Artist Carol Anne Lee, from Prestwich, was asked to create a unique painting to be displayed in the Bury Hospice foyer. Titled "The Heart of Bury", she worked for "around a week or two" using oil ...

Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet was born at Chamber Hall in Bury in 1788; he was born into a family where money was no obstacle. After Peel's birth, his family only remained a further 10 years in the ...

one corner of Bury town centre was packed. Around 100 police officers stood in neat lines, listening intently. They were facing the statue of former Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel. Not only one of ...

The early members of this force were called Peelers, after him. He was born at Bury in Lancashire, one of eleven children of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (died 1830) and his first wife Ellen Yates.