HistoryME @twithistoryme
HistoryMe is a social history blog dedicated to recording, preserving and celebrating the history of Manchester and the people who made it what it is today. historyme.wordpress.com Manchester, England Joined June 2011-
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One of Manchester's oldest buildings to be demolished! Built 1502, due for demolition in 2024. What is @labour policy on heritage? @SAVEBrit @EnglishHeritage @HistoricEngland manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia…
Victorian Society publishes its most at risk sites bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
And to think the Romans viewed others as barbarians!
And to think the Romans viewed others as barbarians!
What are you most grateful for today? That amazing an #heritage building and asset like Clayton Hall has such dedicated and wonderful volunteers to look after it for us all @ClaytonHallUK
What are you most grateful for today? That amazing an #heritage building and asset like Clayton Hall has such dedicated and wonderful volunteers to look after it for us all @ClaytonHallUK
One of the most iconic objects in our #Archaeology collection, the Manchester Wordsquare was found in an excavation in #Manchester city centre in 1978. A daily thread of awe & wonder from our encyclopedic collection of over 4.5 million objects… #MMEncyclopedia #MMinQuarantine
"For the heart, it seems, time does not move forwards and backwards, but happens all at once. To the heart everything is present tense." If you missed it - my prize-winning (!!) short story THE SAVAGE CHAPEL is now free to read online @TSSPublishing theshortstory.co.uk/the-savage-cha…
#NewtonHeath recently lost the historic Mather & Platt foundry shown in #PeakyBlinders, but shows are still being filmed in Manchester, and despite the lockdown, from The Stranger and Brassic to The Crown - and there's much more to come ilovemanchester.com/manchester-top…
New Christmas Truce documentary coming to the channel next week... Signup today and enjoy 30 days free (£5.99 a month thereafter) 👉 tv.historyhit.com/signup/package
A wonderfully talented player. RIP #ColinBell
A wonderfully talented player. RIP #ColinBell
Stunning remains of Manchester’s historic Mayfield Baths uncovered as work begins on creating the city’s first new public park in 100 years ilovemanchester.com/mayfield-baths…
If you can, please help a truly wonderful Manchester museum.
Wow! After a year of being suspended, for what I do not know, #TwitHistoryME is back!
We're sorry to say that we were broken into last night, and unfortunately there was quite extensive damage caused. We are therefore launching an urgent appeal so that we can undertake the necessary repairs: buff.ly/2oibwfO
Puss in Boots, The Gang Show, + Hot Ice Show all at the Palace Theatre 1946 @twithistoryme @TheatresTrust @ContactMcr @PHMMcr @HistoryHannahB @G_Dolman @Billy_Helston @UkNatArcRes @patpatonthehead @UoMhistdept @manuman61 bit.ly/2NcPs0D

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