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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.
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.