Dec 2015 St Martins Xmas Tree Festival - Tree adorned with hand made decorations by Kathryn Procter
Oct 2015 Chairman Gillian Postill receives March Civic Volunteer Award 2015
Oct 2015 Attended Civic Voice AGM in Bristol
Sept 2015 Mellor Mill painting to SMBC on long term loan - for public display in Staircase House Museum
Sept 2015 The society arranged an open public meeting with ASDA representatives
June 2015 Further negotiations with Canal & River Trust re Marple Wharf
July 2015 Participation in Marple 150 and Marple Locks Heritage Festivals
June 2015 Representation to DCLG for Right of Appeal for nominating body of Assets of Community Value
June 2015 Heritage Walk of Marple for Bollington Civic Society - Lead by society member Judith Wilshaw
2015 2 Events-Lime Kilns Discovery Day & Archaeological Dig - Revealing Oldknow's Legacy project
Jan 2015 The Society's chairman visits No 10 Downing Street and meets the Prime Minister
2015 Investigation into the feasibility of a Neighbourhood Plan for MArple
Jan 2015 Project with SMBC HLF heritage trainees - Oral history with Society President Angus Yeaman
Jan 2015 Project with SMBC HLF heritage trainees - sort, collate & preserve society archive documents
2015 Four public speaker meetings held throught the year
2015 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
Dec 2014 Group of members invited to annual audit meeting
Dec 2014 WW1 project with Marple Hall School - Students interview member Selma Fielding
Oct 2014 Attended Civic Voice AGM in Canterbury
Oct 2014 Received Civic Day Award for 'Outstanding Partnership Working'
June 2014 DCLG offer support for a Marple Neighbourhood Plan
June 2014 Celebrated National Civic Day at Marple Carnival by nominating 32 Assets of Community Value
May 2014 Planning Minister Nick Boles visited Marple Civic Society to discuss town Centre Regeneration
May 2014 Attended Hawk Green Residents Association May Day Festival
April 2014 Attended Civic Voice event - Central Hall Westminster - Sandys Lecture & Launch of CV book
April 2014 Launched community project to List Assets of Community Value in Marple area
April 2014 Supported M.E.S.S. in planting 150 native trees in Marple
April 2014 Rec'd £100 donation from Nationwide Scheme - for Assets of Community Value project
Mar 2014 Supported the 'Revealing Oldknow's Legacy' project at the Manchester Histories Festival
Mar 2014 Original Painting - Mellor Mill by Joseph Parry donated by member Barbara Sexton to MCS
2014 Four public speaker meeting arranged throughout the year
2014 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
2013 Attended SMBC Heritage Forums
Oct 2013 Attended Civic Voice AGM in Liverpool
Oct 2013 Completed Local Listing community project in partnership with SMBC - approx 100 listings
June 2013 Society's archived documents catalogued and made available to the public through the website
June 2013 Participated in National Civic Day and Marple Locks Heritage Society Festival
June 2013 Attended National Civic Day Launch by Secretary of State for DCLG at the House of Commons
Feb 2013 Marple Canals Client Based Project - Liverpool University - Canal & River Trust
Feb 2013 Marple Wharf Client Based project with The University of Manchester
2013 Represented on the Management Board for the Revealing Oldknow's Legacy Attended
2013 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2013 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
Oct 2012 Organised a community PlaceCheck of the town with Civic Voice & Urban Design Skills
Oct 2012 Attended Civic Voice AGM in Coventry
Oct 2012 Received Civic Day Award for 'Innovative Community Engagement'
Aug 2012 Marple Wharf Campaign selected for a Case Study for 'Protect Our Place' Research Project
June 2012 Participated in National Civic Day - Civic Watch and 'Questiontime' open forum meeting
June 2012 Visit from Whitehall Localism Team to discuss how Localism is working for Marple
May 2012 Marple Spring Clean Workshop - All Saints Conservation Area
April 2012 Successful listing of Toll House on 'Buildings at Risk' Register - Save Britain's Heritage
March 2012 £500 donation to Friends of Memorial Park for the creation of the Queen's Jubilee Garden
Mar 2012 Supported Business Forum to make a Mary Portas Pilot bid to regenerate the Town Centre
Feb 2012 Series of 3 workshops to develop plan for Marple Wharf funded by Dept of CLGFeb 2012 Feb 2012 "Vision for Marple" - Presentation to Marple Area Committee
Jan 2012 New website launched Jan 2012
Jan 2012 Removal of street clutter items identified in Street Pride workshop
2012 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2012 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
Oct 2011 Marsh Award 2011 - Highly Commended awarded for ‘Vision for Marple’ Project
Oct 2011 Attended Civic Voice AGM in Sheffield
Aug 2011 Supported Marple in Action Campaign to resist a Supermarket on Hibbert Lane Campus
Aug 2011 Marple Vision Partnership steering group setup
July 2011 Attended Marble Locks Heritage Society Festival
June 2011 50th anniversary picnic in the park
June 2011 Civic Day 2011
June 2011 Refurbishment of All Saints Well
June 2011 Photo competition Marple Hall School
June 2011 Notice Board display at Marple Carnival
June 2011 Photo competition Marple Hall School
June 2011 Notice Board display at Marple Carnival
May 2011 Supported Friends of Marple Memorial Park to campaign against closure of public Toilets
in the Memorial Park.
in the Memorial Park.
Feb 2011 Civic Society Library section set up in Marple Library
2011 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2011 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
2011 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2011 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
Nov 2010 Street Pride workshop
Nov 2010 Pride in Marple Award – Volunteer of the Year, Highly Commended
Nov 2010 Pride in Marple Award – Volunteer of the Year, Highly Commended
Sept 2010 Refurbishment of public Benches - Hawk Green
2010 Stall at Marple Carnival
Jan 2010 ' Vision of Marple' written and presented to Stockport MBC
2010 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2010 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
2010 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2010 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
July 2009 Marple locks Heritage Society Festival
2009 Marple Wharf, Macclesfield Canal consultation - Representations made to British Waterways
2009 Painting and Essay Competition at Peacefield School
2009 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2009 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
2009 Four public speaker meetings held throughout the year
2009 Attended monthly Area Committee Meetings and producted notes for the public - on website
2008 Donation of Seat for Boules Court in Memorial Park
2008 Schools Painting and Essay Competition - All Saints School
2008 Chadwick Street Car Park/Hollins Precinct representations
2008 Scroll Bridge Reinstated
2007 Website established
2007 One bench seat on the green in Hawk Green
2006 One bench seat by the Lily Pond in Brabyns Park
2006 One bench seat by the Lily Pond in Brabyns Park
2004 Two bench seats for Market Street Regeneration - Donated jointly with the McNair Trust
2000/1 The Society’s Millenium Project - Refurbishment of The Hollins, Stockport Road.
1998 Refurbishment of St Mary’s Well by All Saints Church
1996/7 Redundant Toilets, Town Street, Marple Bridge. Pressed for action to tidy up this site.
1995 Heritage Open Days organised at Bottoms Hall a Lockside Mill
1995 Continuing efforts being made to reinstate the Scroll Bridge with representations to British Heritage
1994 A second picnic table in Arkwright Road Recreation Ground donated jointly with the McNair Trust
1993 Photographic Exhibition ‘Old Marple Today’ in Marple Library
1991 The Scroll Bridge in Brabyns Park was damaged and buried during the installation of a
Bailey Bridge over the Iron Bridge. Urgent representations made to Stockport for its reinstatement
Bailey Bridge over the Iron Bridge. Urgent representations made to Stockport for its reinstatement
1990 Oldknow 200 Festival – jointly, with the McNair Trustrees and a picnic table on the Arkwright Road
Recreation Ground adjacent to the junction of Strines Road and Oldknow Road
Recreation Ground adjacent to the junction of Strines Road and Oldknow Road
Society organised a Schools Drawing and Painting Competition
Presentation of a childrens’ picnic table in the Marple Memorial
Park Play Area
1988/9 Society supported the Forum for Conservation Areas established by the Local Authority
Society supported and assisted Play Palaces for under 5’s organised in the school holidays
Society organised a Schools Essay Competition
1987 30th anniversary of formation of the Civic Trust.
Talks by the President, Mr Jack Brady, given to schools.
1986 Replacement of George Hey Seat – removed by vandals
1985 ‘Top Lock to Bottoms Hall’ trail leaflet No 2 published
1984 Seat installed by the canal off Strines Road in memory of George Hey, President of Society.
1979 Commemorative Plaque at site of Marple Hall
Lime Kiln Farm Buildings – Site tidied
‘Top Lock to Aqueduct’ trail leaflet No 1 published
1978 Brabyns Park Interest Trail display notice - Subsequently damaged and removed
1975 Church Street Cottages – Supported their conservation
1967/8 Canal Bank improvement at Possett Bridge Opened by H.M.The Queen
196? Marple Civic Society set up
