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: Dressing the Victorian Lady – Keeping Warm in Bed

Join us for an informative and entertaining talk from Margo Singer and Polly MacLeod on Dressing the Victorian Lady, focusing on how the Victorian lady kept warm at night. In this session, Margo and Polly will talk through and show examples of nightwear, as well as looking at quilting and quilts used to keep warm at night in the nineteenth-century. This session will also include examples of quilting patterns, and the Manchester Quilt made by The Elizabeth Gaskell's House

: A Letter to William: Reconstructing the Past

In July 2016, while working on the Coach House at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, workmen discovered a letter wedged between the brickwork and roof trusses in what is now the Nightingale Room. Although the pages were badly scorched, they were reasonably legible. It was sent from Maryport, Cumberland, in June 1853, to William (Will) Preston, a servant to the Gaskell family. In one of her letters, Elizabeth Gaskell noted that Will slept in the attic space above the stables.

: Revolutionary Women Around the World: Art Exhibition and Discussion

Come join us to learn and discuss revolutionary women such as Queen Amina of Zaria, Elizabeth Gaskell and others who contributed to our world’s educational, political, economic and societal structures. The speakers will be; Sairah Yassir-Deane Sairah is a Clinical Relations Specialist who has formerly worked for a Charity which specialises in researching and disseminating contributions from overlooked civilisations. She is also a community activist who has raised funds and awareness for various charities including Remembering Srebrenica, Cancer Research UK and others.

: Teacher Open Evening

Elizabeth Gaskell’s House & The CoachHouse are delighted to welcome teachers to an open evening to introduce the new learning programme and teaching facilities at the House. Drop in between 4-6pm and our friendly staff and volunteers will show you around the house and facilities, followed by refreshments in the Tea Room. Elizabeth Gaskell’s House on Plymouth Grove was the home of one of Manchester’s most famous writer of the Victorian age. She wrote about the state of the

: Walking Tour: Gaskell in Town and at Plymouth Grove

Join Manchester Walking Tours for an exploration of Manchester city centre locations connected to Elizabeth Gaskell before travelling by bus to Plymouth Grove where she lived for 15 years and wrote many of her novels. "Her home has been beautifully restored just as if she had stepped out for five minutes, so on this tour we truly step back in time, to a middle–class household in the mid 1800s. We sit in her drawing room, pick books off