Yearly Archives: 2017
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 ...
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
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
You might have never noticed the steel shutter on the front of Burnage Library before but there’s no way you’re going to now. Burnage has a brand new artwork – a beautiful design by artist Nick Hamilton which celebrates our Community Powered Library and the richness of the imagination the […]
There’s Art at the Heart of Burnage
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.