New exhibition at Bury's Fusilier Museum
A new exhibition has opened at Bury's Fusilier Museum to co-incide with national Armed Forces Week.
A new exhibition has opened at Bury's Fusilier Museum to co-incide with national Armed Forces Week.
Town Meadow Park will now be known as Private Peachment VC Town Meadow Park in memory of Private George Stanley Peachment, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for gallantry given his devotion to company commander, Captain Guy Dubs, after the officer had been seriously wounded in combat at the Battle of Loos.
Heritage Open Days encourage venues to open their doors and allow people to visit areas that would normally be out of bounds – but this year, due to Covid-19, things are very different.
Saturday 15 August marks the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, the official end of the Second World War in Japan, and we want everyone to commemorate this special day safely.
Armed Forces Week is an annual celebration of the country’s serving officers, cadets, veterans and reservists.
Culture is flourishing in Bury despite the Covid-19 pandemic – in fact, the virus is being used as the inspiration for a major new arts and social history project.
We may have to stay indoors, but that won’t stop us painting the borough red, white and blue on VE Day next Friday.
Take a trip down memory lane in a series of Bury Cine Society films to be shown at Bury Library and Archives.
Don’t miss the chance to take part in Bury’s Heritage Open Days, which celebrate some of the town’s hidden gems.
Bury Archives Service are hosting talks in July and August in the run up to the 200th anniversary of the infamous Peterloo massacre.
No fewer than 588 men and boys from Bury and the surrounding district were killed during the first 17 months of the First World War.
A massive treasure trove in which Bury Remembers the First World War will be opened in the new year.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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