Foundations of Victorian corn mill and a public weighing station among treasures unearthed...
The foundations of a Victorian corn mill and a public weighing station are among the treasures which have been unearthed at a major archaeological...
Shelley’s Peterloo poem took inspiration from the radical press, new research reveals
Percy Shelley’s The Mask of Anarchy, the most celebrated literary response to the Peterloo massacre, drew on accounts of the tragedy written by the...
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...
Researchers reveal that inventor of the Davy lamp was also a prolific poet
Researchers at Lancaster University have discovered hundreds of unpublished poems written by the nineteenth-century British chemist Sir Humphry Davy in his private notebooks.
Much of...
Historic Salford House has been listed
A Victorian house with links to Blackpool Tower has been added to Salford’s local heritage list by Salford City Council.
Cleveland House at the...
Rave On – people of Manchester invited to recall their clubbing memories
Although Manchester and its music are famous around the globe, little is known about the communities which helped to build that reputation. Popular culture...
Potting Sheds to become exhibition space at RHS Garden Bridgewater
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has received a grant of £98,900 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to turn historic Potting Sheds into an...
The City’s Centre for 40 years
In 1968 Manchester City council was presented with a proposal to transform the centre of the city around Market Street with a blueprint to...
Renovation of historic Middleton school is completed
One of the most important historic buildings in Middleton has been re-opened at a special ceremony following a £590,000 revamp by us and the National...
Share your love of historic pubs in Manchester this Christmas
As the days grow shorter and there’s a wintry chill in the air, there’s no better time to enjoy the warm glow of a...