Minutes AGM 2024
What’s new on rainhillcivic.org.uk?
We’ve been busy adding lots of historical info to our Heritage section, including facts and photos about Rainhill’s best-loved landmarks. We’ve also updated our Facebook page. Give us a like or a follow to keep up with all the latest Rainhill Civic Society news, and note that facebook.com/rainhillciv is now our only official page on
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WWI Exhibitions
Following two years of research by a small group of committee members of Rainhill Civic Society, the village held an exhibition in St. Ann’s Parish Church to commemorate Rainhill’s part in the Great War.The free exhibition was held on the 26th and 27th September 2014, with a ‘preview’ on the evening of Thursday 25th September where
Latour-en-Woëvre
On 11th November 2017, the village of Latour-en-Woëvre paid their respects to soldiers who lost their lives, including those of Alfred Jones and Robert Hickes. Entente Cordiale An historic meeting took place in Metz (France) over the 2015 festive period when Moira and Kevin Dickinson were able to meet up with Edith and Bruno Vouge,
WWI: Keep the Home Fires Burning
The picture above is provided courtesy of Sheila Crone and is believed to date from 1914 and shows a military band (possibly the Lancashire Hussars) marching through Rainhill. The images of children watching troops march past and messages sent from the front give an impression of what life was like in Rainhill during the First
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