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Mellor Church: Poems & Paintings

January 23, 2020

Mellor is a small village in the foothills of the Pennines about 10 miles south-east of Manchester. It’s now right on the very edge of the Derbyshire border but in Greater-Manchester. It was once in Cheshire and before that in Derbyshire. Mellor Church at dusk Sitting on the northern the edge of a ridge above … More Mellor Church: Poems & Paintings

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UPCOMING EVENTS

  • TALK: The Bombing of New Mills & Hayfield August 25, 2022
  • TALK: Ludworth Moor Colliery September 15, 2022 at 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Mellor Sports Club, Sports Club, 215 Longhurst Ln, Mellor, Cheshire, Stockport SK6 5PN, UK
  • TALK: A virtual tour of the mills of Mellor September 21, 2022 at 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm High Lane Village Hall, Windlehurst Rd, High Lane, Stockport SK6 8AB, UK
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster October 11, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Glossop Guild https://www.glossopguild.org/
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster October 13, 2022 at 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm Chapel-en-le-Frith Golf Club, The Cockyard, Manchester Rd, Chapel-en-le-Frith, High Peak SK23 9UH, UK High Peak Luncheon Club
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster October 18, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Glossop Guild https://www.glossopguild.org/
  • TALK: The High Peak Dambuster November 8, 2022 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Manchester Military History Society, Knivton St, Hyde, Godley SK14 2PU, UK
  • TALK: Beekeeping November 14, 2022 at 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Marple U3A
  • TALK: A Virtual tour of the Mills of Mellor November 22, 2022 at 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Denton Local History Socirty
  • TALK: The Battles of Monte Cassino ** CANCELLED ** December 12, 2022 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Congleton Probus

The books below can be obtained from the link or by emailing books@pleszak.com

** NEW BOOK ** The High Peak Dambuster

** BOOK ** Two Years in a Gulag

** BOOK ** Townscliffe Golf Club

** BOOK ** The bombing of New Mills and Hayfield 3 July 1942

** BOOK ** The Battle of Vileyka


Recent Posts

  • A very early Manchester football derby in support of a local mining disaster
  • What’s in the name of a house? – YEGORYEVSK, Longhurst Lane, Mellor
  • Mellor village historical sites
  • All the Dambuster Dams
  • Operation Chastise – The Dambusters a minute-by-minute account
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  • THE HIGH PEAK DAMBUSTER
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  • Polish 2nd Corps Cine films from the 1960s
  • MELLOR – A TALE OF THREE GOLF CLUBS
  • Mellor Church: Poems & Paintings
  • Lancaster bombers operated by the Soviet Air Force in WW2
  • What happened to the Lancasters used on the Dambuster Raid?
  • From Manchester to Lincoln via Lancaster – An aviation aristocracy family tree
  • Manchester’s Avro Aviation Heritage reminders
  • Notifications
  • Rolls-Royce Derby birthplace of the Merlin
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  • Architectural marvel or hideous eyesore: Sluice Leśniewo Górne?
  • Little known battles on the Eastern Front and the consequences of WW1 for Poland
  • Useful Resources for Polish 2 Corps information
  • Training for the Dakar Rally in Manchester
  • The line from Derby to the Taj Mahal that divided Poland

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