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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS

MAneA ARCHIVe

& LIBRARY PRoJeCt

The documents within the Manea Archive
& Library will again be on display at this
year’s Gala.
Few donations of material for inclusion in
the Library have been received this last
year and very few new documents have
been seen from which to extract Manea
History.
With the help of Wendy Aldridge ‘work’
has started to extract information from
the various publications now in the Archive
Library; specifically the businesses and
clubs and groups that had been run in the
village over the years. This is a big task
which will take some time, possibly years,
to complete.
The businesses found in the Manea Gala
Programmes have been extracted and the
summary of these can be found on one of
the display boards on show at the Gala.
The Project would like to create a list of
other documents and items of memorabilia Archive Cupboard
which exist and are in the care of members
of the community.

With the significant amount of material magazines, property documents, pictures
now in the Archive & Library protection and any other memorabilia, to add to the
against Fire and Floods is being sought growing Manea Archive & Library.
with the current thinking to purchase a very For further information, questions,
large safe for this purpose. comments, donations/items to view, or
The picture shows the majority of files offers of help please contact the Project
which have been created covering the Creator & Custodian: Martin Hindry using:
Archive & Library and items of memorabilia. Email: maneaarchive@hotmail.com
The Project welcomes all offers of items (preferred) or telephone 01354 680850 /
for donation or review, i.e. old village 07446 502029

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