Thank you to everyone who attended our March event when author, tour guide, lecturer and poet, Dorothy Bentley Smith gave us a fascinating talk about “A Georgian Gent”, namely Charles Roe [1715-1781]. Mr Roe was an English industrialist who played a pivotal role in establishing the silk industry in Macclesfield and who later became involved in the mining and metal industries. In the 1750’s he was mining copper up on Alderley Edge. We think we can all agree that it was a very

Its Officially Spring..... Thank you to all who came to our AGM. We enjoyed meeting Keith Warrender, and hearing about "Curiosities in Cheshire," and pleased to hear they weren't all in Alderley! Thank you to everyone who has paid their subs. There is still time to pay at next meeting, or by BACS RBS, Alderley History Group Account No. 10307773 Sort Code 16-11-29. £ 15 each and £10 for online/Zoom members. Thank you. Our next meeting promises to be of great interest. Mrs Dor

HAPPY NEW YEAR Hope you all enjoyed the festivities and rest over Christmas, and feel refreshed for 2026.We had a fab day at the St Philip & St James Church Christmas Fair end of November. Our stall was very busy, and we sold lots of our AHG merchandise and WW1 booklets. Thank you for coming to the fair and visiting us. We also had a super Christmas social at the Union Club, thank you to Kelly and Sue for challenging quiz and to Paul for the delicious chicken hotpot. We comme