To Buy or not to Buy that is the Question
Volunteers at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House are often asked if Elizabeth ever bought 84 Plymouth Grove. The answer is definitely no, but her daughters, Meta and Julia, did purchase the property in 1900, many years after both their parents had died. So let
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Meet the Neighbours
After moving into a new house, it is always useful to know your neighbours. I am sure Elizabeth would have already known many of her new neighbours in Plymouth Grove as they were mainly Manchester merchants, manufacturers and local dignitaries, some possibly
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And We’ve Got a House. Yes! We really have.’
So writes Elizabeth in April 1850 about 42 Plymouth Grove, the house that was to become the Gaskells' family home for the next 63 years. Over the years, our visitors have shown a great deal of interest in this building and the
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Just Richmal Crompton!
My grand plan was to feature Mrs Linnaeus Banks as the fourth Manchester woman writer in our Lockdown 2.0 series but I'm over-excited to find out that Richmal Crompton was born and brought up in Bury! I've moved Mrs Linnaeus Banks into
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Showcasing Shelagh Delaney
Sheila Mary Delaney was born on 25 November 1938 and was brought up in Salford, the proud granddaughter of Irish emigrants, which is perhaps one of the reasons why she changed the spelling of her first name to Shelagh in her teens,
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