Billinge History (the book)

The main text. Edition Three.

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Table of contents

• Foreword
• Part 1
  • From Longshaw Common to Chadwick Green
  • Robys
• Part 2
  • Taylors by Joe Taylor
  • Our Nell’s Jack
  • Father Powell
  • The Andertons of Birchley by Don Lewis
• Part 3
  • The Mathers – Ten Generations by Hugh Mather
• Part 4
  • Short History of Winstanley Hall and the Bankes Family by Alan Mitchell
• Part 5
  • For King and Country by Harry Roughley
• Part 6
  • The Impact of World War II on Billinge by Sybil Lowery
  • Billinge Radio Station by John Renwick
• Part 7
  • John Jackson – Maker of Billinge Chairs by N J Banks
  • St Aidan’s Church Billinge by Jack Boardman
• Part 8
  • Billinge of Billinge by F H & M A Billings
• Part 9
  • Holt Avenue 1947-1948
  • Holt Crescent 1947-1948
  • Billinge Farms 1929
  • Longshaw 1929
  • Businesses Pits Pubs & Landlords 1929
  • Carr Mill Road 1929
  • Reminiscences of Billinge by Mrs N E Twist
  • Some Memories of a Childhood Long ago by Jack Heyes
  • The Eddleston Trust
  • Gaffney Records in St Mary’s Registers 1792 – 1912
  • The Fosters by Alan Foster
  • The Mellings
  • Littlers & Halliwells by Alan Littler
  • The Billinge Family in Haydock
  • The Lavins
  • The Dixon Story by Gerry Rigby
  • The Colemans
  • The McLoughlins
  • The Jacksons by Dallas Manicom
  • The Heatons by Paul Heaton
  • The Farrars by Maureen McManus
  • The Winstanleys by Eric Winstanley
  • The Birchalls by Adrian Birchall
  • Greenfield House Intermediate Approved School by Bert Morris
  • Donations to Birchley Infants School by Jack Boardman
  • Heyes & Wood by Peter Wood
  • Tom Melling
  • Roby Notes
  • Other Notes
• Afterthoughts