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January 1st 2022: Numerous updates to the pages of the site have been made as a result the return to holding meetings following the Covid-19 lock-downs. The Index, Current Meeting, Monthly Meeting, Essays, Newsletter and Site News Pages have been updated.
September 21st 2021: Numerous updates to the pages of the site have been made as a result the return to holding meetings following the Covid-19 lock-downs. The Index, Current Meeting, Monthly Meeting, Newsletter and Site News Pages have been updated.
August 11th 2021: An additional page was added to the Photographs section of the website. The page Early Postcards of Biddulph and Knypersley was added.
July 7th 2021: Some additional information has been added to the Internet Safety section of the Links Pages and the Welcome Page was updated.
June 9th 2021: The June Newsletter has been added to the website and can be found on the Newsletter Pages.
May 25th 2021: A new page was added to the website in the sound files section The Sound Archive where a recording in Biddulph of ‘Down Your Way’ has been added.
May 12th 2021: An additional page was added to the Photographs section of the website. The page Biddulph and Biddulph Moor was added.
January 28th 2021: Numerous updates to the site have been made during the Covid-19 lock-downs. The Index page has been changed monthly and the articles written for the Biddulph Times have been added to the Members Section. Our Newsletter have been resumed on a monthly basis by the production team of Elaine Heathcote, Madelaine Lovatt and Kath Walton and can be found on the Newsletter Pages. Michael Turnock has written a Brief History of the Biddulph Gasworks which is avialble to read and download on the Essay Pages. Finally the site has been updated to PHP 7.4 in January 2021 and although the change does not appear to have affected how the site works if you notice any failures in the sites functionallity please let me know.
March 19th 2020: A new page was added to the website where sound files submitted to the Society will be available to play in the The Sound Archive and so far a recording of ‘Sunday Half Hour 1960’ has been added.
February 20th 2020: The meeting report for February was added.
January 28th 2020: The meeting report for January was added and all menus changed to add the year 2020 to the Meeting Reports page.
December 24th 2019: The meeting report for December was added.
December 9th 2019: The Publications Page was updated and 3 additional subpages were added with revised information.
December 1st 2019: The meeting report for November was added.
December 1st 2019: The Publications Page was updated and put in alphabetical order with a revised link to the PDF copy .
November 24th 2019: A new page was added to the website where Photographs submitted to the Society will be displayed and the first photograph is of the Biddulph Home Guard in 1943 was added.
October 25th 2019: The meeting report for October was added.
September 23rd 2019: The meeting report for September was added.
June 28th 2019: A new page and section of the website was added which is a Members Only area accessible only from the main page and using a password.
June 26th 2019: The meeting report for June was added.
April 25th 2019: The meeting report for May was added.
April 28th 2019: The meeting report for April was added.
April 24th 2019: A new page was added to the website where Essays submitted to the Society will be published and the first essay by Mr. Terry Mahoney was added.
April 1st 2019: The March A.G.M. Meeting report was added.
March 8th 2019: The meeting report for February was added.
February 26th 2019: A link to Michael Morris’s Elderly Care: A Guide for Families New to Caring was added to the revised Some Articles Useful to Our Members Section of the Links page.
February 15th 2019: The meeting report for January was added.
January 30th 2019: The menus on each page were updated.
January 3rd 2019: The meeting report for December was added and the publications page was updated.
November 23rd 2018: The meeting report for November was added and the publications page was updated.
October 27th 2018: The meeting report for October was added; the Index page was updated and the publications page was updated.
September 27th 2018: The meeting report for September was added and the Index and Meetings were updated.
July 10th 2018: The meeting report for June was added.
June 3rd 2018: The meeting report for May was added.
May 10th 2018: A link to Kirsten Miles’s article on Travel Insurance was added to the revised Some Articles Useful to Our Members Section of the Links page and the index was updated to include the Biddulph Old Hall Open Days and our recent Publications list.
April 22nd 2018: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery. Biddulph in 2003 featuring photographs of Biddulph and Biddulph Moor taken by Brian Nightingale of the Society in 2003.
April 20th 2018: The meeting report for April was added.
March 23rd 2018: The meeting report for March was added and a new, hopefully clearer, meun was added to each page
March 5th 2018: The meeting report for February was added and the publications page was amended with 2 new books and with a separate recent and latest section added.
January 20th 2018: The meeting report for January was added.
January 1st - 6th 2018: Further major changes were made to the appearance of the website with changes to the pages concerning the First World War.
December 28th - 31st 2017: Major changes were made to the appearance of the website with changes to the pages: Meetings, Margaret Brodie, The Gallery, Historical Maps, Parish Registers and Tithe Survey.
December 24th 2017: A new section was added to the website Margaret Brodie - Handwritten letters and postcards sent by Margaret Fleming Brodie and Joseph Varley Roberts in the 1920’s and 1930’s.
December 18th 2017: The meeting report for December was added.
November 28th 2017: The meeting report for November was added.
November 24th 2017: A link to David Kitchings Home Page was added to the Local History Section of the Links page and all links on the page checked and updated as necessary.
November 21st 2017: The index was updated with links to information on the Sprink tunnel and Letter to Biddulph Town Council.
November 17th 2017: The index and the publications pages were updated.
November 13th 2017: The index was updated and a downloadable book list was added to the publications page.
October 18th 2017: The Future meetings section and Next meeting section were updated.
September 25th 2017: The meeting report for September was added.
September 15th 2017: Internet Safety - a series of useful articles on Internet safety have been added to the Links page.
September 11th 2017: The June walk report was moved from the index to the meeting reports.
September 11th 2017: The Index page was updated.
September 11th 2017: The Future meetings section was updated on various dates in July, August and September.
September 11th 2017: The September 2017 Newsletter was added to the Newsletters section.
June 28th 2017: The June Walk 2017 page with some photographs taken by Gerald Worland on the Local History Walk 2017 was added to the website.
June 26th 2017: The Publications page has had three new books added
June 25th 2017: The Fallen in the Great War Section has had photographs of Lt. John Egbert Machin added.
June 22th 2017: The meeting report for June was added.
May 28th 2017: The meeting report for May was added.
May 25th 2017: A new section has been added to the website giving access to a part of the St. Lawrence Church Parish Registers featuring births, marriages and burials between 1813 and 1836.
May 3rd 2017: The Archive Section has now been merged into a larger section of the website just called The Gallery featuring documents, paintings, pictures and photographs - some of which are in the Society's Archives.
May 1st 2017: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery. Mike Salt Paintings featuring paintings and photographs of Biddulph and Biddulph Moor by Biddulph born artist Mike Salt.
May 1st 2017: The meeting report for April with two videos was added and The Fallen in the Great War Section has had details about Sarah Anne Wiggin added.
Mar 25th 2017: The meeting report for March was added and Publications has had one new book added
Mar 4th 2017: The March 2017 Newsletter was added to the Newsletters section.
Mar 2nd 2017: The meeting report for February was added and Publications has had two new books added
Jan 24th 2017: The meeting report for January was added.
Jan 14th 2017: A first attempt at adding video clips to the site in the Photo Gallery J Haydon and Sons with two clips of restored vehicles.
Jan 11th 2017: The meeting report for December was added.
Dec 21st 2016: The meeting report for November was added and the By-pass page in the Publications section was repaired.
Dec 05th 2016: The December 2016 Newsletter was added to the Newsletters section.
Dec 04th 2016: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery. A Week in 1945 featuring adverts, articles and photographs taken from a copy of Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel which belongs to Mr. Neil Gibson of Harriseahead.
Nov 30th 2016: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery. J Haydon and Sons featuring photographs of the family, friends, employees and vehicles of J Haydon & Sons, Livestock Hauliers from Wharf Road, Biddulph.
Nov 20th 2016: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery. A Up To No Good Gallery featuring documents relating to local justice in the 1870's.
October 28th 2016: The meeting report for October was added. Various small changes to the sites menu were made.
September 22nd 2016: The meeting report for September was added.
Jul 17th 2016: The Future Meetings section was updated.
Jul 17th 2016: A List of Medals Awarded to the Men of Biddulph who Died in the Great War was added to ‘The Great War section, Men at War, The Fallen’.
Jul 7th 2016: The meeting report for June was added.
Jun 26th 2016: The third to tenth set of the photographs taken by George Plant was added to the Photo Gallery.
Jun 26th 2016: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery. A High Street Gallery featuring some of the photographs that featured in the Society's publication “Biddulph High Street - Goowin dine th’ grayn”.
Jun 24th 2016: The meeting report for May was added.
Jun 24th 2016: A second set of the photographs taken by George Plant was added to the Photo Gallery.
Jun 23rd 2016: A new section has been added to the Photo Gallery featuring some of the photographs taken by Mr. George Plant. This is a trial of the jAlbum software to see if it is suitable for displaying the numerous photographs in the Society Archive.
Jun 22nd 2016: Due to ill-health the creator of this website has had to pass its maintainence on to another member of the Society. I can only gratefully thank David Moore for his work on this site over many years, his patience as I asked him to complete the many forms required to transfer the site ownership and the robust design he used. After many attempts on the steep learning curve to update the site, correcting my mistakes and using a software that I haven't used for many years I have decided that it would be impossible to record all the changes, mistakes, re-instatements, etc. I have made to get the site to where it is today. So for those who use a Page Change Notification Service nearly every page has changed and we start again now. DJO
Jul 7th 2015: Three biographies have been added to the section on Those Who Returned.
Jul 6th 2015: The section on Those Who Returned has been added to the Great War (Men at War) section of the web site.
Jul 5th 2015: A gallery of For Sale Notices has been added to the Archive section.
Jul 5th 2015: The meeting report for June was added.
Jun 22nd 2015: A section on Tributes to the people of Biddulph and Districts who served in the Great War has been added to the Great War section of the web site.
Jun 5th 2015: The meeting report for May was added.
May 6th 2015: The meeting report for April was added.
Mar 30th 2015: The meeting report for March was added.
Mar 2nd 2015: The meeting report for February was added.
Mar 2nd 2015: The March 2015 Newsletter was added to the Newsletters section.
Feb 11th 2015: The section on Queen Mary’s Needlework Group has been added to the Great War (The Home Front) section of the web site.
Jan 16th 2015: The meeting report for December was added.
Dec 10th 2014: The section on Belgian Refugees has been added to the Great War (The Home Front) section of the web site.
Dec 2nd 2014: The section on Recruitment has been added to the Great War (Men at War) section of the web site.
Nov 29th 2014: A Newsletters section was added.
Nov 28th 2014: The meeting reports for October and November were added.
Oct 17th 2014: The section for The Fallen – Post-1918 is now complete.
Oct 16th 2014: The Archive section was introduced.
Oct 15th 2014: The section for The Fallen for 1918 is now complete.
Oct 9th 2014: Details of the Border History Fair were added.
Aug 26th 2014: Details of future meetings (and the next meeting) for the Autumn season were updated.
Aug 25th 2014: The section for The Fallen for 1917 is now complete.
Jul 23rd 2014: The The Tithe Map Index was added to both the Tithe Survey and Historical Maps sections.
Jun 30th 2014: The meeting report for June 16th was added.
Jun 15th 2014: The report of the annual walk (June) was added.
May 26th 2014: Details of the Annual Walk, due to take place on June 9th, were added.
May 26th 2014: The meeting report for May 19th was added.
May 14th 2014: The meeting report for April 14th was added.
Mar 27th 2014: The section for The Fallen for 1916 is now complete.
Feb 24th 2014: The Memorials Page was added to the Great War section.
Feb 10th 2014: The Photo Gallery was introduced, with eight aerial photographs of the town and surrounding area.
Jan 27th 2014: The meeting report for January 20th was added.
Jan 27th 2014: The sections for The Fallen for 1914 and for 1915 are now complete.
Jan 12th 2014: The Men at War section (Great War) of the web site has been revised with a link to the new section - The Fallen.
Dec 2nd 2013: The meeting report for November 18th was added.
Nov 25th 2013: The Men at War section (Great War) of the web site has revised.
Nov 21st 2013: The Before the Storm section (Great War) of the web site has been completed, with the addition of the Biddulph Events of January to August 1914 chapter.
Nov 10th 2013: A Poem for Remembrance was added to the Great War section of the web site.
Nov 6th 2013: The meeting report for October 21st was added.
Nov 6th 2013: The Before the Storm chapter has been added to the Great War section of the web site. It can be found here and shows some details of life in Biddulph in the run up to the outbreak of the war.
Oct 28th 2013: Details of future meetings (and the next meeting) were updated.
Sep 23rd 2013: The meeting report for September 16th was added.
Sep 22nd 2013: The Historical Maps section of the web site was opened.
Sep 19th 2013: The main menu has been revised to remove the links for meeting reports to the main meeting report page. This will make way for future additions to the menu. The meeting report links can be found here.
Sep 17th 2013: Further details of future meetings were added.
Sep 14th 2013: Details of the Border History Fair were added.
Sep 13th 2013: Details of future meetings were added.
Sep 04th 2013: The meeting reports for the early meetings were added.
Sep 04th 2013: The meeting reports for 2005 were added.
Jun 08th 2013: The meeting reports for 2006 were added.
Jun 04th 2013: The meeting reports for 2007 were added.
May 27th 2013: The meeting reports for 2008 were added.
May 27th 2013: The meeting report for May 20th was added.
May 23th 2013: The meeting reports for 2009 were added.
May 22nd 2013: The meeting reports for 2010 were added.
May 22nd 2013: The initial pages for the Great War and the Tithe Survey and Map were brought into use. Details of the next meeting were also added.
May 18th 2013: The re-designed site was brought into use.
