We have had a lovely last session of 2016 today, followed by a very successful cake sale/raffle. We have managed to raise over £50! I am looking forward to being back on 11th January, when Singing, Rhymes and Storytimes returns. Sylvia
Yearly Archives: 2016
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
It’s just another ordinary Thursday morning in Burnage – RNCM student combo Dolce String Quartet are playing a live free concert to a diverse group people who’ve come together in the local Library. Chairs are rapidly arranged, kettles are boiled, toddlers toddle and sit, move and dance, folk settle down […]
Everyday Magic
We spent this afternoon immersed in old maps, exploring the magnificent resource provided by the National Library of Scotland. While we’ve used this site before, the recent extension of their 25 inch digital maps to include the Manchester area provided a little needed invitation to revisit the material. At this scale postboxes are […]
Digital Historic Maps Session
On Tuesday afternoon in the Library we were fortunate to host Myra Wood, former Matron at Burnage’s well-loved Duchess of York Children’s Hospital talking about her work over 39 years of Nursing. Qualifying in 1954 Myra saw great changes in the way children’s health was dealt with. Rickets, TB and […]
Life at the Duchess
It was a real pleasure to welcome Bernard and Eva Burke to Burnage Library this afternoon. Bernard treated the group with his experiences of both outside broadcasting and sound-control in the television studios, regaling us with his encounters with the great and good of commercial television over three decades. Mention was made […]
Bernard Burke at Burnage Library
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
We had a busy session yesterday promoting the Burnage Memory Bank, speaking to people with great memories the area and learning a great deal in the process. One visitor brought with her a great number of photographs from her childhood on the Garden Village; the images showing, amongst other things, productions of the […]
Burnage Memory Bank – Open Afternoon
There was a superb turnout for the Storytime Special, with the surprise finale at St. Margaret’s wowing the children! Many thanks to Sylvia for her work in organising the event, those volunteers who assisted with its running, and for everyone whose presence made the occasion so memorable.