Next year's programme

I know it's still just August and the weather is more like autumn than summer. But our new Society year starts in a few weeks with the first talk on Thursday 25th September.

The speaker is Idris Evans who will tell us about the Last Prince of Wales. Members should remember Idris who came in January last year and captivated us with his story telling about drovers.

Di Carr has been very busy working on this year's programme. Click on the new page Programme 2014/2015

Bunbury Mill Family History September 7th

Bunbury Mill are holding an event on the afternoon (2 - 4 pm) on Sunday September 7th. The Mill Trust are inviting people who, or their family, have had some connection with the mill and who would like to share any data or who like to learn more about their ancestry.

Click on Poster for more information.

Are there any Society members who can help?

Historic Maps

I've just come across a website (from the National Library of Scotland) which allows you to look at historic maps overlaid on the current satellite view. Click on http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/index.cfm

Search for a place, choose a Category and Map Group, and then adjust the transparency to see the old overlaid on the modern. Maps are available from end of 19th Century to 1960s. As well as OS maps, there are some other maps such as 'local accessibilty' in 1942 or the railway system in 1946.

The Library has now also added First World War trench maps for Belgium and France.

Port Sunlight visit and other photos

Neville has sent me some photos of our Society outings. The most recent are from the visit to Port Sunlight and the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

You can also catch up on memories from the Christmas tour of Peckforton Castle and last summer's visit to Dorfold Hall by clicking on photolink

You can run a slide show by clicking on the first photo.

If anyone else has a record of such events, then if they send me the photos, I would be happy to post them on this weblog.