CGN History Talks Feb-July 2019
All the History meetings are held at St Ninians Church, Egerton Rd South, M21 0XJ on the first Thursday of the month from 1.30 to 2.45pm £2 including refreshments
For more information please contact Helen Hibberd, Co-ordinator on 0161 881-2925 or email helen@chorltongoodneighbours.org
Thursday 7th February:
George Hastings – 17th Century Quaker life in the North West
Originally Quakers met in each other’s homes but in 1673 they purchaseda plot of land on the corner of Jackson’s Row and Deansgate – the story continues
This 19th-century illustration depicts poor families visiting a soup kitchen run by the Society of Friends at one of the city’s cotton mills
Thursday 7th March:
Graham Phythian – South Manchester “Outside the box”
Come and learn quirky facts about Chorlton and surrounding districts –
including ghosts, sporting events, buried treasure and an Oscar winner
Thursday 4th April:
Dolores Long – Manchester Men and Women and the Spanish Civil War
Between 1936 and 1939, at least 130 people from Greater Manchester had left their families with a common ideal – to stop fascism. Come and learn their story
Thursday 2nd May: Michael Billington :
A short history of Flixton, Urmston and Davyhulme
Stories to take the audience on a nostalgic journey down memory lane, introducing all to a fascinating trio of townships some seven miles or so to the south-west of Manchester
Thursday 6th June: David Willars ;
Manchester’s Victorian decorative glass industry
With a dozen pieces of Victorian decorative glass to show, David will talk about how the industry developed in Manchester
Thursday 4th July:
Linda Carver – The history of one architectural gem within the Victorian heritage of Ancoats
The history of the area and the hospital, and the local campaign to save the Dispensary, a grade 11 listed building
Chorlton Good Neighbours 