Window on a Changing World: Edwin Butterworth and the early nineteenth century provincial press Conference Saturday 14 June 2003 Aytoun Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester M1 3GH Speakers include: Dr Michael Winstanley (Lancaster), Prof Adrian Randall (Birmingham) and Dr Robert Poole (St Martins, Lancaster) Dr Andrew Walker (Lincoln) Roger Ivens (Oldham Reference Library) Len MacDonald _____________________________________________ Abstracts Programme   Prices and booking form To download a form just click on one of the following: Word format PDF format   Flier To download a flier just click on one of the following: Word format PDF format

The noted Oldham journalist, registrar and local historian, Edwin Butterworth, compiled an extraordinarily rich collection of texts between 1829 and 1848, which is now located at Oldham Local Studies Library. The Butterworth Archive, well-used by many noted scholars, remains an unrivalled source for those interested in patterns of crime and public order, social and cultural life, journalism, migration and the development of local government in a region where the authorities were grappling with increasing problems of civil disorder. It also provides rare insight into the role and activities of a prolific regional journalist.