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Local History Group

A full house greeted our guest speaker Chris Makepeace this afternoon, and they were rewarded with a wonderful talk about the value of photographs in understanding our history. Illustrated with a reel full of seldom seen images, we were given advice on examining and dating photographs. What buildings were in the background- […]

Chris Makepeace at Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage History Learning Memory Bank photography Talks and posted on February 7, 2017 by John McCrory

Our local history session this week featured a quiz, focusing on the figures and events which have shaped Manchester, images of lost buildings and streetscapes- with some Burnage history thrown into the mix too. Add lots of tea, biscuits and mince pies and you have a very congenial way of gearing up for […]

Local History Group – Festive Quiz

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank Quiz and posted on December 15, 2016 by John McCrory

We’ll be joined on Tuesday afternoon by Bernard Burke, author of Where has the Time Gone? He’ll talk us through his life growing up in Burnage and: Starting work on his 16th birthday at Manchester Town Hall, then 2 years National Service with The RAF in Germany before becoming a Police Officer in […]

Bernard Burke talks to Burnage Library

This entry was tagged History Memory Bank Talks and posted on November 4, 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

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

An article by David Reid, featured in A Burnage Miscellany 4 from Burnage Heritage, was the focal point of today’s session. Using the National Library of Scotland’s digitised 1848 Ordnance Survey map of the area, we journeyed from Didsbury Road to cross the Nico Ditch over Slade Lane, our route both following and diverging away from […]

Local History Group – A Roman Road through Burnage?

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage Digital History Local History Group and posted on June 22, 2016 by John McCrory

On Tuesday we examined a number of documents relating to Shawbrook Villa, which lies across the road from the library. Glenis, one of our group, had produced for us a list of the occupiers of the property from 1871 until 1911: A Burnage Miscellany 4 was consulted first, with a piece by Scott […]

Local History Group- Shawbrook Villa

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage History Local History Group and posted on June 9, 2016 by John McCrory

With its local roots, there’s a wealth of material about the Burnage and South Manchester area in the Guardian’s archives. These can be accessed for free by any Manchester Libraries user (on any computer) via their Online Reference Library– all you need is your library card number. After brief instruction on using the search […]

History Group – Exploring the Guardian’s Digital Archive

This entry was tagged Digital History Learning Library Local History Group Manchester Libraries and posted on February 2, 2016 by John McCrory

Today’s session was led by Stacey from Southway Housing, assisting us as part Southway’s Get Online week. It was a chance for those attending to get a sense of the enormous wealth of historical material that can now be accessed online, as well as to receive some support in using a computer and […]

Local History Group – Digital Session

This entry was tagged Digital History Local History Group Southway Housing and posted on October 13, 2015 by John McCrory