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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

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

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

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank Quiz and posted on December 15, 2016 by John McCrory

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

This entry was tagged Digital History Learning Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on November 29, 2016 by John McCrory

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

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Local People Memory Bank Talks Women and posted on November 17, 2016 by Amanda Wait

Life at the Duchess of York Hospital – Tuesday 15th ...

This entry was tagged History Learning Local History Group Talks and posted on November 11, 2016 by John McCrory

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

This entry was tagged History Memory Bank Talks and posted on November 4, 2016 by John McCrory

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

This entry was tagged Events History Local History Group Local People Memory Bank People's Health Trust and posted on November 2, 2016 by John McCrory

We’ve created a dedicated site for the Burnage Memory Bank programme, a space where people’s recollections, stories, photographs, sounds and videos can all be shared: http://www.burnageactivityhub.org.uk/memorybank It’s always being updated, but at the minute we have photographs from the Duchess of York hospital, pictures showing the allotments on Cringle Fields during the Second […]

Burnage Memory Bank Website

This entry was tagged Digital History Local History Group Local People Memory Bank and posted on November 1, 2016 by John McCrory