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Gamechangers of the future inspired by Greater Manchester’s suffragist movement

8th March 2021 Kirsty Day

Youngsters are learning how to put a modern twist on campaigning for their futures thanks to the great suffragists from the past that worked hard to create change across Greater Manchester. This International Women’s Day [Read More]

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Heaton Chapel

Time Tourist history project looking for support

16th December 2017 Paul Harrison

An interactive digital history project that brings alive the history of the Heaton has been shortlisted for potential funding. Time Tourist uses augmented reality on mobile phones and tablets via an app to take the user on [Read More]

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Macclesfield divers hope to raise Dam Busters bombs

22nd June 2017 Paul Harrison

Scuba divers from Macclesfield are preparing for a daring underwater mission to recover two historic bouncing bombs similar to those featured in the World War II film The Dam Busters. The project by a team of divers [Read More]

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Historian to play his part in Quarry Bank’s future

2nd September 2016 Paul Harrison

ONE of the country’s best-loved historians is to play a part in the future of a historic place in Wilmslow. ‘An Evening with Michael Wood’, the successful author and television presenter, will raise funds for [Read More]

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Cheshire

Watch returned to Quarry Bank after more than 100 years

19th August 2016 Paul Harrison

A pocket watch that was given to a mill worker for his dedicated service has been returned to Quarry Bank after more than a century. The watch – made by Robert Milne of Manchester – [Read More]

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The Lost Book of King Arthur to be Pennine Dragon follow-up

27th July 2016 Paul Harrison

The author of the best-selling King Arthur book Pennine Dragon is back with his latest new release – and it promises to reveal the lost history of the legendary ruler. Earlier this year the controversial [Read More]

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Didsbury

Book celebrates MMU’s Didsbury campus

16th May 2016 Paul Harrison

Gabrielle Whitehead, freelance journalist and director of PW Copy, copywriting specialists in Manchester, looks back at the Didsbury campus of Manchester Metropolitan University, which is being turned into exclusive new flats It was long regarded as south Manchester’s [Read More]

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Pennine Dragon: The Real King Arthur of the North

2nd March 2016 Paul Harrison

The real King Arthur was not from Cornwall or Wales – he was actually a northerner. That’s the verdict of a new book, Pennine Dragon: The Real King Arthur of the North. Simon Keegan, 36, who [Read More]

Pennine Dragon
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Pennine Dragon – extract from Simon Keegan’s book

2nd March 2016 Paul Harrison

Camelot is only introduced as Arthur’s castle in later medieval romances, but there would seem to be a grain of truth in the name – and that grain comes from the fact that Camulod or [Read More]

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