© Saddleworth Archaeological Trust , 2007
March was the month of the second John Buckley Lecture which was entitled ‘Early Water Mills in Saddleworth’, an illustrated talk given by Mike Buckley
We welcome the following new members  - Mrs M Bray from Stalybridge. Mr P Barrett from Leeds. Miss K Coldwell and Mr W Howard from Shaw. Drs. S & H Drake from Bamford. Mrs G Davison from Greenfield. Mr D Lloyd from Grotton. Mrs I Milhench from Sandbach.
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An audience of over 50 people heard Mike tell of tracing some of the mills by the use of early deeds and field names. The talk was accompanied by digital images of sites, maps and early deeds. Mike held his audience spell-bound with accounts of his detective work in tracing these early mills.
The last lecture before the summer break was held on the 10th April and was given by Dr. Laurance Donnelly, an Exploration and Engineering Geologist who has spent considerable time exploring the Saddleworth hills. His title was ‘The Evolution of the Saddleworth Landscape in relation to Archaeology’ and the talk was illustrated by digital images of the Saddleworth landscape. An audience of over 40 people were enthralled to learn that the landscape of Saddleworth had originated from Antartica millions of years ago and even now Saddleworth is moving towards Germany. Laurance answered many questions from the floor. Reports from a very  appreciative audience indicated that this was our best lecture todate.
Each year The Council for British Archaeology organises a ‘National Archaeology Week’ during the month of July. In order to support this event, Saddleworth Archaeological Trust is organising a ‘One Day School’ in conjunction with the Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit. The One Day School will be based at the Castleshaw Centre in Delph and will deal with the Industrial Archeaology of the Castlleshaw Valley. In the morning we have arranged for two speakers, the first is Norman Redhead, the Assistant County Archaeologist for Greater Manchester who will give an illustrated talk entitled ‘The Industrial Archaeology of the Castleshaw Valley’. Norman is well known to the members of the Trust. The second speaker is Dr. Mike Nevell, Director of the University of Manchester Archaeology Unit. He will give an illustrated talk entitled ‘The Industrialisation of Upland Valleys; Castleshaw in its Regional Context.’ Mike delivered the first John Buckley Lecture last year and will be recognised from his appearances on ‘Time Team’.
 Enclosed with this Newsletter is the booking form for this event, places are limited to 50 and last years event was overbooked.