Marple Local History Society Trips

The Society's trips began this season with an outing to  Stockport Staircase House.

The Society's trips began this season with an outing to the soon-to-be-closed Robinson's Brewery in Stockport.

This season the Society played away with three trips and three walks.

• Manchester City Art Gallery Trip
• A Historical Walk round Buxton
• Wirksworth Trip - May 2023
• Moor End walk - May 2023
• Mill Brow Walk - June 2023
• Wharfs Walk - July 2023

Back in the post Covid world, the Society undertook two trips, Stockport Stroll: Autumn 2021 and Spring Outing 5th April 2022 Suffragette Manchester together with thre walks Marple Bridge Stroll - May 2022, Hawk Green Stroll - June 2022, and Marple Stroll - July 2022

The Society came out from Covid-19 hiding, at last, for a stroll around Poynton in July 2021

The Society managed to slip in two trips in Autumn and Spring, before the Covid-19 lockdown, the summer walks were Rubbing Tiles Stroll - May 2020, Brabyns Stroll- June 2020, and Marple Tramway & area stroll - July 2020 virtual walks with the routes described on the website. Walking to be undertaken under the constriction of the ‘goverment Coronavirus guidelines’ of summer 2020.

Between October 2018 and July 2019 the outdoor activities of the Society comprised of trip and walks, namely to Adlington, Bakewell, Compstall, Disley, Leek, Manchester, and  Mellor Mill.

The season encompassed trips to Ancoats Ashbourne, Eyam Leeds, and Manchester, plus three local evening walks in Mellor Hilltop, Mill Brow and New Mills.

A busy time for the Society, squeezing in six trips,  Lyme House , Cromford Mill, Abbeydale , Stockport War Memorial, London Road Fire Station, Avro Heritage Museum, and three walks, All Saints Churchyard, Melandra & Glossop, Bugsworth Basin from September 2016 to July 2017.

• October saw the Society visit Manchester Central Library, facing St Peter's Square, it was designed by E. Vincent Harris and constructed between 1930 and 1934, our guide being Ann Beswick. That took care of the morning, the afternoon occupation was a visit to Ordsall Hall.
• Into Cheshire for the Society’s Spring trip 2016 Nether Alderley Mill in the morning, and Jodrell Bank Observatory, in the afternoon.
• A tale of a nineteenth century model town, five locks, and a July day in God’s Own County, formed the summer outing.

• The society’s season of trips began with a three stage ‘Tour de Chadkirk’ encompassing 1500 years of history, on an October’s Saturday afternoon.
• In March 2015, for the Spring trip, members and friends caught the bus/train to reach Victoria Park, Manchester. There to meet our favourite Blue Badge Guide Jonathan Schofield for an exploration of Victoria Park and Gaskell House.
• Summer 2015 we ventured into deepest Yorkshire to Wentworth Woodhouse, no problem in finding a house with some 365 rooms rooms, allegedly, and Wortley Top Forge. Two very different faces of the Industrial Revolution but equally fascinating, a grand day out.

• In October 2013 the Society visited MediaCityUK, a development site, of mixed-use and some 200acres, and in particular BBC North
• As March, as winter was drew to a close, the society ventured even nearer to home-ground by taking an afternoon trip around Robinsons Brewery in Stockport, a tale of three tokens, two baker’s dozen, and one tower of 54 steps.
• The following month of April saw the Society off to ‘distant’ parts exploring Cheshire's hidden gems, the trip inspired by the book of that name, written by our very own Donald Reid. A journey that started not on this day, but many summers ago, when a fresh-faced and innocent Donald Reid took his bike, thermos flask and butties to Neston Old Quay.
• June that year the destination was Arley Hall & Garden. The trip to the home of Viscount Ashbrook and his family, took place on mid summer’s day. We were fortunate that the weather was kind to us even though it was not quite so sunny and warm as the previous few days had been, no rain until the heavens opened as the journey to home was made.

The Society undertook three trips: -  October 2012: Peterloo Walk, February 2013: Rochdale Town Hall & Toad Lane Museum, and May 2013: Uncovering Mellor Mill.

During 2011-12 we travelled to Yorkshire to be taken down a coal mine and in Derbyshire we were led round a china factory.

A couple of walks took place on May 12th to justify the "Local" part of our name and we rounded off the season by boarding a coach to visit Bolsover Castle and Heage Windmill on 7th July.

The 2010 - 2011 season saw us trekking over the Pennines, into and beyond Manchester before a final trip gliding along one of our local canals aboard the narrowboat "Bell".