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A recent exhibition of radical ceramics at the Library got me thinking that popular art and decorative items can often give us an insight in the lives and struggles of ordinary people. When it comes to decorative ceramics the first images that come to mind for most are often...
Manchester Trades Council banner, 2003-2014 We were delighted to welcome the former Manchester Trades Council banner into our collection earlier this year, after it was 'retired' to make way for a new, more portable version. Conscious that this banner had been active on a great many protests etc in...
‘A History of Lancashire in 70 Objects' is a Heritage Lottery Funded project run in partnership between Lancashire Heritage Learning, Lancashire Life and Museum Development North West. To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Lancashire Life, 70 objects have been chosen with the help of the public from 70 different...
On this 198th anniversary we are keen to share again Oliver Lomax's poem, written last year after he came in to the Library to read some of our eye-witness accounts of the Peterloo Massacre: Peterloo I beg you will endeavour to preserve the most perfect silence. Put your hand...
As part of our Voting for Change project, the Library has just made an exciting joint purchase with the People's History Museum. It's a (much-folded!) serviette produced as a souvenir of the huge Votes for Women demonstration and rally held in London on 18 June 1910. It shows the...
