Wilmslow Historical Society

Over 200 people take tour of Wilmslow's history
Sunday 26th September 2021
Sun 26th Sep 2021

Over 200 people take tour of Wilmslow's history

Wilmslow Historical Society are celebrating another successful season of town tours organised as part of English Heritage Open Days, England's largest…
Wilmslow history tours return this September
Thursday 12th August 2021
Thu 12th Aug 2021
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Wilmslow history tours return this September

History tours of Wilmslow will return this September as part of the English Heritage Open Festival. Organised by volunteers the walking tours around the…
Turing town project
Sunday 20th June 2021
Sun 20th Jun 2021
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Turing town project

On the 23rd June the new £50 polymer note featuring the image of Alan Mathison Turing OBE, FRS will be released. The date marks the day he was born…
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Wilmslow’s date with history
Monday 21st September 2020
Mon 21st Sep 2020

Wilmslow’s date with history

History has come again in Wilmslow. As part of 2020 English Heritage's National Heritage Week, Wilmslow Historical Society repeated its very popular free…
Your date with history
Monday 17th August 2020
Mon 17th Aug 2020

Your date with history

As part of 2020 National Heritage Week, Wilmslow Historical Society is repeating its popular free walking tours of the town centre. This year the tour…
Wilmslow in WW2 - Four local heroes who fell in the Far East, 7th December 1941 - 15th August 1945
Wednesday 12th August 2020
Wed 12th Aug 2020
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Wilmslow in WW2 - Four local heroes who fell in the Far East, 7th December 1941 - 15th August 1945

Of the 48 named fatalities of WW2 on Wilmslow War Memorial, 4 men are listed as being buried or remembered in the Far East. The Commonwealth War Graves…
Wilmslow in WW2: VJ Day 15th August 1945
Monday 10th August 2020
Mon 10th Aug 2020
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Wilmslow in WW2: VJ Day 15th August 1945

Many local people have been remembering events of 75 years ago. The war in the Far East came to an end on 15th August 1945, VJ day - it was the end of…
Wilmslow in WW2 - The fallen in the Far East
Sunday 2nd August 2020
Sun 2nd Aug 2020
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Wilmslow in WW2 - The fallen in the Far East

Japan declared war on the UK and other Allies on 7th December 1941 and following attacks on Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong we responded by declaring…
End of an era for Wilmslow’s Peat Bog Railways
Sunday 19th July 2020
Sun 19th Jul 2020
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End of an era for Wilmslow’s Peat Bog Railways

On 24th and 25th June this year three narrow gauge railway locomotives and some wagons were removed by lorry from Lindow Moss. The two foot gauge locos…
Share your memories of important historic dates
Wednesday 10th June 2020
Wed 10th Jun 2020

Share your memories of important historic dates

Wilmslow Historical Society knows that the virus lockdown has seen a lot of us looking into aspects of the past since we have perhaps found more time.…
Wilmslow's war and VE Day
Tuesday 5th May 2020
Tue 5th May 2020
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Wilmslow's war and VE Day

At Reims in the early morning of 7th May, Supreme Allied Commander General Eisenhower accepted the unconditional surrender of all German Forces. The British…
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VE Day is coming - A personal recollection
Wednesday 29th April 2020
Wed 29th Apr 2020
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VE Day is coming - A personal recollection

Nora Mottram has vivid memories of VE Day here in Wilmslow and spoke to Jon Kelly about them recently. Nora was born in 1922 in a house on Lacey Green…
VE Day is coming - RAF Wilmslow
Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Wed 22nd Apr 2020
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VE Day is coming - RAF Wilmslow

During the second world war, and for a time afterwards, Wilmslow was home to a large RAF camp - RAF Wilmslow - known as No. 4 School of Recruit Training.…
VE Day is Coming : Local Heroes of World War II
Tuesday 14th April 2020
Tue 14th Apr 2020

VE Day is Coming : Local Heroes of World War II

Wilmslow had many heroes in the Second World War. Here, I shall, however, just concentrate on two brave men whom I had the privilege of talking to at…
History Society marks 50 years
Friday 13th December 2019
Fri 13th Dec 2019

History Society marks 50 years

Wilmslow Historical Society held their annual Christmas social on Wednesday, 4th December, which was extra special this year as it coincided with 50 years…
Free tours to discover the hidden history of Wilmslow
Sunday 11th August 2019
Sun 11th Aug 2019
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Free tours to discover the hidden history of Wilmslow

As part of National Heritage Week, Jon Kelly of Wilmslow Historical Society is organising free walking tours of the town centre which will cover all periods…
Lest We Forget: January 1918 A bitter winter and a race against time
Sunday 14th January 2018
Sun 14th Jan 2018
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Lest We Forget: January 1918 A bitter winter and a race against time

As the New Year was ushered in, peace appeared to be farther away than ever. New leaders had appeared late in 1917. Woodrow Wilson and David Lloyd George…
Lest we forget: December 1915 Gallipoli campaign draws to a close
Sunday 20th December 2015
Sun 20th Dec 2015

Lest we forget: December 1915 Gallipoli campaign draws to a close

There was to be no repeat of the 1914 Christmas Truce in any theatre of war. Bad weather and orders from above certainly ensured nothing at all friendly…
Lest we forget: November 1915 One of our local survivors
Thursday 12th November 2015
Thu 12th Nov 2015
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Lest we forget: November 1915 One of our local survivors

Our community had lost 29 young men by November 1915, but mercifully that month proved to be a "thankful" one – no fatalities were reported. Wet,…
Lest we forget: October 1915 Another miserable month
Sunday 11th October 2015
Sun 11th Oct 2015
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Lest we forget: October 1915 Another miserable month

October was, for the British, as miserable as the previous month. The Germans consolidated their mastery of the war in the air largely through the use…