Whaley Bridge History

Family History
Family History, any information regarding families from census records, where people lived, births, marriages and deaths etc.

Friendly Societies
Years ago, before the Welfare State, trade unions and the like, people had to manage on their own; usually on starvation wages and unsatisfactory conditions. How it was to live in those days.

Horwich End Gas Works
The building and demise of the Horwich End Gasworks. Many people now do not know it ever existed.

Toddbrook Reservoir
Photographs and some history regarding Toddbrook Reservoir.

Trains and Railway Lines
Information regarding the history of trains and railway lines, many long gone.