Uncle Peter Holland
I’ve recently been completing pen portraits of some of the members of the Holland family – Elizabeth’s uncles and cousins in Knutsford. Included among them was Peter Holland a doctor in Knutsford, brother of Hannah Lumb and uncle to Elizabeth. Its said
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Mr Lear and Mrs Gaskell
I've recently read a biography of Edward Lear who we now mostly remember for his nonsense verse and limericks - The Owl and The Pussycat anyone? One of my reasons for reading 'Mr Lear. A Life of Art and Nonsense' is that
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Volunteers needed to help with second-hand book sales
Our legendary second-hand book sales (held every second Sunday) is the city's biggest (and perhaps best) second-hand book sale, with two rooms crammed with second-hand books of all genres. We are looking for at least two new volunteers to help support the
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Cairo Street Chapel Celebrating Martin Luther King Day
Sunday 19 January at 10.30am The middle years of the 19th Century must have been a great time to be a member of Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel for not only were plans being developed to change the Georgian Chapel of 1745 into
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Talks Programme 2020
Join us throughout 2020 for a fine line-up of literary lunch-time lectures. The Elizabeth Gaskell's House talks programme 2020 will explore the Gaskells' world, from Ruskin to revels, and Cranford to Crimea, with a lively mix of speakers to entertain and inform.
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