New podcast on the House from Bonnets at Dawn
The latest episode from Bonnets at Dawn takes you on a tour of Elizabeth Gaskell's House Hannah and Lauren learn all about Elizabeth, William and our amazing volunteers. Listen via the link below, follow them on twitter @BonnetsatDawn https://soundcloud.com/bonnetsatdawn/s2-episode-6-elizabeth-gaskells-house
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The joy of volunteering…
Volunteering at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House comes with lots of benefits – and one of them is meeting such a lot of interesting and lovely people who share my interests! There’s a production of Schiller’s Mary Stuart currently playing at the Lowry Theatre
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Admiring the Gaskell Tower in Knutsford
It’s about a forty-five minute train ride from Manchester to Knutsford where Elizabeth Gaskell spent her childhood and girlhood at her aunt’s house- and the railway station is right in the centre of the town. Here is Heathwaite House, where Elizabeth lived
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Miss Matty’s Favourite?
We have an eye-catching display of primroses in the fern bed at present. They seem to like it there and have been seeding themselves across the bed. I wrote about them on this blog exactly a year ago and said how encouraging
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