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: 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

: 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

: Walking Tour: Gaskell in Town and 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

: Dressing the Victorian Lady – Outerwear and Accessories

Join us for an informative and entertaining talk from Margo Singer and Polly MacLeod on Dressing the Victorian Lady, focusing on Nineteenth-Century outerwear. In this session, Margo and Polly will talk through and show examples of fashionable outerwear, looking at how it was constructed and decorated. The discussion will include shawls, and the different types worn by different classes. You'll have the opportunity to see how a Victorian lady would wear her shawl and learn how to identify a

: Dressing the Victorian Lady – The Dress

Join us for an informative and entertaining talk from Margo Singer and Polly MacLeod on Dressing the Victorian Lady, focusing on the dress itself. In this session, Margo and Polly will talk through and show examples of day and evening dresses worn by Victorian ladies. You will have the opportunity to look at how dresses were constructed, adapted and the materials used, and closely examine a printed silk dress and a silk satin bodice. Ticket price includes tea and