Film Premiere: Through the Keyhole
Bringing history to life at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House Pupils and teachers from Cedar Mount Academy have been working with the House to produce a series of films which we launched at a popcorn, pizza and ice-cream premiere today. Maria Ruban produced the
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The success of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is down to the dedication of its pool of enthusiastic volunteers who each play a vital role in helping to create everything from the very special atmosphere in the period interiors of the House to the
Read more »Elizabeth Gaskell’s Garden “A Great delight”
Whenever I read one of Mrs Gaskell’s letters I am reminded of those circular radar screens you see in films about the Second World War. The sweeping arm illuminates what appear to be random spots of light on the screen, just as
Read more »The Vegetable Garden
In 1852 Mrs Gaskell wrote in her letters about the vegetables that were growing in the garden. In another letter she tells of being given rhubarb, though whether she meant rhubarb stalks for cooking or a root of rhubarb for growing, is not
Read more »Meet the Gardeners
It was not the best day for visiting a garden. The day, Wednesday, started grey and cloudy, progressed to misty and then spread that thin, wet, Manchester drizzle over everything. The tulips drooped, the flowers of the magnolia stellata hung limply and
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