Last surviving Dam Buster to give talk at Manchester Airport’s Runway Visitor Park
Manchester Airport’s Runway Visitor Park will play host to a very special visitor in April.
Under the wings of Concorde, the last surviving British member...
Elizabeth Gaskell House wins Lottery funding
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has been successful in securing a grant of £78,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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...
Manchester’s National museum of democracy launches contemporary collecting fundraising campaign
People’s History Museum (PHM) is urgently seeking donations to support its contemporary collecting work as the museum responds to the unprecedented events of 2020 against a challenging backdrop for the cultural sector.
The last few months...
Historic Tameside bus rolls back into its hometown
A NEWLY restored vintage Ashton bus has made a special stop back in its hometown for the first time in over 80 years.
Ashton Corporation...
Just how many people were at Peterloo?
As the bicentenary of the event in which at least eighteen people lost their lives and hundreds were injured, a Warwick University PHD student...
Manchester’s Jewish Museum receives £2.9m Lottery funding
Manchester Jewish Museum has received a £2.89m National Lottery grant.
This money will go towards an ambitious £5m development project that will see the museum,...
A right Royal Hotel that once stood in the centre of Manchester
Last week saw the announcement that four floors of the Royal Buildings on the corner of Market Street and Piccadilly Gardens are to be...
Plans submitted for Our Emmeline statue
Plans have been submitted to Manchester City Council by Manchester based planning consultants Turley on behalf of the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Project. This takes the proposal to build...
300-year-old mince pie recipe revealed
Newcastle University Library archivists have uncovered a mince pie recipe from 1733.
The recipe book is part of the Blenkinsopp-Coulson (William) Archive. William Lisle Blenkinsopp...