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Yearly Archives: 2017

One rainy Friday, yesterday in fact, a group of volunteers gathered together at the Library to make radio magic. In a stimulating, educational, cheeky, and really enjoyable day, Phil, Calum and Annie from All FM (96.9) patiently taught us all about the various elements required to make good radio; they […]

Burnage Library Volunteers and the art of radio broadcasting with ...

This entry was posted on May 13, 2017 by Amanda Wait

CodeClub — 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

This entry was tagged codeclub Digital and posted on April 29, 2017 by John McCrory

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

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on April 27, 2017 by John McCrory

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

This entry was tagged Parade Video and posted on April 6, 2017 by John McCrory

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 […]

Legacy of Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Exhibition

This entry was tagged Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and posted on April 4, 2017 by John McCrory

This afternoon we were joined by John Pollard, archivist at St. Margaret’s church on Burnage Lane, for a session focusing on the St. Margaret’s national school. John began with a presentation covering the history of the school until its closure in the mid 1930s, starting by giving us some background context to Burnage […]

St. Margaret’s National School Archives

This entry was tagged Archives+ History Learning Local History Group Memory Bank School Holidays St. Margaret's Church and posted on March 28, 2017 by John McCrory

Big Burnage Animal Parade – Timetable

This entry was tagged Crafts Parade Schools and posted on March 10, 2017 by John McCrory

We were taken back to the age of steam this afternoon, with Eddie Johnson talking us through a huge number his historic photographs of the railways. The focus was less on the great locomotives that powered their way across the country than the people who worked on, or whose lives […]

Railways and People – Eddie Johnson at Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage History Learning Local History Group Memory Bank Railways Talks and posted on March 7, 2017 by John McCrory

Eddie Johnson – Railways and People, 2:00- 07th March

This entry was tagged Local History Group Memory Bank Talks and posted on March 6, 2017 by John McCrory

In celebration of International Women’s Week in 6th – 12th March, the Burnage Memory Bank will be gathering women’s memories of their working lives. Stories will be displayed in the Library over March. Use the questions to start you off and write as much or as little as you like! […]

A Woman’s Work…

This entry was tagged Memory Bank Women Work and posted on February 28, 2017 by John McCrory