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TALKS
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“Ugly, smoky Manchester, dear, busy, earnest, nobleworking Manchester” 2pm, Tues 7 June Elizabeth Gaskell’s House £4 (£3)
Belle Vue: Showground of the World 10.30am – 12.30pm, Fri 3 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Belle Vue collectors and researchers Frank Rhodes and Brian Selby will be hosting this talk and question and answer session to relive the memories and excitement of Manchester’s fantastic showground: Belle Vue Zoological Gardens. Book at MHF website or 0161 306 1982
Gentry Families of Manchester: The North 3.45pm – 4.45pm, Fri 3 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Discover the families and the homes of northern Greater Manchester gentry and minor nobility who formed the social elite before the era of industrial development, including Heaton Hall, Hopwood and Tonge Hall in Middleton, and Foxdenton Hall in Chadderton. This talk precedes a bus tour on Saturday 11 June to visit the featured homes.
Book launch of Dare to Be Free: women in trade unions 2pm – 5pm, Sat 4 June Three Minute Theatre FREE The Mary Quaile Club launches its second publication of Dare to Be Free: women in trade unions, past and present. Followed by a play about the life and trade union work of Mary Quaile, an Irish immigrant to Manchester.
Frank Galvin and Elizabeth Williams explore the impact of the environment of Manchester and its people on Elizabeth Gaskell’s life at 84 Plymouth Grove and her novels which tell so much about living in the city in the mid-19th century.
5.30pm – 7.30pm, Tues, Wed & Thurs 7 – 9 June Brooks Building, Manchester Metropolitan University FREE but booking essential A series of 3 ‘twilight’ conversations between different generations of feminist activists about Women’s Liberation in Manchester: Abasindi in Moss Side, Girls’ Work in Wigan and showcasing archive material from the Feminist Webs Archive. Book at http://bit.ly/1VF6bGT
The Archaeology of Manchester’s Origins
Elizabethan Theatre Facts and Fantasy
1pm – 4pm, Wed 8 June LG20 Peel Building FREE but booking essential
6pm – 8pm, Wed 8 June Three Minute Theatre FREE but booking essential
A series of short talks by staff from the University of Salford’s Centre for Applied Archaeology on recent archaeological work around Manchester. How is this changing ideas about the origins of the city?
Manchester Shakespeare Company launches in Manchester and its writer and associate Dr Sarah Lowe will present ‘facts and fantasy’ of Elizabethan theatre and its links with Manchester.
Book at m.d.nevell@salford.ac.uk or 0161 295 6286
Book at http://bit.ly/1Rxmv6A
Book at www.elizabethgaskellhouse. co.uk
Meet the Researcher: Dr Alison Slater on wartime dress in Lancashire 2pm, Sun 5 June Imperial War Museum North FREE Contributor to Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style exhibition, Dr Alison Slater, reveals stories of working class women in WWII, including a worker at the Lancashire Handbag Factory, Oldham, and how clothing was a central part of her life at that time.
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