Don’t forget to come along to the free exhibition at St Mary’s Church, Prestbury from 2-5pm. There will be tea & cakes on sale plus free memorial trail booklets and children’s activities. We also have on display the medals of three Prestbury brothers who lived in the Burgage. Everyone welcome.

http://www.prestburyremembers.moonfruit.com

Don’t forget to come along to our meeting tonight!

Val Porter will be looking at The Craven’s Influence in Prestbury

Join us at the W.I. Hall on Monday 28th September at 7:30pm.

A commemoration was held this morning at 11 am in St mary’s churchyard to mark 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo. A wreath was laid by a serving soldier from the Royal Artillery on the grave of Sir Charles Edward Whinyates. Whinyates commanded the rocket corps of the RA, playing a decisive role in the battle. There will be more information about him in our Summer newsletter…

There are still a few spaces left for the village history walk on Monday 22nd June. Please email prestburyhistory@gmail.com to book your place.

For those of you who haven’t received the latest newsletter by email you can now download it straight from our website.

Spring Newsletter 2015

We look forward to seeing you on Monday 27th April from 7:30pm at Prestbury Library for our archive display and book launch.

Join us at Prestbury LIBRARY, The Burgage from 7:30pm on Monday April 27th

FOR THE LAUNCH OF OUR FIRST PUBLICATION and a display of our Archive

Prestbury: A Walk Through Time by Roger Beacham

We are very pleased to introduce the first publication under the name of the Prestbury Local History Society. Roger, and Michael Cole who edited and prepared for publication, deserve our congratulations and thanks. The book is meticulously researched and presented. A map is included and plenty of well chosen photographs.

The walk is just over a mile and takes one from the Library, through Seven Posts Alley, Prestbury Road, Deep Street, High Street, Southam Road, Mill Street and The Burgage. Roger provides a historical background to the village and some of the characters who figure in the story and then a history of all the significant buildings on the route and some of the people who have lived in them.

At £2 per copy it is extremely good value and I suspect that we will find that our first order is insufficient to meet demand.

Don’t forget to join us at the W.I. Hall on Monday 23rd March at 7:30pm

There will be a talk about The Women’s Institute in Prestbury by Val Porter.  We will also be holding our AGM.

Rebecca Sillence will be presenting her research about Bouncers Lane  

Don’t forget to join us at the W.I. Hall at 7:30pm

Don’t forget to join us for a talk about The Railway Through Prestbury by Wayne Finch & John Dagley-Morris at the W.I. Hall on Monday 26th January at 7:30pm

Just a quick reminder that we will not be meeting in December.

Don’t forget our first meeting of 2015 will be on Monday 26th January at 7:30pm. Wayne Finch & John Dagley-Morris will be talking about the Railway Through Prestbury.