Full details on the LFHHS website.

Anyone who has prepared a contribution to our exhibition should bring it along to Haslingden Reference Library on Thursday or Friday 1st and 2nd September. The exhibition opens on Saturday 3rd September until the end of the month.

If you need advice on researching in Ireland members of the Irish Ancestry Group will be at the library on Saturday September 24th.

In 1873 the territorial basis of the Army recruiting was reorganised and this was further confirmed on the 1st July 1881 when the old Regiments of Foot were linked and redesignated as follows:

In the immediate aftermath of World War II regular Lancashire battalions served in India, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Eritrea, Malta, Italy, Trieste, Austria and Germany, and the 40th and 47th saw active service in Palestine, but peace brought reductions and by 1949 our three County Regiments had been reduced to one Regular battalion each.

The Regimental Archives contain records of the history of the Regiment in peace and war. They do not contain personal records or details of family, nevertheless many individuals who served in the Regiment can be traced. However the details are not indexed and a search may take time. The archive contains material relating to:

The East Lancashire Regiment. The South Lancashire Regiment (PWV). The Loyal (North Lancashire) Regiment. The Lancashire Regiment (South and East Lancashire) The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment. and Associated Volunteer, Territorial and Militia Units.

After answering questions the Curator allowed us to browse round the collection of insignia medals and battle honours.

Mary Hill writing from Ipswich says "I am a new member of the LFHHS (8212) and researching my Bacup ancestors. I would be interested to make contact with any members who have links with the following families:

EASTWOOD/ HELLIWELL

a) James Eastwood (born c1817) married Mary Ann Helliwell (born c1815 at Heptonstall) in 1834 at Newchurch.

In 1861 census they are in Rochdale Road, Bacup with the following children: Betty A, Elizabeth, James, Joseph, Hannah and Thomas, all born between 1845 and 1857. There could well have been older children. James was a woollen printer and the children worked in textiles.

CROWTHER/ SUTCLIFFE

b) Another ancestor James Crowther, sizer, married Betty Fielden (both from the Todmorden area) in 1852. Her parents were John Fielden and Matilda Sutcliffe. Betty and John Crowther moved to the Bacup area and had Susannah (1852), Sarah, Elizabeth and Emily Ann. Susannah married Joseph Eastwood of the above family. Two of her sisters married a Rushton and a Townsend.

c) My Grandfather Arthur Netherwood and his brothers had a brass foundry, near Bacup Station and lived on New Line. Does anyone have pictures or memories of the Netherwood Brass Foundry".

Email: mchill_52@hotmail.co.uk or write

Mrs M.C. Hill, 34 Borrowdale Ave. Ipswich IP4 TJ

WHITTAKER/ GRANGER

Eileen Barrett email: Eileen1Barrett@aol.com

would like some help with her Whittaker Family.

She would like to trace the descendants of Fred Whittaker born c1880 and his brother Alfred born c1873. Their father was Alfred Whittaker born 1840.

Fred had children: William born 188/3 in Bacup; Fred 1884/5 in Haddenham, Kent; Katie 1887 in Bacup; Sarah J. 1891 in Barrowford; John W. 1895/6 in Brierfield; Gladys 1897 in Brierfield; Mary 1899/1900 in Brierfield. Fred’s wife was Mary Ann Granger from Haddenham in Cambridge. He was a plumber and Glazier. In 1901, they were back in Bacup, at Old Meadows.

She knows Alfred had two daughters - Eve (1895). Gessia? (1897). His wife was Emma Jane formerly Friend. In 1901 they lived at Dog Pits, Bacup. His siblings were Fred, John William (her grandfather) , Mary E., Ernest, George, Jesse, Maggie and James. She has information on all these.

Saturday 1st October 10am - 4pm

the National Cycling Centre. (opposite Manchester City Stadium and behind ASDA Supermarket)

Free Lectures:-

Basic Sources of Family History.

Family History OnLine.

Admission £2. Children free if accompanied by an adult.

7th October 2005 LFHHS Annual Dinner

The annual dinner 2005 is to be held by the Bury Group at the Masonic Hall, Bury. It will be a standard meal with options costing £17. Parking is free. The speaker is Peter Watson. Full details were in the May "Lancashire" magazine.

Saturday 6th August 2005

Celebration of Family History at Astley Hall, Chorley 12 noon - 4.30 pm

from Jenny Cree, publicity officer, Chorley Branch.

This will be a special event for family historians. It is the first time any event of this type has been held in Chorley. The Chorley branch together with the Chorley Borough Council and Astley Hall Curator. Louise McCall and her staff, has organised this celebration and a number of groups which support family history will contribute. The LFHHS, Chorley Reference Library, the Latter-day Saints, Chorley Parish Church of St. Laurence Historical Society, Wigan History Shop, Lancashire Record Office, and the Irish Ancestry Group will all be represented. Each group will provide stalls and displays, with staff on hand to offer help to anyone interested in family history.

Admission to Astley Hall, is free. No need to travel round the country. Astley Hall is the County’s one step Family History venue on August 6th.