Westhoughton History Group
Welcome to Westhoughton Local History Group
Westhoughton Local History Group developed into its present form about 2005 when it was led by Pam Clarke but some Westhoughton residents had been working at local history well before that date. In the 1980’s Lois Basnett, a former history teacher at Westhoughton High School, along with like minded folk, formed Westhoughton Local History Workshop and Pam Clarke was an enthusiastic member of that group. Years later , the informal gatherings of the workshop were succeeded by a series of more structured sessions under the auspicies of the Workers’ Educational Association led by Ken Beevers, an employee of Bolton Libraries and himself a noted local historian, whose book “Westhoughton” (Images of England series : Tempus publishing 19990 is still in demand.
When, ultimately, the WEA sessions came to an end in June 2005, Pam and other attendees felt the need for a permanent heritage organisation in the town and thus WHLG as born.
For the time being meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday monthly at Westhoughton Methodist Church Hall. For details of our meetings, or any other aspect of our diverse activities, please contact us :
A number of publications have been produced over the years and details of these can be found on the publications page of this website.
Contact : howfenhistory@gmail.com
The History Group have a number of other websites details of which are given below :
Information about the group and our meetings and events, see:
https://www.facebook.com/Westhoughton-Local-History-Group-2734586433433669
To join our Group, send a request to:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WesthoughtonLocalHistoryGroup/?ref=bookmarks
To view still photos, presentations and full length videos Information and much more information of Westhoughton’s history, go to
www.westhoughtonlocalhistorypresentationsandphotos.com
Site updated 4th May 2022
