John McCrory
On Tuesday we were delighted to hand over the floor to Bob McDermott- one of our group’s members- who talked us through his memories of cinema and film in Manchester. His story began at the very beginning, with his father, a projectionist, hastily ending a showing to attend Bob’s birth- […]
Local History Group – Cinema Memories in Manchester
It was a pleasure to welcome back Tony Longshaw, with his talk last time on the rivers and streams of south Manchester living long in the memory. Today’s topic was a virtual tour of Manchester’s blue plaques, illustrated by photographs taken by his son thirty years ago (themselves now an […]
Tony Longshaw at Burnage Library – Talk on the Blue ...
Join us on 27th June as local historian Tony Longshaw gives a free talk on the Blue Plaques of Manchester. All are welcome!
The Blue Plaques of Manchester – Talk by Tony Longshaw
Many thanks to local author Cath Staincliffe for the generous donation of her Crime novels and audio books which are currently on display and for sale in the Library.
Donated Books from Cath Staincliffe
Tom Reidy writes: If you are interested in Computer Science/ICT, We at Burnage Library, Burnage, Manchester, are still running our successful Code Club for nine to eleven years old. Our Code Club is now in its third year, and we cover programming (Scratch & Python), basic web design, algorithms, and […]
Code Club @ Burnage Library
Over the last few months, many of our group members have brought in items belonging to close family members from both the world wars. It made sense to devote a session to these items, bringing them to wider audience. More importantly perhaps, it encouraged individuals to present to the group as a […]
Local History Group – Wartime Items
Thanks to everyone in who joined our Big Burnage Animal Parade – we hope you had a good time! Thanks also to artists and performers from the marvellous Global Grooves, to pupils and staff from Acacias, St. Bernard’s and Green End schools who helped build the creatures and made amazing […]
Big Burnage Animal Parade
We’re proud to host the “Legacy of Ahmed” exhibit commemorating the life and legacy of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah a 13 year old pupil of Burnage High School (now Burnage Academy for Boys), who was murdered 30 years ago after defending young Bangladeshi pupils from racist bullying. The exhibition charts the […]