Every week we feature one of the projects forming part of the Heritage Lottery Fund/NYA Young Roots Project. This week we feature:
Loco-Lise Lead Agency Rivington and Blackrod High School
Partners Horwich Heritage Group, Bolton Libraries, United Utilities
Project
Horwich locomotive works were built in 1884 and formed a catalyst for the building of churches, hospitals and schools to service the town's expanding population. During two world wars the works played a vital role in the manufacture of tanks and munitions. Some 30 young people will work over a 15-month period on this out-of-school project to produce a heritage trail, a website and an environmental project looking at reclamation of the site that closed in 1983.
For more information, contact Andy Kelly, Young Roots co-ordinator for the North West, on 0161 831 0862.
