Chorley’s First Blue Plaque Trail - Who should be on it?

We are looking for suggestions for people to be included that fit the following criteria...

Criteria:
To do with town centre (they don't have to have been born there).
To have contributed significantly to establishment, growth or lustre of Chorley town.
To be significant figures of our past history.

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The Lost Mines of Chorley Exhibition

Lancashire Library and Chorley Heritage Centre Group present the Lost Mines of Chorley exhibition, which will be launched at Chorley Library Community History Room at 11am on Saturday 16th November 2024. This features the Chorley volumes of Frank Hough’s magnificent collection of Lancashire mining memories and images, the author being...
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News from the Archives July 2023
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Lancashire Local History Federation At Home Day 13th July 2024

Many of you will already be aware of the accolade Chorley received in being selected for the Lancashire Federation At Home Day on 13 July. The venue is confirmed as the Lancastrian Suite and we know that the High Sheriff of Lancashire and Chorley’s Mayor will be at the opening.

The seventy constituent societies of the LLHF have the...
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Newsletter March 2024

Please find attached the latest newsletter for the Chorley Heritage Group.


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November 2023 Newsletter

Please find attached the latest newsletter for the Chorley Heritage Group.


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August 2023 Newsletter
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Chorley Windrush Exhibition Poster

Share the memories of some of the families who came from the Caribbean to make Chorley their home.

From early June, in Chorley Library’s Local History Room (Usually open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)


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Chorley Heritage Centre Newsletter March 2023
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Chorley's Windrush Generation Project

The experience of the Windrush generation, 1948-71, is becoming better appreciated on a national scale. A town such as Chorley in the north of England may seem remote to that story but our local oral history research has produced fascinating recordings of three people bringing their families from Jamaica post World War Two. We want to use...
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