13. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
6-10 January 2025 Monday I was off (after working on Sunday) but the rest of the staff team were in the House along with some of the volunteers working on book cataloguing and accessioning (we've had some exciting new book donations) and
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11. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Week 11. 16 - 23 December 2024 This is my last entry of 2025 as I finish today to take a break for Christmas until 2 January. We closed to the public from 18 December, so over the past week there has
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Week 10. 9 - 13 December 2024 I started the week with a staff appraisal and catch-up over coffee. We also used the opportunity to discuss ideas for Christmas 2025 and discussed lots of the great things we'd seen at other historic
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Week 9. 1 - 6 December 2024 Another Sunday on the rota for me, but this one was officially our start on Christmas so there was the tree to decorate, Christmas jumpers to be admired and mince pies to test. It was
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Week 8. 25 -29 November 2024 The week started with back to back meetings for me, catching up Trustees, a meeting about the plans for International Women's Day 2025 and my Spark leadership workshop. Jane, one of our volunteers, was in the
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