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The gatehouse of Skipton Castle.
SUMMER EXCURSION
An excursion by coach to Skipton and to the Yorkshire Dales Mining Museum. We hope to arrange for a guided tour of Skipton Castle, and there will be time to visit the local market and even take a narrow boat trip.
Please enquire about the trip and about booking at the April or May meetings or email us at eccleshistory@yahoo.co.uk.
MARCH MEETING
Peter Watson entertained and enthralled the audience with old wives' tales, superstitions and folklore from Lancashire. Would any members who collected an 'abracadabra' good luck charm and who subsequently win the Lottery please remember to forward ten per cent of their winnings to Peter!
APRIL MEETING
Tickets are already going fast for CP Lee's history of comedy film night on April 14 so please book now to avoid disappointment. See programme page for details.
MEMBERS' EVENING
We have decided to hold a "members' evening" which will follow the Annual General Meeting on 12 May. Members and guests are invited to speak or lead a discussion on a topic of local interest of their choice for approximately 15 minutes.
INVISIBLE HISTORIES
The Working Class Movement Library is holding a series of talks to accompany the exhibition 'Invisible Histories; Salford's Working Lives' which is on until late summer 2010. The talks take place on Wednseday afternoons at 2pm. For further details contact the Library on 0161 736 3601 or email enquiries@wcml.org.uk.
JUNE WALKS
Three local walks will be featured on Salford Heritage's programme: Sunday 6 June 2.00 Eccles Town Centre
Wednesday 9 June 7.00 Monton-Worsley circular
Sunday 13 June 2.00 The Nasmyth Trail
Further information, including booking details, will be added as soon as we have it.
ON in Salford
To see what else is going on in the city visit Salford's website and view the latest ON in Salford magazine.
SALFORD ONLINE
Another source of information for local news and events isSalford Online. This website includes features by local historian Tony Flynn- see the Salford Videos pages for Tony's tours of Barton and other places of local interest.
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