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Victory In Europe Day
This week marks the 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day; in May 1945 the armed forces of Nazi Germany surrendered marking the end of World War Two in Europe. Winston Churchill addressed the...
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Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
To say thank you to the wonderful volunteers who give their time to support the Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership (GMALSP) we held a celebration event at the beautifully...
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Oh! I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside!
Following the success of our Bee Box the Archives+ team set to work on our latest object handling resource. This time we were feeling all nostalgic about sea side holidays so we decided to repurpose...
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The Manchester Ship Canal Lantern Slides Project
In 1887 construction began on a new canal system which would link Manchester, one of the most important cities of industrial Britain, with the port of Liverpool and the Irish Sea. Greater Manchester...
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Searching the Archives – a final poem
I wanted to write something about the trade unionist Eva Gore-Booth and her partner, Esther Roper, for my final piece as Writer in Residence. When I went searching for a reference using one of the...
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Transforming Archives at ArchivesPlus – a view from behind the scenes
I’m two weeks into my Transforming Archives Traineeship at Archives+ and I’ve learnt so much already. I’ve always had an interest in heritage, culture and the arts and many years ago I studied Library...
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Transforming Archives- a look at the ArchivesPlus Exhibition
As I head towards the end of the third week of my Transforming Archives traineeship at Archives+ I thought I’d introduce myself and tell you about some of the great stuff that is available to view...
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Creating a digital exhibition for Archives+
This week I have been researching and writing new content for the Archives+ digital exhibition on the ground floor at Central Library. The new face joining the exhibition is Elizabeth Raffald, a woman...
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Archives and Wikipedia
On Saturday we hosted an introductory session on Wikipedia run by Andy Mabbett. We learned the basics of Wikipedia and Wikimedia and then Andy helped us to start editing and adding articles. Some of us...
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Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership Volunteer Awards...
On the 19th November the Greater Manchester Archives and Local Studies Partnership held their volunteer awards evening at the lovely Ordsall Hall in Salford. Ordsall Hall As my part of my Transforming...
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A History of Theatre Street – Annie Horniman’s Gaiety Theatre
Manchester’s history has always been immersed in the traditions of arts and radical politics. It was a testament to Manchester’s forward thinking residents, their love of the Halle orchestra, and the...
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The Manchester War Memorial
You may be familiar with the Manchester war memorial which currently stands opposite the South Entrance of Manchester Town Hall near central library, but what you’ll be less familiar with is how it...
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Takeover Day at Archives+
All over the country kids have been taking over museums, galleries and archives! Not wanting to miss out on an opportunity to put our feet up and let the kids do all the work ;) we were delighted when...
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We Make History – The Greater Manchester Sound Archive
We look after lots of fascinating collections at Manchester Central Library. I’m going to talk to you about just one of my favourites – the Greater Manchester Sound Archive. Sound archives are a new...
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Rationing in Schools & Manchester Library
For my first Archives+ blog I decided to write about Rationing during World War Two; when looking for specific topics to focus upon there were two particularly useful sources that I thought to order up...
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A First-hand account of the Somme from the Greater Manchester Sound Archive
This past week I have been working with the Greater Manchester Sound Archive collection and trying to find oral histories about WWI. One of the recordings I have been dealing with is an interview with...
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The Town Hall Photographers’ Collection
In the last few months we have added a vast photographic collection to the archives. There are tens of thousands of images, covering many aspects of Manchester across all areas and spanning the entire...
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Sound Art Workshops at @theproudtrust
The LGBT Voices event takes place at Manchester Central Library on Friday 26th February. The event will celebrate and raise awareness of the rich LGBT Oral History material in the Greater Manchester...
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Antonelli of Ancoats Little Italy
Domenico Antonelli During the 19th century a community of Italian immigrants was established in Ancoats in an area that became known as “Ancoats Little Italy”. Last year we added a new collection to...
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Local Oral History – Life in Rochdale
It has been very interesting whilst on placement at the Central Library, examining the histories of Greater Manchester. The theme of health and living conditions has been a great one to look at, as it...
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