Transport on Plymouth Grove
In early May, I enjoyed a volunteer trip to the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester (MoTGM) with other volunteers from Elizabeth Gaskell's House. (Lizzie, one of our other volunteers, has already reported on the enjoyable volunteer trip to the Greater Manchester Museum
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31. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
19-23 May 2025 Quite a few big milestones this week. Firstly it was sign-off time for our new exhibition panels, which will now be printed ready for installation on 2 June at Manchester Central Library, so there was lots of concentrated proofing
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New exhibition: I’ve Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell
Opening 6 July at Elizabeth Gaskell's House A bold new exhibition is set to open at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House this summer that introduces a new view of the author and her work (Thursday 3 July to Sunday 9 November). I’ve Never Read
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Feisty Females – New Online Course for Autumn 2025
You can enjoy a special treat this autumn. Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is delighted to announce a new online course about feisty females with the ever-popular Dr Sherry Ashworth. So from September you can take a look at literature's feisty females including some
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12-16 May 2025 I'm in the final two weeks of getting phase 1 of our writers in residents exhibition finished, and off to the printers so it has been a week of proofing, uploading content for QR codes, tweaking copy, checking things,
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