Larger copies of the Civic Centre map can be viewed here
There are two versions of the Craigavon Museum map which can be viewed here and here.
Copies of the lunch menu and a booking form can be downloaded here.
Annual General Meeting 2008
This year's Society AGM will be hosted by Portadown Branch and held in the Civic Centre, Craigavon on Saturday, 24th May. The programme for the day is as follows:
10:30 - Setting up Branch Displays
11:00 - Registration, Tea and Coffee
11:30 - Presidential Address, Officers Reports, Branch Reports and Accounts
1:00 - Lunch
2:00 - Visit to Craigavon Museum
After lunch members are invited to visit Craigavon Museum at Waterside House, Oxford Island. The museum contains an exhibition area, a local history library, a workshop, office accommodation and storage facility. The museum's collection records the social history of the Craigavon area including the towns of both Portadown and Lurgan and the surrounding villages.
The Philip B Wilson local history library located within the Museum Services building at Waterside House was officially opened in 1998 and named in honour of a past Curator and historian in recognition of his contribution to local history in the Borough of Craigavon. Today the library holds over 2,500 local history books on a range of topics, including transportation, architecture, church history and archaeology to mention but a few. However the main focus of the library is on the history of the Craigavon area.
In addition the library holds a substantial number of books from the Ulster Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. This collection is recognised as one of the most extensive libraries of Quaker books in Ireland and records the history of the Quakers from the middle of the seventeenth century. It reflects the long association of Quakers with the area, as the first meeting in Ireland was held in Lurgan back in 1654.
More recently, a unique collection of Methodist books, dating from the middle of the eighteenth century has been acquired, covering the rise and development of the Methodist Church in Britain and Ireland with a focus on local congregational histories. Methodism was ‘born in song’ and with many rare editions of poems, hymns and music included alongside the works, writings and sermons of John Wesley (the founder of Methodism) the collection helps provide a useful insight into the social history and thinking of the period.
