders” - David Hayns
5 October 2010
“The Life and Times of Charles Kingsley, Victorian Naturalist” - Steven Woolfall
2 November 2010
“Elworth: a retrospective” - John Owen
7 December 2010
“Christmas and new Year Customs” - Raymond Rush
4 January 2011
“Maskery's Gingerbread” - Raymond Rowe
1 february 2011
"John Gerard the Herbalist from Nantwich" - Alison Kirk
1 March 2011
"Cheshire Agriculture: 2nd World Ward onwards" - Doug Haynes
5 April 2011
"Macclesfield - A Thousand Years of History" - Dorothy Bently-Smith
3 May 2011
7:15pm for 7.30pm start
"White Mischief and the Vale Royal Legacy" - Mark Bevan
The talk will be followed by the AGM
6 September 2011
An evening with Alan Litlemore
4 October 2011
"Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Cheshire: an update" - Mark Leah
1 November 2011
"Manchester at War - the story of Manchester during the 2nd World War" - Chris Makepeace
6 December 2011
"Rolls Royce" - Peter Ollerhead
Visitors are welcome at a fee of £1.50 per meeting. Annual subscription is £5 for individuals and £8 for couples.
Further information is available from the Secretary,
Mrs Aileen Thompson,
telephone 01270 760810.
Sandbach History Society Publications
The following publications are available from: -
Mrs E Thompson
10 Offley Avenue
Sandbach
Cheshire
Telephone 01270 762827
Please make cheques payable to Sandbach History Society.
| Title | Price | Postage & packing |
| History of Sandbach and District | £2.50 | £1.00 |
| St Mary's Church, Sandbach | £2.00 | £0.50 |
| The Saxon Crosses | £1.50 | £0.50 |
| Bygone Sandbach | £0.50 | SAE 4 ¼" x 6 ½" |
| Bygone Cheshire (Sandbach in 1825-32) | £0.50 | SAE 9" x 6 ¾" |
| Sandbach Recent b/w photographs | £0.50 | SAE 4 ¼" x 6 ½" |
| Congleton and District A second portrait in old postcards | £5.95 | £1.00 |
| The Cornmill, Sandbach | £0.75 | SAE 9" x 6 ¾" |
| Bradwall Reformatory School, Sandbach | £1.00 | SAE 9" x 6 ¾" |
| Lyceum Theatre, Crewe (120 years of History) | £6.00 | £2.00 |
| Sandbach Heritage Trail leaflet | £0.50 | SAE 4 ½ " x 8 ¾" |
| Packet of 4 Notelets Different views of old Sandbach in sepia. | £0.60 | £0.30 |
| Postcards | £0.50 | SAE |
Sandbach School 1977
The SandbachCrosses
Other Links
Chester Photographic Survey
The Chester Photographic Survey are seeking support for a Heritage Lottery bid to digitise their extensive and unique collection of photographs in order that they may be viewed on line.
Cheshire History
Vol 49 (2009-2010)
will be available shortly.
