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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-mail. The cost will be £3.50 to include package and postage

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