North West Film Archive footage reflects on coronation celebrations from the past
North West Film Archive (NWFA) at Manchester Metropolitan University has released a moving compilation of film from their collection, showcasing how people in the...
The story of urban parks in North Manchester and the Moston mural project.receive Historic...
Telling the untold stories of ordinary people’s access to urban green spaces in North Manchester, id amongst 56 new projects that Historic England will...
The day 20 years ago that the Queen visited Manchester’s Jewish museum
Manchester Jewish Museum have decided to share the memories of the Queen’s visit to the museum twenty years ago, as part of her Golden...
Our Emmeline gets her Traditional pour
The creation of Hazel Reeves’ sculpture of Emmeline Pankhurst reached its dramatic climax this week, as the traditional ‘pour’ took place. With the molten bronze that will...
Lowry painting from 1941 could fetch over £1.2m at London auction this week
A Lowry Street scene is up for auction in London this week and could fetch over £1.2m pounds
Dating from 1941, the painting according to...
Rooms of Our Own – Campaigners who saved the Pankhurst Centre in 1970s &...
The Pankhurst Trust has been awarded funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to embark upon a project called Rooms of Our Own, which will reveal the hidden ‘herstory’ of Manchester’s Pankhurst Centre.
Although now recognised internationally...
Greater Manchester’s oldest surviving archive collection saved by Manchester City Council
Greater Manchester’s oldest surviving archive collection has been saved for posterity by Manchester City Council.
The Assheton of Middleton estate archive collection, purchased by Manchester...
‘Did You Know’ project delves into the history of graves in Philips Park Cemetery
Visitors to Philips Park Cemetery in north Manchester will be able to step back in time thanks to the historical sleuth work of the...
No fanfare as Peterloo monument unveiled in City Centre
It cost a million pounds and has already caused controversy over disabled access but yesterday Jeremy Deller’s monument was unveiled without nobody there to...
Gorton Monastery gifted organ from Salford Church
Gorton Monastery has been gifted an organ from a church in Eccles which will complete the next important part of the building’s restoration. The...