Household Commotion – A New Exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
A new servants exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House opens this month, featuring a previously unseen letter discovered during the restoration work. Household Commotion’: Elizabeth Gaskell and the ‘awful treasure’ of her servants, 1832-1865, is a brand-new exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, created
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Reading the Nineteenth Century
Over the last four months, Sherry Ashworth has been running a reading course at the House - Reading the Nineteenth Century. We've read four Victorian novels, not only for the stories - though these have been exciting - or for their literary
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Victorian Christmas Decorations
Before Queen Victoria‘s reign started in 1837 nobody in Britain had heard of Santa Claus, no Christmas cards were sent and most people did not have holidays from work. The wealth and technologies generated by the Industrial Revolution of the Victorian era
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Christmas with the Gaskells
Elizabeth’s husband, William, was a minister of religion, so the Gaskells celebrated Christmas as a religious occasion. They would attend the Christmas Day service at the Cross Street Unitarian Chapel, where William was minister. This usually entailed walking into central Manchester. “Xmas
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