Tameside History Festival runs all this month (September), with a number of events happening already and lots more still to come.

The month celebrates the borough’s architectural heritage, linking in with the Heritage Open Days with this year’s theme being ‘Edible England’ with tie-ins with the Stalybridge Street Feast just gone and the Ashton Artisan Market to come.

For full details of Tameside History Festival, see www.tameside.gov.uk/archives or to learn more about heritage open days in general visit www.heritageopendays.org.uk

Latest events to come include...

Thursday 16 and Friday 17 September

Ashton Old Baths, Stamford Street West, Ashton.

To book, call 0161 804 2030 or email www.heritageopendays.org.uk/ashton-old-baths 

Friday 17 September 11am - 4pm

Saturday 18 September 10.30am - 4pm

Mossley Heritage Centre

Emmaus Building, Queen Street.

Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 September, 11.30am and 2pm

Dukinfield Old Hall Chapel. Free, booking essential. 

Call 0161 330 4188 or email jackietucker11@hotmail.co.uk 

Wednesday 22 September 2pm

Visit to Incredible Edible at Valeside, Mossley, to hear how they use spare land, followed by a visit to Sweet Vintage café. To book call 0161 342 4242, email archives@tameside.gov.uk or visit www.tameside.gov.uk/archives 

Saturday 25 September 10am - 5pm

Ashton Artisan Market, Ashton Market. 

The best homemade produce available to purchase.

Saturday 25 September 10am - 3pm

Tameside Local Studies and Archives @ Victoria Baths, Manchester. 

Information and book stall.

Tuesday 28 September 10.30am and 1pm

Currier Lane Historical Society

Join David Dawson on a heritage walk on Tameside’s Ancient Highway - Currier Lane, Ashton.

Meet at the Seraphina Café at St Michael’s Square, Ashton, OL6 6XJ.

Watch a video of some of the events so far during Tameside History Festival and the Heritage Open Days at the top of the page, which was captured by our photographer Nigel Wood. 

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