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...
Manchester Town Hall bells to fall silent as work continues on restoration project
Manchester Town Hall’s fabled eight-ton hour bell, Great Abel, will temporarily cease to chime from noon on Thursday 25 June, as work on the...
BBC commemorates the 80th anniversary of iconic de Gaulle broadcast
Today sees the 80th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s historic first broadcast to occupied France from the BBC’s Broadcasting House.
Just days after Paris...
Famous Faces needed for new exhibition in Leigh
People are being asked to nominate people past and present who have shaped Wigan borough to be featured in a new project at Leigh...
Former Rochdale Water Mill gets listed status
Waterside House, one of the 1st mills in Rochdale to switch from water to steam power, has been awarded grade II listed status by the Department for...
Residents at Broughton House Veteran Care Village celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day...
Residents at Broughton House Veteran Care Village in Salford, including World War Two veterans, celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a special...
VE Day Seventy five years ago Manchester prepares to celebrate
Seventy five years ago this week, the City of Manchester was preparing to celebrate the end of the war in Europe.
Plans were being prepared...
Historic England Announces Covid-19 Emergency Response Fund
Historic England has launched an emergency fund to help tackle the impact of Coronavirus on the heritage sector.
The aim of the fund, which will...
Millicent Fawcett’s ‘Steadfastness and Courage’ brooch to go on permanent display for the first...
A unique brooch that belonged to Millicent Fawcett, President of the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies (1890 – 1919) will go on permanent...
A reet gradley event will shed light on region’s culture
It promises to be a gradley event at Lancaster University on April 4 and well worth a sken!
Did you know that many Lancashire dialect...