Tracking down John Johnson
When you find a letter wedged in the brickwork under the roof trusses of the stable block at the Elizabeth Gaskell House, two questions immediately spring to mind-who sent it and why? (you can read about the recipient in an earlier blog)
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Festive Fun from our Volunteers and Visitors
This year for the first time we have been selling Florence Nightingale (one of Elizabeth's good friends and correspondents) and Suffragette (in anticipation of the 100 year anniversary in 2018) Christmas tree decorations from our Tea Toom and shop. Some of our
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Victorian Christmas Decorations
Before Queen Victoria‘s reign started in 1837 nobody in Britain had heard of Santa Claus, no Christmas cards were sent and most people did not have holidays from work. The wealth and technologies generated by the Industrial Revolution of the Victorian era
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Lancashire Dialect Quiz – the answers
For those of you who took part on our Lancashire dialect quiz as part of our Lancashire Day celebrations then here are the much debated answers to the quiz. 1. Bairn – Scots and Northern English meaning child – Old English ‘bearn’
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A letter to Will
There is never a dull moment at the Elizabeth Gaskell House. Last July I was treated to the sight of a letter that had been rescued from the rafters in the stable block at 84, Plymouth Grove during restoration work. It was
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