Blog

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   Second city of the Empire

   We have just acquired a copy of the The Graphic thanks to our colleague Ian Mayer at Chetham’s School of Music. The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first...

   31st May 2016 • Read more

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   Novel Experiences of Horses’ Heads – the Origins of the Palatine Building

   The Palatine Building demolition continues apace. It won’t be long until it’s gone and many more Mancunians will be treated to a view of our smiley faces waving to them...

   24th May 2016 • Read more

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   Samuel Bamford (1788-1872)

           ‘The more the bloody tyrants bind us          the more united they shall find us.’ The Manchester Scrapbook is a fascinating miscellany of drawings, pen and ink sketches,...

   19th May 2016 • Read more

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   Poet’s Corner – Manchester After Hours at Chetham’s Library

   Chetham’s Library collaborates with the University of Manchester’s MA Arts Management, Policy and Practice and MA Art Gallery and Museum Studies students to bring you an evening of entertainment as...

   10th May 2016 • Read more

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   M is for Manchester

   One of the nice things about working in a library is the opportunity to fill gaps in the collection, acquiring the book that we thought we should have but which...

   10th May 2016 • Read more

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   New Speedway Collection Comes to Virtual Belle Vue

   The volunteers at Chetham’s Library have been working hard to expand the collections on the Virtual Belle Vue webpage. A collection kindly given to the library by Paul Swarbrick (not,...

   3rd May 2016 • Read more

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   Activities for all!

   We are busy prepping for our fantastic Family Activity Day this Saturday 30th April! These colouring sheets will be going through the printer tomorrow and we have lots of gorgeous...

   27th April 2016 • Read more

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   The uncertain glory of an April day…

   Guest blog by Library volunteer, Patti Collins. In between struggling with the uncertain glories of wind, rain, hail and snow over the last few weeks, we’ve been enjoying spring flowers,...

   26th April 2016 • Read more

9. Number Four in an Occasional Series of Stuff You Wouldn’t Expect us to Have – Underwear Catalogue, 1938

   What is it? Affleck and Brown opened in the 1860s in Oldham Street, Manchester (just down the road from us). Beginning as a drapery business, the shop grew to be...

   19th April 2016 • Read more

10. Nibbles, Tat and Myths – An Evening with the Library Patrons

    Last month, the Patrons of Chetham’s Library were invited to attend a special evening with our artists- in-residence, iOrganic. iOrganic are a Manchester-based performing arts company who took up residence...

    7th April 2016 • Read more