Local People

It was our pleasure on Tuesday afternoon to host Ted Morgan, a locally born poet, back to his old haunt. Indeed, Ted used to play on the waste ground between Burnage Lane and Shawbrook Road, and was quite upset when the first library building here destroyed a favourite playground! He […]

Memory Bank Festival – Ted Morgan’s visit to Burnage Library

This entry was tagged Festival Local History Group Local People Poetry and posted on November 9, 2017 by John McCrory

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

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

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

Quite an exciting Thursday morning today at the Library. Amanda had arranged for a group of children from St. Bernard’s Primary to visit with us as part of the Memory Bank Project. It was a joy for Carole and I talking to the Group and answering their many interesting questions. […]

Visit by Class from St. Bernard’s

This entry was tagged Books History Learning Local People Schools and posted on June 30, 2016 by Doreen Robinson

The BBC paid a visit to the library on Tuesday afternoon, asking library users and volunteers for their opinions on library services in the region. The news item was the lead story on Tuesday’s North West tonight. Our local history group, busy examining family members and familiar addresses listed in […]

The BBC at the Library

This entry was tagged Local History Group Local People Manchester Libraries and posted on March 31, 2016 by John McCrory

What is Burnage memory Bank? Burnage Memory Bank is a two year project celebrating the stories and experiences of Burnage people. The project is based at Burnage Library but will be popping up all over Burnage. We’d love to hear from you if you: Have memories, photographs, or stories of […]

Burnage Memory Bank

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage Events Learning Library Local People People's Health Trust and posted on March 12, 2016 by John McCrory

We are ‘Age-Friendly Burnage’ – a group aiming to bring people together to develop a plan to help make Burnage better for older residents. We want to support local people to create activities and services; designed by residents, organised by residents, for residents. To make these projects a reality, Burnage has received a lottery grant, […]