NEW Gaskell Garden Trail
‘Every Plant that Peeps up is a Treasure’ wrote Elizabeth Gaskell about her garden in Manchester, and this summer we are taking families out into the garden to discover these treasures for themselves with a brand new digital and paper-based trail. This new Family
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Discovering connections: Gaskells and Martineaus…
When we were creating Elizabeth Gaskell's bedroom in 2020, we had a number of very generous donations from friends and supporters of the House. One of these was two lovely watercolours by an artist called Helen Thornycroft: one a portrait of her
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Our Glorious Pergola is Repaired
With support from the Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund we have been able to carry out urgent repairs to our beautiful pergola in time for the summer. Since 2020 the traditional rustic timber poles from which the pergola is constructed have rotted
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Manchester Grammar School Visit
We were delighted to welcome pupils from The Manchester Grammar School to Elizabeth Gaskell's House for a private tour and discussion last week. We asked the boys who visited us to comment on their visit and this is what they fed back.
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Discovering Agnes and Eliza Paterson
One of the somewhat frustrating things about reading Elizabeth Gaskell’s letters, is that we get tantalising glimpses of people whom the family knew well and socialised with, but about whom we know very little. These elusive players on the Gaskell stage include
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