Archive: 2010

1. Merry Christmas!

   We would like to wish all our readers both real and virtual a very Merry Christmas and great strides towards success in 2011! This simple folded card is one of...

   21st December 2010 • Read more

2. A terrible night for Manchester

   Next week is the 70th anniversary of the Manchester and Salford Blitz in 1940, when the two cities experienced the heaviest bombing of WW2, killing nearly a thousand people. Recent...

   15th December 2010 • Read more

3. Who do you think they were?

   The Leech family archive is one of the most remarkable collections at Chetham’s Library, and through the use of diaries, photographs and personal ephemera, the exhibition chronicles the story of...

   13th December 2010 • Read more

4. Anyone for chess?

   As the magic of the season begins to fall, we are reminded of the importance of enchantment, deception and curiosities in the making of holidays and special occasions. In this...

   8th December 2010 • Read more

5. Two gentlemen of Manchester

   These two well-dressed gents are taken from the Manchester Scrapbook, a remarkable compilation of sketches, prints, maps and topographical views put together in the early years of the nineteenth century...

   10th November 2010 • Read more

6. Desert Island Poems

   It’s been all go here at the Library recently, and on Friday night the beautiful Baronial Hall again provided the setting for an absorbing literary event. The poet Michael Schmidt...

   27th October 2010 • Read more

7. Manchester Fourteen Miles

   Margaret Penn’s classic title Manchester Fourteen Miles was published in this Guild Books edition in 1950. The cover illustration beautifully reflects the popular style of graphic art of the early...

   8th October 2010 • Read more

8. An evening’s entertainment

   Chetham’s Library had fun hosting a splendid concert given by Laetitia Sadier on Sunday. The event was part of the Abandon Normal Devices Festival and Laetitia was introduced by Phil...

   6th October 2010 • Read more

9. “I have thought of the days of old and the years that are past”

   This hand-tinted engraved self-portrait by Thomas Barritt (1743-1820) is to be found pasted into the front of one of his small scrapbooks, of which the Library holds several. Barritt, a...

   1st October 2010 • Read more

10. Laetitia Sadier

    We are pleased to be hosting an exclusive performance by legendary musician Laetitia Sadier at the Library on Sunday evening. Laetitia, a founder member of the post-rock outfit Stereolab, recently...

    29th September 2010 • Read more