From the online newspaper archive (via Lancashire library card):
Huddersfield Chronicle & West Yorkshire Advertiser
Saturday 13 Jan 1877 issue 2945, page 5
"A meeting of the London & Provincial Amalgamated Chimney Sweep Association was held at the Grosvenor St Temperance Hall, Manchester, on Saturday evening. Mr Green, president of the Manchester branch of the Association, in the chair. The following gentlemen were present as delegates: Mr T Kingsbury, president and Mr E F Duffin, chief secretary, London Association; Mr G Whitehead & Mr T Whitehead, Liverpool; Mr Dean, Rochdale; Mr Holland, Macclesfield; Mr Dunn, Hyde; Mr Bradley, Eccles; Mr Clark, Huddersfield; Mr Campbell, Hyde and other members...[short summary of meeting including proposed petition to Earl Shaftesbury]... Copies of the petition cn be obtained from the secretary, Mr J Shaw, 17 St Mark's Lane, Cheetham Hill"
Maybe if the Manchester society was affiliated with the London one, records could have gone to London somewhere?
There was also a report from a newspaper in 1855 of an earlier society, the Manchester And Salford Association of Chimney Sweepers by Machinery. It was their first anniversary and chairman was Mr William Wood.
Hope that helps
Barbara
