What’s On in Uppermill

Monday 22nd July, 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 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 28th July, 2 – 3.30 pm > A Guided Walk “The Uppermill Story”. Meet at the Saddleworth Museum main entrance 2 pm prompt. Free.

Join our guide  to discover the history of Uppermill, from corn mill to cotton and woollen empires, local families and their buildings. The walk itself is around 1 mile of easy walking but with a number of stops for your guide to assist your discoveries could take around 90 minutes.

There is no need to book just turn up at 2 pm and join our knowledgeable guide Alan Schofield near the entrance of the museum on the day. We are on the left of the High Street as you enter the village from the Greenfield direction , Uppermill, OL3 6HS.

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

Come and join The Adamson Military Band on Sunday 28th July at Uppermill Civic Hall for our Summer Concert at 2pm!

  We are an amateur, community wind band, based in the military style,  and we are going to entertain you with  a varied musical programme, with music including Entry of the Gladiators, The Bronze Horse overture, medleys from Grease, The Jersey Boys, The Symphonic Beatles, Billy Joel’s Just the Way You Are, the Arcadians overture and other light-hearted pieces. There will also be a bar, light refreshments and a raffle as well, so it all promises to be a most enjoyable afternoon.

The Tickets are £8 (£5 concessions). They are payable on the door, can be bought from “The Little Shop” 50 High Street Uppermill, OL3 6HA (01457-870757) or ring Jenny to reserve on 07946-874984. (Reserved tickets will be in an envelope at the door and paid for there).

For more details about the band, or if you play an instrument and are interested in joining the band please see our website: www.adamsonband.org.uk 

Sunday 4th August, 1 to 4 pm > LAST DAY “REFLECTIONS” – Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Sheila Meeks. Community Gallery. Free

This your last opportunity to view and/or purchase the art works on display.

“The paintings in this exhibition are chosen to reflect the things I see and feel inspired by in everyday life, and also the variety of work I have made as an artist. Influenced by the Pennine landscape, being by the sea, flowers, fruit, jugs, people walking their dogs etc. I aim to capture colour, atmosphere and a sense of calm in each painting or drawing, and to make work in a personal and imaginative way which I hope the viewer can relate to and enjoy.”

Please see the “Exhibitions” page on the museum’s website http://www.saddleworthmuseum.co.uk/events/ or https://www.facebook.com/SheilaMeeksFineArt/ for more

Saturday 10th August, 1 to 4 pm > FIRST DAY “Painting from Observation” by Alan J Thompson. Community Gallery. Free

We welcome Alan to our exhibition gallery. Today will be the first day you will be able to view his work. Details of this first day have yet to be advised.

Born in 1940, Alan studied painting at Royal College of Art, Manchester and in 1989 gave up teaching to paint full time. Alan has been a member of the Manchester Academy and has shown work in the Royal Academy summer exhibition and at the Royal Scottish Academy.

Please see the “Exhibitions” page on the museum’s  website  http://www.saddleworthmuseum.co.uk/exhibitions  for more information.

Monday 12th August, 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

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.

Saturday 17th August, 2 – 3.30 pm > A Guided Walk “The Uppermill Story”. Meet at the Saddleworth Museum main entrance 2 pm prompt. Free.

Join our guide  to discover the history of Uppermill, from corn mill to cotton and woollen empires, local families and their buildings. The walk itself is around 1 mile of easy walking but with a number of stops for your guide to assist your discoveries could take around 90 minutes.

There is no need to book just turn up at 2 pm and join our knowledgeable guide Alan Schofield near the entrance of the museum on the day. We are on the left of the High Street as you enter the village from the Greenfield direction , Uppermill, OL3 6HS.

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 31st August, 2 – 3.30 pm > A Guided Walk “The Uppermill Story”. Meet at the Saddleworth Museum main entrance 2 pm prompt. Free.

Join our guide  to discover the history of Uppermill, from corn mill to cotton and woollen empires, local families and their buildings. The walk itself is around 1 mile of easy walking but with a number of stops for your guide to assist your discoveries could take around 90 minutes.

There is no need to book just turn up at 2 pm and join our knowledgeable guide Alan Schofield near the entrance of the museum on the day. We are on the left of the High Street as you enter the village from the Greenfield direction , Uppermill, OL3 6HS.

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