MORE READING
Books of local interest we have discovered, read, browsed,
found useful or just enjoyed :
* Print copies - library or buy,
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on-line or Free to Download
* Transcripts to read on this site
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Transcripts in 'More Reading' pages:
* Historical Sketches of Oldham by Edwin Butterworth, Pub 1856
* 'The Oldham Battalion of Comrades' 24th Manchester Regt. Pub.1920
* 'Oldham Centenary - 1849 to 1949' On-going Project to transcribe Chapters.
* Extracts from Lancashire Writers & Dialect in Poetry and Prose.
* Relevant extracts from 'LANCASHIRE - Brief Historical and Descriptive Notes'
by Leo H. Grindon, Pub. 1892
* Samuel Collins - The Bard of Hale Moss.1802 - 1878
* William Rowbottom's Diary & his times: 1787 - 1830
* NOTES & OBSERVATIONS, Critical & Explanatory, on the Papers Relative to the Internal State of the Country, Recently Presented to Parliament; Dec. 1819
* The Story of Peterloo by F.A. Bruton,pub. 1919
* 'Short Stories About Failsworth Folk' by Sim Schofield, 1905 (Pages concerning Radicals & Reformers.)
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A 'MIXED BAG' GALLERY
of
Old or Interesting
PHOTOGRAPHS. |
It's 1924 and Failsworth erects it's new Pole
August 11th ....... the Pole is erected
August 23rd ......... the new Pole is unveiled
August 23rd ....... a Carnival
in honour of the occasion
4 photos from the unveiling day;
transcript of a newspaper clipping;
image of 'Appeal for Contributions';
transcript of page overleaf with 'Brief History of the Pole'. |
Street index for 24 of Alan Godfrey Maps
in the Greater Manchester area.
Map Scale 1:25000
Alphabetical list of 7,500 streets,
churches,and some
physical
features etc
Each map is split into a 10 section grid, using the folds, for locating entries.. |
