Category Archives: Events

Peg Dolls and Ink Wells: Archives+ at Wythenshawe Hall

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

To celebrate the May Day Bank Holiday weekend, Wythenshawe Hall held an Open Day on Sunday May 5th. This was a great opportunity for the Archives+ team to get involved in an event that combined history, community and families. Joanne … Continue reading →

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Behind the Scenes : Settling in at Greater Manchester Record Office

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

My name is Nicky Crewe. I started work at the Greater Manchester County Record Office on April 2nd. I am the National Archive trainee, and will be here for a year. It’s going to be a very significant twelve months, … Continue reading →

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Digitising Images of the First World War From the Documentary Photographic Archive

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

My name is Keith Johnson and I have been working behind the scenes at Manchester Libraries, Information and Archives for the last few months, the majority of the time digitising photographic negatives by scanning and saving them to computer as … Continue reading →

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Abraham Lincoln and Manchester

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

It may seem unusual for Manchester to have a statue of Abraham Lincoln, as there are no obvious links to the 16th President of the United States. In fact, Manchester was a very important ally to Abraham Lincoln’s Union during … Continue reading →

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Up Then Brave Women: Manchester’s Radical Women, 6pm 14 November City Library

Posted on November 6, 2012 by

Come along to City Library to our next event! Local historian Michael Herbert discusses his new book Up Then Brave Women: Manchester’s Radical Women, 1819-1918. The book celebrates the involvement of Manchester women in Chartism, trade unionism and the Co-operative … Continue reading →

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Rewind: Pixels, Planets & Protest

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

Come and join us 6:30 – 8pm at The Lass O’Gowrie pub, 3rd November, for a free film screening, Rewind: Pixels, Planets & Protest, three films celebrating science in the archives, presented in conjunction with The North West Film Archive at … Continue reading →

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Heritage Lottery Fund pledge £1.55million to transformation of Manchester Central Library

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £1.55million to Manchester City Council to create a state-of-the-art archive centre at Manchester Central Library. Manchester City Council is investing £48 million in extensively refurbishing the Grade II* listed Central Library. The additional £1.55m … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentines Day From Manchester Archives! #LoveHeritage

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Since it’s Valentine’s Day today (oh you hadn’t noticed?) we have picked out an interesting trio of 19th Century letters from our archive which tells a story that wouldn’t be out-of-place in a Jane Austen novel (set in Manchester of … Continue reading →

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Manchester’s Music Scene Remembered Film Screening at Wythenshawe Forum Library

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

Come down to Wythenshawe Forum Library on Saturday 4th February to watch a FREE archive film screening. For directions to the library visit: http://www.wythenshaweforum.co.uk/download/directions.pdf

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Man’s Best Friend

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

A little Friday afternoon treat for you all (if you like pictures of dogs that is) with much love from the Manchester Archives. Pick a favourite and tell us why in the comment box below or via our twitter page … Continue reading →

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