A famous writer hiding behind the curtain, a mysterious lady in a portrait and a female author stepping beyond her limits while her scholarly husband makes kites. Pen Portraits is a new series of dramatic monologues in which the original portraits of Elizabeth, William and Margaret Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë come to life through the […]
Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel Cairo Street is the oldest dissenting Chapel in Warrington and has a wealth of history connected with the town. William and Ann Robson with many other members of the congregation established the Warrington Anti Slavery Society and an Obelisk in their memory is located in the Chapel gardens. There are many […]
Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel Cairo Street is the oldest dissenting Chapel in Warrington and has a wealth of history connected with the town. William and Ann Robson with many other members of the congregation established the Warrington Anti Slavery Society and an Obelisk in their memory is located in the Chapel gardens. There are many […]
We are thrilled that Elizabeth Gaskell's House is celebrating North and South during 2022, with a special season of events and talks! The romance of Elizabeth Gaskell’s famous novel North and South is set against the harsh industrial backdrop of her own city of Manchester, thinly disguised as ‘Milton’ in her writing. Her description of industrial […]
Every year, on a Sunday close to what would have been Elizabeth Gaskell's birthday, we lay flowers on her grave (10.45am) at Brook Street Chapel in Knutsford. We also lay flowers on the nearby grave of the Gaskell Society's founder, the much-missed Joan Leach. We then go into the chapel for a special service from […]