Day 4: Sunday 9th June 2024- Celebration Day – History & Heritage Marketplace
Come and see over 50 history and heritage organisations from Greater Manchester and the Northwest take over the historic Whitworth Hall.
12pm – 4pm: History and Heritage Marketplace in Manchester Central Library. Note the new venue from the programme.
Come and see over 50 history and heritage organisations from Greater Manchester and the Northwest at the iconic Manchester Central Library. Find out about the organisations that celebrate, preserve, and explore Greater Manchester’s heritage. It will be a breathing testament to the incredible stories that have shaped and continue to shape the very essence of Greater Manchester and beyond.
Also, catch and enjoy the acapella choir Golden Voices at 12.45 pm and 2.00 pm, a lively group of over 50s who have been together for many years with Choir Leader Rose Hodgson, sharing their common love of natural voice singing. Sets will include ‘Nana was a Suffragette’ by local singer/songwriter and co-founder/director of Manchester Community Choir Jules Gibb.
No need to book. Just come along.
| List of stalls to explore. |
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| Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust |
| ALL FM |
| Bedford Falls Publications & Cheetham and Crumpsall Heritage Society |
| Belle Vue Zoological Gardens |
| Chetham's Library |
| Creative Together (Creative Support) |
| Dean Kirby - Angel Meadow author and Manchester historian |
| Elemental Histories |
| Elizabeth Gaskell's House |
| Fit Over Fifty CIC-Support In later Life |
| Friends of Heaton Hall |
| Hallé |
| Hamilton Davies Trust |
| Heaton Park Tramway |
| Irish Mancunian |
| Jetblack creative arts |
| Key Changes Positive Mental Health Through Music Ltd |
| Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society |
| Manchester and Salford Ramblers |
| Manchester Art Gallery 200 Years |
| Manchester Central Library Archives+ |
| Manchester Jewish Museum |
| Manchester Military History Society |
| Manchester Statistical Society |
| Manchester University Press |
| Mary Quaile Club |
| Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester |
| National Football Museum |
| National Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Neil Richardson publications |
| North West Film Archive |
| North West Labour History Society |
| North West International Brigade Memorial Group |
| Pam Armstrong, Artist |
| Polyp cartoons |
| Rethink Rebuild Society |
| Richard Lysons (Free Trade Hall researcher) |
| Royal Northern College of Music |
| Sarah Connell Artist |
| Save Hulme Hippodrome |
| Science and Industry Museum |
| Squeaky Pedal |
| Talking About My Generation (Project of Yellow Jigsaw CIC) |
| The Co-operative Heritage Trust CIO |
| The Gaskell Society |
| The Monastery Manchester/Gorton Heritage Trail |
| The Portico Library & Gallery |
| The Victorian Society Manchester Regional Group |
| Together Trust |
| Trailblazers! Women of Greater Manchester |
| Victoria Baths |
| WeToastHK |
| 3 Wise Hares (Dan Birkbeck art and design) |
