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John McCrory

We’ve created a dedicated site for the Burnage Memory Bank programme, a space where people’s recollections, stories, photographs, sounds and videos can all be shared: http://www.burnageactivityhub.org.uk/memorybank It’s always being updated, but at the minute we have photographs from the Duchess of York hospital, pictures showing the allotments on Cringle Fields during the Second […]

Burnage Memory Bank Website

This entry was tagged Digital History Local History Group Local People Memory Bank and posted on November 1, 2016 by John McCrory

Burnage Memory Bank – Open Afternoon

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on October 27, 2016 by John McCrory

Today we explored the story of the Duchess of York hospital on Burnage Lane. Looking at a number of old Manchester Guardian articles, photographs and historic maps, we followed its progress from a terraced house on Clarendon Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock to Oak Field House, Slade Lane and finally its familiar home at Cringle […]

Local History Group – Duchess of York Hospital

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on October 11, 2016 by John McCrory

Get to grips with the basics of marketing your business through social media. FREE friendly session introducing Google’s Digital Garage. Click here to visit our Eventbrite page and register for this session. From the Eventbrite Page: Starting up? Running your own business? Sharpen your digital business skills with the Google Digital Garage. […]

Google Digital Garage – Business and Marketing Session – 21st ...

This entry was tagged Business Events Information Technology Learning Social Media and posted on October 7, 2016 by John McCrory

Storytime Special – Lantern Making and Parade: 26th Oct, 3:30pm

This entry was tagged Children Crafts Events Storytime Walk and posted on October 7, 2016 by John McCrory

Poetry by Heart – Thursday 13th October, 11:00-12:00

This entry was tagged Books Poetry and posted on October 7, 2016 by John McCrory

Archives+ Silk Screen Printing and Zine Workshop: 25th October, 2:00-4:00

This entry was tagged Archives+ Crafts Events Manchester Libraries and posted on October 4, 2016 by John McCrory

We were delighted to host Dennis Nadin, the historian and creator of Burnage Heritage, in the library this afternoon. Addressing the history group on Burnage during the First World War- the subject of his current research and forthcoming booklet, and a time featuring several key figures and events in Burnage’s history- he effortlessly guided us through […]

Dennis Nadin at Burnage Library

This entry was tagged History Learning Local History Group Memory Bank Talks and posted on September 20, 2016 by John McCrory

The man behind the Burnage Heritage project and editor of the Burnage Heritage Booklets, the Rev. Dennis Nadin, will be giving a talk at Burnage Library on Tuesday 20th September from 2:00 until 4:00. Free and everybody is welcome!

Local History Special – Talk by Rev. Dennis Nadin

This entry was tagged Events History Memory Bank Talks and posted on September 15, 2016 by John McCrory

Last week a group of volunteers and members of the local history group gathered outside Piccadilly station, overlooking the London Road fire station and the Edwardian warehouses of the early 20th century. Met by our guide, Sue McCarthy, we were given the background to the station’s construction and walked around […]

Volunteers’ trip to London Road Fire Station

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank Walks and posted on August 9, 2016 by John McCrory