New Memory Box celebrates Manchester’s proud LGBTQ+ history
An online ‘Memory Box’ celebrating highlights from Manchester’s proud LGBTQ+ history has been published to coincide with this weekend’s Alternative Pride Festival.
New Memory Boxes...
Project will tell the story of the workers of Heywood’s Peel Street Mill
A project that will highlight the stories of former workers from Peel Street Mill - a former textile mill in Heywood is among fifty...
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...
Eminent musician and composer, world-renowned scientist and important sporting location to receive blue...
An eminent musician and composer, a world-renowned scientist and an important sporting location will receive Wigan Borough’s blue plaques for 2022.
Unveiling ceremonies will take...
Manchester to celebrate St George’s Day this weekend
Manchester’s St George’s parade will be taking place this Sunday
The Carnival Parade will leave Varley street from approx 12pm and will venture into the...
Rare colour footage of the Busby Babes is shown
Rare colour footage shows the Busby Babes at their magnificent best, just ten months before eight members of the prodigiously talented young Manchester United...
Letter discovered detailing first written account of suffragette force-feeding to go on display at...
People’s History Museum has discovered a letter written in prison by one suffragette to another detailing the first known written account of force-feeding.
The handwritten...
Gorton Monastery launches volunteering programme
Gorton Monastery is about to embark on its biggest volunteer recruitment initiative to date.
The Monastery Trust is looking to recruit up to 60 volunteers...
Women in Print joins First in the Fight
Women in Print has been announced as the creative partner to First in the Fight, which will be published in autumn 2019. Featuring...
Statue of the first unofficial Lioness, Lily Parr is unveiled in Manchester
The statue of women’s footballing legend Lily Parr has been unveiled at Manchester's National Football Museum.
The life-size bronze statue, created by sculptor Hannah Stewart,...