BEHIND THE SCENES

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 17 16 24 10 16

Sense Our Streets Audio Tour SnapShot Stories of Sacrifice

24 4 16 Take Me Back to Manchester 17 Thomas Legh: Adventurer, Hero, Saviour 18 Voices of Kosovo 16 Waterhouse’s Difficult Spire Up Close 24

FRIDAY 3 JUNE

Around the World with the Fusiliers 10 Belle Vue: Showground of the World 20 Canary Girls 12 Family Art & Heritage Trail 10 Gentry Families of Manchester: The North 29 Going Underground 17 Hidden History 4 Mapping Manchester 4 M-HISTORIES WEEKENDER 2 Making Manchester 2 Manchester’s Underground Canal: its past and its future 22 Queer Noise 2 Radical Manchester 24 A Queer Revue! 12 Talkin’ ‘bout that Representation 4 Time Travelling at Manchester Cathedral 10

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 Quizzing Snakes and Ladders 10 Reviving the Lost Art of Make Do and Mend 5 Robust Research 5 Scribble Your Street 4 Super Saturday Truly Madly Brutal 10 25

SUNDAY 5 JUNE

Amani Live A Walk about the History of Walking in Manchester 13

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Alexandra Park: Queen of Parks Belle Vue Roadshow 26 11

Big Artist Sunday Commemorating Bradford Pit 11 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 Angel Meadow’s Quiz Night 6 6

Commemorating Bradford Pit 17

Finding Henshaws’ History

6 Going Underground 17 Gtr Mcr Histories & Heritage Social Network 6 Hidden History 4 Mapping Manchester Local History Library Introduction 4 6

Making Manchester

2 Manchester Architecture 27 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk 6

TUESDAY 7 JUNE

A Life in Sound 18

Ardwick Green Histories Tour 27

Commemorating Bradford Pit

17 Community Showcase 18 Engels & Marx: the Frock Coated Communists 27 The Glass Industry of Ancoats 17 Going Underground 17 Hidden History 4 Mapping Manchester Idle Chatter? 4 21 Making Manchester 2 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk 6 NOMA Craft Workshops 7 Together Trust 13 “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

15 17 7 4 4 28 Making Manchester 2 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society Help Desk 6 Mcr & Lancs Family History Society WWI Workshop 9 Memories of Solidarity 8 Victorian Slums & Squalor: Angel Meadow 28 Walking Through Manchester’s Origins 28 We are the Suffragists 14

SATURDAY 11 JUNE

Appley Meteorite Celebration Day Commemorating Bradford Pit Discovering Little Italy

30 Gaskell: The Musical! 15 Gentry Families of Manchester: The North 29 Going Underground 17 Heritage Bus Rides 29 The Little People’s History Museum – Beeing Special 11 Manchester and the Peppered Moth 23 Manchestour 29 MLFHS Saturday Help Desk with UK BMD 5 Narbi Price – Codeword 23 OUT! An introduction to researching archives 9 Police Museum Open Day 19 The Portico Library Open Day 19 The Portico Library Tour 29 Progress 17 Suffragette City/The Pankhursts 30 Views of an Antique Land 22 WWI Networking Event 9

SUNDAY 12 JUNE

90 Years in Didsbury 1926 – 2016 Commemorating Bradford Pit Edgar Wood 30

Families, Money and Death

23 Garden Party at Wythenshawe Hall 19 The History of Manchester in 20 Objects 30 Jennifer Reid at Quarry Bank 15 Manchester Central Library Sunday Fun Day 11 Manchestour 30 No Power on Earth 15 Progress 17 Views of an Antique Land 22 Will and Anne 15 WoManchester Cycle Tour 30

VISITING GREATER MANCHESTER

For more information about travelling to the festival visit www.visitmanchester.com

GETTING TO MANCHESTER

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. 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.

GETTING ABOUT

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.

Buses and the Free city centre Metroshuttle

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 Metrolink

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

Cycling

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

INFORMATION

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.

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

Maxine Peake Michael Wood

CREATIVE CONSULTANT

Dave Haslam

MANCHESTER HISTORIES TEAM

Ella Byford, Central Library Production Manager (freelance) Danny Callaghan, Community Engagement Manager Jennifer Dean, Marketing & PR (freelance) Claire Turner, Chief Executive Zoe Willock, Volunteer Co-ordinator (volunteer) 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 Hannah Barker, Professor of British History, The University of Manchester (Chair) 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