| Bramhall |  |
| Mapping Bramhall Group |  |
| Summary | Mapping Bramhall is a research group looking at Bramhall past, present and future. In addition to topics which we all research, individuals pursue their own interests and report back to the group. |
| Venue | Meet third Monday in the month at 2:00pm at Co-ordinator's home. |
| Contact | Val Murray - Telephone details are in the paper copy of the newsletter |
| groups@bramhallu3a.org.uk with 'U3A Mapping Bramhall Enquiry' as the subject |
We sit around a table to share and document our local knowledge and findings.
For each meeting we set a general observation or research task, which we all undertake, and record on a large map.
Topics include post boxes, roadside green spaces, trees, waterways, the boundary of Bramhall, commemorative and date plaques and recommended trades people.
Individual research topics include place names, local schools, footpaths (we did a walk last summer),
the development of Bramhall from farms to now, local buildings and streetscapes of Bramhall, census-based research,
the railway station and oral history recording.
We have appointed an archivist who is collecting these reports and images.
The Mapping Bramhall Group has been exploring local waterways recording features and taking photographs. This photgraph was taken on our visit to Happy Valley.
Report December 2011
Mapping Bramhall is a research group looking at Bramhall past, present and future. We have 10 members and meet monthly round the leader’s kitchen table, when local information, both prepared and spontaneous, is exchanged and debated. Each person follows their own line of research and from time to time reports back to the group. Examples this year have included research, tracking families in Bramhall from the censuses and oral history recordings of long term residents. In addition, each month we all explore a chosen theme. These have included date plaques, special trees and our own homes. We have been on another footpath walk devised by a member, surveyed and documented waterways in Bramhall and compiled a list of recommended local trades people. We add the gathered information to our map and to our archive. Of course, humour and a cup of tea are important parts of the proceedings!
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