Society’s mission to create history centre

The Littleborough Historical and Archaeological Society are working hard to open a history centre.

The Society has been around for over 30 years and has an extensive archive including a collection of many thousands of documents, pictures and artefacts – but with no where to display them.

For a short period the society operated a small but popular museum in Littleborough but this was closed when funding ceased.

Fortunately, the rail industry, Northern Rail and Network Rail have offered the Society the under-used station building at Littleborough for use as a Research and Interpretation facility – now to be known as Littleborough’s History Centre.

The converted buildings will enable the Society to make local history accessible to residents and visitors alike.

The centre will include a fairly large exhibition space and other rooms available to the public. These will offer internet access as well as access to our electronic archive.

The Society is working steadily towards having the centre open next year.

The Society certainly has a challenge on its hands. A leaflet published telling people more reads:

“It isn’t until you take on a set of rooms each around 4 metres in height, some amply sprayed by earlier graffiti ‘artists’, with 3 large missing windows, no glass in any window, all with ancient plaster, that you realise just how much is involved in creating the simplest refurbishment. But we are meeting the challenge, hopefully.”

The project is being supported by Rochdale MBC, the Railway Heritage Trust Network Rail and Northern Rail.