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Yearly Archives: 2017

From the workhouse of the Chorlton Union to the largest teaching hospital in Europe, this afternoon we charted the fascinating development of Withington Hospital on Nell Lane. Beginning with a presentation on the workhouse, we looked at the utilitarian principles leading to their creation and the pioneering ‘pavillions’ designed by Thomas Worthington, […]

A Working Life at Withington Hospital

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank Talks Women and posted on February 28, 2017 by John McCrory

The group as a whole loved this book (a first in itself!) The rich characterisation, clever plot (runs backwards) and the detailed atmosphere of wartime London had us hooked. Every character convinced and could be identified with, with the exception of Mr Mundy. Very evocative and emotionally engaging. We may […]

Night Watch by Sarah Waters

This entry was tagged Book Club Books and posted on February 24, 2017 by Joy Wassell-Timms

Join us tomorrow for a pop up craft session celebrating LGBT history month!

Pop up Craft Session, 10:00 – 12:00, 23rd September

This entry was tagged Crafts School Holidays and posted on February 22, 2017 by John McCrory

We had a fascinating session this afternoon thanks to people bringing in and sharing their photographs; among the many was Barbara showing us images taken by her husband of a chip-shop fire in Levenshulme, which featured in newspaper articles, and Sue with her photos showing the Whit parades along Stockport […]

Local History Group – Exploring Photographs

This entry was tagged History Memory Bank Photographs and posted on February 14, 2017 by John McCrory

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

Join us on Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 as we welcome Chris Makepeace, renowned local historian and author of a number of books on Manchester, who will explore the use of photography as a historical resource. The talk is free and everybody is welcome!

Local History Guest Speaker – Chris Makepeace on ‘The Camera ...

This entry was tagged Local History Group Memory Bank photography Talks and posted on February 5, 2017 by John McCrory

Wednesday, 22nd February 10:30 -12:30 Storytime at 11:30 Come and join us for an animal mask and shaker making session. For children 0-11 years old Suggested donation £1 per family Bring a picnic! Smile! The Big Burnage Animal Parade film crew will be looking forward to seeing you […]

Half-term Storytime Special!

This entry was tagged Big Burnage Animal Parade Children Crafts Events Film Storytime and posted on February 3, 2017 by admin

Burnage Library will be putting on an event with local schools and families as part of a lottery funded project. As part of this, we will be hosting a Big Burnage Animal Parade on Friday 24th March from 6.00 – 8.00pm. The parade will feature 4 giant illuminated animals made […]

Save the Date! Big Burnage Animal Parade – Friday 24th ...

This entry was tagged Burnage Academy Children Crafts Events Global Grooves Parade Schools St. Margaret's Church and posted on February 2, 2017 by John McCrory

The reading group has been going for over a year now. We have read crime, classics, literary fiction and had very varied discussions. Titles we have read include, Capital by John Lanchester; Small Island by Andrea Levy,; A passage to India by E.M.Forster . We even had a trip out […]

Reading group review and future reads

This entry was tagged Book Club Books and posted on January 18, 2017 by Joy Wassell-Timms

Resuming our sessions after the Christmas break, we spent the afternoon immersed in the 1861 census for the Burnage area. After a brief introduction on the origins of the census, looking at how it was gathered and the type of information it collected, we dived into the census records themselves. […]

Exploring 19th Century Burnage

This entry was tagged Census History Learning Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on January 17, 2017 by John McCrory