New Brown Signs
To misquote Elizabeth ‘we’ve got a brown sign Yes! we really have’. It's taken us three years, but we finally have brown signs from Upper Brook Street and the A6 directing people to Elizabeth Gaskell's House for open days, group tours, room
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Manchester is an UNESCO City of Literature
We were very excited to get the news this week that Manchester has been successful in a bid to join the UNESCO Creative Cities network as a City of Literature. Manchester, which built the UK’s first public lending library and gave the
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New Creative Writing Group Leader
We are very excited to introduce a new leader for our monthly Plymouth Grove Writing Group; the writer and Anne Brontë expert, Nick Holland. Nick will be leading our monthly group which meets every fourth Thursday of the month (2-3pm) and is
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New merchandise on sale
After months of planning and design our new Elizabeth Gaskell House merchandise is all in stock and available to buy from the Tea Room. I am afraid we must do some shopping Elizabeth Gaskell, 1863 the new range includes a tote bag
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New Xstitch inspired cards now on sale
We are very excited to reveal the following three new card designs from 8bitnorthxstitch which are now available to buy when you visit Elizabeth Gaskell’s House. Commissioned exclusively for Elizabeth Gaskell’s House and designed by self-confessed serial cross stitcher Michelle (@8bitnortherner) these
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