Cheshire Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

:*The Cheshire Archives & Local Studies service identifies, collects and cares for archives and publications that are the evidence of Cheshire communities’ lives past and present. We deliver access for all to our collections for information, learning and enjoyment and work to make sure archives survive so that future generations will be able to do the same.

:*We are a shared service of '''Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East Councils'''. The service is also responsible for delivering the archives service for '''Warrington''' and '''Halton''' boroughs.

:Paradise Mill takes you back in time to Macclesfield of the early 20th century, with the only working Jacquard silk hand looms in the country in their original location, offering the experience of what it would have been like to be a Macclesfield mill worker.

:In the 18th and 19th century many of the children in Macclesfield would have been working in the silk mills from the age of 6 years, and Sunday School would have been their only chance for education.  It provided the main opportunity for children to learn reading and writing, as well as scripture.  The Large Sunday School was established by John Whitaker, a local Alderman and Magistrate.  His aim was to teach religious knowledge and learning to the ‘lower classes of society’; ‘to lessen the sum of human wretchedness’.

:This museum records the social, cultural and industrial history of west Cheshire. It was formerly known as the Salt Museum, reflecting its early focus on the history of salt extraction, a local industry dating back to Roman times. The museum was renamed Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse in 2010 as its remit now extends to cover the broader history of the area and also the history of the building itself as a former workhouse.  It is part of the [http://westcheshiremuseums.co.uk West Cheshire Museums].