Today, 96 years since Armistice was declared, and the First World War ended, people around the world remember those who courageously gave their lives. At 11 o’clock this morning, the staff and volunteers of Quarry Bank gathered in the Heroes of Adventure exhibition to observe the two minutes silence. Styal village lost 24 men in…
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Heroes of Adventure – what our visitors think
Our exhibition Heroes of Adventure has been on display for a few months now, if you still haven’t seen it, here are some kind comments from our visitors about the exhibition, who will hopefully persuade you to come and visit… “It shows how brave and selfless people were. It proves that we must learn from…
Arthur Greg and the Second Battle of Ypres – Heroes of Adventure
We may be gearing up for the beginning of summer but 99 years ago Arthur Greg had just survived the Second Battle Of Ypres, and had been recovering from a facial wound inflicted by a German sniper. Arthur spent much of his recovery with his fiancée Marian Allen, and with her help he recorded his…
Voices from the First World War – Heroes of Adventure
This weekend we were lucky enough to be visited by Margaret (Susan) Fowler, the daughter of Helen Greg who features in our new exhibition Heroes of Adventure. Margaret provided us with an invaluable oral history interview, as well as loaning us boxes of letters, postcards and photographs of the Greg siblings; Arthur, Bobby, Madge and…
Introducing Heroes of Adventure
On Saturday, our brand new exhibition Heroes of Adventure opened. It explores the effects of the First World War on the Greg family, the workers and the Mill. It’s been a year in the making and an emotional experience for Ally and I, as we have become very attached to the individuals we researched. The…
‘Heroes of Adventure’ an upcoming exhibition
It was around this time last year that I first learned of Arthur Tylston Greg and his younger brother Robert Philips Greg and the sacrifices they made in the First World War. Next year marks the centenary of the First World War and many National Trust properties are organising commemorative exhibitions, Quarry Bank included. Myself,…
‘While year by year November mists again’; Arthur and Robert Greg in World War One
I wasn’t expecting to start feeling so emotional so early in the morning today, (and I warn you that this post is quite a sombre one), but as I continued with my research into the Greg family, on my expedition into the archives, I stumbled across the featured photo of Arthur Tylston Greg. Given that it is…
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