12. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
31 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 A short but eventful first blog of 2025! On New Year's Eve, we got the news that our former Chair and long-time volunteer, Frank Galvin, had been awarded an MBE in the King's New Year's
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Frank Galvin Awarded MBE in King’s New Year Honours
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Francis Galvin, former Chair of Manchester Historic Buildings Trust (the charity that owns and runs Elizabeth Gaskell’s House), and longtime volunteer at the House, has been awarded an MBE in the 2025 King’s New Year
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Week 11. 16 - 23 December 2024 This is my last entry of 2025 as I finish today to take a break for Christmas until 2 January. We closed to the public from 18 December, so over the past week there has
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Twelve Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer
Twelve Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer, A collection of letters and observations by Margaret Howitt has been donated to the House by Irene Wiltshire along with the Howitt’s Journal Vol 3 described in an earlier blog. These two volumes were published
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Week 10. 9 - 13 December 2024 I started the week with a staff appraisal and catch-up over coffee. We also used the opportunity to discuss ideas for Christmas 2025 and discussed lots of the great things we'd seen at other historic
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