Rome 1857 & 2023
'We are really truly coming to Rome!!!!!!....I don’t believe it. It is a dream! I shall never believe it, and shall have to keep pinching myself!' So wrote Elizabeth Gaskell to her friend Mrs Story in February 1857. Elizabeth did indeed travel
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Volunteering Placement
I started volunteering at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House towards the end of February, undertaking my placement here as part of the completion of my Master’s degree, at MMU. Whilst studying Public History and Heritage, my volunteering at Elizabeth Gaskell's House has helped me
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‘Buzzing with chat and laughter’ The wedding experience for volunteers
'I have got the very prettiest bonnet for the occasion that ever was, and cannot help trying it on every time I go into my room' Elizabeth Gaskell writing to her friend Harriet Carr before her wedding in August 1832. When I
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Day in the Life of a Volunteer
I started volunteering at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House a year ago and I have loved getting to know the rich history of the Gaskell family and the House. I started volunteering because I'm interested in gender history and women’s writing, and I wanted
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A Visit to the Parsonage
On 15 July 2022 I visited the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth. The visit had been planned back in June after a visit from Anne Spiers, a volunteer at the Parsonage, to Elizabeth Gaskell's House. I was particularly excited to be given
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