Freelance Session Leader opportunity: Age Friendly Burnage – Burnage History Champions Group. Friends of Burnage Library (FoBL) are looking for a sessional leader to deliver 36 weekly Local History sessions within Burnage Library, Activity & Information Hub, supporting our Burnage History Champions group to develop their skills, confidence and knowledge […]
Yearly Archives: 2018
We were delighted to welcome Dr. Charlotte Wildman from Manchester University to Burnage Library on Tuesday for the first of her sessions, officially beginning our Heritage Lottery Funded programme, ‘Burnage: A Place Called Home’. What are our perceptions of Manchester and the North of England in the 1920s and 1930s? […]
Charlotte Wildman at Burnage Library
Join us on Wednesday 29th August, 10:30 – 12:30, for our Summertime Ocean Special! Crafts for Children under 11 Storytime for under 5’s at 11:30 Bring a picnic! Please note, there will be a £1 charge towards materials per family/group, and all children must be supervised by an adult.
Storytime: Summertime Ocean Special
A big thank you to our fantastic local history group members, who gave a wonderful performance at All Saints on Saturday as part of the Manchester Histories Festival. The theme of this ‘Soapbox’ event was protest and democracy, and our re-enactment of a milk strike organised just over a hundred […]
Soapbox 2018 : Manchester Histories Festival
“On May 3rd about 20 of us enjoyed a lovely morning at the Whitworth. We looked at the Beyond Borders Exhibition- beautiful textiles old and new from India , Pakistan and Bangladesh; we wandered in the beautiful main hall looking out over the park , taking lots of photographs . […]
Beyond Borders – our Talk English group visit the Whitworth ...
Sacrificing the last of the long weekend’s glorious weather, our group gathered this afternoon to explore the history of Stockport- presented by group member Toni. Using photographs and articles gathered over the last few weeks, she took us on a journey around the town: covering its pubs, streets, prominent buildings […]
Local History Group – Stockport
It’s been a great year so far for our local history group, covering exciting new subjects and welcoming back familiar faces. We’ve looked at Manchester’s pubs, theatres, cafes and restaurants, and famous visitors, while the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act was marked with an exploration of Manchester’s […]
Local History Sessions in 2018
World Book Night was celebrated with our first ever spoken word event, a really enjoyable and entertaining evening attended by over 50 people. Our headline writer, prize-winning local author Rosie Garland, thrilled us with brilliant readings of her poetry and of excerpts from her latest novel, The Night Brother. Ten […]
Rosie Garland and Friends Evening
We’ve got the marvellous writer Rosie Garland gracing our first EVER Open Mic evening at Burnage Library on Monday 23rd April from 7.15 to 9.15. Get in touch with us on openmic@burnageactivityhub.org.uk if you’d like to book a 4 minute open mic slot!