The Family History Society of Cheshire

The April FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Poynton and Prestbury  - Do you have ancestors in the town, or are you researching a local family and want some help, perhaps on the other hand you live in the locality and could offer help with photographing gravestones or buildings. This is the chance for members to help each other, I'm sure there are many members out there with knowledge of the area that they could share. If you have a research question then please feel free to email me on   and I will circulate it among attendees beforehand.

You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left and process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the morning of the helpdesk meeting. If you run into any difficulties with this then please contact Margaret Roberts on 

NOTE that registration closes at 10am on the morning of the meeting.

A short AGM followed by

The People of Paradise Mill 

The Silk Workers at Cartwright & Sheldon by The History Hunters.

The April FHSC Cheshire Research Buddies topic of the month is Tattenhall and Beeston  - Do you have ancestors in the town, or are you researching a local family and want some help, perhaps on the other hand you live in the locality and could offer help with photographing gravestones or buildings. This is the chance for members to help each other, I'm sure there are many members out there with knowledge of the area that they could share. If you have a research question then please feel free to email me on   and I will circulate it among attendees beforehand.

You will need to register to attend, to do so please click on the 'Register [Individual]' button below on the left and process your registration, you will receive an email confirmation and the zoom links/meeting protocol will be forwarded the morning of the helpdesk meeting. If you run into any difficulties with this then please contact Margaret Roberts on 

NOTE that registration closes at 10am on the morning of the meeting.

Ian Diamond will be talking about the local history of the Rock Ferry area

THE 1960s - HOW SWINGING WERE THEY?   Talk by David Walmsley

The 1960s - Profumo and MacMillan; the Labour government 1964-1970; Kennedy and King; Vietnam; Coronation Street and Z cars; the Beatles and the Stones.

Most will have heard of the ninenteenth-century French author, Jules Verne, if not read some of his novels (including Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Centre of the Earth).  You may not, however, be aware that his first visit outside of France was to Liverpool and Birkenhead, and that he set parts of several of his novels in Birkenhead!  John Lamb will be telling us more.

(Image: Jules Verne by Harry Furniss. pen and ink, late 19th or early 20th century. NPG D1643,  Used under Creative Commons licence from National Portrait Gallery)

The Bygone Breweries of Macclesfield – Paul Wreglesworth

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 Admission charge £2 for members £3 for visitors, including refreshments.