Manchester
Manchester Meeting – Edmund Potter: MP, FRS, Calico Printer and Philanthropist
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomEdmund Potter is probably most famous for being the grandfather of the author, Beatrix Potter, but he had an illustrious career of his own. Edmund was a Calico Printer who owned a calico print works at Dinting Vale, near Glossop, Derbyshire, that was once the largest calico printing factory in the world. Kate Raine will […]
Manchester Meeting – Female Role Models from Biblical Heroines
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomAuthor Sherry Ashworth looks at how Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot and Charles Dickens used biblical heroines to develop their own characters. Our Manchester meetings take place in Cross Street Chapel on the first Tuesday of the month, October-March (exc January). Everyone is most welcome to come along, members and non-members alike. Doors open at 1pm […]
Manchester Meeting – Elizabeth Gaskell, Celebrity
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomElizabeth Gaskell, Celebrity: How she coped with fame In ordinary life, Elizabeth Gaskell enjoyed a certain status in Manchester as the wife of a prominent clergyman. But she soon achieved fame in her own right, through her writings. This talk, by Anthony Burton, explains how these appeared at first anonymously, then under the names ‘E. […]
Manchester Meeting – February 2025
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomOur Manchester meetings take place in Cross Street Chapel on the first Tuesday of the month, October-March (exc January). Everyone is most welcome to come along, members and non-members alike. Doors open at 1pm (feel free to bring a packed lunch) and the talk will begin at 1.30pm. Tickets are £5 for members, £6 for […]
Manchester Meeting – Britishness and the Four Nations in the Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell
Cross Street Chapel Cross Street,, Manchester, United KingdomWe're delighted to welcome Duncan Hamilton to our March meeting. We live in a world of friction between the nations of the United Kingdom. Resurgent Scotland, resilient Wales and confident Northern Ireland jostle with long-dominant England for an equal voice on Britain’s national stage. From Scotland’s independence referendum to Brexit, the 2010s and 2020s have […]