SearchCurrently displaying: 4 resultsYou've searched for:subject: "Civic Life" xformat: "Flipbook" x Search term Filter by Catalogue Collection Parochial Church Council (3)Filter by Subject Buildings (2)Clubs (1)Education (1)Environment (1)Events (1)Industry (1)Inns & Pubs (1)Leisure (1)Memories (3)Monuments (1)Occupations (1)Railways (1)Societies (1)Turvey Estates (2)Turvey Families (1)Turvey People (2)Filter by Coverage Decade 1790s (1)1800s (1)1810s (1)1820s (1)1830s (1)1840s (2)1850s (2)1860s (2)1870s (1)1880s (1)1890s (1)1990s (1) Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest THS/PPC/002/002/005Chapter 4: Early Days at Turvey HouseThe Chapter commences with John Higgins of Weston Underwood purchasing the land in the 1786 auction and then commenced, in 1792, to build ‘Turvey House’ in the Italian Style following his ‘Grand Tour’ of Europe. His son Thomas Charles Higgins added a top storey. TCH as he was known made many improvements to the housing ... THS/PPC/002/002/009Chapter 8: Village FestivalsThe Festivals referred to in this Chapter are the Choral Festival of Church Music, the Flower Show of Turvey Horticultural Society and the Friendly Societies’ Festival which brought together the following clubs: The Queen’s Club, The Women’s Club, The Old Men’s Club, The Chain of Friendship Club, The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, The Free Gardeners’ ... THS/PPC/002/002/002Chapter 1: The village as it used to be.The chapter provides a brief guided tour of the village making particular reference to the fact that many of the buildings that can be seen owe much to the philanthropy of Charles Longuet Higgins of Turvey Abbey and Thomas Charles Higgins of Turvey House. Mentioned is made as to the poor state of housing prior ... THS/MSM/001Village Quilt Scrapbook The scrapbook from the creation of the village quilt