The Hacienda is thirty years old today! We’ve taken two pieces from the LGBT archive to celebrate. Both items are leaflets promoting Flesh club night at The Hacienda, one of the North West’s largest gay events, which ran in conjunction with the North West Arts Board, It’s Queer Up North and Manchester City Council. The first item is taken from 29 September 1993.
Manchester Archives holds more information on Queer Up North, including photographs, film and promotional material from 1992 – 2006. The wider LGBT archive also includes Manchester Pride parade posters 2005 and Mardi Gras Newsletter 1999. The second item is taken from 30 September 1992.
Manchester Libraries also have some amazing books detailing the history of The Hacienda, Factory Records and the Manchester music scene including, The Hacienda: how not to run a club, Manchester: Looking for the light through the pouring rain and Factory: the story of the record label.
If that’s not enough for you The Manchester Photographic Gallery are hosting ‘Hacienda 30 XXX’ The Hacienda’s Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition’, which includes memorabilia from Peter Hook’s private collection, a model of The Hacienda interior and historic photographs.
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Archives+ will offer a wonderful, purpose-built showcase and repository for the region's archive and family history. The Archives+ partnership will build on the appetite and demand for accessible community history and personal heritage. This one-stop-shop will make it easier than ever before to find what you're looking for. The main partners in Archives+ are:
• Greater Manchester County Record Office (Association of Greater Manchester Authorities)
• Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives (Manchester City Council)
• North West Film Archive (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre & Education Trust (University of Manchester)
• Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society
• BFI Mediatheque
• Manchester Registration Service (Historic Registers)
Displays and exhibitions will explore the rich collections to tell the stories of Manchester’s people and communities. You'll find all the local and family history resources you're used to, from books, maps and original materials to self-service digitised items and online resources like ancestry.com.
Archives+ will bring history to life using interactive exhibits, sound and vision. Its focus will be on telling stories and helping us to identify with our past. Our history isn't just about the great and the good, it's about personal testimony from ordinary people: a child in the cotton mill, the navvy, the land girl.
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