From Vision to Reality: The inspiring story of Congleton Museum’s inception
How a determined band of volunteers created and now runs an accredited museum to illustrate the story of Congleton.
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Delve into the fascinating stories that made Congleton the town it is today!
Clockmaking: A lost industry of Congleton
Congleton’s clockmakers were the town’s precision engineers of the 18th and early 19th centuries...
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Exploring the Woodwork Artistry of Samuel Frodsham
What links a war memorial in St Martin’s Church, Ashton on Mersey, a shop window at 7 Swan Bank, the library fittings in Gawsworth Hall, the screen and roof of Astbury Church and the font cover of St James Church, Congleton?
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Harvesting Hope: Congleton’s Women Land Army in the Great War
The story of a Congleton-born Land Army girl.
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George Wright
George Wright of Thomas Street Congleton was a fustian cutter who enlisted in 1914....
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Electrifying Congleton: Igniting a New Era of Light and Power
Why did electricity come to Congleton so late?
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Knickebein, Mow Cop and Aspirin
How Mow Cop became the Aspirin to cure a wartime RAF Headache...
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Harry Horton
A decorated Congleton soldier, who went missing in action in 1918
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A brief history of Congleton
From a Neolithic settlement to a medieval market town, a centre for the textile industry to a home for Dutch soldiers in WW2 - Congleton through the ages...
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