| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Convenor: | |
| Group email: | History group |
| When: | Monthly on Monday afternoons 2:00 pm-4:00 pm 3rd Monday each month. |
| Venue: | History Room at Littleborough Station |
| Cost: | £2 |
u3a History Group meeting
Next meeting will be 17th November 2025.
The History Group usually meet at 2.00 pm on every third Monday in the month at Littleborough History and Archaeological Society Rooms, Platform 2, Littleborough Railway Station, Littleborough, OL15 8AF
Access to Platform 2 is by steps or a ramp. The Rooms are wheelchair accessible with an accessible toilet.
New members are very welcome.
WHAT WE DO
Ideas for talks, discussions, visits and research come from the group so we have a wonderful variety of topics and areas of interest.
Past activities and future plans include:
Greater Manchester U3A Project, COTTONOPOLIS and Littleborough Mills
Visits to museums and places of historical interest.
Group members presenting interesting and thought provoking objects and ideas at meetings to generate discussion.
Research into some Littleborough Shops.
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21st July 2025 - History Group
Photographs of Rochdale as it changed in the 1960s is our subject, as the History Centre has acquired numerous prints of this period. If enough members arrive we can have a team competition to see who recognises more places! Not everyone grew up in Rochdale so natives will be shared among teams…… could be fun.
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History Group March 2025
Mike Brennan explained how our local regions have been governed through the ages. Starting with the situation before the 1066 invasion with the English Shires and Shire Reeves, we learned about the influence William the Conqueror and the Domesday Book had on the development of government which lasted until the 16th century. The Domesday Book […]
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History Group October 2024
Our October meeting pondered a few questions about English History and our local history, including looking at historical finds in the locality, including a bronze torc (or necklet) with ornamentation of a late-Celtic design , Roman coins, a Bronze Age barrow or cairn and neolithic flint tool and arrowhead discoveries. We also learned more about […]