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  • Lois-Weaver-Its-Queer-up-North-photo-credit-Ian-Tilton

    September 2, 2025 → September 2, 2025 · Event

    THE LONG TABLE: Reflecting on Queer Up North 1992–2002 with Lois Weaver

    Manchester Histories and Queer Up North, in association with Aviva Studios, present THE LONG TABLE with Lois Weaver.

  • A collage of all Rocket tickets

    September 13, 2025 → September 13, 2025 · Event

    The Future of Rail – All Aboard for Tomorrow!

    Saturday 13 September 2025: Join us for a fun, hands-on creative workshop where we’ll imagine the future of rail travel.

  • A collage of all Rocket tickets

    September 13, 2025 → September 13, 2025 · Event

    Writing the Journey – A Metropoetry Workshop

    Saturday 13 September 2025, 1pm - 5pm. at Metal Culture, at Edge Hill Station, Tunnel Road, Liverpool L7 6ND. All Aboard as we trace the historic Liverpool to Manchester railway line through fresh eyes and moving words.

  • A collage of all Rocket tickets

    September 13, 2025 → September 13, 2025 · Event

    All Aboard for an Unforgettable Ride Through History and into the Future!

    Saturday 13 September 2025, 5pm - 7pm. Victoria Gallery and Museum, Ashton St, Liverpool., L69 3DR. A panel discussion chaired by Professor Ian Wray. Heseltine Institute. University of Liverpool.

  • September 13, 2025 → December 20, 2025 · Event

    Time Travellers Tea Room

    Meet new people, uncover old stories and celebrate Manchester’s wealth of amazing histories and heritage. All over coffee, tea and biscuits.

  • A collage of all Rocket tickets

    September 19, 2025 → September 21, 2025 · Event

    Free fun at the Science and Industry Museum

    FREE OPEN WEEKEND: The Science and Industry Museum will host a thrilling weekend of FREE heritage celebrations, behind-the-scenes tours, and hands-on activities.

  • September 24, 2025 → November 26, 2025

    Crafting Connections – Autumn Workshops

    Spark your creativity & make connections with 10 new heritage & wellbeing activities! Every Wednesday, 2pm-4pm, 24th September - 26th November.

  • November 4, 2025 → November 4, 2025 · Event

    The People’s Papers – Revisiting 1970s Manchester

    Join us for a lively and participatory talk exploring Greater Manchester's legacy of 1970s activist community newspapers and print culture.

  • Choir singing a song - a group of young people against a backdrop of the Rocket: All Aboard logo

    November 6, 2025 → November 6, 2025 · Event

    Rocket: All Aboard Network Meeting

    Join us as we continue the journey towards celebrating 200 years of the world’s first inter-city railway between Liverpool and Manchester.

  • Sergei Nikitin wearing a blue V-neck jumper over a collared shirt, smiling, looking directly into the camera and holding his book 'Friends and Comrades'.

    December 4, 2025 → December 4, 2025 · Event | Online event

    Sam Johnson Memorial Lecture 2025

    Join author and historian Sergei Nikitin for this year’s Sam Johnson Memorial Lecture, exploring the remarkable story of how British and American Quakers brought hope and humanitarian aid to thousands in Russia during and after the First World War.

  • Black-and-white vintage photo of two children standing outdoors. A girl with long braids and a coat stands beside a smiling boy holding a large cone-shaped package; a wooden fence and bushes are behind them.

    January 20, 2026 → January 20, 2026

    Memory, Meaning and Belonging – Holocaust Memorial Day 2026

    Join us for Memory, Meaning and Belonging - our Holocaust Memorial Day 2026 event in collaboration with Holocaust Centre North. Learn about Holocaust survivors who made the North West their home, and reflect on how their stories can help shape a more just future.

  • Promotional graphic for the book Unburied by Hannah Priest. On the left is the book cover showing a close-up of a hand resting on patterned bedding. On the right, large white and gold text on a dark background reads “UNBURIED: The True Story of Hannah Beswick, The Manchester Mummy – Hannah Priest.”

    January 29, 2026 → January 29, 2026

    Salon – Unburied: The True Story of Hannah Beswick

    Discover the macabre tale of an eighteenth-century woman immortalised in folklore as the 'Manchester Mummy' in the first of our 2026 Salons.

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