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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

It was a real pleasure to welcome Bernard and Eva Burke to Burnage Library this afternoon. Bernard treated the group with his experiences of both outside broadcasting and sound-control in the television studios, regaling us with his encounters with the great and good of commercial television over three decades. Mention was made […]

Bernard Burke at Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Books Memory Bank Talks and posted on November 8, 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

Burnage Memory Bank – Open Afternoon

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on October 27, 2016 by John McCrory

Today we explored the story of the Duchess of York hospital on Burnage Lane. Looking at a number of old Manchester Guardian articles, photographs and historic maps, we followed its progress from a terraced house on Clarendon Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock to Oak Field House, Slade Lane and finally its familiar home at Cringle […]

Local History Group – Duchess of York Hospital

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank and posted on October 11, 2016 by John McCrory