10 year Anniversary

38. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

14 -18 July 2025 As the weeks continue to tumble into July all focus is on the impending summer holidays and our family workshops during August. The 2500 leaflets came back from the printers and we sent out 500 to each of

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37. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

7-11 July 2025 After the excitement of the exhibition launch last week, I must admit I was feeling a little frazzled at the start of the week, not helped that it was my birthday over the weekend, as well. There seemed to

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36. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

30 June - 4 July 2025 It has been one of the best and longest weeks. There was a lot packed in, but surprisingly everything went to plan. I started the week with a private group tour for 30 secondary school students

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35. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

23-27 June 2025 We are now officially less than a week from our exhibition launch at the House so there's been lots of ends to tie-up, final proofing, sign-offs, a man with a van to book and a banner to put up

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34. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House

16-20 June 2025 I've not been in the House since Sunday 15 June as I was at the annual AIM (Association of Independent Museums) Conference at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth for 3 nights. With the hot weather returning, we saw

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