NEWS & WHAT'S ON

Updated 23 Nov 2024

Events Diary 2024

The Society intends to attend the following events in 2024. Committee members may be present to answer any queries you may have - so please come along.

 

 

Membership Secretary   Di Wade is our new Membership Secretary contacts       New Publication - October 2024   Audley Historian Vol 30, 2024 content   Go to pubications       Used Books We have some used books for sale. The list will be updated periodically. Please contact Mark Casewell. For list go here.     Charles Fairey - Historian   Charles has written many publications about the history of South Cheshire, which are available to read as e-books on his website:   https://sites.google.com/site/charlesfaireyhistorian/   His latest is titled Early Nantwich. Others include:Betley & Area During The English Civil War and The Lost chapel and Pubs of Barthomley   New Publication - December 2023   Life and Death in North Staffordshire: Inquest Reports from Audley and Surrounding Villages. Volume 1, 1830-1879 Edited by Christine Huxley       Go to pubications       New Publication - September 2023   "Kidsgrove: A history up to the year 2000" by Philip Leese, was launched at Kidsgrove Library on 1st and 2nd September. It is now available for sale.   publications       Price Reduction   The price of 3 books has been substantially reduced:   "Called to Arms" now only £1.50 +pp   "Letters of Lieutenant John Lawton 1915-19" now only £1.50 +pp   "Letters of Oswald Tittle 1912-18" now only £1.50 + pp   Go to Publications Page   (No members' discout at these low prices)         New Publication - December 2020   "The Diglake Disaster" by William Cooke is now available from the Publications page.   (click to enlarge) £7.70 non-members (incl. p&p UK) £6.70 members (incl. p&p UK) Members are entiltled to a £1 reduction.   Also available for download here

 

 

Research Meetings   The next Research Meeting is on Wednesday 6th November, 2024, 2-4pm.   Talks   The next Talk is on Friday 29th November, 2024.

 

 

Members' Newsletter     The September 2024 newsletter is in the Members' Area.

 

 

 

 

 

Change of Venue for Meetings and Talks   From 7th August 2019 all AudleyFHS meetings and talks will take place at the Audley Methodist Church Hall, New Road, Bignall End, ST7 8QF.   Go here for location.

 

 

 

 

Additions to the Members' Area   The following have been added: 1. Audley Historian volumes 8, 9, 13, 17, 19, and 20 these may be downloaded free-of-charge by members   2. A collection of funeral cards of deceased in the Audley area. We currently have a database of about 416 cards and the images can be found on the Audley FHS Members’ Section. Often two images are available – cover and interior of the card. Although we have been collecting them for a few years this is the first time we have gone public, so this is a new resource for Audley researchers. A glance at the cards shows that they mostly relate to the ancient parish (i.e. Scot Hay to Butt Lane), with a good number from nearby parishes and occasional ones from further afield if they were given as part of a collection (so clearly there is a good chance of a connection). They range in date from 1864-2010. We hope you find them useful. If you should decide to do further research on the subject more generally and analyse the cards on our database for an article in Audley Historian, this again would be pioneering work and please us mightily. Ian Bailey Email: ib65@alumni.leicester.ac.uk     The index is below. To view the cards go to the Members Area. index   3. Old Audley Now in the Members' Area . Updated 5 June2023.   4.Extracts of Audley St. James' Parish Magazines 1920-1969   4. Documents Scans of bills from Old Hayswood Collieries, Halmerend are in section 13 20 more scans were added on 20th August 2022 18 scans of documents were added on 17-10-22 under "New Additions" 66 scans were added on 22-10-22 under various headings with the date 20-10-22   5. Audley Wills A new section was added in October 2022 and additions in March 2023 and May 2024   6. Staffordshire History Network   A new section was added in March 2023. We are members of the Network.

 

Publications Payment by PayPal Publications can be purchased by PayPal. You don't need to have a Paypal account to use debit or credit cards.   Online Membership Payment Online membership can be done over the internet using your debit card, credit card or by PayPal account. You don't need to have a Paypal account to use cards. Go to Joining Us

 

Facebook Group   The Audley and District Family History Society now has a Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/audleyfhs/ . If you wish to join, click the "Join Group" button (open to everybody -no need to be a member of Audley FHS, but please note it is not memmbersip of the society . You may join our society by Paypal here). We now have over 1000 Facebook members. There are plenty of items of interest on family and local history, so why not give it a try?   Robert Mayer has been running a "Wood Lane" group for some time.To join go to the "Wood Lane, Audley, Staffordshire - Historical Research" page on Facebook.

 

Changes to the Website   There are a few changes to the website, mainly to the navigation bar titles: a new category, "Coal Mining" , contains the Minnie Pit appeal, formerly in "Minnie Pit", and Stewart Baker's memorial photographs, which were under the now removed "Memorials". Another new category, "World Wars" contains the list of Audley "fallen" commemorated on the Audley cenotaph previously in "Memorials" and new photographs by Clive Millington of the Audley Cenotaph, Halmerend Cenotaph,2014 Remembrance Sunday service at the cenotaph and the Audley Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Memorial. The Minnie Disaster Appeal has been updated.   The list of the fallen in both World Wars has been updated. It now shows if the Society holds a photograph of the person. Update to the update: Audley soldiers by regiment and battle. Clive Millington has already improved the list mentioned above and done an exercise you might like to try. He put the dates into a format which is now more easily sorted into date order. This enables the dates to be checked for any soldiers who died on the same day, but just as important is the effect the sorting has on the regiments. If you sort the list by order of date of death you will see that a number of soldiers died on the same dates in WW1 but NONE in WW2. You will also see the groups of soldiers who were in the same regiments during a particular battle or offensive. Note, for example, the 3 RE tunnelling company soldiers who died in March 1916 and the 7 soldiers who died on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. There's certainly scope for further study.  16 Nov 2014   Old Audley has been updated and moved to the Members'Area, The articles describing the changes in Audley have been updated. (5 June 2023 ) The articles describing the changes in Wood Lane have been updated (April 2015- Apr 2017) The Changing Face of High Street, Wood Lane has been added (13 May 2015)   Two sections have been added to World Wars: R.J.Mitchell and Air-raid Shelters Nov 2015   Audley Historian volumes 17 and 19 have been added to the Members' Area A collection of funeral cards have been added to the Members' Area February 2018   Extracts from St James's, Audley, parish magazines, 1920 - on have been added to the Members' Area From February 2019   Records for Viewing at Reseach Meetings Many new records have been added including a varied assortment of maps from 1740 to 1968. Full list here. October 2018   A new section has been added to World Wars:Memorials to the fallen in the two World Wars in Audley Churchyard. October 2019   Audley Historian 20 has been added to the Members' Area April 2022   A new section, Audley Wills, was added To the Members' Area in October 2022, with additions in March 2023 October 2022 and March 2023   Additions to Audley Wills in the Members' Area in March 2023 March 2023   Additions to Records at the Research Meetings in September 2024 "Local History Items of Interest in North Staffordshire Field Club Books " September 2024

 

New Name for BMSGH   The BMSGH has changed its name to Midlands Ancestor.The North Staffs Branch are starting to use the name "North Staffs Family History "- a local group of Midlands Ancestor

 

 

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