Manchester Histories Festival - 24 February - 4 March 2012

A big thank you!

Manchester Histories Festival would like to say a HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers, speakers, history and heritage organisations, tour guides, artists, individuals, exhibitors, participants and visitors who took part and helped to make a great festival.

We look forward to seeing you at MHF 2014!

Manchester Health Academy does history

Find out what pupils at Manchester Health Academy have been doing with Manchester Histories Festival as they explore the history of health in Manchester in this short film.

Click here to view the film.

Manchester Community History Awards Winners!

Congratulations go to Manchester Communication Academy and Zion Arts Centre who won the School and Community categories of the first Manchester Community History Awards.

A Taste of Modern History

Many of you will have attended Robert Owen-Brown's fascinating and tasty cookery demonstrations as part of the Celebration Day on Saturday 3 March in Manchester Town Hall.

To get a copy of his free publication A Taste of Modern History that contains heritage food recipes, visit the Modern History website.

Catch up with the Clarion!

If you missed the great festival Clarion Family Cycle Ride on Sunday 25 February, have a look at a piece of film footage about the day.

Dare you try a penny farthing next time? To watch the film footage, click here.

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    Histonauts...the end!

    Find out where festival events took place, who won and the scret histories unearthed during Histonauts2.

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    Share what you did

    Tell us what you did, what you liked and what you didn't like about Manchester Histories Festival 2012 and what you'd like to see in 2014 on our Facebook page.

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    Community groups can link with academics to share knowledge and information to find out more about their local history through HLF's new All Our Stories fund. Find out more here
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    Kinder Trespass 80th Anniversary

    If you enjoyed MHF's talk about the Head for the Hills exhibition, find out more about Mancunian Benny Rotham and the 80th celebrations of the Kinder Trespass. Click here for details.