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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

This week...

Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 19d

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.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 4d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

29 September 1810 Elizabeth Gaskell was born. Her novels covered tension between workers and employers in industrial Manchester. She enjoyed travel, socialising, food. On evenings [out] in Paris she would ‘make a buzz of talk, look at fine dresses, and I come home hungry as a hawk about one am’.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 9d

29 September 1810 Elizabeth Gaskell was born. Her novels covered tension between workers and employers in industrial Manchester. She enjoyed travel, socialising, food. On evenings [out] in Paris she would ‘make a buzz of talk, look at fine dresses, and I come home hungry as a hawk about one am’.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 10d

This week in 1642 a rainy Manchester, supporting Parliament in English Civil War, defended an attack by Royalist forces. Royalist Captain Standish, emerging from a house across the River Irwell, was killed by a shot from @mancathedral.bsky.social tower, where the sniper had kept his (gun)powder dry.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 10d

This week in 1642 a rainy Manchester, supporting Parliament in English Civil War, defended an attack by Royalist forces. Royalist Captain Standish, emerging from a house across the River Irwell, was killed by a shot from @mancathedral.bsky.social tower, where the sniper had kept his (gun)powder dry.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 11d

27 September 1772 James Brindley died. Engineer on the Bridgewater Canal, he once used a model made of cheese when proposing one aspect, the Barton Aqueduct.

Corten (rusty steel) cut-out of a man in 18th Century wig and waistcoat, with wording 'James Brindley 1716-1772'. Situated outside in grassy area with trees behind.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 12d

26 September 1763 John Byrom died in Manchester. He wrote the hymn 'Christians Awake!’ and devised a form of shorthand. He was a buyer for Chetham's Library which holds his own collection. His son Edward founded St John’s Church. St John’s Gardens marks the site.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 12d

26 September 1763 John Byrom died in Manchester. He wrote the hymn 'Christians Awake!’ and devised a form of shorthand. He was a buyer for Chetham's Library which holds his own collection. His son Edward founded St John’s Church. St John’s Gardens marks the site.

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Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social · 13d

25 September 1827 The Heaton Park horse races began. Held annually for a decade, the races would ‘afford a very agreeable treat to the sporting community in this neighbourhood’. In 1828, to attract a ‘more select’ crowd, spectators had to arrive on a horse or in a carriage.

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