Help us to re-imagine Elizabeth’s Bedroom
As many will know it has always been our ambition to restore Elizabeth's bedroom and we are excited to announce that plans are now in progress to make this happen. The room that was previously the exhibition room has now been cleared,
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Voluntary Membership Secretary Role
The Friends of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has been supporting the rescue and restoration of the House since before it was acquired by MHBT in 2004. We continue to play an active and vital role in raising money to maintain and develop the
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Squirrel Knutsford and the Winter Bedding
Squirrel Knutsford felt he lived a good life. He had a drey in the roof of a warm block of flats on Plymouth Grove. From there it was just a small leap to the branches of a tree, a scramble down the
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Book Group Tours
A group of eleven of us came on a book club outing to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House one November evening.The house itself and volunteers Louanne and Jane gave us a warm welcome in from the cold evening air. We chatted in the cheerful
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Enjoying traditional crafts at Eilzabeth Gaskell’s House
Another year had passed and I’d kept promising myself I’d learn a craft. Luckily, l chose to join Dee Sayce's fabulous weaving workshop at Elizabeth Gaskell's House for a day. The setting is lovely- the warm spacious and light servants' hall where
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