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John McCrory

We were treated to two sessions with historian Ali Ronan, both at the library and ‘on tour’ at the Garden Village, as part of this month’s Burnage Memory Bank festival. A packed house greeted Ali at the library on Tuesday 14th, to listen to her research on the radical personalities […]

Memory Bank Festival – Ali Ronan and the Garden Village

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage History Local History Local History Group Memory Bank Walks and posted on November 23, 2017 by John McCrory

Join us this Thursday afternoon as we are given a guided tour of St. Margaret’s Church by its archivist, John Pollard. John will also be showing us a selection of archival documents from the church, and talking us through his exhibit of the congregation’s dead from 1917 in WW1. The […]

Memory Bank Festival – Tour of St. Margaret’s Church with ...

This entry was tagged Memory Bank St. Margaret's Church Upcoming Event and posted on November 21, 2017 by John McCrory

Memory Bank Festival – Walk around Garden Village

This entry was tagged Local History Group Walks and posted on November 17, 2017 by John McCrory

Local musician Claire Mooney performs at Burnage Library’s 4th birthday party:

Claire Mooney – Burnage Library: Heart of the Community!

This entry was tagged Claire Mooney Music and posted on November 14, 2017 by John McCrory

Memory Bank Festival – Ali Ronan on the Garden Village

This entry was tagged Local History Group Talks and posted on November 13, 2017 by John McCrory

It was our pleasure on Tuesday afternoon to host Ted Morgan, a locally born poet, back to his old haunt. Indeed, Ted used to play on the waste ground between Burnage Lane and Shawbrook Road, and was quite upset when the first library building here destroyed a favourite playground! He […]

Memory Bank Festival – Ted Morgan’s visit to Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Festival Local History Group Local People Poetry and posted on November 9, 2017 by John McCrory

Ted Morgan @ Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Festival Heritage Memory Bank Poetry Talks and posted on November 6, 2017 by John McCrory

Burnage Memory Bank Festival

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage Events Festival History Learning Local People Memory Bank Talks Walks and posted on November 6, 2017 by John McCrory

We welcomed back Tony Longshaw this afternoon to complete some unfinished business, finishing our virtual tour of the commemorative plaques located around Manchester. Tony was an authoritative guide, talking us through all manner of sights, locations and historical figures, all while detailing the processes behind the plaques’ selection, manufacture and […]

Tony Longshaw at Burnage Library – The Blue, Black and ...

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank Talks and posted on October 31, 2017 by John McCrory

We celebrated our 4th birthday on Saturday 28th October 2017 – Friends of Burnage Library took over the running of Burnage Library when it was in danger of being closed with assistance from the Council and Southway Housing. What a great afternoon it was – even though it was pouring […]

Reflections on a wonderful afternoon at Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Celebrations Friends of Burnage Library Storytime and posted on October 31, 2017 by John McCrory