What’s On in Uppermill

Thursday 19th and Friday 20th September > HERITAGE OPEN DAYS > 1 to 4 pm.

In our community gallery (entrance charge £3 – “Friends” of the Museum free) we will present a rolling slide show with hundreds of old photographs of Saddleworth’s “gone but not forgotten” buildings and landscapes. This ticket will then provide free admission to our four museum collection display galleries,

(Our curator, Peter Fox, contributes articles to a number of local publications. Mary Booth, editor at Greenfield Publishing has taken those texts and photographs supplied to Saddleworth Monthly on a regular basis and published these in a booklet called “Saddleworth Past Times”. We will also have a special point of sale where the booklet will be available for £4.95. 20% goes direct to the Museum.)

The museum registered charity number is 528225.

The museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily. Our address is Saddleworth Museum and Gallery, High Street, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, OL3 6HS.

Thursday 19th and Friday 20th September > HERITAGE OPEN DAYS > 1 to 4 pm.

In our community gallery (entrance charge £3 – “Friends” of the Museum free) we will present a rolling slide show with hundreds of old photographs of Saddleworth’s “gone but not forgotten” buildings and landscapes. This ticket will then provide free admission to our four museum collection display galleries,

(Our curator, Peter Fox, contributes articles to a number of local publications. Mary Booth, editor at Greenfield Publishing has taken those texts and photographs supplied to Saddleworth Monthly on a regular basis and published these in a booklet called “Saddleworth Past Times”. We will also have a special point of sale where the booklet will be available for £4.95. 20% goes direct to the Museum.)

The museum registered charity number is 528225.

The museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily. Our address is Saddleworth Museum and Gallery, High Street, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, OL3 6HS.

Friday 20th September 7 for 7.30 > Fun Team Quiz evening with Supper >  Community Gallery. £6. Book in advance.

Friday 20th September, 7.00 pm (for a 7.30 pm start)  > Fun Team Quiz Night and Supper. £6 per person. Book now to avoid disappointment and a table will be reserved for your team.

The Friends of Saddleworth Museum are holding a fun team quiz evening for those who like to have their knowledge tested but want to take part in something that is not too difficult and also have a bit of fun.

There will be the usual Team (a team can consist of up to 6 people) Quiz, some hot Supper, a Raffle and contestants can bring their own liquid refreshments. If you are an individual or couple and would like to be part of a made up team of individuals for the night please let reception know.

Tickets for this event are now available from museum reception and it is suggested that individuals and teams should book now, pay for their tickets and reserve a team table. It would help if you could let us know when you book if you would like the vegetarian option of the supper,

The museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily. Our address is Saddleworth Museum and Gallery, High Street, Uppermill, OL3 6HS.

CLOSING DAY TO BOOK IS TODAY

Sunday 6th October, please arrive at 1 for 1.30 pm >  FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM AUTUMN LUNCHEON > in the community gallery > £25 per person payable in advance.

CLOSING DAY TO BOOK 21st SEPTEMBER 2019

Your final opportunity to pick up your invitation pack, complete your selections and pay at the museum reception TODAY

The museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily. Our address is Saddleworth Museum and Gallery, High Street, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, OL3 6H

Monday 23rd September, 1 – 4 pm > Family History Drop-in and Help Desk. £5 includes museum gallery admission (this sessions is £3 for “Friends” of the Museum).

Our learning dedicated volunteer/s, will be on hand today to offer assistance for people embarking on family history research or who need help with a particular area. It would be most helpful if you could bring any information you have already gathered with you. Please inform reception when you arrive and you will then be guided through your search and the use of our computerised facility in our gallery three. You will also be free to view all the collections in all the museum galleries at your leisure.

To avoid long waiting times it may also help if you could let us know in advance the approximate time of your visit should you wish to use this service.

The museum is open 1 – 4 pm daily if you wish to inform reception in advance or telephone 01457 874093 or email curator@saddleworthmuseum.co.uk

Sunday 6th October, please arrive at 1 for 1.30 pm >  FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM AUTUMN LUNCHEON > in the community gallery > £25 per person payable in advance

We need to organise our catering, seating and your table place holders etc so we are now taking bookings for this event and will be doing so until 20th September. Please arrive at 1 for 1.30 pm and whilst the event is not black tie we suggest smart casual or formal attire.

This is the link on our website page http://www.saddleworthmuseum.co.uk/events/ to our menu and invitation pack >20191006_Priority Invitations for Website

There will be a fund raising raffle on the day and wine and soft drinks will also be available to purchase. The museum registered charity number is 528225.

If you would like our invitation pack (which includes a pre-addressed envelope for your reply) posting to you please email friends@saddleworthmuseum.co.uk or call at the museum reception and pick one up.

The museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily. Our address is Saddleworth Museum and Gallery, High Street, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, OL3 6HS.

FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM COFFEE MORNING £1.50 entrance includes a pot of tea or cafetière of coffee and biscuits.

In our rather nice community gallery. Buns or cakes (a “slice of something nice”), are also available to purchase at very reasonable prices.

A raffle will be held and our homemade stall may be in operation. The monthly draw will be made for the 200 club and prizes handed out. Please come along to meet friends, make friends, find out about “Friends of the Museum” events, the 200 club and maybe call in to the museum shop or galleries afterwards.

Wednesday 9th October, 1.45 to 3 pm > A presentation “SADDLEWORTH VOICES & NOISES” from our sound archive with old photographs by Peter Fox. £2 admission. Refreshments will be available to purchase.

Some may have visited Saddleworth Museum to see the exhibitions but may not be aware that behind the frontage of the museum we hold an extensive archive collection which includes many documents, photographs, maps etc. As part of these archives there is an oral history collection which records many aspects of life in Saddleworth in the past.

This will be an opportunity to have a taster of these ‘sounds’. Memories of local people will include everything from the Saddleworth Palace Cinema to the quarrying of bakestones – mill noises and we will even be making a fairly rare playing of a couple of ‘78’ records from the 1930s with our wind up gramophone of Ammon Wrigley’s writings put to music.

The museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily. Our address is Saddleworth Museum and Gallery, High Street, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, OL3 6HS.

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Events

Monday 14th October, 1 – 4 pm > Family History Drop-in and Help Desk. £5 includes museum gallery admission (this sessions is £3 for “Friends” of the Museum).

Our learning dedicated volunteer/s, will be on hand today to offer assistance for people embarking on family history research or who need help with a particular area. It would be most helpful if you could bring any information you have already gathered with you. Please inform reception when you arrive and you will then be guided through your search and the use of our computerised facility in our gallery three. You will also be free to view all the collections in all the museum galleries at your leisure.

To avoid long waiting times it may also help if you could let us know in advance the approximate time of your visit should you wish to use this service.

The museum is open 1 – 4 pm daily if you wish to inform reception in advance or telephone 01457 874093 or email curator@saddleworthmuseum.co.uk

Saturday 19th October, 1 to 4 pm > preview art exhibition “THE LOCALS EXHIBITION” by a group of local artists. Community Gallery. Free.

We welcome this exciting and inspiring new group of local artists to our community gallery. We look forward to exhibiting their work when most of the paintings on display will be for sale at their marked prices as normal. Today will be the first day you will be able to view their work and meet some of the artists. This exhibition will run until Sunday 17th November.

There will also be an “exhibition” within an exhibition. One wall of the gallery will clearly display paintings, with a minimum price of £100, donated by the artists toward a “silent auction”. Visitors will be able to make bids (of £100 or more) for their choice, leave their contact details, at the museum reception desk anytime between 1 pm on 19th October until 2 pm on 17th November. The highest bid wins with all proceeds going to the “Save Saddleworth Church – St. Chad, Church Lane, Uppermill” restoration appeal. More details of this appeal are

Monday 28th October, 1 – 4 pm > Autumn Themed “Magic Monday” family craft sessions for 4 to 11-year olds. £3. In the community gallery.

Our popular October half term / Autumn holiday family craft sessions in our community gallery  will be held on Monday 28th October. There will be usual 4 or 5 craft tables run by our volunteers between 1 and 3 pm. Most of the tables will have Autumn inspired themes.

Places will be limited and it is suggested that you book in advance to avoid disappointment. The cost is £3 for each 4 to 11-year old.

One parent or guardian must remain with the child during these activities.

Free colouring sheets will be available for the under 4’s.

Refreshments will be available for all to purchase

Obtain your tickets at the museum reception (telephone number 01457 874093) is open 1 – 4 pm daily and we can be found on the High Street, Uppermill, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, OL3 6HS.

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Events

Monday 28th September, 1 – 4 pm > Family History Drop-in and Help Desk. £5 includes museum gallery admission (this sessions is £3 for “Friends” of the Museum).

Our learning dedicated volunteer/s, will be on hand today to offer assistance for people embarking on family history research or who need help with a particular area. It would be most helpful if you could bring any information you have already gathered with you. Please inform reception when you arrive and you will then be guided through your search and the use of our computerised facility in our gallery three. You will also be free to view all the collections in all the museum galleries at your leisure.

To avoid long waiting times it may also help if you could let us know in advance the approximate time of your visit should you wish to use this service.

The museum is open 1 – 4 pm daily if you wish to inform reception in advance or telephone 01457 874093 or email curator@saddleworthmuseum.co.uk

Join Saddleworth Musical Society for their annual musical production which, this year, is Fiddler on the Roof.

When – Tuesday 29th October to Saturday 2nd November
Where – Saddleworth School, High Street, Uppermill, OL3 6BU
Tickets – Adults £12, Children and Students £8.00

Set in the little village of Anatevka in the Ukraine, the story of Fiddler on the Roof centres on Tevye, a poor milkman, father to five daughters and his attempts to maintain his Jewish heritage and cultural traditions as outside influences encroach upon the family’s lives.
As the story unfolds Tevye must cope not only with the strong-willed actions of his three older daughters, who wish to ignore tradition and marry for love, but also the edict of the Tsar that evicts the Jews from their village.
Featuring the memorable songs Sunrise, Sunset, If I were a Rich Man and Matchmaker, Fiddler is as popular today as it was when it first appeared on Broadway in 1964.

Tickets are available from the box office on 01457 874922 or via the website at http://www.saddleworthmusicalsociety.co.uk/