Marple Local History Society Trips in 2010 - 2011
Trips 2010 - 2011
The 2010 - 2011 season saw us trekking over the Pennines, into and beyond Manchester before a final trip gliding along one of our local canals aboard the narrowboat "Bell".
Neil Mullineux
Despite the warning given in this newsletter that the talk was not for the faint-hearted, an impressive 96 people turned up on a cold January evening. Neil was there to relate a dastardly crime that took place almost 200 years ago but what sort of crime was it? Taking a young girl from her school by false pretences, whisking her away to Gretna Green, marrying her under false pretences and then fleeing to France must have broken innumerable laws but when the authorities finally caught up with them they could not even decide if it was a felony or a misdemeanour. Nevertheless, there was no doubt about the motive - the young victim was the richest heiress in Cheshire.
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Abduction - the story of Ellen Turner
Despite the warning given in this newsletter that the talk was not for the faint-hearted, an impressive 96 people turned up on a cold January evening. Neil was there to relate a dastardly crime that took place almost 200 years ago but what sort of crime was it? Taking a young girl from her school by false pretences, whisking her away to Gretna Green, marrying her under false pretences and then fleeing to France must have broken innumerable laws but when the authorities finally caught up with them they could not even decide if it was a felony or a misdemeanour. Nevertheless, there was no doubt about the motive - the young victim was the richest heiress in Cheshire.
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The first trip of MLHS’s 2010 season was an expedition to the delights of Sheffield on Thursday 21st October.
As is customary on these occasions, a coffee and comfort break was called after an hour or so and on this occasion it had been arranged at the Visitor Centre and factory of David Mellor Cutlery near Hathersage.
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In March we went to the People's History Museum on the banks of the Irwell. No coach was involved, we were directed to find our way there by public transport. (It is always assumed we all qualify for free travel - which may not be the case.)
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