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RSPB
HELP OUR WILDLIFE
WORKSHOP
Celebrate
the re-opening of
Tinker’s Clough
by making nest-boxes
and a selection of
bird food to help
the birds survive
the winter.
There will be bird-food
recipes to collect
as well as information
about providing homes
for birds and making
your garden wildlife-friendly
Admission FREE
Sponsored by Bollington
Initiative Trust
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Celebrate Bollington’s
first Walking Festival
with us by enjoying
these three special
events
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ROGER REDFERN
Roger Redfern, one
of the Guardian’s
Country Diarists
will talk about
the terrain, flora
and fauna of the
area.
£5/£3
Pay at door
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CRAFT FAIR
A very high–quality
Fair with genuine
hand-made articles
for sale made by
craftsmen and women
living in the area.
Everything from
textiles & toys
to jewellery to
hand–thrown
pots and hand–
made soap plus home-made
refreshments.
Admission FREE
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A GUIDE TO WALKING
Roly Smith discusses
W.A. Poucher, the
man whose walking
guides set the standard
for the likes of
Alfred Wainwright.
£5/£3
Pay at door
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AN
INDIAN ADVENTURE
Following in Thomas
Wardle’s Footsteps
Dr. Brenda King
visited India this
year discovering
more about textile
entrepreneur Sir
Thomas Wardle’s
visit in the nineteenth
century when he
helped to reinvigorate
the silk industry
and collected Indian
textiles to display
in London and Manchester.
Dr. King will tell
us of Wardle’s
journeys to India
and contrast it
with her experience
of visiting small
textile villages
in the country where
age-old traditions
and techniques are
still a way of life.
£5/£3
Pay at door
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WHOSE HISTORY? A
TALK BY TRISTRAM
BESTERMAN
Museums release
the stories pent
up in objects. From
the label on a fossil
to the text explaining
ancient sculpture
or research on human
bone, whose voice
do we hear in the
museum? The past
has a way of catching
up with museums
and may challenge
deeply held notions
of cultural identity,
ownership and legitimacy
in the present.
So what happens
when the museum
stands accused of
stealing the object
and its story?
Tristram Besterman
has worked in museums
since graduating
and between 1994
and 2005 was Director
of the Manchester
Museum. Now he is
an adviser, mediator
and writer on museums
and we are delighted
to welcome him back
to Bollington.
£5/£3
Pay at door
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