The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal (David Barnes)

Upcoming Talk - October 2025

7.30pm at Harwood Methodist Church
Thursday 23rd October 2025

Speaker: David Barnes

David's talk 'Building on Heritage' will look at the importance of heritage and the restoration of the canal.  The talk will be illustrated with photos of the canal from yesteryear, as well as  more recently, with some impressions of what it could become in the future.

The Meccano Bridge at Little Lever

Division of Edgworth Moors 1672

The following text is reproduced from a pamphlet published in 1896 by John Whitehead of Edgworth, Newsagent and Stationer, titled 'A Pamphlet Containing a Full and Literal Transcription of an Ancient Document, describing the Division of the Ancient Common Lands called Edgworth Moors in the Year 1672'.