We will remember them – on Armistice Day and beyond
The Mayor of Bury will be taking part in a civic march on Remembrance Sunday (13 Nov) to pay tribute to the fallen.
The Mayor of Bury will be taking part in a civic march on Remembrance Sunday (13 Nov) to pay tribute to the fallen.
A Prestwich memorial to those who served in the First World War is back on display at the town’s library.
Council leaders are backing the Every Action Matters campaign today on this, the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica.
We may have to stay indoors, but that won’t stop us painting the borough red, white and blue on VE Day next Friday.
A Memorial Wall dedicated to local people who lost their lives in the First World War has been created at Radcliffe Library.
A wealth of local history from the First World War has been brought together for the first time – and it’s yours for free.
Local historian David Galloway will be looking at the events of the First World War at a new lunch club starting at Moorside Library.
Copies of letters sent by soldiers to Close Methodist Church during the First World War are on display at Radcliffe Library.
"It’s heartening to see the entire country coming together to remember the dreadful events of the Somme on this day, a full century on.
A First World War hero will be honoured in his home town of Radcliffe this Sunday (19 June) with a service and memorial stone dedication at the cenotaph.
A special memorial stone is to be unveiled to remember a local soldier who won a Victoria Cross during the First World War.
The Centre for Cultural Collections (CfCC), formerly Bury Archives and Family History Service, has received £60,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project called Bury Remembers the First World War.
Bury Council consists of six towns, Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich. Formed in April 1974 as a result of Local Government re-organisation it was one of the ten original districts that formed the County of Greater Manchester. The Borough has an area of 9,919 hectares (24,511 acres) and serves a population of 187,500.
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