Our area of interest is defined by the limits of the old (pre 1974) Ramsbottom Urban District Council - Edenfield, Holcombe, Holcombe Brook, Ramsbottom, Shuttleworth, Stubbins, Summerseat and Turn. We owe our beginnings to a public meeting convened by Mrs. Dorothy Moss, held at St. Paul's School on 25th February 1987, and attended by about 70 people. Ramsbottom Heritage Society was formed to promote and protect the heritage of the town. We are an active society and in addition to monthly meetings with speakers on subjects connected to the area, we organise guided walks. We encourage members and others to record the present time by photographing changes in the town, to research the past (and if possible publish the findings) and to record the memories of our older citizens. Benefits of joining the Society include a free twice yearly news magazine and full programme information. We have our own Heritage Gallery in Ramsbottom Library, Carr Street. www.ramsbottomheritage.org.uk
Thanks for making this video, I was there through the 1990's and have very fond memories of this amazing school. Great to see Mr Eastwood again, he was an amazing teacher as well as Mrs Williams, Mrs Marshall, Mrs McKenzie, Mrs Herbert, Mr Middleborough and of course Mr Entwistle
I worked there when I was a student during the summer holidays in the late 1970s. Trinity would take on students during the shut down fortnight to help with maintenance. Very happy memories. And it was good money! I remember earning £90 one week with loads of overtime. I was well chuffed.
Nuttall Park adds so much to the town and it's great to see the bandstand finally restored to its former glory. The debt that Ramsbottom owes to the Porritt family cannot be overstated.
I was born there, about as close to the town centre as you can get, but now live in the USA. Tired of trying to explain garlic, sheep and Roman soldiers to Americans so now I just tell them I'm from near Manchester. Quite a bleak, gritty place once but has truly blossomed into a great place to live. I miss it.
Lovely to see this documentary about the town I grew up in. I kept stopping the video to work out what I was looking at! I got knocked off my first motorbike on Peel Bridge when it was still single track! I went back some years ago and was staggered to see that St. Andrews church fields were now a well established wood! I used to sledge down the steep bit and ride down the shallower slope on my "go cart"! I was the bowling green/putting green ticket man for two summers whilst at Bolton Tech. My parents house was the middle one of Barwood Mount on Bolton Street and I bought number 72 Tanners Street, a tiny two up two down just below The Rake for £1800 in 1976! I seem to recall that my parents knew Andrew (Todd) quite well.
I was born in WWII and lived in Ramsbottom until 1962. This was an outstanding production, being so informative, interesting and rich with visual content. Congratulations to all who were involved in its production.
Excellent photo history. Very minor point.....in 1948 the railway companies became British Railways, not British Rail. That name was adopted around 1965.
Clarence was to go-to boozer back in the 1980s. Used to live my life there that started with Pete & Connie the then landlords. Whitbread's light mild was my drink.
I grew up in Ramsbottom (19 Nuttall Hall Road) and my Grandad, Fred Parkinson (116 Peel Brow) did work for Joshua Hoyle in his retirement - he was a technical drawer mainly of paper machinery including the wall paper machines at Darwen. I think a family friend of the same generation, Jenny spiers, was a secretary of some importance at Joshua Hoyle but may be mistaken.
I watched this video on the day of ts release, and on the day of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The photos from 1953 were poignant. Thanks, it was a treat to watch. I am a native of Ramsbottom, now living on a foreign shore.
Rammy has had some great boozers over the years. The loss of the Clarence and the Old Dun were salient points in Rammy history. Hopefully we won't lose any more.
Thanks for the video, this was the first Church I went too when my Family moved to Ramsbottom from Warrington in the 1960s.... I remember Sunday service started in the main church with us little ones being taken downstairs for Sunday School at a set time..... The little hill at the side of the church could be a little slippy in the winter months when you had to go down to the back doors for access. 👴
Was married there August 22nd 1992. Reception at Anderton's (now Mala) in Holcombe Village. Evening doo at Rammy Lib (now Buchanon Club). Brilliant day, Rammy proud!!!
