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- September 2023: 'Northeners' - Brian Groom
- October 2023: 'Restoration of the Danny Steam Boat'
- 13th November: 'Marple in the 17th century'
- December 2023: Chimney Stacks and Climbing Boys
- January 2024: A virtual stroll along Longhurst Lane
- February 2024: The Plaza Theatre & Super Cinema
- March 2024: Elgar: The Real Enigma
- April 2024: Ludworth Colliery
- Meetings 2022 - 2023
- September: 'History of Buxton Crescent' - Trevor Gilman
- October: 'History of the British phonebox' - Nigel Linge
- November: 'Alan Turing' - Neil Sheldon
- December: 'It’s Behind You! - Mark Llewellin
- February: 'The High Peak Dambuster' - Frank Pleszack
- January: 'Brabyns Park & Iron Bridge' - Judith Wilshaw
- March: 'All Aboard' - Hilary Atkinson
- April: 'Gaskell and Servants' - Anthony Burton
- Meetings 2021 - 2022
- September 2023: Bentley Boys - David Skillen
- Antarctica - Andy Smith (Oct. 2021)
- Significant Manchester Women - Andrew Simcock (Nov. 2021)
- Rose Hill Station: a history - Craig Wright (Dec. 2021)
- New Mills and Hayfield Bombing - Frank Pleszak (January 2022)
- 'Norbury Colliery' - David Kitching (Feb. 2022)
- A Favourite and Ideal Holiday Resort - Anthony Burton (March 2022)
- 'History through objects' - Hannah Barker - April 2022
- Meetings 2020 - 2021
- Meetings 2019 - 2020
- 16th September 2019: Paul Hindle – Ordnance Survey Maps
- 21 October 2019 // Roy Murphy – James Brindley – the first canal engineer
- 18th November: Joanna Williams – Manchester's Radical Mayor: Abel Heywood, the Man who Built the Town Hall. Manchester Town Hall
- 9th December: Nici Matlow – 90 Years of Swizzels-Matlow
- 20th January 2020 Judith Wilshaw – From Ancient Tracks to Modern Highways
- 17th February Neil Mullineux – The Leghs of Lyme: How to join the aristocracy
- Meetings 2018 - 2019
- Sept. '18 : Michael Ogden - 'Hotels in the Sky'
- Oct. '18: Julie Bagnall - ‘What to do with 323 postcards’
- Nov. '18: ‘A 1920s Bleaching, Dyeing and Weaving Mill’ - Judith Atkinson
- Dec. '18: ‘Belle Vue - A History’ - Frank Rhodes & Brian Selby
- Jan.'19 Bob Humphrey-Taylor - ‘STORM Gathers over Mellor!’
- Feb.'19 Anne Woods - Adlington Hall
- March '19: 'Elizabeth Raffald' with Suze Appleton
- April '19: 'The Towers Estate' with Diana Leitch
- Meetings 2017 - 2018
- Sept. '17 : Peter Wadsworth – ‘Strawberry Studios’
- Oct. '17 : Wendy and Barrie Armstrong - 'Arts & Crafts in the Marple Area'
- Nov. '17 : Judith Wilshaw – ‘Marple & Mellor - A Textile Tale’
- Dec. '17 : Anne Beswick - 'Manchester Drunk & Sober'
- Jan' 2018: Ian Miller - Arkwright’s Shudehill Mill
- Feb. '18: Neil Mullineux - A Mayor in Chains
- March' 18: Sue Bailey - A History of Woodsmoor
- April '18: David Joy - 'Liverpool Cowkeepers'
- Meetings 2016 - 2017
- 17th. October 2016 : 'St. Martin’s Arts & Crafts Church' - Anthony Burton
- 19th September 2016 : Trafford Park - Paul Callaghan
- 21st November: 'The Railways of New Mills' - Derek Brumhead
- 12th December 2016: 'The Old Vicarage, never a Vicarage' - Ann Hearle
- 16th January 2017: 'Gorton Monastery' - Clare Mount
- 20th February 2017: 'The Lyme Missal' - Neil Mullineux
- 20th March 2017: 'Manchester: Shock City' - Erin Beeston
- 10th April 2017: 'The Goyt Valley Miner' - Kevin Dranfield
- Meetings 2015 - 2016
- September 21st 2015: The History of the English Longbow
- October 19th: Donald Reid – Along the Packhorse Trails
- 16th November: Ian Morison – The Story of Jodrell Bank
- 14th December: Norman Redhead – Marple Lime Kilns
- 18th January 2016: Judith Wilshaw – Compstall and Cooperation
- 15th February: Mike Nevell – Housing in 19th century Manchester
- 21st March: Ruth Colton – Whitworth Park: Pleasure, Play & Politics
- 18th April: AGM & Michael Lambert - History of Brentwood Recuperative Centre, 1937-70
- Summer Walks 2016
- Meetings 2014 - 2015
- September 15th 2014: Footpads, Kings and Highwaymen
- November 17th 2014: Oh! What a Lovely War?
- October 20th 2014: Congleton, a textile town
- December 8th 2014: Where are we now ?
- January 19th. 2015 Hollins Mill, who owned it ?
- February 16th 2015: Longdendale Valley in Retrospect
- April 20th 2015: AGM & Marple Hall - The Inside Story
- 16th March 2015: The Big Ditch: The Building of Manchester Ship Canal
- Meetings 2013 - 2014
- September 16th 2013: More than a Shop
- October 21st. 2013: The Kinder Trespass
- November 18th 2013: Mather & Platt, A History
- December 9th 2013:St. Nicholas - The Origin of Santa Claus
- February 17th 2014: Mill Brow - A Hamlet in Ludworth
- March 17th 2014: Peak Forest Canal
- January 20th 2014: St Kilda-Islands at the End of The World
- April 14th 2014 : AGM & Farming in Hazel Grove
- Meetings 2012 - 2013
- January 21st 2013: The Kinder Trespass
- September 17th 2012: Peterloo Massacre
- October 15th 2012: Guernsey Evacuees in the North-West
- December 10th 2012: Wellington Wheel Pit, Mellor Mill
- November 19th 2012: Dunham Massey
- February 18th 2013: The Together Trust
- March 18th 2013: Ollersett Waterworks
- April 15th 2013: AGM, Marple Fly Boat and Tramway
- Meetings 2011 - 2012
- September 2011: Detective Work in Local History
- October 2011: Samuel Oldknow, Marple's Favourite Son
- November 2011: Horseboating in 21st. Century
- January 2012: Snapshot of Stockport’s Manufacturing Companies
- December 2011: Railway Pubs & Relics
- February 2012: Curious Cheshire
- April 2012: AGM & Moor End to Marple
- March 2012: Restoration of Bugsworth Basin
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- London Road Fire Station, January 2017
- Visit to Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery, March 2017
- Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Renishaw Hall
- Summer Stroll A : All Saints Churchyard
- Summer Stroll B (2017): Melandra & Glossop
- Summer Trip : Cromford Mill
- Summer Stroll C: Bugsworth Basin
- Behind the Scenes : Lyme House - Summer 2017
- Trips 2017 - 2018
- Eyam Hall & Village : October 2017
- Ancoats : November 2017
- Manchester Police Museum & Cathedral : March 2018
- St Wilfrid’s Church, Leeds and Temple Newsam House: Spring 2018
- Summer Stroll (A): Mill Brow
- A Summer Stroll in 2018: New Mills
- Summer Visit to Ashbourne and Sudbury Hall
- Summer Walk (C) : Mellor Hilltop
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- Thomas, Ralph and Samuel Waller
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- Marple and Mellor: a new history
- Coal Mining in Marple and Mellor
- Curious Cheshire
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- From Fields to Flower Beds - the growth of Marple
- Hollins Mill
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- Bringing History Alive: letters from the archives
- A Family Face
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- Nothing New Under The Sun
- A Moment in Time
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- Making One’s Mark
- Albert Schools Postcript
- A Happy Coincidence
- Marple Brownies: A Personal Memory
- Forewoman Sarah E Maddocks
- More Than a Dance
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- I am not fond at all of writing
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- Joe Braddock’s Scouting Diary 1915
- Rosemary Taylor - a personal memoir
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