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This is a series of small articles contributed by individual History Society members under the editorship of Jeremy Nicholls. Jeremy would welcome contributions from anyone with a story to tell – they need to be 200 to 400 words long, and should include a photo or two.

Jeremy's introductory article can be read here.

Items published so far:

1	Who was this genius	Valerie Mackin
2	Rigoletto	Geraint Davies
3	William Smith geologist	Celia Bloor
4	A shrine and a study course	John Whitehead
5	Saturn – a fly Boat	Graham Dodd
6	A tale from the Peninsular War	Anthony Pearson
7	The Cragg Vale Coiners	Charles Cavill
8	Canal Crafts	Valerie Mackin
9	East Coast Evacuation	Jeremy Nicholls
10	My Potter Ancestors	Judith Paterson
11	A scar from Peterloo	Celia Bloor
12	Stoodley Pike	Charles Cavill
13	History of an Unusual Musical Instrument	Alix Bryson
14	NHS Anniversary	Brenda Smethurst
15	Thomas Jackson – Engineer	Celia Bloor
16	Brislington House	Judi Paterson
17	Wakes Week in Rawtenstall	Dorothy Jones
18	A Musical Helmet	Sarah Hill
19	Historical chart of the USA	Edwin Hill
20	Combermere Abbey – Rule or Misrule	John Whitehead
21	Sicily 1943	Lawrence Anthony Pearson
22	Manchester to Altrincham Railway	Geoff Smethurst
23	Audlem's watermills	Graham Dodd
24	Village in the Vosges part 1	Linda Simard
25	Village in the Vosges part 2	Linda Simard
26	My connection with Winston Churchill	Geraint Davies
27	The Big Ship Sails on the Alley Alley O	Jeremy Nicholls
28	John Fielden	Charles Cavill
29	The Battle of Hastings	Val Mackin
30	The Golden Valley	Dorothy Jones
31	Fever Hospital	Ann Nicholls
32	A Family Story in Three Acts	John Tilling
33	William Cooper, Clunbury to Crewe Hall	Graham Dodd
34	After Waterloo	Dinah Andrew
35	Manchester-by-the-Sea	Geoff Smethurst
36	History Repeating Itself	Renee Cooper
37	Women and children in the Mines	Val Mackin
38	Up, up and away	Judi Paterson
39	Friend or Foe?	Jeff Bryson
40	Cryptic Runes	John Tilling
41	The Mulberry Harbours	Alan Paterson
42	Discovering a little-known 7th century gem	John Whitehead
43	Library Rise and Fall	Brenda Smethurst
44	Lloyd George Knew My Father	Geraint Davies
45	A Window in Tasmania	John Tilling
46	Macclesfield Silk Stripe	Beryl Cole
47	Edmund Driver – purveyor of Cheshire Cheese	Graham Dodd
48	Joe Biden, St Augustine and Audlem	Anthony Pearson
49	A Gangster in the Family	I Wyn Jones
50	History Short – 50 and not out	Jeremy Nichols
51	The Danny	Brenda Smethurst
52	Stonehenge 1917-18	Edwin Hill
53	The balloon is going up!	Judi Paterson
54	The House my mum and dad built	Val Mackin
55	The Northwoods Farm Moat	Elizabeth Huntbach
56	Thomas Wardle	Beryl Cole
57	Herculaneum Dock, Liverpool	Pauline Griffiths
58	Llanbadrig in Anglesey	John Whitehead
59	History Short to Bruges	Jeremy Nicholls
60	The Australian Magna Carta	John Tilling
61	Cody knew my great uncle	Judi Paterson
62	The Weaver-Wolverhampton Canal	Graham Dodd
63	RHS Garden Bridgewater	Jeremy Nicholls
64	Knots	Val Mackin

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