Learning

This post was written by Alyn Hilsden, who runs our digital drop in sessions from 10:30 – 12:30 each Monday morning during term time. For the last six weeks, I have been running a weekly IT drop-in session at Burnage library. This has been a thoroughly enjoyable experience and a […]

Reflections on running an IT drop-in

This entry was tagged activities Digital Learning and posted on April 8, 2022 by admin

Burnage Memory Bank Festival

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage Events Festival History Learning Local People Memory Bank Talks Walks and posted on November 6, 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

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

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

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

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

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