Manchester is an UNESCO City of Literature
We were very excited to get the news this week that Manchester has been successful in a bid to join the UNESCO Creative Cities network as a City of Literature. Manchester, which built the UK’s first public lending library and gave the
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Visiting Cairo St Chapel
On Sunday 9 Sept 2017 for Heritage weekend, Nick and I visited Cairo St (formerly Sankey St.) Chapel in Warrington to see the grave of Gaskell’s infant son William (1844-1845). What a treat we had in store! We received a warm welcome
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New Creative Writing Group Leader
We are very excited to introduce a new leader for our monthly Plymouth Grove Writing Group; the writer and Anne Brontë expert, Nick Holland. Nick will be leading our monthly group which meets every fourth Thursday of the month (2-3pm) and is
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New merchandise on sale
After months of planning and design our new Elizabeth Gaskell House merchandise is all in stock and available to buy from the Tea Room. I am afraid we must do some shopping Elizabeth Gaskell, 1863 the new range includes a tote bag
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A Regency Rose
Whilst choosing photographs for our new postcard collection, Jackie Tucker, one of our Gardening Volunteers (and member of the Gaskell Society), shared the following titbit as to the origin of the George IV Rose featured in the photograph. In his eighth edition
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