Garden Update
The expected rain did not arrive and is was another beautiful spring day for the Elizabeth Gaskell's House gardening team yesterday. The garden is included in entry (every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday, 11am-4.30pm) and we can offer private talks and tours for
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Julia Gaskell and the Model Dress
In 1887, the Ancoats Art Museum put a model dress on display to inspire working women to wear more functional and beautiful clothing and to influence their behaviour and moral character. The Museum Committee suggested that ‘simple dresses, very beautiful in form
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Did you know Julia Gaskell has links to the Manchester and Salford Women’s Trade Union Council?
The minute books of the Manchester and Salford Women’s Trade Union Council have recently been deposited at the Working Class Movement Library, one of our Hidden 8 partners. Lizzie one of our volunteers discovered a connection to Julia Gaskell, Elizabeth's daughter. "Manchester
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Exploring Victoria Park
Kate Dibble, one of Manchester’s most respected tour guides, led a walk around Victoria Park yesterday for the Friends of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. We met outside the distinctive and highly decorative terracotta fronted Victoria Baths which when they were opened in 1906 were
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The Gaskell Collection at Central Library
I had an exciting, and dare I admit thrilling, visit to Manchester Central Library to meet with Darren Rawcliffe, Service Development Officer, on Monday, at which I was invited into the depths of the library to see their special collection of Gaskell books
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