Unsung: Routes to the Modern City
We have established a successful community education series in Fallowfield based on sharing recent research into the lives and connections of our local neighbourhoods. In autumn and winter 2025/6 we are planning an extended series which focuses on unsung stories which have a local connection, and, we think, a wider relevance.
At the end of the series in March we invite you to join us for a History Workshop session when we will continue the work of uncovering the connections that are sometimes missed. Venue: Accessible space in Holy Innocents Church, M14 6JZ Timing: Coffee from 10am Talk and discussion 10.30am Finish 12noon 
Programme
October 4th Pioneers and Trailblazers
Ali Ronan and friends We’ve heard about the mill girls, but what about the Handkerchief Hemmers of Hulme? The Box Makers? The midwives? The domestic servants? Now remembered in a new banner made by local women, Ali Ronan and some of the trailblazing stitchers will talk about the history and about the current movement to see more public art which honours women and not only those with big houses. And the banner will be on show! November 1st Pan African Congress
Dr Parise Carmichael-Murphy and friends Did Kwame Nkrumah and Jomo Kenyatta step off the train in Oxford Road and walk into Moss Side or Hulme? Why did the 5th Pan African Congress take place in Manchester and not London in 1945? Learn about the men and women who shaped it and explore its significance for today. December 6th Education Matters
Hilary Jones, Sue Good and friends. The day books of local church schools; the local memorials for World War One; the records of School Boards: all these tell a story of children’s lives and women’s lives as they gained enfranchisement. But the future for the same women and children was always imagined differently, depending on a child’s family background… or a woman’s marital status. February 7th Rosa Grindon and The Shakespeare Garden at Platt Fields
Kattie Kincaid As a local resident, Kattie Kincaid began to research the story of the Shakespearean Gardens and especially the one in Platt Fields. As well as leading the practical restoration of the garden Kattie uncovered the story of Rosa Grindon, a leading light in Edwardian Manchester. She was a recognised Shakespearean lecturer, a keen botanist, a suffragist and a philanthropist who regularly spoke out on the need for public parks and green spaces. March 7th International Women’s Day History Workshop: details to be announced.
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