Mellor Archaeological Trust

01/09/2026

07/07/2026

Our next free talk organised by the Mellor Archaeological Trust will be provided by John Glithero on the 19th July, 2.30pm in the Roman Lakes Tea Rooms: The Making of Rocket and its Rivals.

Free Event, open to all. Donations towards refreshments (for MAT) welcome.

In 1829 the directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway did not know how to power their railway which was then part built. The main contenders were fixed steam engines which would pull the carriages along with cables and loco-motive steam engines which were then unreliable and unproved. A competition was held at Rainhill to see if loco-motive engines could haul trains the 30 miles. The Stephenson's Rocket won, but there were rumours that Sans Pareil, the runner-up, had been sabotaged. For their Time Watch series, the BBC wanted to make a programme to prove that Sans Pareil could have won. They asked Michael Bailey and colleagues to organise a re-run of the trial. We were more open-minded about the possible result!

23/05/2026

Keith Warrender will be providing a talk on Underground Manchester on 21st June, 2.30pm in the Roman Lakes Tea Rooms, SK6 7HB. All welcome.

11/05/2026

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11/05/2026

We are really looking forward to welcoming Frank Pleszack this coming Sunday 17th May. He will be giving a free talk on the High Peak Dambusters on the anniversary of the raid on the night of the 16/17 May 1943.
This is a free event organised by the Mellor Archaeological Trust open to all, 2.30pm in the Roman Lakes Tea Rooms, SK6 7HB.

13/04/2026

We are very excited to welcome Dr Michael Bailey on Sunday the 19th April, who will be giving a free archaeology talk at 2.30pm in the Roman Lakes Tea Rooms on the archaeology of early locomotives. Free event open to all, no need to book.