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[John Pitchford🌹💙 @Johnnypapa64]

WW2 Rationing per week (if you could get it)

[Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society @LancashireChes1]

https://t.co/aLKcyY54cq

[Oldham Libraries @OldhamLibraries]

Join @northernrootsol on Friday 13 September 2-3.30pm for their Heritage walk. Learn about Roman roads, Victorian railways, the site of the world’s largest cotton mill and the Beautiful Oldham Society. Book your free ticket via Eventbrite - https://t.co/uzND4jPhVA

[Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society @LancashireChes1]

Saddleworth mill fire LIVE updates as blaze breaks out near Dovestone Reservoir

https://t.co/td3N94YrCO

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

Smithfield Market, wholesale fish market, Manchester, 1924 (Manchester Libraries).

[Oldham Libraries @OldhamLibraries]

Join us on Thursday 12 September from 5.30-7.30pm for Innovation made In Oldham, a talk as part of our Oldham Histories Festival. Book your place via Eventbrite: https://t.co/mWYH9yb1w6

[Colin Spencer @ColinSpenc4257]

Who Remembers.

[𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 @MancPictures]

Salford Lads Club

This weekend marks the 121st birthday of this communal hub.
One of the most iconic buildings ever built.

#Salford | #Manchester

📸 | Alderley Aerial Photography

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

L.S. Lowry sketching Stockport Viaduct, 1962, by Crispin Eurich.

[Oldham Libraries @OldhamLibraries]

Join archivist Jan Hicks on Wednesday 11 September, 2-3pm in the One Seven Five exhibition at Gallery Oldham for our Networks of Power talk - a deep dive into how electric power came to Oldham. No need to book, just turn up. Meet at the entrance to Gallery Three.

[Oldham Libraries @OldhamLibraries]

Join Graham Briggs and Rob Hargreaves on Thursday 12 September 2-4pm for Connections: Oldham Brigaders at Home. Book your place via Eventbrite: https://t.co/llNiEhHYRF

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

Market Street, Manchester, c.1890s.

[Museum of Transport Greater Manchester @MoTGM]

Tomorrow we'll run TWO free hourly heritage bus services. One will connect our museum with Shudehill Interchange (Stand H), and the other will run between our museum and our friends at @HeatonParkTram connecting with tram services (charge applies).

Times: https://t.co/Xbw28NDe36

[Oldham Libraries @OldhamLibraries]

North West Film Archive presents: Oldham on Film, Tuesday 10 September 7.30-9pm at Odeon Cinema as part of Oldham Histories Festival. A chance for lovers of Oldham’s history to enjoy a selection of films. Booking essential via Eventbrite, tickets £8: https://t.co/tFAdoAmuem

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

The Shambles, York, c.1910.

[Brian Groom @GroomB]

Rainy day in Oldham, 1950s (Greater Manchester Police Museum).

[Manchester Libraries @MancLibraries]

Free #bankholiday idea!! Why not join the #BluePeterBookClub Badge trail around the city? Discover new places & things to explore in libs, museums & art galleries @FootballMuseum @McrPoetryLib @sim_manchester @mcrartgallery @McrMuseum https://t.co/qdIcmJm8uk #ReadMCR

[Museum of Transport Greater Manchester @MoTGM]

We say that 'looking like the back end of a bus' isn't an insult - but this one is no looker! The front was stylish but the rear isn't: because Lancashire United wanted the emergency exit to be in the centre rear. It's this week's #ThrowbackThursday pic, taken at Atherton.

[Clayton Hall Living History Museum @ClaytonHallUK]

#ThrowbackThursday: In 2009 our volunteers were busy repairing and restoring rooms at Clayton Hall.

Photos of Kay, Pauline and Alma, and later a young visitor dressed in their Victorian best enjoying our finished work!

👉Visit https://t.co/HplLrwhoSe

[Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society @LancashireChes1]

https://t.co/734tQZf4Nh