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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 19h

11 October 1889 Salford-born James Joule died. His work on energy and heat means his name is given to the unit of energy, the joule. In his early years of experimentation, he gave himself and his friends electric shocks and tested a battery on a servant girl until she passed out.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 19h

11 October 1889 Salford-born James Joule died. His work on energy and heat means his name is given to the unit of energy, the joule. In his early years of experimentation, he gave himself and his friends electric shocks and tested a battery on a servant girl until she passed out.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 1d

10 October 1851 Queen Victoria visited Manchester and Salford, finding ‘a very intelligent but painfully unhealthy-looking population’. ‘In no other town could one depend so entirely upon the quiet and orderly behaviour of the people as in Manchester.’

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 1d

Ah thanks - I had a great time guiding a lovely group! Thanks for inviting me to tell the stories of Manchester Women of Oxford Road and for the warm welcome at Elizabeth Gaskell House!

Elizabeth Gaskell's House @eilzabethgaskellsh.bsky.social · 1d

A huge 🌟 thank you 🌟 to Philippa @revealmcr.bsky.social for the fantastic tour of Oxford Road yesterday!

We discovered so many pioneering women who have been hidden in the footnotes of Manchester's history.

@oxrdmcr.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @manmetuni.bsky.social @rncmlive.bsky.social

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 1d

10 October 1851 Queen Victoria visited Manchester and Salford, finding ‘a very intelligent but painfully unhealthy-looking population’. ‘In no other town could one depend so entirely upon the quiet and orderly behaviour of the people as in Manchester.’

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 1d

and take great care to give guests the best experience, while avoiding annoying anyone else traversing the city in the process.
But perhaps 'this is the world of Manchester journalism', keeping tour guides the butt of the joke?

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 1d

Except it's not.

It might be one corner of it, but I found the article - at least the part I could access - pretty insulting to those of us who are professional, qualified tour guides who spend years researching and crafting walks on highly specialised subjects, adhere to a code of conduct...

The Mill @manchestermill.bsky.social · 2d

This is the world of Manchester tour guides.

You’ll see them everywhere now that you’re looking: bucket-hatted, flag-wielding, talking with their hands about whether or not ice cream cones were invented in Ancoats.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 2d

9 October 2013 Manchester City Council passed a resolution to award the freedom of the city of Manchester to graphene pioneers and Nobel Prize winners Sir Andre Geim and Sir Kostya Novoselov.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 3d

8 October 1856 The new Free Trade Hall, Manchester, was inaugurated. The façade now remains as part of a hotel. Home of The Halle until 1996, the hall hosted iconic gigs by the Sex Pistols and Bob Dylan, and political meetings such as that interrupted by Suffragettes in 1905.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 3d

8 October 1856 The new Free Trade Hall, Manchester, was inaugurated. The façade now remains as part of a hotel. Home of The Halle until 1996, the hall hosted iconic gigs by the Sex Pistols and Bob Dylan, and political meetings such as that interrupted by Suffragettes in 1905.

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 4d

Now open access: BJRL back archive, including special issue on ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’. Check it out.

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 4d

This week, Professor Carsten Timmermann writes on Bulletin 87:1, ‘Medical History in Manchester: Health and Healing in an Industrial City, 1750–2005’.

Read the blog post: bit.ly/3KYQL39

BJRL Goes Open Access: Professor Carsten Timmermann on Manchester's Medical History - Manchester University Press

BJRL 87:1 is now Open Access on Manchesterhive.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 4d

7 October 1873 The new building of Owens College (later University of Manchester) opened, Oxford Rd. The architect Alfred Waterhouse also designed Manchester Town Hall, the Natural history museum, the Refuge Assurance Building (now Kimpton Clocktower Hotel) and Strangeways Prison.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 5d

Hi there - aimed at students, but you'd be most welcome. Just book soon if you'd like to come as I think there are only a few places left.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 5d

This week...

Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 22d

Calling Manchester students @officialuom.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @rncmlive.bsky.social - I'm guiding a history walk on Women of Oxford Road, for Elizabeth Gaskell House as part of The Cultural Welcome @oxrdmcr.bsky.social. Free but booking essential. oxfordroadcorridor.com/events/guide...

Guided walk – Women of Oxford Road

Join this walking tour to explore the history of women of Oxford Road – from notable achievers to those hidden in history’s footnotes.

oxfordroadcorridor.com

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 5d

6 October 1899 @thejohnrylands.bsky.social was inaugurated and founder Enriqueta Rylands was presented with the Freedom of the City of Manchester, the first woman to receive the honour. The date chosen was the anniversary of the marriage of Enriqueta and John Rylands (1875).

Top of sandstone building against a blue sky. Gothic architecture details including pointed arch window, grotesques /gargoyles, flying buttress, castellations on turrets.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 6d

5 October 1843 Charles Dickens said of Manchester 'this enterprising town, this little world of labour... her name famous through the world' in a speech at the Athenaeum (now part of Manchester Art Gallery).

Palazzo building - tall windows with triangular pediments, heavy cornice - with legend 'For the advancement and diffusion of knowledge'.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 6d

5 October 1843 Charles Dickens said of Manchester 'this enterprising town, this little world of labour... her name famous through the world' in a speech at the Athenaeum (now part of Manchester Art Gallery).

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 7d

4 October 1728 Dr Charles White was born. He was a founder of Manchester Infirmary and the town’s Lying-in Charity (later St Mary’s Hospital) for maternity care. He mummified the body of patient Hannah Beswick, keeping her body as a curiosity in the case of a grandfather clock.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 8d

This week 1567 Manchester’s Court Leet appointed two wettes (minstrels) instructing them to play each morning and evening.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 8d

This week 1567 Manchester’s Court Leet appointed two wettes (minstrels) instructing them to play each morning and evening.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 9d

2 October 1560 Manchester Court Leet ordered that no one should brew ale to sell unless they had ‘two honest beds for the accommodation of travellers’. ‘The sign of a hand was to be shown when ale was to be had, and when the tap was dry the hand was withdrawn.’

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 9d

2 October 1560 Manchester Court Leet ordered that no one should brew ale to sell unless they had ‘two honest beds for the accommodation of travellers’. ‘The sign of a hand was to be shown when ale was to be had, and when the tap was dry the hand was withdrawn.’

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 10d

1 October 1814 on Bridge St Manchester the 1st provincial School of Anatomy was founded by Joseph Jordan, to address ‘low state of medical education’ and ‘moral and social dangers’ for students in London. He used corpses obtained by body snatching and kept bones under his bed.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 11d

This week in 1823 The (Royal) Manchester Institution for the promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts was inaugurated. Its building, designed by Charles Barry, is now part of Manchester Art Gallery.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 11d

This week in 1823 The (Royal) Manchester Institution for the promotion of Literature, Science and the Arts was inaugurated. Its building, designed by Charles Barry, is now part of Manchester Art Gallery.

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