BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Gaskell Society - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Gaskell Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261006T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261006T150000 DTSTAMP:20260624T105911Z CREATED:20260501T122615Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T105911Z UID:8891-1791291600-1791298800@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - 'A Little Paradise': the Urban and Rural Homes of a Manchester Manufacturer DESCRIPTION:Manchester Meeting – ‘A Little Paradise’: the Urban and Rural Homes of a Manchester Manufacturer\n 6 October\n \,\n1:00 pm\n –\n3:00 pm\n What was life like for a wealthy family in the Georgian period? Samuel and Hannah Greg were amongst the Manchester elite at the time\, but when they tired of urban life they decided to build a home in the countryside\, with all the trials and tribulations of an episode of Grand Designs. The Gregs owned Quarry Bank Mill\, which is now a National Trust property in Styal.  Dr Thomas McGrath is an historian and freelance writer. He focuses on social and domestic histories from the 18th-20th centuries. He completed his PhD in 2021\, and he currently works for Wigan Archives.  \nEveryone 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. \nTickets are £5 for members\, £6 for non-members. Simply pay on the door or book online here (no booking fee). \nWe’ll also make a recording available. A link and password will be sent to all ticket holders after the event.  \n\n \n \n\n Categories:\n Manchester\, Meeting\, talk \n\n The Gaskell Society\n\n \n \n \nView Organiser Website \n\n \n gaskellsociety@gmail.com \n \n\n Cross Street Chapel\n\nCross Street\,\n \n Manchester\,\n M2 1NL\n United Kingdom\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n \n \n \n\n View Venue Website \n\n\n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n \n\n\n Google Calendar\n\n\n iCalendar\n\n\n Outlook 365\n\n\n Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Gaskell Society Conference 2026 \n\n\n \n Sensation Fiction – Lady Audley's Secret URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/a-little-paradise/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261103T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261103T150000 DTSTAMP:20260808T164308Z CREATED:20260728T131351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T164308Z UID:9295-1793710800-1793718000@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - Sustainability and Mrs Gaskell’s life and works DESCRIPTION:Sustainability has become almost a popular term in recent years. It can have many meanings\, not just those relating to the environment and it provides an interesting lens through which to refract and reflect upon the life of Mrs Gaskell and her works. Thus\, for example\, in Wives and Daughters\, the narrator says “In his father’s eyes\, Osborne was the representative of the ancient house of Hamley\, the future owner of the land which had been theirs for a thousand years”. Mrs Gaskell challenges such shibboleths of tradition and the talk will explore this in the context of sustainability. \nDavid Barnes is a social worker\, volunteer heritage worker and tour guide with a special interest in the North of England and its industrial landscapes\, especially its canals.\nEveryone 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. \nTickets are £5 for members\, £6 for non-members. Simply pay on the door or book online here (no booking fee). \nWe’ll also make a recording available. A link and password will be sent to all ticket holders after the event.  URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-november-2026/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Manchester,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261201T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261201T150000 DTSTAMP:20260808T164358Z CREATED:20260728T133134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T164358Z UID:9297-1796130000-1796137200@gaskellsociety.co.uk SUMMARY:Manchester Meeting - George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell\, and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor DESCRIPTION:“The peculiar\, and in some respects distressing\, condition in which we are now placed as a manufacturing people”: George Buckland\, Elizabeth Gaskell\, and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor\nThe Unitarian Reports of the Ministry to the Poor confronted readers\, in harrowing detail\, with the grim reality of the living conditions of the working class in Manchester. Such findings prompted George Buckland\, the second Minister to the Poor\, to reflect on the peculiar position of a manufacturing people. Buckland’s reports were a source of inspiration for Elizabeth Gaskell’s first novel\, Mary Barton. This talk will discuss some findings from my research into George Buckland\, his work for the Ministry to the Poor and its relation to Mary Barton. In their writings on Manchester life in the 1830s and 40s\, both Buckland and Gaskell consider Manchester’s place in relation to wider ideas of English identity; yet it seems that many roads may\, in fact\, lead to Canada. \nJoshua Povall is a PhD candidate at the University of York\, researching understandings of Englishness and the industrial North West in the mid-nineteenth century periodical press. \nEveryone 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. \nTickets are £5 for members\, £6 for non-members. Simply pay on the door or book online here (no booking fee). \nWe’ll also make a recording available. A link and password will be sent to all ticket holders after the event.  URL:https://gaskellsociety.co.uk/event/manchester-december-2026/ LOCATION:Cross Street Chapel\, Cross Street\,\, Manchester\, M2 1NL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:history,Manchester,Mary Barton,Meeting,talk ORGANIZER;CN="The Gaskell Society":MAILTO:gaskellsociety@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR