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The Museum opened in 1962 and is situated in one of the out buildings of the 19th century Victoria Mill. The only part of the mill to survive - it stands in a historic and beautiful location beside the Huddersfield Narrow Canal in the village of Uppermill. Saddleworth is an area ? an old Yorkshire parish with its own distinct identity- made up of the villages of Delph, Diggle, Dobcross, Denshaw, Greenfield ? and Uppermill where the museum is based. Saddleworth Museum is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth?s landscape and character: ? The prehistoric summer visitors who hunted on the hill tops ? The soldiers who shivered on duty at Castleshaw Roman Fort ? The farmers who scraped a living from the hills by weaving cloth in their homes ? The merchants and businessmen who brought prosperity to Victorian Saddleworth ? The men, women and children who endured long hours in the woollen mills ? The men who tunneled through the Pennines to take the canal and railway eastward ? The brass bands who fill the Saddleworth air with music ? The Morris Men carrying on the old tradition of rushcart building
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