A new booklet published by the Ramsbottom Heritage Society to celebrate 80 years since Lieutenant Colonel Porritt had donated the park to the people of Ramsbottom. This event was celebrated at an Extravaganza held on the 12th July 2008, when this booklet first went on sale
The booklet has 48 pages and 6 chapters
Introduction
The Opening Ceremony at Nuttall Park 1928
A Brief History of Nuttall Hall and the Park
Lt. Col. A Porritt who gave Nuttall Park to the Town
Background of the Porritt Family and their business
Memories from Stubbins Vale Mill
The booklet is priced at £3 and is available from
Ramsbottom Library
Bury Central Library
Market Place News, Ramsbottom
Rossendale Museum, Whittaker Park, Rawtenstall
The booklet can also be ordered from this website via e-
The booklet is illustrated with both archive photographs and also current photographs of the Park and the Replica Nuttall Park Plaque which was unveiled at the Extravaganza