Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
Decorating the Drawing Room
The Drawing Room wallpaper at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House has always held a fascination for me, and a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of talking to two members of the team from Bruce Fine Papers who produced this beautiful heritage paper.
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8. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
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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The Howitts, Maria Edgeworth and Sir Walter Scott’s pen
We recently received a donation of books from Irene Wiltshire and two of these were of particular interest to me, Howitt’s Journal Volume 3 and a two volume work Twelve Months in Sweden with Fredrika Bremer by Margaret Howitt (I'll talk about
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7. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Week 7. 17- 22 November 2024 This week started on Sunday for me as it was my turn on the rota to duty manage the day. It was a fairly quiet day and I manage to get through lots of admin, whilst
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Book Repairs Part 2
As we mentioned in Part 1 of this blog, for the past three years we have been able to repair some of the most interesting titles in the book collection thanks to generous sponsorship by Friends and volunteers. Over the course of
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