Manchester Histories Festival - 24 February - 4 March 2012

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Manchester Histories Festival has expanded for 2012 from a two day event into a ten day celebration involving individuals and organisations from across Greater Manchester, and a BIG day of activity for the Celebration Day on Saturday 3 March based around Manchester Town Hall.

Highlights

Black and white image of Doroth Critchlow, the MEN journalist of the first ever problem page.

Miserable Blue Eyes

Sat 3 Mar 2012 1.30pm - 2.30pm

Learn about the Manchester Evening News' first ever problem page and its journalis Dorothy Cricthlow.

Black and white photo of a Manchester Theatre Image courtesy of Manchester Information, Libraries & Archives, Manchester City Council

Annie Horniman’s Manchester

Sun 4 Mar 2012 11am - 12.30pm

From the naughty nineties to the roaring twenties Manchester was the place to be as Theatreland welcomed Annie Horniman.

Black and white sketch of a cotton cartoon

Mirth in the Mill

Fri 24 Feb 2012 Fri 24 Feb 2012 10am to Sun 4 Mar 2012 5pm, 2.30pm - 3.30pm

A humourous exhibition of Sam Fitton’s weekly cartoons that featured in the union newspaper Cotton Factory Times, providing a wry and unique commentary on the workplace struggles in the Manchester mills.

Black and white image of the Thinker statue holding a microphone

Bright Club Manchester 11: Histories

Thu 1 Mar 2012 7.30pm

Bright Club - The Thinking Person’s Variety Night! Tickling your grey matter and funny bone, BCM joins up with MHF for this special historical edition.

Colour photograph of Imperial War Museum North

Introducing Imperial War Museum North

Fri 24 Feb 2012 to Sat 3 Mar 2012
1.30pm daily

Explore Imperial War Museum North and its links with Manchester history.

Black and white picture of Captain Scott in the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic and Manchester: the Untold Story

Thu 1 Mar 2012 6pm - 7.30pm

A talk by Dr Max Jones revealing Scott's unknown links with Manchester.