Wigan Council to preserve 1910, the year of two elections, posters
More than one hundred posters from the 1910 elections will be saved from deterioration thanks to new funding.
Wigan Council’s archives and local studies team...
Manchester’s First explorer who sailed the seven seas
Many people in Manchester will have heard the name of Edward Barlow, Ambrose Edward Barlow, born at Barlow Hall, now Chorlton Golf Club, martyred...
Marple’s famous Lime Kilns restored thanks to £90,000 grant
Vital repairs and restoration work has been completed at the historic 225 year-old Oldknow’s Lime Kilns in Marple thanks to the efforts of a...
HIstoric England object to plans to demolish part of Manchester City Centre’s Industrial Heritage
Historic England are objecting to plans going before Manchester Council tomorrow which would see the part demolition of historic Grade II listed buildings in...
New Drama series will fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise of David...
A new BBC drama series will tell the story of a criminal enterprise set in a West Yorkshire Valley in the 18th Century
England, is...
Recovered Cotton Famine era poetry published in first complete collection
A complete collection of poems written during the historic cotton famine of the 19th century and rediscovered after more than 150 years has been...
Researchers fear the spoken ‘r’ is ready to roll away from the last bastion...
How do you pronounce your ‘r’s towards the ends of words like Shearer, purr, nerd and pore? And what about those in car, bird and her?
Chances are, you will likely...
Shocking truth behind Takabuti’s death revealed
Takabuti, the famous ancient Egyptian mummy on display at the Ulster Museum, suffered a violent death from a knife attack, a team of experts...
New exhibition seeks to unpack Manchester’s colonial legacies
The University of Manchester has launched a new exhibition exploring the social and environmental legacies of North West England’s cotton industry, science and economy.
Taking...
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...