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Hello Manchester – The Big Friday Find
As most of you will already know, tomorrow is reopening day at Manchester Central Library. This week has been hectic, to say the least, so our Friday Find this week is a very brief affair. At some...
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Bee Handling for Beginners…
Anyone who has had any contact with myself and Angela will be aware that we have a mild obsession with bees. This didn’t come out of nowhere, it was born from our need to create an object handling...
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Make Do and Mend!
Saturday the 17th of May was gloriously sunny so I was pleasantly surprised when 17 people turned out to attend our Make Do and Mend Sewing Class at Manchester Central Library. Delivered by the lovely...
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The First World War, Life on the Home Front in North West England. A new film...
This new DVD from the North West Film Archive weaves together archive material to tell the story of life in the North West before, during and after the Great War. Skilful use of footage commissioned by...
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Fabulous trip to Manchester Central Library!
Archives+:Year 4 of Crumpsall Lane Primary School came to visit us. Here’s what they thought. Originally posted on Crumpsall Lane Year 4 Blog: On the last day of half term Year 4 went on a trip to the...
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Manchester’s High Flyer
Looking into my local history I found Sir John William Alcock, the first man to pilot a non-stop transatlantic flight from St.Johns, New Foundland to Clifden, Ireland. John Alcock after his successful...
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Vanishing for the Vote Author Talk
On Wednesday 4th June Dr Jill Liddington came to Central Library to deliver a talk about her new book which was launched earlier this year. The book Vanishing for the Vote looks at the protest made by...
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Archives+ On Tour
We learned last year that the summer season is a busy one for all sorts of events and this year has kicked off with a bang.On Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd we took part in the Manchester Mega...
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The Formation Of The Professional Footballers’ Association
Manchester is renowned throughout the world of football for its two great clubs and the history in which they are both steeped in. However, it is perhaps forgotten that Manchester was also the...
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Chinese Consulate in Manchester visit Central Library
Central Library and Archives+ hosted a tour by the Chinese Consulate in Manchester on Thursday 5th June. The group were accompanied by the Consulate General and the aim of the tour was for the group to...
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The Origins of Manchester City
Manchester City Football Club has become a huge presence on the global stage. Part of this transformation has seen the club and its Arab owners begin transforming East Manchester into a sporting...
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Happy Birthday Central Library!
July 17th 2014 was the 80th anniversary of the official opening of Manchester Central Library by King George V. Thousands of people lined the streets to get a glimpse of the King and Queen and to...
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The writing on the wall
Archives+:Our Archives+ partners at the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre have a great new post on their blog so we thought we’d share it with you! Originally posted on Reading Race,...
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Policing Manchester in the Early 19th Century
The birth of the modern police force in Britain, the typical ‘Bobby’ is a fascinating and complicated process which I spent a good deal of time researching for my undergraduate dissertation. Delving...
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War Horse Up Close
Working for Archives+ is never boring, every day is different and working in such a beautiful building is a pleasure. Some days are even better than others, though, and Saturday the 26th of July was...
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The Co-operative Holiday Association
After graduating from university last year, I started volunteering with Archives+ eager to get started on “public history” after three years of essays and exams. After an initial meeting, Archives+...
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Yuri Gagarin – A Spaceman Came Travelling … to Manchester
On April 12th 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completed a 108-minute orbit of the Earth to become the first human in space and internationally famous. The Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers...
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A year with Archives+
About this time a year ago, while looking for something to do following graduating from university, I happened upon an opportunity to volunteer with Archives+. Having an interest in history, writing...
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Lancashire World War One Football
When looking through photographs which featured football clubs, matches and players from the early Twentieth Century there was one picture curiously out-of-place next to images of Manchester City,...
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Our trip to Manchester Central Library
Archives+:Thanks to Crumpsall Lane for this blog post about their visit. We love the photos of everyone enjoying the Archives+ exhibition. Originally posted on CLPS 2MD: Last week we had so much fun...
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