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WELCOME TO THE FOURTH MANCHESTER HISTORIES FESTIVAL Manchester Histories Festival is for people who like histories and people who think they don’t. I’m very proud that over the last 6 years, since our first event in 2009, the festival has transformed from a 2-day pilot to a 10-day diverse celebration of the histories and heritage of Greater Manchester. For the first time, we will have a continual presence in Central Library’s Archives+, delivering a programme of events and activities and hosting a Festival Information Stand, where our excellent volunteers will be able to answer your questions and tell you more about festival goings on.

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WHAT’S ON For a full searchable calendar, please visit the MHF website www.manchesterhistories.co.uk TEASERS CELEBRATION DAY JOIN IN FOR FAMILIES BE ENTERTAINED EXHIBITIONS BEHIND THE SCENES

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We’re delighted to welcome a number of new partners to this year’s festival, revealing the many voices whose histories have often been forgotten, unheard or undervalued. It is also wonderful to be able to showcase some of the projects that we have been involved with throughout the year and provide the opportunity for them to reach a wider audience. We hope that the festival challenges your views of histories and heritage, introduces you to new experiences and stories, and you have the chance to get involved in thinking about your own role in making our past and future histories. There are many opportunities to learn more from fascinating talks, music nights, digital games, heritage skills workshops and lots of hands-on activities that you can take part in: become an urban sketcher, join a cycling tour of Manchester, make your own oar in Salford, or join in a family game of Snakes and Ladders in Stockport. I would also like to extend a big thank you to all our partners, sponsors, supporters, volunteers and audiences without whom the festival would not be possible. We are thrilled that you are involved. We hope that you have a fascinating and fun time during the festival, celebrating our remarkable past and considering our potential futures. Claire Turner, Chief Executive, Manchester Histories

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TEASERS

CELEBRATION DAY

There is something for everyone, including our pre-festival Trailblazer, and here are a few ideas of different events you might enjoy.

Saturday 11 June 10.30am – 4.00pm Manchester Town Hall & Manchester Central Library

Manchester Histories Festival Trailblazer Event Landscapes of Identity 11am – 4.45pm, Wed 18 May National Football Museum £6.50 (£4) As the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Manchester bombing approaches, Manchester School of Art, Manchester School of Architecture, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Histories Festival and the National Football Museum present an event to discuss and explore the changes in the City’s historical, physical and cultural characteristics and the roles of heritage, design, art and culture in shaping its future identity. Book at https://loi16.eventbrite.co.uk

Making Manchester 9am – 5.30pm, Fri 3 – Fri 10 June (not Sat & Sun) Manchester Technology Centre FREE This exhibition by Manchester Modernists recreates the never-to-be-built visions of 1960s Manchester, including highways in the sky, elevated walkways, monorails and moving pavements.

M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER Fri & Sat 3 & 4 June Coffee Nubia FREE The second edition of M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER celebrating Moss Side’s international heritage through a wonderful programme of exhibitions, events and activities. For times and full details, check the MHF website

Queer Noise: The Hidden History of LGBT Music in Manchester 8pm, Fri 3 June Band on the Wall FREE but booking required A lively presentation exploring how queer music and club culture in Manchester helped

to redefine attitudes to sexuality across the city and beyond, including rarely seen images and footage. Book at www.bandonthewall.org

Destination Ireland 6.30pm, Sun 5 June Irish World Heritage Centre £3 (£1.50) Collating documentary and private film footage held in the North West Film Archive, these exciting short films explore the diversity of journeys between Manchester and Ireland across the 20th century. Book at www.iwhc.com or 0161 205 4007

MHF’s Celebration Day provides a focus for the festival bringing together histories and heritage groups from across Greater Manchester and providing a wide range of activities to entertain, inform, challenge and engage all ages. Nearly 90 exhibitors will be present in Manchester Town Hall including the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre, Back on Track, Co-operative Archives, Greater Manchester Fire Museum, Jodrell Bank and Wood Street Mission. Join in with Snapshot our real time and digital treasure hunt suitable for all ages; listen to the Manchester Beethoven Orchestra and Manchester Community Choir; take part in a panel discussion about the histories of homelessness; practice your sketching skills in our Sketch Your Street workshop; find out what links lifeboats and the RNLI have with Greater Manchester; or take a heritage bus ride. Free talks and film screenings will take place in the Town Hall and Central Library including the founding of the 1001 Inventions exhibition started in Manchester; journalist Dean Kirby reveals the stories of Angel Meadow; or find out why the ice cream cone was created by Italian ice cream makers in Manchester. For full listings of Celebration Day events and how to book, please go to the MHF website or call 0161 306 1982.

An Audience with FA Cup Heroes at the Manchester United Museum 6pm – 8pm, Wed 8 June Manchester United Museum £5 An after-hours tour of the Manchester United Museum and the chance to pose your questions to FA Cup winners Arthur Albiston and Lee Martin. Find out more about United’s rich history. Book at museum.enquiries@ manutd.co.uk

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JOIN IN SnapShot

Mapping Manchester

Fri 3 – Sun 12 June Online FREE

Fri 3 – Fri 10 June (weekdays only) The John Rylands Library FREE but booking essential

Join our Manchester Histories’ digital treasure hunt to discover and share images and stories of Greater Manchester’s hidden histories through Twitter and Instagram. Simply play for fun or sign up to the leader board, gain points for your creativity or interesting facts and try to win a prize. Full training provided.

Become a map detective and investigate the history and geography of Manchester with six historical maps, in these two hour bookable workshops for Years 4 – 6 school groups.

Hidden History Fri 3 – Fri 10 June (weekdays only) The John Rylands Library FREE but booking essential Students can investigate letters from the archive that were written by a University of Manchester student shortly before his death in 1917, in these two hour bookable workshops for Key Stages 4 and 5. Book at 0161 306 6558

Book at 0161 306 6558

Talkin’ ‘bout that Representation 2pm – 4pm, Fri 3 June Working Class Movement Library FREE but booking essential Are you passionate about the lowering of the vote for 16 year olds? Were you involved in the votes for 18 movement that lowered the voting age in 1969. This event will bring together the youth of the 1960s and today’s young people to discuss all matters relating to the right to vote and youth culture. Book at http://representation. eventbrite.co.uk or 0161 736 3601

Angel Meadow Community Histories Day 3.30am – 4pm, Sat 4 June Angel Meadow & Sadler’s Yard FREE A day of activities, photography workshops, talks and walks highlighting the fascinating area that is Angel Meadow: from archaeology to genealogy, deprivation to regeneration, come down and find out more! See MHF website for full details

Oral History Workshop

Dear Friend: Collectors & Commissioners, Women in the Arts

10.30am – 3.30pm, Sat 4 & 11 June Manchester Central Library FREE

1pm – 4pm, Sat 4 June Manchester Art Gallery FREE

In addition to extending the MLFHS Help Desk to Saturdays for MHF, RootsChat.com, the free online genealogy forum will also be available to provide advice on Sat 4th and UK BMD, the online record of births, marriages, deaths and censuses, from 10.30am – 1pm on Sat 11th.

Come and learn more about women in the arts across history. They have been artists, collectors, commissioners and patrons. Write a letter to a woman who did amazing things, be that collector and connoisseur Mary Greg or gallery owner Barbara Tate.

Manchester District Music Archives presents: Activist/Archivist

Reviving the Lost Art of Make Do and Mend

9.30am – 11.30am, Sat 4 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential

12pm – 2pm & 3pm – 5pm, Sat 4 June People’s History Museum FREE

Manchester Metropolitan University’s Fiona Cosson will lead this practical oral histories workshop about the key basics for starting an oral histories project and conducting interviews.

Hear fascinating stories from Manchester music’s movers and shakers, told through a series of rarely seen artefacts and materials. Bring along your own prized items and learn how to archive your music heritage online.

Book at MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

Scribble Your Street 10am – 1pm, Sat 4 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Join urban sketcher Liz Ackerley to learn about drawing what’s happening on your streets: the buildings, the people, a certain moment. Find out about materials and techniques, and have a go at some drawings. Book at MHF website or 0161 306 1982

Mcr & Lancashire Family History Society Saturday Help Desk

1pm – 4pm, Sat 4 June Stitched Up HQ FREE Spend a fun afternoon with Stitched Up in Chorlton trying out vintage human-powered sewing machines and harking back to a time when Manchester was the centre of the British textile industry. If you have a special item to mend, feel free to bring it along.

Creating and Using Archives Workshop 2.30pm – 4.30pm, Sat 4 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential How can you create your own archive with no funds; how should items be catalogued, and how do you store them properly? Dave Govier, Heritage Collection Officer for Manchester City Council, will introduce you to archives and how to create your own. Book at MHF website or 0161 306 1982

Robust Research Workshop 12pm – 2pm, Sat 4 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential What are the key do’s and don’ts when researching the past as part of your own project? In this workshop, Hannah Barker, Professor of British History at the University of Manchester talks you through the steps of identifying and analysing historical sources. Book at MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

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Finding Henshaws’ History 2pm – 4pm, Mon 6 June Manchester Central Library FREE Come and hear the stories of people with visual impairments in Manchester over the last 180 years. Find out more about the Blind School that started in Old Trafford and share your own stories if you’ve been supported by Henshaws.

Angel Meadow Quiz Night 6pm, Mon 6 June The Marble Arch £1 per team member

Photographing Cheetham Hill – Then and Now

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1pm – 4pm, Sun 5 June Manchester Jewish Museum FREE but booking essential

10.30am – 3.30pm, Mon 6 – Fri 10 June Manchester Central Library FREE

Explore collections of vintage photographs; learn the tips of the trade from a local photographer, and then head out to capture the sights of Cheetham Hill today in a workshop to celebrate, explore and photograph this unique area of Manchester. Book at www.manchester jewishmuseum.com or 0161 834 9879

1926 and up 10am – 4pm, Mon 6 June Forum Library FREE Come along to Wythenshawe’s Forum Library, see a display about the histories of the local area, find out what local history resources are available and chat with members of Wythenshawe History Group about their work and how to get involved.

Discover more about your own family histories with the advice and assistance of the MLFHS Help Desk. Come in with your questions, get help if you’ve hit a dead end and discover the wide range of resources at Manchester Central Library.

Local History Library Introduction 12pm – 1pm, Mon 6 June Salford Museum & Art Gallery FREE but booking essential Salford’s Local History Library has a huge range of materials to help your research from photographs to Trade Directories. This short workshop will introduce you to the library resources and how to use them.

Test your knowledge of the Angel Meadow area and Manchester histories at the Angel Meadow Quiz Night.

Greater Manchester Histories & Heritage Social Network 6pm – 7.30pm, Mon 6 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Meet and share with individuals, groups, researchers, historians and enthusiasts from across Greater Manchester, and learn about the facilities and support available from the teams at Archives+. Afterwards, join the Manchester Histories team for a more social affair in some historical pubs. Book at MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

NOMA Craft Workshops 10.30am – 4.30pm, Tues 7 June The Pilcrow Workshop FREE Enjoy a day of making in the Pilcrow Workshop inspired by the many Victorian beer bottles found at the NOMA site. Make a wooden tool then use it to throw a clay bottle on a potter’s wheel. For adults. Drop in

Exploration Handling Session 10am – 12pm, Wed 8 June Manchester Central Library FREE A chance to see some of the maps from Manchester Central Library’s Treasures collection in this special handling session to tie in with the Shackleton expedition and his links with Manchester.

Mcr & Lancashire Family History Society Specialist Help Desks 10.30am – 1pm & 2pm – 4.30pm, Wed 8 June Manchester Central Library FREE MLFHS will be providing two specialist Help Desk sessions to help you learn more. The 1st is Tracing Your WWI Ancestors in the morning and switching in the afternoon to look at the 1939 Register containing details of everyone in England & Wales on 29 Sept 1939.

Stick Your Oar In 10am – 3pm, Wed 8 June Duke’s Drive Country Park FREE but booking essential Inspired by the heritage of the Bridgewater Canal, men in Salford are currently making a boat based on the original Starvationer boats used in the coal mines. Spend the day learning new woodcrafting skills to make a paddle for the boat. Book at www.est176.eventbrite.co.uk

Great Women of Manchester 2pm – 3pm, Wed 8 & Fri 10 June The John Rylands Library FREE Manchester has produced some remarkable women who have made a significant contribution to the way that we live today. Join John Rylands Library to celebrate their achievements by delving into their Special Collections.

Book at 0161 778 0814

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Mcr & Lancashire Family History Society WWI Workshop

Dear Friend: Backwards & in Heels, Women & Politics 4.30pm – 6.15pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE Seemingly a male domain, women have been involved in politics for a long time. Come and learn more about women in politics and write a letter to a woman who did amazing things, be that the first woman councillor Margaret Ashton or Mary Fildes campaigning at Peterloo.

OUT! LGBT Histories Digital Launch Event

What the Dickens? Perspectives on Poverty in Manchester Since Victorian Times 6pm – 8pm, Thurs 9 June Wood Street Mission FREE but booking essential A panel discussion chaired by Professor Julie-Marie Strange from the University of Manchester exploring how poverty and perceptions of poverty have changed over the years in Manchester. A lively interactive discussion with drinks and nibbles.

OUT! An introduction to researching archives

11am – 12.30pm, Fri 10 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential

10am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm, Sat 11 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential

Do you have an ancestor who served in WWI? Bring their name and details along to this practical hands-on workshop with expert guidance and use online databases to find your answers. Computer skills are essential.

Join Manchester Pride in the historic Chief Librarian’s room for a lively training session on uncovering LGBT histories in Greater Manchester. Find out how you can contribute to a digital exhibition at Archives+.

Book at http://bit.ly/206smXb

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WW1 Networking Event 12.30pm – 3pm, Sat 11 June Salford Museum & Art Gallery FREE but booking essential Join Salford Museum & Art Gallery for an afternoon of World War One commemoration to mark the end of the Heritage Lottery Fund supported project Salford Remembers. Meet participants from the project and find out about what happened. Book at 0161 778 0800 or jennifer.doherty@scll.co.uk

Memories of Solidarity 2pm – 4pm, Fri 10 June Working Class Movement Library FREE The film Pride, about support for mining families from the LGBT community, inspired many people. Solidarity with the miners was everywhere across Manchester. Come along to share your stories, photos or items from that period.

Book at http://whatthedickens. eventbrite.co.uk or 0161 834 3140

6pm – 7pm, Thurs 9 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Join Manchester Pride for the launch of OUT! – a brand new digital platform celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender histories in Greater Manchester. Created for smart phones, OUT! brings to life pivotal and personal moments through a digital heritage trail. Book at http://bit.ly/2051vL5 or 0161 834 3140 8

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FOR FAMILIES

11am – 5pm, Sun 5 June Gorton Monastery FREE

Get Creative

Super Saturday

Fri 3 – Sun 12 June Manchester Central Library FREE

12pm – 4pm, Sat 4 June Gallery Oldham FREE

Manchester Histories is working with Curious Minds to give the chance for children to discover the arts around them, share what they enjoy, and gain an Arts Award certificate at the end of the process.

Creative family fun at Gallery Oldham: be inspired by one of the exhibitions and learn about the heritage of Oldham through the collections. With artist led crafts and fun activities, children can also gain an Arts Awards’ certificate at the end of the day.

For more information visit MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

Around the World with the Fusiliers

Time Travelling at Manchester Cathedral

10.30am – 1pm, Fri 3 June The Fusilier Museum FREE

10.30am – 12.30pm & 2pm – 3.30pm, Fri 3 June Manchester Cathedral FREE

Many Greater Manchester Fusiliers travelled around the world bringing back objects now housed in the museum’s collections. Make Egyptian jewellery inspired by these treasures and take part in an object handling session.

Family Art & Heritage Trail 1pm – 2pm, Fri 3 June Meet at British Heart Foundation, 56 Bury Old Rd M8 5BN FREE Take part in this trail guided by artists and historians and full of fun family activities. Find clues, draw objects and make up stories about the places along Cheetham Hill High Street in the 1950s and 60s. Self-guided trails can also be downloaded at www.salfordandcheethamhill infocus.co.uk 10

Belle Vue Roadshow

A fun-filled family session bringing to light the Cathedral’s history dating back over 600 years, with drama and crafts. A chance to uncover some of the stories written in stone, wood and glass around the Cathedral, including an Anglo Saxon angel, medieval beasts, dragons and a phoenix.

Quizzing Snakes and Ladders 1.30pm – 3pm & 3.15pm – 4.45pm, Sat 4 June Stockport Art Gallery FREE but booking essential A fun event for families: play Seven Arches Publishing’s new history board game with Stockport as the central character. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answers as you can access an App to find out. Book at www.stockport.gov.uk/ artgallery, 0161 474 4453 or admind@sevenarches publishing.co.uk

A family day to celebrate all things Belle Vue at Gorton Monastery. Find out more from the archives and collectors, take part in arts workshops, share your memories in a recorded interview, listen to Gorton Philharmonic Orchestra or get involved in an art treasure hunt. For full details see MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

Big Artist Sunday 11am – 4pm, Sun 5 June The Whitworth FREE

The Little People’s History Museum Beeing Special 11.00am – 12.00pm, Sat 11 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking advised Meet Little Bee, the Manchester bee who wants to be different. Join in the busy bee dance, search for flowers in the museum and follow Little Bee’s adventure to find out how he becomes the Victorian hero of Manchester. A fun interactive story session with puppets, song, dance and crafts.

Manchester Central Library Sunday Fun Day 12pm – 4pm, Sun 12 June Manchester Central Library FREE Enjoy one of the few times to visit Central Library on a Sunday and enjoy a day of craft activities, family history workshops, a film from Factory Youth Zone and our Get Creative Arts Award. For full details see MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

Book at http://beeingspeciallphm.eventbrite.co.uk or 0161 838 9190

Artists in the Whitworth have created a host of quirky activities and creative challenges for you to have a go at together with your family. Learn about the individuals important to the gallery and its collections as you and your family are challenged to get creative.

NOMA Craft Family Workshops 10.30am – 4.30pm, Thurs 9 June The Pilcrow Workshop FREE A day of hands-on craft for all the family in the Pilcrow Workshop and learn how to throw a clay bottle inspired by the many bottles found on the NOMA site. Make a wooden tool that will be used to then create your bottle. Drop in

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BE ENTERTAINED Canary Girls 7.30pm, Friday 3 June Flixton Girls’ School £5 Inspired by the tales of the women who worked in WW1 munitions factories such as Ferranti in Oldham and Yorkshire & Lancashire Railway in Bolton, Mikron Theatre Company’s funny play presents a story of shellmaking sisters whose worlds are changing. Book at 0161 718 5291

A Queer Revue! Manchester Histories Festival Special 10pm, Fri 3 June Band on the Wall £6 adv or £8 on the door A very special night of music, film, dance and drag. Queer Revue! gathers together some of the most outrageous and talented famous and new faces from Manchester’s Queer underground in this historic showcase. Book at www.bandonthewall.org

The Battle for the Ballot – the people’s fight for the right to vote 2pm – 3pm, Sat 4 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking essential Singer-songwriter Quiet Loner tells the story of how working people came to have the vote from Peterloo to the present day, using original songs and objects from the museum. Book at http://battlefortheballot. eventbrite.co.uk

Quarry Bank present LipService Theatre Company 2pm – 4pm, Sat 4 June Meeting point: Cross Street Chapel, Cross Street M2 1NL £12 Booking essential See cult theatre company LipService in a brand new promenade show about the Gregs of Quarry Bank, taking you around Manchester city centre on a journey through its industrial past. Book at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ quarry-bank or 0844 249 1895

Mr Scruff Keep It Unreal 16th Birthday Party 10pm, Sat 4 June Old Granada Studios £13 on the door Celebrate and be part of a Manchester music moment when Scruff will be at the controls for 5 hours serving up a melting pot of music at this historical 16th birthday with fantastic sounds.

Music in Manchester During World War 1 11am – 4pm, Sun 5 June Royal Northern College of Music FREE A day of exploration into Manchester’s music scene during WW1, including a drop-in handson session of RNCM’s archives; presentations about the music scene in WW1, and a performance by RNCM students of music played in Manchester at that time. For full details see MHF website or call 0161 306 1982

Cottonopolis

Together Trust

2pm – 4pm, Sun 5 June Starting Point: Confirmed on booking £8.25 Booking essential

11am – 12pm, Tues 7 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking advised

Join folk trio The Bailey Sisters for a songs and walking tour around Manchester’s medieval heart, the sites of the first cotton mills, the setting for Mrs Gaskell’s Mary Barton and the streets of Little Italy. Book at www.wegottickets.com/ event/357636

Enjoy a short performance piece by young people from the Together Trust exploring the stories of children who had been refugees in Manchester and emigrated over to Canada. There will also be chance for a Q&A with the young people involved. Book at MHF website or 0161 306 1982

Manchester Ballads: performance & handling session 2pm – 4pm, Wed 8 June Manchester Central Library FREE Hear renowned Ballads singer Jennifer Reid perform some of the original ballad sheets in this performance and handling session. The Library holds several thousand ballads that were produced from the early 17th to the late 19th century.

Fishing the Dustbowl 2pm – 4pm, Sun 5 June Peel Hall £10 (£8) Musicians Will Kaufman and John Connolly will be paying tribute to Salford’s Ewan MacColl in this evening of music, making links between MacColl’s work and Will’s Woody Guthrie songs and John’s about the workers of the east coast fishing industry. Book at www.wcml.org.uk

Amani Live 4.30pm, Sun 5 June Band on the Wall £5 on the door, under 12s free In partnership with Brighter Sound and Community Arts North West, Amani Creatives brings the return of Amani Live sharing some of the hottest talent from the North West and celebrating traditional and contemporary art forms from the African continent and beyond that have had a huge cultural influence on Greater Manchester.

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“A Message HOME: Calling Blighty 70 years on” 6.30pm – 8pm, Wed 8 June Manchester Central Library FREE Calling Blighty is a series of short films made in 1944 – 46 of individual service men and women in the Far East, including those from Greater Manchester, sending personal messages home to their family and friends. Book at www.eventbrite.com/ e/a-message-home-callingblighty-tickets-24341356653

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7pm Fri 10, 2pm & 5pm Sat 11 June Elizabeth Gaskell’s House FREE but booking essential

7.30pm, Thurs 9 June The Dancehouse £7 (£5) + Booking Fee Dr Gary James, author & football historian, curates an evening of films about the history of Manchester City FC selected from footage preserved at the North West Film Archive, including the legendary Billy Meredith and Maine Road’s final match.

A brand new musical devised and performed by women from Ardwick and the surrounding area celebrating the life and works of Elizabeth Gaskell.

Book at http://bit.ly/1Uqrvkv or 0161 237 9753/1413

No Power on Earth

Aspects of Aging Bright Club Manchester – Histories 3

5pm – 6pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking essential

7.30pm, Wed 8 June The King’s Arms £5 on the door

Ada and Margaret are coming to terms with life as land army girls. When Margaret falls in love with a German prisoner of war, life becomes complicated. Many women in Greater Manchester were land girls, and this performance by Wythenshawe Good Neighbours explores their experiences.

Join Bright Club for a night of hilarious, historically themed stand-up comedy. Our experts and academics will lead you through the laughable side of their historical subjects, from the ancient to the modern, from the sacred to the profane.

Gaskell: The Musical!

The Boys in Blue: Manchester City FC on Film

Book at http://aspectsofaging. eventbrite.co.uk or 0161 838 9190

Book at 07752 711650 or info@enjoy-arts.org.uk

1599: A True Story of Elizabethan Court 7.30pm, Thurs 9 June Three Minute Theatre FREE but booking essential Premiere screening of a new docudrama narrated by Christopher Eccleston about Margaret and Alexander Radclyffe of Salford’s Ordsall Hall, who lived at the court of Elizabeth I in the late 16th century.

1pm – 3.30pm, Sun 12 June Friends Meeting House FREE No Power on Earth, a play written by Sue Reddish, tells the story of conscientious objector James Hindle Hudson, a socialist teacher from Salford, who became a Labour MP after the war. Followed by a Q&A session.

Book at http://bit.ly/1RnSz19

Will and Anne We Are Suffragists 11am – 4pm, Thurs 9 & Fri 10 June People’s History Museum FREE Discover the stories of suffragists in this 30 minute video installation researched and produced by young people from across Lancashire, including the stories of the Greater Manchester women involved.

7.30pm, Sun 12 June Three Minute Theatre £8 (£6) Poet and writer of plays and drama meets up with his estranged wife in the penthouse suite of the Mancia Hilton. As the afternoon wears on we discover the truth about their lives, their love, their children and the man who becomes famous after his death. Book at www.threeminutetheatre.co.uk or 0161 834 4517

Jennifer Reid at Quarry Bank Mill 10.30am – 5pm, Sun 12 June Quarry Bank Included in entry price to Quarry Bank Mill Broadside Ballads were popular folk songs of the 19th century. Singer Jennifer Reid will be performing a selection of ballads in the Mill by the machines which inspired them so long ago. Check entry prices to Quarry Bank at www.nationaltrust.org. uk/quarry-bank 15

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EXHIBITIONS Longsight Communities 2pm – 4pm, Sat 4 June Longsight Library FREE but booking is essential Learn about the past 30 years of Longsight’s history and diversity in this exhibition, series of brief talks and reminiscence activities with local community activists.

126 Withington Road

Narbi Price – Codeword

7am – 5pm, Fri 3 – Sun 12 June The Mediterranean Café FREE

11am – 5pm, Sat 4 & Sat 11 June PAPER FREE

An exhibition of photographs and memories, curated by local residents, exploring the past lives of 126 Withington Road, Whalley Range.

Newcastle-based artist Narbi Price’s exhibition of work on paper reflects on the legacy of the IRA Manchester bombing during its 20th anniversary year – what it was and what it could have been.

Going Underground – discovering medieval Manchester

Book at 0161 275 2920

9am – 5pm, Fri 3 – Sat 11 June, excluding Sundays Manchester Cathedral Visitor Centre FREE

Voices of Kosovo in Manchester 3 – 12 June Online FREE

Fri 3 – Sun 12 June FREE A pop-up exhibition showcasing the visual and narrative storytelling of North Manchester women from the Black Health Forum. Themes explored include social isolation, women’s spaces and cultural heritage. Full details at https:// dwarchivenorth.wordpress.com

Celebrating the Bradford Pit Project’s three year journey, this exhibition commemorates and remembers the men and women of Bradford colliery, once a thriving industry in Manchester for over 350 years.

12pm – 5pm, Sat & Sun 4, 5, 11 & 12 June Rogue Artists’ Studios & Project Space FREE Explore the evocative surroundings of the Grade II listed Crusader Mill in this exhibition of works by 11 contemporary artists. Recently bought for development, it explores a building in change and the industrial heritage of its surrounding area.

For full details see MHF website

Northern Women: tales from North Manchester Black Health Forum

Please check with the venue for times, Sat 4 – Sat 11 June (except Fri 10 June) Beswick Library FREE

Progress

Hidden below street level in the Cathedral Visitor Centre, the Hanging Bridge is one of the last surviving pieces of medieval Manchester in the city centre and this exhibition invites you to get up close and learn more about the bridge’s medieval history.

A digital exhibition covering the history of the Kosovar community in Manchester, covering the background to the exodus from the Balkans, evacuation from refugee camps and subsequent healing and recovery in Manchester.

Commemorating Bradford Pit

The Glass Industry of Ancoats Stories of Sacrifice Exhibition Fri 3 – Sun 12 June British Muslim Heritage Centre FREE From recruitment to burial, Stories of Sacrifice gives an insight into the selfless sacrifice of Muslims soldiers during World War One who fought for today’s freedoms and those of their relatives living in Greater Manchester today.

Conscience and War Fri 3 – Sun 12 June Friends’ Meeting House FREE An exhibition focusing on the experience of Manchester Quakers and Conscientious Objectors during World War One, including an exploration of the biographies of a number of unknown local men who resisted conscription.

Take Me Back to Manchester 10am – 5pm, Fri 3 – Sun 12 June Manchester Museum FREE An exhibition of Oliver East’s graphic novel recreating elephant Maharajah’s journey from Edinburgh to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Gorton, Manchester with his keeper Lorenzo Lawrence in 1872.

3pm – 6pm Tues 7, 11am – 3pm Wed 8 & 2pm – 7pm Thurs 9 Merci Mill FREE Gain a unique insight into the little known yet thriving glass industry that flourished in Ancoats in the mid-19th century up to the late 1960s in this fascinating exhibition.

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BEHIND THE SCENES Thomas Legh: Adventurer, Hero, Saviour

Travel to Lyme using the train line Thomas Legh campaigned to have built and find out more about one of the National Trust’s most interesting characters who rejuvenated Lyme Park.

A rare opportunity to visit one of Manchester’s last undeveloped mills and view artworks from Rogue Artists’ Studios at the launch of this new exhibition including archival film footage and photography, painting and performance inspired by the surrounding industrial landscape.

Victoria Baths Open Day 11am – 4pm, Sun 5 June Victoria Baths Admission £4 (£3) Under 16s FREE or with Guided Tour £7 (£6) Under 16s FREE Visit Victoria Baths, Manchester’s Water Palace, on this Open Day. Take a historic building tour, check out the historic displays, enjoy an Art & Craft Fair and listen to the choir in the Gala Pool.

Views of an Antique Land: Manchester, Imaging Egypt & Palestine in WW1 10am – 4pm, Sat 11 & Sun 12 June Manchester Museum FREE Manchester had a close connection with Egypt thanks to the lively trade in cotton and antiquities in the 19th century. Researchers from Cardiff University will host this “roadshow” to explore local links and collecting memories, including a short tour by the Curator of Egyptology.

Archives+ Showcase Day

See website for opening times

1pm – 3pm, Sat 4 June Rogue Artists’ Studios FREE

1.30pm – 6.30pm, Wed 8 June Manchester Craft & Design Centre FREE From Victorian fishmarket to craft and design powerhouse, see what remains of the building’s original features, learn about makers of the past and present and have you say on the future of MCDC. There is also a tour of the building at 1.30pm.

Fri 3 – Sun 12 June Lyme Park £11 adult, £5 child, Free under 5s & NT members

Progress Launch event

Fishy Tales & Crafty Futures

Community Showcase 1.30pm – 5.30pm, Tues 7 June Manchester Central Library FREE The Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust and the Heritage Lottery Fund North West invite community groups that have delivered heritage projects to share and showcase their project exhibitions and activities.

A Life in Sound: The Sounds & Stories of Paul Graney 6pm – 7pm, Tues 7 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Let Fiona Cosson and Dave Govier take you on an extraordinary journey into the sounds of the Paul Graney Collection (1908 – 1982), ‘a man with a tape recorder’, who recorded the sounds of Manchester and beyond including Rochdale mill girls, Ewan MacColl and Manchester’s homeless. Book at http://paulgraney. eventbrite.co.uk

The Portico Library Open Day 11am – 3pm, Sat 11 June The Portico Library FREE Open day & Tours £5 Drop in to indulge in homemade cakes and chat about the histories of the Library in this Open Day, including the Reading Room that is ordinarily reserved for members, researchers and readers. There are also tours at 11am and 2pm. Book at http://bit.ly/PorticoMHF

90 Years in Didsbury 1926 – 2016 9am – 6pm, Sun 12 June St James’ Church FREE

11am – 6pm, Wed 8 June Manchester Central Library FREE

In recognition of the Queen’s official 90th birthday on 12 June, Didsbury Civic Society shares photographs of landmark events at the church from 1926 and 2016, including memories of the past congregation, bell ringing and enjoy a stroll in the gardens.

Visit Archives+ and find out more about the wealth of incredible materials in their archives. Meet Tommy Atkins (slang for a common soldier in the British Army) and find out more about the life of a soldier during WW1.

Radicals Assemble! After Hours at the PHM 5pm – 8pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE Join the radicals at PHM for the launch of their new Radicals Assemble! after hours events. The galleries will be open all evening and there will be talks, performances and an audience with the inspirational activist Betty Tebbs.

Police Museum Open Day 10.30am – 3.30pm, Sat 11 June Greater Manchester Police Museum & Archives FREE The Police Museum is opening its doors on a Saturday for MHF. Discover the histories of policing in Greater Manchester over the years in one of the last remaining Victorian police stations.

Garden Party at Wythenshawe Hall 12pm – 4pm, Sun 12 June Wythenshawe Hall FREE Bring your picnic lunch, enjoy the gardens of Wythenshawe Hall and find out more about the history of the Tatton Family at Wythenshawe Hall. 19

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TALKS

Idle Chatter?

“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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Famous scientists, engineers and medics of Didsbury and south Manchester 7pm – 8.30pm, Thurs 9 June St James’ Church £3 on the door In keeping with the European City of Science 2016, the contributions of some of the great scientists from Didsbury and south Manchester will be discussed by Dr Diana Leitch, including Adamson, Bragg, Hartree and Rutherford.

Manchester’s Undergound Canal: its past and future 7pm – 9pm, Wed 8 June Friends Meeting House £5 A presentation about Manchester’s underground canal’s past and potential future, including comments on a feasibility report that has recently been conducted. Book at 01625 616467

Manchester Central Library and Civic Pride 2pm – 3pm, Thurs 9 June Manchester Central Library FREE but booking essential Manchester Central Library opened amid great pomp and ceremony by George V on 17 July 1934, costing almost £600,000. Charlotte Wildman, The University of Manchester, examines why the Manchester Corporation invested in such an important civic monument. Book at the MHF website or 0161 306 1982

Manchester Soldier, Manchester Historian 3pm – 5pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking essential Mark Hovell died in the trenches in 1916 aged 28, leaving behind a manuscript that transformed our understanding of key moments in Britain’s political histories. This talk explores the life, work and legacy of this forgotten Manchester scholar. Book at http://markhovell.eventbrite. co.uk or 0161 838 9190

Radical Hero: an audience with Betty Tebbs 6pm – 8pm, Thurs 9 June People’s History Museum FREE but booking essential

Views of an Antique Land: Manchester, imaging Egypt and Palestine in WWI

Manchester and the Peppered Moth 3pm – 4pm, Sat 11 June Manchester Museum FREE but booking essential

Narbi Price – Codeword 1pm – 2pm, Sat 11 June PAPER FREE A talk by Narbi Price whose exhibition reflecting on the legacy of the IRA Manchester bombing, during its 20th anniversary year, is being shown in PAPER gallery during the festival. Explore with Narbi what happened and what it could have been.

Genetics expert Laurence Cook and Head of Collections Henry McGhie will talk about the evolution of the Peppered Moth and its strong links to Manchester’s history and development. Part of the Museum’s Climate Control Season. Book at www.mcrmuseum.eventbrite. com or 0161 275 2648

Families, Money and Death: inheritance disputes amongst trading families in industrial revolution Manchester 3pm – 4pm, Sun 12 June Chetham’s Library FREE but booking essential The death of the head of a household could cause and exacerbate deep fault lines within families. Come and hear Professor Hannah Barker’s stories of skulduggery, fraud and sheer incompetence in the inheritance process. You may never look at your family the same way again. Book at the MHF website or 0161 306 1982

11am – 12pm, Sat 11 June Manchester Museum FREE but booking essential Manchester has a close connection to Egypt thanks to the lively trade in cotton and antiquities in the 19th century. Join Paul Nicholson for this talk exploring local links and collected memories. Book at www.mcrmuseum. eventbrite.com or 0161 275 2648

Appley Meteorite 1pm – 3pm, Sat 11 June Manchester Museum FREE but booking essential

Living legend Betty Tebbs is the embodiment of a radical hero who has worked tirelessly for women’s rights, workers’ rights and the campaign for peace. Join Betty and guest presenter to explore her extraordinary life.

Popular author Russell Parry provides a fascinating insight into the fall and discovery of the Appley Meteorite that landed near Wigan in 1914, as told through newspaper reports and archives of the time. There will also be a Q&A session.

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WALKS & TOURS

2pm – 3.15pm

Manchester’s LGBT Centre: we were born in the 80s FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/1UzKokK

Take a journey into Greater Manchester’s historical past with a fascinating collection of indoor and outdoor walks and tours. DAILY Self-guided

Sense our Streets Audio Tour FREE download from www.senseourstreets.com or pick up an MP3 player from Koffee Pot This free 45 minute audio tour takes you around the Northern Quarter of Manchester weaving together past and present stories from homeless people in the UK and Uganda. Starting Point: Koffee Pot Café, 84 – 84 Oldham Street M4 1LE

2.15pm

Waterhouse’s Difficult Spire Up Close £10 Booking at www.jonathanschofieldtours.com or 07876 235638 Get up close and inside Manchester Town Hall Clock Tower, exploring the difficulties that architect, Alfred Waterhouse, had in reaching the design seen today. Starting Point: Manchester Town Hall, Lloyd Street entrance M2 5DB Jonathan Schofield Tours

11am – 12.30pm

FRIDAY 3 JUNE

Discover Manchester

1.15pm – 2.00pm

£8 Booking at www.mgt.eventbrite.co.uk

Radical Manchester: People’s History Museum Gallery Tour

The tour to gain a taste of Manchester including its history, architecture, culture and major sites: the Town Hall, Cathedral and Royal Exchange. Starting Point: Manchester Central Library steps, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours

FREE but donations welcome Discover how Manchester’s radical past sent shock-waves through history on this tour of PHM’s main galleries.

Discover the story of how Manchester became the first place to build an entirely publicly funded, purpose designed centre for the LGBT community, just as the Thatcher government was enacting Section 28.

SATURDAY 4 JUNE 11am

Castlefield: from haulage to heritage £5 Booking essential at http://bit.ly/1pw1SRQ Step back in time on a tour of working life and leisure over the past 200 years around Castlefield and the Museum of Science & Industry, and experience the world’s oldest surviving passenger station building as a 1st-class passenger did in 1830. Starting Point: Museum of Science & Industry, Liverpool Road M3 4FP Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester 2pm – 3.45pm

Manchester Music: 40 Years Since the Gig that Changed Everything £8 pay on the day

Starting Point: Front steps, Manchester Town Hall M2 5DB Emily Crompton

2pm – 3.30pm

2.30pm

John Dalton

Angel Meadow Tour

3.30pm – 5pm

FREE but booking essential through the MHF website

£8 Booking at www.mgt.eventbrite.co.uk

Truly Madly Brutal

This walk around the city centre explores the life and work of John Dalton, and marks the 250th anniversary of his birth. He created modern atomic theory and inspired the scientific culture of 19th century Manchester.

A guided tour of Victorian Britain’s most savage slum, based on the new book by Dean Kirby. Explore how what is now a desirable neighbourhood was once full of filth, squalor, brutality and violence. Part of the Friends of Angel Meadow Community Day.

Starting Point: Confirmed on booking

Starting Point: Victoria Station nr Java Bar Espresso, Todd Street M3 1WY

Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester

Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours

£8 Booking at www.jonathanschofieldtours.com or 07876 235638 From the 1945 Master Plan to a concrete cul-de-sac, how was Manchester reimagined after WWII, the optimism and the reality? The tour includes site visits inside and outside buildings. Starting Point: Albert Memorial, Albert Square M2 5DB Jonathan Schofield Tours

4 June 1976: the Sex Pistols played to 40 people at Manchester’s Lesser Free Trade Hall. A tour that explains how this one gig changed Manchester music and visit some of the city’s important music locations. Starting Point: Midland Hotel entrance, Peter Street M60 2DS Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

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5pm

11.30am

2pm – 3.30pm

2pm – 4pm

Discovering Little Italy

Dr Alison Slater on Fashion on the Ration, North West Experiences

Alexandra Park: Queen of Parks

Stories of Women and Science

£8 Book on 07505 691105

Booking details at MHF website

Alexandra Park, located between Moss Side and Whalley Range, was once the Queen of Manchester’s many fine parks and served the elite of those fashionable 19th century suburbs. Find out about its histories and recent reinvigoration.

Learn about the contributions that women have made to science in Manchester and around the world, and hear the stories of well-known (and less well-known) science heroes.

FREE THIS TOUR IS IN ITALIAN Explore the histories of Italian immigration in Manchester as you travel back in time with Elena Cavallero from the University of Manchester. Explore Little Italy, find out about the shops and craftsmen’s workshops, and the struggles faced. Starting Point: Piccadilly Gardens crossing with Oldham Street M1 1AF Elena Cavallero, University of Manchester

SUNDAY 5 JUNE 10.30am – 1pm

Manchester Peace Trail FREE Discover the sites connected to the growth of Manchester as the world’s 1st industrial city and its importance as a centre for peace and radical political activity, including Peterloo, the suffragettes and Alan Turing. Starting Point: Under the tiled map at Victoria Station M3 1WY Steve Roman

FREE to IWMN Fashion on the Ration ticket holders Contributor to the Fashion on the Ration: 1940s Street Style exhibition, Dr Alison Slater offers a new perspective on wartime dress touring selected pieces of the exhibition to challenge existing ideas about rationing and ‘Make Do and Mend.’ Imperial War Museum North Dr Alison Slater, Manchester School of Art 12pm – 2pm

Manchester: City of Innovation £8 Book at www.showmemanchester. eventbrite.co.uk Explore Manchester’s radical and pioneering spirit through its firsts in the fields of science, industry, engineering, politics, art, sport and more. Starting Point: Manchester Visitor Information Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours

Starting Point: Chorlton Lodge, Alexandra Park M16 7JL Anne Beswick, Manchester Guided Tours

Starting Point: Confirmed on Booking Manchester Girl Geeks & Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester

2pm – 3.45pm

TUESDAY 7 JUNE

11am & hourly until 2pm

Ardwick Green Histories Tour

Heritage Bus Rides

FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/22txr0v Expect tales of industrial might, philanthropy, invention, Hollywood glamour, fizzy pop, military heroes, elegant architecture and more in this tour exploring the fascinating area of Ardwick Green, the world’s 1st suburb.

FREE

2pm – 3.45pm

Manchester Architecture

Engels & Marx: the FrockCoated Communists £8 pay on the day

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

Gothic spires, classical temples, baroque banks and modernist towers: Manchester architecture covers all tastes and styles. Find out how the city was built on this tour and discover the original inspirations for many of its buildings.

2pm – 4pm

Starting Point: Outside Central Library, St Peter’s Square M2 5PD

Starting Point: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square M2 7LF

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

A walk about the histories of walking in Manchester FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/1Mko7Vp Follow in the footsteps that made Manchester. Explore how walking has shaped the city and look at wandering as a social, cultural, political and artistic act. Starting Point: Confirmed on booking

Starting Point: Museum of Transport, Boyle Street M8 8UW

Morag Rose, Greater Manchester Centre of Voluntary Organisation

£8 pay on the day

Starting Point: Outside St Ann’s Church, St Ann’s Square M2 7LF

Take a 30 minute trip on a heritage bus from the Museum of Transport around north Manchester and experience transport from another age.

1.30pm – 2pm

MONDAY 6 JUNE

£8 pay on the day

FREE

Starting Point: St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green M12 6FZ

The Peterloo Massacre 16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered at St Peter’s Field, Manchester (now covered by Peter St) to demand political reform and an end to the unjust Corn Laws. Find out what happened on the day.

WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE

1.30pm – 4pm

Two 19th century Germans, one a deep thinker and the other a rambunctious talker and drinker, changed the political world with their revolutionary views. Their time in Manchester also helped shape their outlook on the world.

Craft Unravelled Discover the histories of Manchester Craft & Design Centre from Victorian fishmarket to crafty powerhouse. Stay on and join in an open discussion about the future of the Centre until 6.30pm. Starting Point: Manchester Craft & Design Centre 2pm – 3.45pm

Castlefield: Birthplace of Manchester, Birthplace of Industry £8 pay on the day Centuries after the Romans built their 4 forts in Castlefield, industry arrived with the opening of the Bridgewater Canal, Britain’s first. The World’s first passenger railway was also built here. Starting Point: Outside the Museum of Science & Industry, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

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7pm – 8pm

2pm – 4pm

Domestic Duties on Lark Hill Place

Something’s in the Water! How canals, rivers and rain shaped Manchester

£2 Booking essential at http:// bit.ly/1Rdehot or 0161 778 0800 Explore the lives of the Victorian domestic servants who lived in Lark Hill Place, Salford Museum’s recreated street. Learn about the types of jobs you could have done up at ‘The Big House’ as well as the domestic tasks in your cottage. Starting Point: Salford Museum & Art Gallery, The Crescent M5 4WU

THURSDAY 9 JUNE 2pm – 3.45pm

10 Manchester Inventions that Shook the World £8 pay on the day

Learn about Manchester’s past, present and future on this running tour of the city centre. Be active, meet different people and find out some new facts. Runs are about 4 – 5 miles.

Starting Point: Confirmed on booking Morag Rose, Loiterers Resistance Movement

FRIDAY 10 JUNE

Godlee Observatory Tour

This half-day guided walk around the city looks at the archaeology of Manchester’s origins. Starting and ending in Castlefield, there will be visits to a Roman fort, a medieval church, the Georgian Northern Quarter, the Rochdale Canal and more.

£5 Call 0161 306 4977 for postal payment details

Starting Point: Roman Gateway, Liverpool Road M3 4JN

Starting Point: Godlee Observatory, Sackville Building, Granby Row M1 3BU

Manchestour: a running tour of Manchester

From lost rivers, fantastic bridges and devastating floods to industry, tourism and wildlife we will be sharing stories of Manchester’s waterways, and discussing the city’s complicated relationship with water. Oh and don’t go too near the edge...

Starting Point: Outside the Museum of Science & Industry, Lower Byrom Street M3 4FP

Step back in time in one of Manchester’s marvellous hidden gems at Godlee Observatory. Tour the telescope and find out about the histories of Manchester Astronomical Society.

8am

FREE but booking essential at http://manchestour.co.uk

10am – 2pm

2pm – 4.30pm

SATURDAY 11 JUNE

FREE but booking essential at http://bit.ly/1px8247

Manchester invented the modern world, for this was the first city of the Industrial Revolution, and its inhabitants have given the world some of its greatest creations: the first computer, atomic theory, the first canal.

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

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Walking Through Manchester’s Origins FREE but booking essential by email m.d.nevell@salford.ac.uk or 0161 295 6286

Michael Nevell, University of Salford

11am – 12.30pm

Victorian Slums & Squalor: Angel Meadow £8 + £1 booking fee Booking essential at www.angel-meadow-walk. eventbrite.com Angel Meadow and the Irk Valley were infamous in Victorian times – cholera, crime, vice, vermin and death were an everyday occurrence. Visit many histories on this walk including locations that L.S. Lowry painted and narrow streets once known as Irish Town. Starting Point: Under the tiled map at Victoria Station M3 1WY

Starting point: The Albert Monument, Albert Square M2 5DB 11am or 2pm

The Portico Library Tour £5 Booking essential at http://bit.ly/PorticoMHF Enjoy a tour of the remarkable Portico Library, which opened as a library in 1806, where members have included John Dalton, Guy Garvey, Elizabeth Gaskell and Val McDermid.

FREE

up to the Museum of Transport and back into Manchester. Last bus back to the Town Hall at 4.30pm.

Enjoy the MHF Celebration Day with a 30 minute heritage bus ride

Starting Point: Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square M2 5DB

11am & hourly until 4pm

Heritage Bus Rides

1pm – 4pm

Elizabeth Sibbering, Manchester Guided Tours

Gentry Families of Manchester: The North

2pm – 3.45pm

£15 Booking at www.mgt.eventbrite.co.uk

Jewish Manchester £8 pay on the day Discover this fascinating journey of Manchester’s Jewish population, the largest in Britain outside of London. It all began with the arrival of penniless German hawkers in 18th century Manchester to be part of the Industrial Revolution. Starting Point: Outside The Midland Hotel, Peter Street M60 2DS Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

This bus tour takes you to see the remains of some of northern Greater Manchester’s heritage and covers the stories of the families that lived there, including Heaton Hall, Hopwood and Tonge Hall in Middleton, and Foxdention Hall in Chadderton. Starting Point: In front of Slug & Lettue, Albert Square M2 5HD Emma Fox, Manchester Guided Tours & Jonathan Spangler, Manchester Metropolitan University 29

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11am – 2pm

WoManchester Cycle Tour £15 (£8) Booking at http://bit.ly/ 1ZoK1Jo or 07828 466999 A guided cycle tour visiting the sites associated with 6 of the women recently shortlisted for a new statue in Manchester: Margaret Ashton, Louise DaCocodia, Elizabeth Gaskell, Emmeline Pankhurst, Elizabeth Raffald and Ellen Wilkinson. 2pm – 3.45pm

Suffragette City/ The Pankhursts £8 pay on the day When Britain was at its strongest as an imperial power in the early years of the 20th century, half of the population, the women, still had no say in how the country was run. A Manchester family, the Pankhursts, led its change. Starting Point: Outside The Midland Hotel, Peter Street M60 2DS

SUNDAY 12 JUNE 9am

Manchestour: a running tour of Manchester

Ursula Harries, Manchester Bike Tours

FREE but booking essential at http://manchestour.co.uk

2pm – 3.45pm

Learn about Manchester’s past, present and future on this running tour of the city centre. Be active, meet different people and find out some new facts. Runs are about 4 – 5 miles.

Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

Starting point: The Albert Monument, Albert Square M2 5DB

5pm

12pm – 1.30pm

Discovering Little Italy

Edgar Wood: Middleton Architect Guided Walk

FREE Explore the histories of Italian immigration in Manchester as you travel back in time with Elena Cavallero from the University of Manchester. Explore Little Italy, find out about the shops and craftsmen’s workshops, and the struggles faced. Starting Point: Piccadilly Gardens crossing with Oldham Street M1 1AF Elena Cavallero, University of Manchester

£8 + £1 booking fee Booking at www.edgar-woodwalk.eventbrite.com Learn more about Internationally renowned architect Edgar Wood who designed over 20 buildings that survive today in Middleton including the spectacular Arts & Crafts Church and grand homes along Rochdale Road. Starting Point: Outside Middleton Post Office, 53 Manchester New Road M24 1SQ Elizabeth Sibbering, Manchester Guided Tours

Starting Point: Outside Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square M60 2LA

The History of Manchester in 20 Objects £8 pay on the day Statues, signs, symbols and sites, bits, bobs and all sorts of assorted objects that tell the stories of Manchester from a different angle are included on this guided tour. Starting Point: Outside the Visitor Centre, 1 Piccadilly Gardens M1 1RG Ed Glinert, New Manchester Walks

VENUES Band on the Wall 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ • 0161 831 1111 • www.bandonthewall.org Beswick Library 60 Grey Mare Lane, Manchester M11 3DS • 0161 245 7241 • www.manchester.gov.uk British Muslim Heritage Centre College Rd, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8BP • 0161 881 8062 • www.bmhc.org.uk/ Brooks Building Manchester Metropolitan University, 53 Bonsall Street, Manchester M15 6GX Chetham’s Library Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB • 0161 834 7961 • www.chethams.org.uk Coffee Nubia 155B Princess Road, Moss Side, Manchester M14 4RE • 0161 258 4828 The Dancehouse 10 Oxford Road, Manchester M1 5QA • 0161 237 9753 • www.thedancehouse.co.uk Duke’s Drive Country Park off Parin Lane, Monton, Salford M30 8AP • 0161 794 4711 Elizabeth Gaskell’s House 84 Plymouth Grove, Manchester M13 9LW • 0161 273 2215 • www.elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk Flixton Girls’ School Flixton Road, Urmston, Manchester M41 5DR • 0161 912 2949 • www.flixtongirls.com Forum Library Forum Square, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 5RX • 0161 227 3770 • www.wythenshaweforum.co.uk Friends’ Meeting House 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS • 0161 834 5797 • www.meetinghousemanchester.co.uk The Fusilier Museum Moss Street, Bury BL9 0DF • 0161 763 8960 • www.fusiliermuseum.com Gallery Oldham Oldham Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham OL1 1AL • 0161 770 4653 • www.galleryoldham.org.uk Godlee Observatory Sackville Street Building, Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BU • 0161 306 4977 • www.manastro.org/index.html Gorton Monastery Gorton Lane, Manchester M12 5WF • 0161 223 3211 • www.themonastery.co.uk Greater Manchester Police Museum 57a Newton Street, Manchester M1 1ET • 0161 856 4500 • www.gmpmuseum.co.uk Imperial War Museum North 1 Quay West, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester M17 1TZ • 0161 836 4000 • www.iwm.org. uk/visits/iwm-north

Irish World Heritage Centre 1 Irish Town Way, Cheetham, Manchester M8 0RY • 0161 205 4007 • www.iwhc.com The John Rylands Library 150 Deansgate, Manchester M3 3EH • 0161 306 0555 • www.library.manchester.ac.uk The King’s Arms 11 Bloom Street, Salford M3 6AN • 0161 832 3605 • www.kingsarmssalford.com Longsight Library 519 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M12 4NR • 0161 227 3706 Lyme Park National Trust Disley, Stockport Sk12 2NR • 01663 762023 • www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lyme Manchester Art Gallery Moseley Street, Manchester M2 3JL • 0161 235 8877 • www manchestergalleries.org Manchester Cathedral Visitor Centre 10 Cateaton Street, Manchester M3 1SQ • 0161 817 4817 • www.manchestercathedral.org Manchester Central Library St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2 5PD • 0161 234 1983 • www.manchester.gov.uk/centrallibrary Manchester Craft & Design Centre 17 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 5JD • 0161 832 4274 • www.craftanddesign.com Manchester Jewish Museum 190 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester M8 8LW • 0161 834 9879 • www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com Manchester Museum Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL • 0161 275 2634 • www.manchester.ac.uk/museum Manchester Technology Centre Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7ED • 0161 209 5200 Manchester Town Hall Albert Square, Manchester M60 2LA • 0161 234 5000 • www.manchester.gov.uk/townhall Manchester United Museum Sir Alex Ferguson Stand, Sir Matt Busby Way, Old Trafford, Manchester M16 0RA • 0161 836 1326 • www.manutd.com/en/ Visit-Old-Trafford/Museum-And-StadiumTour/Museum.aspx The Marble Arch 73 Rochdale Rd, Manchester M4 4HY • 0161 832 5914 • www.marblebeers.com/marble-arch/ The Mediterranean Café 126 Withington Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8FB • 0161 226 3000 Merci Mill Bridge 5, Ground Floor, 22A Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR • 0161 273 1736 • www.merci.org.uk Museum of Science & Industry Liverpool Road, Manchester M3 4FP • 0161 832 2244 • www.msimanchester.org.uk Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester Boyle Street, Cheetham, Manchester M8 8UW • 0161 205 2122 • www.gmts.co.uk

Old Granada Studios Quay House, Quay Street, Manchester M3 3JE • www.oldgranadastudios.com PAPER Unit 12, Mirabel Studios, 14 – 20 Mirabel Street, Manchester M3 1PJ • 07799 813062 • www.paper-gallery.co.uk Peel Hall Peel Building, University of Salford, The Crescent, Salford M5 4WT • 0161 295 5000 • www.salford.ac.uk People’s History Museum Left Bank, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3ER • 0161 838 9190 • www.phm.org.uk The Pilcrow Workshop Sadler’s Yard, NOMA, Manchester M4 4BB • www.thepilcrowpub.com The Portico Library & Gallery 57 Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3HY • 0161 236 6785 • www.theportico.org.uk Quarry Bank Styal, Wilmslow SK9 4LA • 01625 445890 • www.nationaltrust.org. uk/quarry-bank Rogue Artists’ Studios & Project Space 66-72 Chapeltown Street, Piccadilly, Manchester M1 2WH • 0161 273 7492 • www.rogueartistsstudios.co.uk Royal Northern College of Music Rosamond Street West, Manchester M13 9RD • 0161 907 5200 • www.rncm.ac.uk St James’ Church Stenner Lane, Didsbury, Manchester M20 2RQ • 0161 446 4150 • www.stjamesandemmanuel.org Salford Museum & Art Gallery Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford M5 4WU • 0161 778 0800 • www.salfordcommunityleisure.co.uk/ culture Stitched Up HQ 527B Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 0UF • 0161 881 7141 • www.stitchedupuk.co.uk Stockport Art Gallery & War Memorial Wellington Road South, Stockport SK3 8AB • 0161 474 4453 • www.stockport.gov.uk/artgallery Three Minute Theatre Afflecks Arcade, 35 – 39 Oldham Street, Manchester M1 1 JG • 0161 834 4517 • www.threeminutetheatre.co.uk/ Victoria Baths Hathersage Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester M13 0FE • 0161 224 2020 • www.victoriabaths.org.uk The Whitworth University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6ER • 0161 275 7450 • www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk Wood Street Mission 26 Wood Street, Manchester M3 3EF • 0161 834 3140 • www.woodstreetmission.org.uk Working Class Movement Library 51 Crescent, Salford M5 4WX • 0161 736 3601 • www.wcml.org.uk Wythenshawe Hall Wythenshawe Park Manchester M32 0AB • 0161 998 2331 • www.wythenshawehall.com

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A DAY BY DAY GUIDE TO WHAT’S ON DURING MHF 2016 DAILY 126 Withington Road Conscience and War Discover Manchester Get Creative Northern Women Sense Our Streets Audio Tour SnapShot Stories of Sacrifice Take Me Back to Manchester Thomas Legh: Adventurer, Hero, Saviour Voices of Kosovo Waterhouse’s Difficult Spire Up Close FRIDAY 3 JUNE Around the World with the Fusiliers Belle Vue: Showground of the World Canary Girls Family Art & Heritage Trail Gentry Families of Manchester: The North Going Underground Hidden History Mapping Manchester M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER Making Manchester Manchester’s Underground Canal: its past and its future Queer Noise Radical Manchester A Queer Revue! Talkin’ ‘bout that Representation Time Travelling at Manchester Cathedral

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SATURDAY 4 JUNE Angel Meadow Community Histories Day 4 Angel Meadow Tour 25 The Battle for the Ballot 12 Castlefield: from haulage to heritage 24 Creating and Using Archives Workshop 5 Commemorating Bradford Pit 17 Dare to Be Free: women in trade unions 20 John Dalton 25 Dear Friend: Collectors & Commissioners, Women in the Arts 5 Discovering Little Italy (TOUR IN ITALIAN) 26 Gentry Families of Manchester 29 Going Underground 17 Longsight Communities 16 M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER 2 Manchester District Music Archives present: Activist/Archivist 5 MLFHS Saturday Help Desk with Rootschat.com 5 Manchester Music 24 Manchester’s LGBT Centre 25 Mr Scruff Keep It Unreal 16th Birthday Party 12 Narbi Price – Codeword 17 Oral History Workshop 4 Progress 17 Progress Launch event 18 Quarry Bank present LipService Theatre Company 12 32

Quizzing Snakes and Ladders Reviving the Lost Art of Make Do and Mend Robust Research Scribble Your Street Super Saturday Truly Madly Brutal

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SUNDAY 5 JUNE Amani Live 13 A Walk about the History of Walking in Manchester 26 Alexandra Park: Queen of Parks 26 Belle Vue Roadshow 11 Big Artist Sunday 11 Commemorating Bradford Pit 17 Cottonopolis 13 Destination Ireland 2 Dr Alison Slater on Fashion on the Ration 26 Fishing the Dustbowl 13 Manchester Peace Trail 26 Manchester: City of Innovation 26 Meet the Researcher: Dr Alison Slater on wartime dress in Lancashire 20 Music in Manchester During World War 1 12 The Peterloo Massacre 26 Photographing Cheetham Hill – Then & Now 6 Progress 17 Stories of Women and Science 27 Victoria Baths Open Day 18 MONDAY 6 JUNE 1926 and up 6 Angel Meadow’s Quiz Night 6 Commemorating Bradford Pit 17 Finding Henshaws’ History 6 Going Underground 17 Gtr Mcr Histories & Heritage Social Network 6 Hidden History 4 Mapping Manchester 4 Local History Library Introduction 6 Making Manchester 2 Manchester Architecture 27 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk 6 TUESDAY 7 JUNE A Life in Sound Ardwick Green Histories Tour Commemorating Bradford Pit Community Showcase Engels & Marx: the Frock Coated Communists The Glass Industry of Ancoats Going Underground Hidden History Mapping Manchester Idle Chatter? Making Manchester Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk NOMA Craft Workshops Together Trust

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“Ugly, smokey Manchester, dear, busy, earnest, noble-working Manchester” 20 WEDNESDAY 8 JUNE A Message HOME Calling Blighty 14 An Audience with FA Cup Heroes at Manchester United Museum 2 The Archaeology of Manchester’s Origins 21 Archives+ Showcase Day 19 Bright Club Manchester – Histories 3 14 Commemorating Bradford Pit 17 Castlefield: Birthplace of Manchester 27 Craft Unravelled 27 Domestic Duties on Lark Hill Place 28 Elizabethan Theatre Facts and Fantasy 21 Exploration Handling Session 7 Fishy Tales & Crafty Futures 19 The Glass Industry of Ancoats 17 Going Underground 17 Great Women of Manchester 7 Heritage Bus Rides 27 Hidden History 4 Mapping Manchester 4 Idle Chatter? 21 Making Manchester 2 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk 6 Mcr & Lancs Family History Specialist Help Desk 7 Manchester Ballads Performance & Handling Session 13 Manchester’s Underground Canal: its past and its future 22 Stick Your Oar In 7 THURSDAY 9 JUNE 10 Manchester Inventions That Shook the World 28 1599: a True Story of the Elizabethan Court 14 Aspects of Aging 14 The Boys in Blue: Manchester City FC on Film 14 Commemorating Bradford Pit 17 Dear Friend: Backwards & in Heels, Women & Politics 8 Famous Scientists, Engineers and Medics of Didsbury and South Manchester 22 The Glass Industry of Ancoats 17 Godlee Observatory Tour 28 Going Underground 17 Hidden History 4 Idle Chatter? 21 Manchester Central Library & Civic Pride 22 Mapping Manchester 4 Making Manchester 2 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk 6 Manchester Soldier Manchester Historian 22 NOMA Craft Family Workshops 11 OUT! LGBT Histories Digital Launch Event 8 Radical Hero: an audience with Betty Tebbs 22 Radicals Assemble! After Hours at the PHM 19 Something’s in the Water 28 We are the Suffragists 14 What the Dickens? 8

FRIDAY 10 JUNE Gaskell: The Musical! Going Underground Great Women of Manchester Hidden History Mapping Manchester Jewish Manchester Making Manchester Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk Mcr & Lancs Family History Society WWI Workshop Memories of Solidarity Victorian Slums & Squalor: Angel Meadow Walking Through Manchester’s Origins We are the Suffragists SATURDAY 11 JUNE Appley Meteorite Celebration Day Commemorating Bradford Pit Discovering Little Italy Gaskell: The Musical! Gentry Families of Manchester: The North Going Underground Heritage Bus Rides The Little People’s History Museum – Beeing Special Manchester and the Peppered Moth Manchestour MLFHS Saturday Help Desk with UK BMD Narbi Price – Codeword OUT! An introduction to researching archives Police Museum Open Day The Portico Library Open Day The Portico Library Tour Progress Suffragette City/The Pankhursts Views of an Antique Land WWI Networking Event SUNDAY 12 JUNE 90 Years in Didsbury 1926 – 2016 Commemorating Bradford Pit Edgar Wood Families, Money and Death Garden Party at Wythenshawe Hall The History of Manchester in 20 Objects Jennifer Reid at Quarry Bank Manchester Central Library Sunday Fun Day Manchestour No Power on Earth Progress Views of an Antique Land Will and Anne WoManchester Cycle Tour

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VISITING GREATER MANCHESTER For more information about travelling to the festival visit www.visitmanchester.com GETTING TO MANCHESTER

Buses and the Free city centre Metroshuttle

The easiest way to travel to and around Greater Manchester is by public transport with excellent train, national bus and tram links from across the UK.

Buses are an excellent way to see the city and the wider region of Greater Manchester. The Metroshuttle is a network of free buses that link Manchester city centre’s main train stations, car parks and shopping areas across the city centre. There are three circular routes running approximately every 10 minutes www.tfgm.com/buses

www.nationalrail.co.uk has full details about train times and fares to Greater Manchester and the train stations around the area. Details of National Express coach services can be found at www.nationalexpress.com Manchester Airport has regular train and tram links to Piccadilly Station that take about 20 minutes and run approximately every 15 minutes at peak times. www.manchesterairport.co.uk There are a lot of car parks across the city if you are travelling by car.

The Metrolink connects all the major railway stations and has routes running from Altrincham, Ashton, Bury, East Didsbury, Rochdale, Manchester Airport, Media City and Eccles into the city centre www.metrolink.co.uk

MHF 2016 is run by Manchester Histories (MH), an independent charity aiming to transform lives through engagement in histories and heritage. Events are delivered by MH and also a broad range of organisations from community groups and museums to archives and Blue Badge Guides. TICKETS & BOOKING We encourage organisers to keep as many events as possible free, or at a reasonable price during the festival. Due to the nature of the festival, there are many different ways to book tickets and we advise you to book in advance where possible. If you have any problems, please visit the MHF website www.manchesterhistories.co.uk or call the team on 0161 306 1982.

Cycling There are cycle lanes available across Greater Manchester and further information can be found at http://cycling.tfgm.com

ACCESS This brochure is available as a downloadable PDF in full colour and plain text formats from the MHF website and also from ISSUU. Access varies at the different venues. Please contact the venue directly for further information.

PATRONS

Claire Turner, Chief Executive

Maxine Peake

Zoe Willock, Volunteer Co-ordinator (volunteer)

Michael Wood

GETTING ABOUT

CREATIVE CONSULTANT

On foot

Dave Haslam

It’s easy to walk around Manchester city centre and the other nine boroughs. In Manchester City Centre, pick up a map from the Visitor Information Centre, Piccadilly Gardens, M1 1RG and you can get to most places in under 30 minutes.

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INFORMATION

MANCHESTER HISTORIES TEAM Ella Byford, Central Library Production Manager (freelance) Danny Callaghan, Community Engagement Manager Jennifer Dean, Marketing & PR (freelance)

Stuart Newton & Pete Costello, Glitterfish, Website Catriona Bogle, Jessica Davies & Lorna Hedley, Manchester Histories SnapShot Digital Game (Volunteer MA Placement University of Manchester)

FESTIVAL BOARD Dr Kostas Arvanitis, Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester

Claire Devaney, Strategic Consultant and RSA Fellow Rob Higginson, Commercial Lead, Laing O’Rourke Erinma Ochu MBE, Creative director and co-founder of social enterprise, Squirrel Nation Melanie Tebbuttt, Professor of History & Director Manchester Centre of Regional History, Manchester Metropolitan University John Williams, Heritage Consultant

Hannah Barker, Professor of British History, The University of Manchester (Chair)

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PARTNERS & CONTRIBUTORS

SUPPORTERS

1599 Productions Association Liz Ackerley Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education Trust Amani Live Ancoats Dispensary Trust Archives+ The Bailey Sisters Band on the Wall Big People Music The Bradford Pit Project Bright Club Manchester Brighter Sound British Muslim Heritage Centre Cafe Historique Cardiff University Chetham’s Library Coffee Nubia Community Arts North West Elena Cavallero, The University of Manchester Elizabeth Gaskell’s House enJOY Arts Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford Centre for the History of Science, Technology & Medicine, The University of Manchester Emily Crompton Dalton Institute, The University of Manchester Dear Friend Mcr Brian Devlin Didsbury Civic Society Digital Women’s Archive Network Oliver East Est.1761 Feminist Webs Find My Past Friends of Angel Meadow Friends of Manchester’s Underground Canal The Fusilier Museum Gallery Oldham Godlee Observatory Gorton Monastery Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

We would like to thank all our partners, sponsors and funders

Greater Manchester Coalition of Voluntary Organisation Greater Manchester Police Museum Greater Manchester Poverty Action Grub Manchester Joe Hartley Henshaws Heritage Lottery Fund North West Imperial War Museum North Irish World Heritage Centre The John Rylands Library Koffee Pot Café Sylvia Kölling LipService Theatre Company The Loiterers Resistance Movement Lyme Park National Trust Mr Scruff Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society Manchester & Warrington Area Quaker Meeting Manchester Aid to Kosovo Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Astronomical Society Manchester Bike Tours Manchester Cathedral Manchester Central Library Manchester City Council Manchester Craft & Design Centre Manchester District Music Archive Manchester Girl Geeks Manchester Guided Tours Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Modernist Society Manchester Museum Manchester Peace Trail Manchester Pride Manchester School of Architecture Manchester School of Art Manchester Shakespeare Company Manchester United Museum and Tour

Mary Quaile Club Mikron Theatre Company Museum of Science & Industry Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester New Manchester Walks NOMA, The Co-operative North Manchester Black Health Forum North West Film Archive PAPER Russell Parry Maxine Peake People’s History Museum The Pilcrow Pub The Portico Library Narbi Price Quarry Bank National Trust Quiet Loner Jennifer Reid Retracing Salford Frank Rhodes Rogue Artists’ Studios & Project Space Rootschat.com Royal Northern College of Music S.A.L.V.E. International Salford City Council Salford Museum & Art Gallery Jonathan Schofield Brian Selby Seven Arches Publishing Social Lites Women’s Institute Stitched Up Co-operative Betty Tebbs Together Trust UK BMD The University of Manchester The University of Salford Victoria Baths The Whitworth Michael Wood Wood Street Mission Working Class Movement Library Wythenshawe Hall Wythenshawe History Group

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT The sisters and family of Professor John Pickstone

LEAD PARTNERS

FESTIVAL PARTNERS

SUPPLIER PARTNERS

MEDIA PARTNER

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