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Following on from his popular presentation on the Burnage National School, St. Margaret’s Church archivist John Pollard kindly offered us a guided tour of the Church and grounds as part of our Memory Bank Festival. Gathering under the lynch gate on a bleak November afternoon, spirits were not dampened as […]

Memory Bank Festival – Tour of St. Margaret’s Church

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage Festival Heritage St. Margaret's Church Talks Walks and posted on November 23, 2017 by John McCrory

We were treated to two sessions with historian Ali Ronan, both at the library and ‘on tour’ at the Garden Village, as part of this month’s Burnage Memory Bank festival. A packed house greeted Ali at the library on Tuesday 14th, to listen to her research on the radical personalities […]

Memory Bank Festival – Ali Ronan and the Garden Village

This entry was tagged Burnage Heritage History Local History Local History Group Memory Bank Walks and posted on November 23, 2017 by John McCrory

Memory Bank Festival – Walk around Garden Village

This entry was tagged Local History Group Walks and posted on November 17, 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

Last week a group of volunteers and members of the local history group gathered outside Piccadilly station, overlooking the London Road fire station and the Edwardian warehouses of the early 20th century. Met by our guide, Sue McCarthy, we were given the background to the station’s construction and walked around […]

Volunteers’ trip to London Road Fire Station

This entry was tagged History Local History Group Memory Bank Walks and posted on August 9, 2016 by John McCrory

Undeterred by the showers outside, a group of us set out from the library to explore the concentrated remnants of 19th century Burnage. We were delighted to be joined by the Rector from St. Margaret’s, Revd Alan Pugmire, who shared with us his extensive knowledge of the church and its community. Looking […]

On Your Doorstep – Walk around Burnage

This entry was tagged History Learning Memory Bank Walks and posted on July 7, 2016 by John McCrory