Mr Lear and Mrs Gaskell
I've recently read a biography of Edward Lear who we now mostly remember for his nonsense verse and limericks - The Owl and The Pussycat anyone? One of my reasons for reading 'Mr Lear. A Life of Art and Nonsense' is that
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Volunteers needed to help with second-hand book sales
Our legendary second-hand book sales (held every second Sunday) is the city's biggest (and perhaps best) second-hand book sale, with two rooms crammed with second-hand books of all genres. We are looking for at least two new volunteers to help support the
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Cairo Street Chapel Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
Sunday 19 January at 10.30am The middle years of the 19th Century must have been a great time to be a member of Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel for not only were plans being developed to change the Georgian Chapel of 1745 into
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Book Group Tours
A group of eleven of us came on a book club outing to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House one November evening.The house itself and volunteers Louanne and Jane gave us a warm welcome in from the cold evening air. We chatted in the cheerful
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Enjoying traditional crafts at Eilzabeth Gaskell’s House
Another year had passed and I’d kept promising myself I’d learn a craft. Luckily, l chose to join Dee Sayce's fabulous weaving workshop at Elizabeth Gaskell's House for a day. The setting is lovely- the warm spacious and light servants' hall where
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