Hidden Histories Hidden Historians

Thanks to funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund Manchester Histories worked with communities across Greater Manchester to reveal the less familiar histories and heritage.

With the help of experts Oldham Youth Council, Manchester People First, M13 Youth Project, The Inspire Centre, and FC United with Sporting Memories delved in to their own histories and archives to form a fascinating exhibition that took place at Manchester Central Library from November 2017 to January 2018.

See images from the exhibition and celebration day

Oldham Youth Council, Manchester People First, M13 Youth Project, The Inspire Centre, and FC United with Sporting Memories told us about their experiences of being involved in the Hidden Histories Hidden Historians project in a series of posts on the Manchester Histories Blog.

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Start your own historical research project...

As part of our Heritage Lottery Funded, Hidden Histories, Hidden Historians project we've launched a set of toolkits. Written by experts the toolkits guide you though each step of your historical research project.

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Manchester Histories & Heritage Social Network

As part of Hidden Histories Hidden Historians we hosted a series of meetings at marvellous heritage venues (including aboard a steamboat!) across Greater Manchester. From enthusiasts and historians, cultural venues, community groups, academics, students, teachers, librarians, curators and more, the Network offered an opportunity to meet, chat and build new connections with people passionate about Greater Manchester's histories and heritage.

Workshops

As part of our Hidden Histories, Hidden Historians project we ran a series of workshops delivered by experts for anyone interested in starting their own historical research project. The in-depth sessions included; the foundations of starting a historical research project with Dr Ben Wilcock, managing your archive with Heather Emily Roberts (HerArchivist), recording oral histories with Dr Fiona Cosson, and two sessions on evaluating projects with Sally Fort.