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Programme for 2008/2009
As a member of Northwich & District Heritage Society you will enjoy free admission to the Society's programme of talks. Non-members are welcome on payment of £1.50 admission fee at the door.

Talks take place at Mid-Cheshire College, Hartford Campus, Chester Road, Northwich at 8:00pm. Plenty of parking and the usual disabled facilties. How to find the College.

Getting There
Buses: There is a bus stop immediately outside the college. For timetable enquiries telephone Northwich Bus Station on 01606 518050.
Train: Greenbank station is an easy 5 minute walk from the College and is serviced by the Chester-Manchester line. National Rail enquiries telephone 0845 484950.
Further travel details can be found at the Cheshire Journey Planner

The Northwich & District Heritage Society presents a programme of talks each year. This Season's talks are listed below.

This link shows the programme of talks we presented in 2007/2008.
Friday 3rd October 2008
TAYLOR'S BOATYARD, CHESTER – Geoff Taylor's lecture, postponed from last season, is about the Taylor family whose boat building business goes back to 1795. As well as the varied history of boat building and facts about the River Dee and its links with the canal, Geoff also reveals some deep, dark family secrets!
Sponsored by Gilroy Wilson Shoes, Northwich.
Friday 7th November 2008
FARMING IN CHESHIRE, past and present - a personal viewpoint by David Rowlands. Featuring archive pictures of his family farm to illustrate the dramatic changes that have taken place over a century. How farming has become capital intensive, shedding labour, investing in machinery, and responding to national concerns.
Sponsored by Roberts Bakery.
Friday 5th December 2008
THE RIVER WEAVER - Colin Edmondson presents a short history of the River Weaver and its links with local trade and industry, profusely illustrated with extracts from period documents, maps and old photographs.
Sponsored by Brunner Mond (U.K.) Ltd.
Friday 9th January 2009
A.W. BOYD - the remarkable Cheshire Naturalist - John Gittens celebrates the knowledge and achievements of this great man - a master of country lore and one of the pioneer researchers on bird life. His book "A Country Parish" focussed on Great Budworth and "The A.W. Boyd Walk" commemorates his love for this part of Cheshire.
Sponsored by Charles Barber and Sons Ltd.
Friday 6th February 2009
THOMAS BRASSEY OF CHESTER - Douglas Haynes presents the amazing story of Thomas Brassey, born 1805, the first child of a tenant farmer who went on to become the greatest railway builder the world has ever known - an incredible story of ambition and determination, superbly illustrated.
Sponsored by Willows Veterinary Hospital.
Friday 6th March 2009
THE SALT INDUSTRY IN NORTHWICH - Helen Green looks at the development of the salt trade from earliest times through to the high point in the mid-nineteenth century and the eventual decline of the industry.
Sponsored by Northwich Glass.
Friday 3rd April 2009
NORTON PRIORY - The multi-award winning Priory is one of the largest excavated monastic sites in Europe. Historian Claire McDade's presentation celebrates its past, present and future as plans are laid for a major redevelopment of the museum and its medieval Grade 1 Listed Undercroft.
Sponsored by mosshaselhurst, solicitors.
Friday 1st May 2009
The Society’s A.G.M. at 7.30 pm is followed at 8 p.m. by THROUGH THE WINDOW - Irene Rutter's illustrated talk features the famous author, Lewis Carroll, referring to the much admired memorial window in Daresbury church which contains many items connected to his fascinating life story.
Sponsored by Bratt & Evans Ltd.
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