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.
45. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
8-14 September 2025 The weeks feel like they are galloping on faster than I can keep up at the moment , although I was reminded by one of the volunteers that my year in the life series will be ended soon -
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1-5 September 2025 Autumn is officially here - or at least our autumnal photos and content are doing very well - and, despite the increased rainfall in Manchester, we had a pretty decent week on the visitor and volunteer front. Wednesday was
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25-29 August 2025 Thank goodness this week was just four days (thanks to the Bank Holiday). It's not been the best of weeks in lots of ways. Tuesday started off well until about lunch time when I discovered our website had completely
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11-17 August 2025 Mid-way through the summer holidays, another heatwave (29 degrees in Manchester on Wednesday!) and it has been a busy week for us. After the usual post-holiday catch-up for me it was back to scoping out grants, upping the Facebook
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28 July - 1 August 2025 A three-day week for me this week as I'm on leave on Friday and then back on 11 August - so this is a rather truncated post. This week we had a wedding viewing, the Christmas
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