THE COMMITTEE : PRESTWICH HERITAGE SOCIETY WAS FORMED IN 1999, MOSTLY BY THE EFFORTS OF SANDRA GRIMSHAW, WHO BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HISTORY, OTHERS IN ARCHEOLOGY AND YET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN BOTH. JOINT CHAIRMEN WERE IAN PRINGLE AND CRAIG BRISBANE AND THE REAL POWER WAS SANDRA AS SECRETARY.
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SHEILA HELMAN HAS BEEN LOOKING AFTER THE MONEY SINCE THE BEGINNING (WHAT LITTLE THERE HAS BEEN) THREE YEARS AGO CRAIG LEFT FOR PERSONAL REASONS AND JACK BARRETT BECAME VICE CHAIRMAN. TRAGICALLY SANDRA DIED AT CHRISTMAS 2006 AND AFTER A LAPSE OF A FEW MONTHS THE SOCIETY CAME BACK. UNFORTUNATELY IAN HAD TO RESIGN DUE TO ILL HEALTH, THEREFORE JACK BECAME CHAIRMAN, DOT HEANEY VICE CHAIRMAN AND AMANDA JANE SMITH BECAME SECRETARY. PETER CORBALLYWAS INVITED ONTO THE COMMITTEE AND TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PRODUCING OUR MAGAZINE “THE MERMAID”. THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE ROBERT MARTIN, ALLAN WENTWORTH AND DAVE STANLEY. THANKS MUST BE GIVEN TO TOM & KAY GRIBBEN FOR LETTING US MEET IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE LOCATION WE COULD HAVE WISHED FOR (THE OLDEST PUB IN PRESTWICH)
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WE GENERALLY HAVE TALKS ONCE A MONTH ON THE MOST ECLECTIC OF THEMES FROM, BALLOON JOURNEYS IN INDIA TO ELIZABETH GASKELL AND LOCAL HISTORY. IN ADDITION MANY TRIPS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED, AS HAVE CONDUCTED WALKS AROUND THE AREA. WE ALSO DO ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AROUND THE AREA. THERE IS RESEARCH IN VARIED ARCHIVES AND ON THE INTERNET. WE HAVE A CHRISTMAS PARTY. WE TAKE PART IN THE CLOUGH CELEBRATIONS AND THE PARISH HERITAGE FAIR.IN ADDITION WE ARE CLOSELY INVOLVED WITH
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THE HERITAGE MUSEUM AT PRESTWICH LIBRARY.
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