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Greater Manchester’s oldest archive saved for posterity by Manchester City...
The Assheton of Middleton estate archive collection, purchased by the city council, will now have a permanent home in the Greater Manchester County Record Office at Manchester Central Library...
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Timetravelling VIP guests pay a visit to Manchester’s Town Hall Archive
A group of retired staff members from Manchester’s Town Hall recently went back in time to revisit their old stamping ground as they gathered earlier this summer at Manchester Central Library. The...
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Manchester Books no.3 July 2024
This time we highlight two new titles about Manchester’s music/club scene. Sacha Lord’s Tales from the Dancefloor tells of his 3 decades of involvement with the Manchester music scene from the...
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Listening to Piccadilly Radio – what’s on the tapes?
We’re delighted to share the news that the Piccadilly Radio archives will be digitised and made available in 2025 thanks to a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and support from the...
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George House Trust receives £151k grant to celebrate 40 years of HIV activism...
George House Trust receives a £151,760 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for its “The History And Legacy of HIV in Greater Manchester” project. The grant, made possible thanks to National...
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September History Days at Manchester Central Library
To coincide with Heritage Open Days 2024, Archives+ has some great open history events lined up this autumn at Manchester Central Library and they’re all free – just drop in! Revealed! Secrets of...
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RE:SOUND with Anthony Szmierek
As our final highlight for Open Heritage Days 2024, we’re sharing a wonderful film from Manchester City of Literature showcasing the Re:Sound project featuring BBC 6 Artist of the Year Antony Szmierek...
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Honouring Manchester Boxing Legend Len Johnson
This October kicked off to a fine start with a glittering evening in the Performance Space at Manchester Central Library celebrating the life and achievements of unsung Manchester boxing champion Len...
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Manchester Archives to partner successful Lottery award for Queer Up North...
Manchester Archives is excited to announce its partnership with Manchester Histories and the Queer Up North project, following the successful award of £248,500 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund....
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Manchester Books no.4 Nov/Dec 2024
Welcome to our regular blog about new (and sometimes not so new) local books. Firstly, this time, a mention of some new titles on significant local people. The Simons of Manchester by Martin Dodge is...
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Manchester City Council’s Digital Beginnings
It’s World Digital Preservation Day! To celebrate this year we would like to share the beginnings of Manchester City Council’s digital journey and how we are now preserving digital records to ensure...
View ArticleBehind the Image: Child Migration
Manchester Libraries’ Local Image Collection is a unique collection of over 80 000 images illustrating the history of the city. A new website is being developed (the current site being an interim one...
View ArticleBehind the Image: Puerto Cabezas
Manchester Libraries’ Local Image Collection is a unique collection of over 80 000 images illustrating the history of the city. A new website is being developed (the current site being an interim one...
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Filming in the archives with Z-Arts and MADE
Back in September, we worked with Z-Arts and MADE to help create a resource for a new educational local history project called ‘Story Archivists of Manchester’, or S.A.M. for short. This exciting...
View ArticleSAVE THE DATE! 5 March, 5.30pm: Celebrating the Manchester Corinthians
Established in 1949, Manchester Corinthians Ladies Football Club defied the FA’s ban on women’s football and inspired women worldwide. Watch this wonderful film and join us at Central Library for a...
View ArticleCOMING SOON ‘South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories’ User Experience...
Join us at Manchester Central Library to explore the ‘South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories’ resource, a major educational website on the history of South Asians in Britain. At the event, the team...
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Manchester Books no. 5 Mar/Apr 25
Inspiring women feature in our latest blog. Manchester Corinthians by Gary James is the history of a women’s football team formed in 1949 when the FA ban on women’s football was in place. The team,...
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Practical Preservation in Greater Manchester – End of Project Celebration
For the past year, the Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership (GMALSP) have been working behind the scenes to develop the practical skills required to preserve born digital archives...
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