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Left: John Aldred signing a copy of THE STEAM HAMMER MAN for our Hon. Treasurer, Hazel., at our April meeting.
Right: John with the book, newly published by the Society.
THE STEAM HAMMER MAN
and theJAMES NASMYTH BICENTENARY
2008 sees the bicentenary of the great Victorian engineer who established his foundry in Patricroft and is best remembered for his steam hammer.
Whilst the Eccles Community Committee are looking at ways to erect a memorial, our Society has published the above-mentioned biography by John Aldred.
It is available for purchase at £3.00- see Publications page.
THE NASMYTH TRAIL
A guided walk - 'The Nasmyth Trail' - is to take place on a Sunday 17 August, close to Nasmyth's birthday which was 19 August. See Programme page for details. Walk leaders to include John Aldred, Chris Carson and David George.
AWARDS FOR ALL and THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY
Thanks to Awards for All the Society has purchased ICT equipment, including digital cameras.
To date around 1,000 photographs have been taken and recorded to disc. Discs will be deposited with Salford City Council's Lifetimes officers for inclusion in the city's heritage collections.
A selection of these photographs can be seen on the 'Gallery' pages of this website.
MONTON AND ROE GREEN LOOPLINE HERITAGE TRAIL
A new addition to the trails available to download at www.visitsalford.info.
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