Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 6th October 2025

Time: 6.30pm

Venue: Sutcliffe Suite, Bolton School Girls’ Division, Bolton School, Chorley New Road, Bolton BL1 4PA. Free parking is available in the Girls Division Quad (access from Chorley New Road).

Description: Alan will delve into the history of female employment in coal mines to the famous pit brow women of the Wigan area collieries.

How to book: All enquiries to Mrs Melissa Wright mwright@boltonschool.org.uk 07912369060

Price: Associate membership £20 per year. Talks free to national HA members and students, visitors £5.

Tel: 07912369060

Email: mwright@boltonschool.org.uk

Website: https://boltonhistoricalassociation.wordpress.com

Organiser: Melissa Wright

Lecturer: Alan Davies, Archivist & Local Historian to Wigan

Region: North-West England

Branch: Bolton