Clicky

Archives+

Archives+ Partnership of archive & local history organisations, engaging Manchester with its histories. Support

Operating as usual

 Usman, student from Manchester college currently digitising this image collection, found these wonderful old images of ...
30/01/2023


Usman, student from Manchester college currently digitising this image collection, found these wonderful old images of his local area today. The photos show Dickenson Rd market back in 1974 and Usman doesn't think it has changed, it looks the same as it does now! What do you think?
Dickenson Rd Block 7- Market- Longsight ref: 1974-1936

LGBT Foundation Archive Pop-up for World AIDS Day – 1st December 2022, 11am-1pm at Central Library (Ground Floor)Drop in...
29/11/2022

LGBT Foundation Archive Pop-up for World AIDS Day – 1st December 2022, 11am-1pm at Central Library (Ground Floor)

Drop in to Manchester Central Library on World AIDS Day, to see a selection of items from the LGBT Foundation Archive at Archives+ which tell the story of HIV and AIDS awareness and activism in Manchester.

We will also be joined by our Sexual Health Team, who will be on hand to discuss HIV testing and support through the years and what is accessible in Greater Manchester today!

FREE, no need to book.

Join us on Monday next week for a free film screening of this brilliant film from Oxygen Arts. Two and a half questions ...
22/11/2022
Film screening of "Two and a Half Questions" plus Q&A

Join us on Monday next week for a free film screening of this brilliant film from Oxygen Arts. Two and a half questions is a film exploring the lives and aspirations of the Windrush generation and those who came after them. Carol Ann from The Zebra Partnership will be with us too to chair the Q&A following the film with the producer and director Oxygen Arts

Don’t miss it! Monday 28 November, 5:30pm - 7pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-screening-of-two-and-a-half-questions-plus-qa-tickets-454893718357?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Two and a Half Questions is an exploration of the lives and aspirations of the Windrush generation and those who came after them.

 takes place next week & we’ve got a fantastic line up of events for you. On 15 June, 4-7pm at Central Library, we invit...
07/06/2022

takes place next week & we’ve got a fantastic line up of events for you. On 15 June, 4-7pm at Central Library, we invite you to explore Activism past, present & future at our archives handling showcase. Get inspired & add your views to our Wall of Activism. 🪧Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre and Education Trust North West Film Archive Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society LGBT Foundation GMCDP Taking Action - Young Disabled People

Today as people celebrate the  at street parties across the country, let’s take a look back at how we celebrated back in...
05/06/2022
Silver Jubilee

Today as people celebrate the at street parties across the country, let’s take a look back at how we celebrated back in 1977 for the Silver bit.ly/3NTzlBs 🎉🎊🥳

How Manchester celebrated Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee in 1977

https://northwestsoundheritage.org/2022/04/12/chorlton-sound-walk/Test our new Chorlton Soundwalk and get a free OBSOLET...
21/04/2022
Chorlton sound walk

https://northwestsoundheritage.org/2022/04/12/chorlton-sound-walk/

Test our new Chorlton Soundwalk and get a free OBSOLETE SOUND ARCHIVE CD!

Are you available to test out the walk using your own mobile device on Tuesday 26th April at any time between 3pm and 5.30pm? We would like to carry out a quick informal 5-minute interview with you to gather your thoughts after the walk.

Please feel free to bring or invite anyone else to join us. We’ll be at Chorlton Green – follow the Archives+ banner!

We would still love to hear you thoughts even if you are unable to attend on this day. Would you like to test out the walk remotely in your browser at home (instructions in the blog link).

Following your walk please complete the ten questions in this survey:
https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/B208K3/

To prove our commitment to obsolete sound media we’ll be sending a sound archive CD to everybody who tests this sound walk. If you would like us to send you one, please leave your name and postal address at the end of the survey 🙂
*****************************************************************

New Chorlton sound walk by Hayley Suviste

Book one of our North West Sound Heritage behind the scenes tours this Sat 26th March as part of  National Lottery Open ...
22/03/2022
Archives+ Unlocking Our Sound Heritage - Behind-the-scenes tours - 26 March - National Lottery Open Week - Projects - National Lottery Good Causes

Book one of our North West Sound Heritage behind the scenes tours this Sat 26th March as part of National Lottery Open Week. https://www.lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/projects/national-lottery-open-week/view/archives-unlocking-our-sound-heritage-behind-the-scenes-tours

Our Unlocking Our Sound Heritage team will be at Central Library for the Family History Fair on Saturday 26th March 10-4pm. Come and say hello and get a demonstration of how we digitise a reel-to-reel tapes to bring long-lost voices…

 A random selection of images from 1973 chosen by The Manchester College students on work placement at A+Image 1: Smithf...
04/03/2022

A random selection of images from 1973 chosen by
The Manchester College students on work placement at A+
Image 1: Smithfield Market
Image 2: College of Adult Education
Image 3: Byrom St CPO
Student Chezy - "It's interesting to see how MCR has evolved"

 Corporation Dwellings  1916 - St George's Avenue m27026, Barrack Street (back view) m25501 and Barrack Street (side vie...
13/01/2022

Corporation Dwellings 1916 - St George's Avenue m27026, Barrack Street (back view) m25501 and Barrack Street (side view) m25502. View more local images at https://bit.ly/3fitaHI

 now freely available to view for library members on 130 computers at Manchester Central Library! https://bit.ly/3G2R8mb...
06/01/2022
1921 Census freely available to view at Central Library

now freely available to view for library members on 130 computers at Manchester Central Library!
https://bit.ly/3G2R8mb Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society

Manchester Central Library is from today playing a key role in making the 1921 Census for England and Wales freely available to view. It has been published today at Find My Past. Manchester Central…

Happy New Year to all our followers! Here's a treat for you, a fantastic photo of the Grosvenor Picture Palace c1947 (m1...
04/01/2022

Happy New Year to all our followers!
Here's a treat for you, a fantastic photo of the Grosvenor Picture Palace c1947 (m19270). Trams ceased from this area in Jan 1949 so is definitely before this date. View is looking down Grosvenor St from Oxford Rd.

Update - Geoff Senior (Heaton Park Tramway) thinks its a pre war picture - both the 23 and 41 route were converted to buses in 1939 before the outbreak of war - although the 23 was reinstated in May 1940 until early 1945.
Can anyone date this photo?

As plans to pedestrianise Stevenson Square to create a more accessible & thriving  are under way, take a peek at how the...
31/12/2021

As plans to pedestrianise Stevenson Square to create a more accessible & thriving are under way, take a peek at how the square has changed through time.
Photo 1: 1890 m04566 Photo 2: 1891 m04564 Photo 3: 1921 m78530 Photo 4: 1939 m04561
https://bit.ly/32MC4dy

This  building, formerly The Midland Bank, was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1928. It is now home to a 5* luxury hotel - ...
30/12/2021

This building, formerly The Midland Bank, was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1928. It is now home to a 5* luxury hotel - do you know which one?
First image shows Spring Gardens in 1930, second image in 1940
third image in 1960, fourth image is an aerial view of St Andrews House, Midland Bank, Ship Canal House, King St 1965

The  area, once known for its notorious slums - now the setting for the impressive  renewal project. Photo 1: 77a Red Ba...
29/12/2021

The area, once known for its notorious slums - now the setting for the impressive renewal project.
Photo 1: 77a Red Bank 1932
Photo 2: Red Bank 1936
Photo 3: Smithy & Stables, 47 Roger St, Red Bank 1904
Photo 4: 33-55 Red Bank 1937

Seasons Greetings from everyone at Archives+. Here’s one of our favourites of Central Library when it was based temporar...
25/12/2021

Seasons Greetings from everyone at Archives+. Here’s one of our favourites of Central Library when it was based temporarily in Piccadilly Gardens, 1929.

Manchester Libraries Christmas Opening Hours
24/12/2021
Manchester Libraries Christmas Opening Hours

Manchester Libraries Christmas Opening Hours

With the Christmas period is fast approaching and we wanted to let you know when you will be able access your local library over the coming weeks. Manchester Libraries Christmas opening hours 2021 …

Images of Great Bridgewater Street from our online collection. Does anyone recognise the much loved Grade II listed buil...
23/12/2021

Images of Great Bridgewater Street from our online collection. Does anyone recognise the much loved Grade II listed building in 1st photo, dated 1896?
Photo 2: no. 92 gable, 1896
Photo 3: looking from Deansgate, 1900
Photo 4: junction with Albion St 1900
Search for more local images https://bit.ly/3yQMqVT

 Some fabulous colour images of Central Library and St Peter's Square dated 6 August 1973. So much has changed!
22/10/2021


Some fabulous colour images of Central Library and St Peter's Square dated 6 August 1973. So much has changed!

 A few images of  taken on 4th October. Photo 1: Altrincham Rd, Benchill 1937. Photo 2: Greenbrow Rd, Newall Green 1950....
04/10/2021

A few images of taken on 4th October. Photo 1: Altrincham Rd, Benchill 1937. Photo 2: Greenbrow Rd, Newall Green 1950. Photo 3: Ruddpark Rd, Woodhouse Park 1950. Photo 4: Portway, Woodhouse Park 1950. WYTHENSHAWE WASTE WARRIORS WYTHENSHAWE OFFICIAL

We're taking a look back at  today. Wonderful images of Hardman Street (now School Lane). Photo 1: Hardman St 1913. Phot...
17/09/2021

We're taking a look back at today. Wonderful images of Hardman Street (now School Lane). Photo 1: Hardman St 1913. Photo 2: Hardman St, view from William St looking towards Wilmslow Rd, 1924. Photo 3: Hardman St, view from Wilmslow Rd looking towards railway bridge, 1924. Photo 4: Hardman St, looking west 1938. Didsbury Civic Society

 10 Sept 1970 BBC Radio Manchester was launched. There's so much content in these images to explore! Telephones, typewri...
10/09/2021

10 Sept 1970 BBC Radio Manchester was launched. There's so much content in these images to explore! Telephones, typewriters, fashion, tech! Photo 1: Outside broadcast. Photo 2: Operations room. Photo 3: Newsroom. BBC Radio Manchester

The Archive team visited Brunswick Church this week so this inspired us to look at what the area was like in the 1960's....
09/09/2021

The Archive team visited Brunswick Church this week so this inspired us to look at what the area was like in the 1960's. 1. Brunswick Street entry 1960, 2. Brunswick Street 1967, 3. Christie Street 1967, 4. Brunswick Street 1967. S4B Manchester

Deadline for applications: Friday 24th September 1pm
09/09/2021

Deadline for applications: Friday 24th September 1pm

We are very excited to be recruiting for an access and inclusion worker to make the People's accessible to all.
Based at Central
In partnership with Archives+

https://gmcdp.com/were-hiring

Looking forward to meeting a local group from Boggart Hole Clough today. Let's hope we don't come across any Boggarts! P...
04/09/2021

Looking forward to meeting a local group from Boggart Hole Clough today. Let's hope we don't come across any Boggarts!
Photo 1: Boating Lake 1930.
Photo 2: Refreshment rooms 1909.
Photo 3:Fountain 1907
Photo 4: View lake, opening day 1910.

In September 1879 Lancashire Telephonic Exchange Ltd. opened the first telephone exchange in Manchester. This image of t...
03/09/2021

In September 1879 Lancashire Telephonic Exchange Ltd. opened the first telephone exchange in Manchester. This image of the exchange on Faulkner Street was taken in 1980.
Close by is the Chinese Arch on Faulkner Street, seen here during construction 1986.

Photograph taken 100 years ago  - Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, view from Moseley Road 31/08/1921.There are over 80,000 lo...
31/08/2021

Photograph taken 100 years ago - Wilmslow Road, Fallowfield, view from Moseley Road 31/08/1921.
There are over 80,000 local images available to view at https://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php
Take a look and see if you can find your street!

Happy Manchester Pride weekend! 🌈Here's a link to a special   online memory box we created last year with help from youn...
28/08/2021
Online Memory Box: PRIDE Manchester’s LGBTQ+ History

Happy Manchester Pride weekend! 🌈
Here's a link to a special online memory box we created last year with help from young people
The Proud Trust

http://bit.ly/3BmXwC6

It’s PRIDE this weekend! Each week during lockdown, Archives+ have published an online memory box focusing on different areas in Manchester. This week, to tie in with the Alternative Man…

 16 August 1819 a meeting of between 60,000 & 80,000 people calling for parliamentary reform was held at St Peter’s Fiel...
16/08/2021
Peterloo: star items

16 August 1819 a meeting of between 60,000 & 80,000 people calling for parliamentary reform was held at St Peter’s Field in Manchester. Between 15-20 were killed & hundreds were injured. The event became known as the .

Archive album https://bit.ly/3yUcOx7

Explore this photo album by Manchester Archives+ on Flickr!

 Princess Road 1921 - 100 years ago! Photo 1: Princess Rd looking from Barlow Moor Rd. Photo 2 & 3: Concrete mixing. Pho...
12/08/2021

Princess Road 1921 - 100 years ago! Photo 1: Princess Rd looking from Barlow Moor Rd. Photo 2 & 3: Concrete mixing. Photo 4: Making concrete kerbs.

Launched in 1906, Crossley Motors was a major supplier of military vehicles during WW1 & WW2. Here's an interesting phot...
10/08/2021

Launched in 1906, Crossley Motors was a major supplier of military vehicles during WW1 & WW2. Here's an interesting photo of a Crossley electric battery vehicle 1935 & an aerial shot of Gorton & Belle Vue, showing Crossley Motors in 1922.

Before the era of car boot sales & recycling centres was the rag-and-bone-man calling out ‘rag n’ bone’ or ‘any old iron...
09/08/2021

Before the era of car boot sales & recycling centres was the rag-and-bone-man calling out ‘rag n’ bone’ or ‘any old iron’. Does anyone remember running out with their unwanted items?
Photo 1: Ancoats, Price St 1939.
Photo 2: Ford Lane, Wythenshawe 1953.
Photo 3: Oldham Rd, Miles Platting 1961.
Photo 4: Egerton St, Denton 1971.

 racing up the medal table with 3 golds in the bag :)White City High Diving 1910, cycling back in the 40s and the iconic...
26/07/2021

racing up the medal table with 3 golds in the bag :)
White City High Diving 1910, cycling back in the 40s and the iconic "Olympic sized" Sharston Baths, if only for those pesky tiles!

Fab images of young people's fashion from 50s-80s. Photo 1: Queuing for ice cream 1954. Photo 2: St Ambrose Church 1960....
21/07/2021

Fab images of young people's fashion from 50s-80s. Photo 1: Queuing for ice cream 1954. Photo 2: St Ambrose Church 1960. Photo 3: Clogs £6.99, Levi jeans £4.50, Horse-shoe belt £1.50 1972. Photo 4: MCR Carnival 1980

Address

Central Library, St Peter's Square
Manchester
M25PD

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

0161 234 1979

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Archives+ posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Museum

Send a message to Archives+:

Videos


Comments

💥 Flashback to this day 34 years ago (1988) when thousands of protestors marched through city to protest the introduction of "Section 28" - a diabolical act which prohibited the promotion of homosexuality 😔

Manchester stood together to make their voices heard as part of the largest LGB rights demonstration in British history ✊ and we think these images from the council's image collection capture the spirit very well.

Read more about it here https://bit.ly/3o0ZZOh
Credit to Archives+
Supporting Le***an, Gay, Bisexual, Trans History Month UK

We’re pleased to announce that our viewing pods at Archives+ in Manchester Central Library are open once again.

Explore over 1,700 films from our collection in our stylish pods. No need to book, just jump in and start watching.

P.S. You can find out other ways to access the collection here https://www.mmu.ac.uk/north-west-film-archive/about-the-collection/accessing-the-collection
🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨 As we work with Archives+ & Manchester Libraries to co-ordinate an exciting archive indexing project, we're seeking a freelancer for the role of Volunteer Co-ordinator & Content Curator.

For more information and for details on how to apply, click the link.
https://bandonthewall.org/2021/11/opportunity-heritage-project-volunteer-co-ordinator-content-curator-freelance/
Seven hundred years after Dante's death, it is right to celebrate him by writing a novel about his life, in a simple and popular way, quoting some passages from the Divine Comedy and romantically reconstructing the path of his incredible material and spiritual life, without claiming to document historical value, but with the profound pleasure of sharing with him the loves and emotions of the greatest poet of all time, more relevant than ever, to deeply understand that man must live following virtue and knowledge, to save one's soul and attain earthly happiness and spiritual and universal bliss. Dante is the poet of the life and the earthly and divine love. Health also depends on what you read. Dante has a beneficial effect and brings happiness. Now there is DANTE AND HIS LOVES ebook
For the next hour, go behind the scenes on the Demo Tapes project we aired in July, and find out how young musicians at More Music , Collective Encounters and Brighter Sound wrote new protest music in response to the region's sound archives.

Following the story from the first workshop to the final gig, hosted by Unlocking Our Sound Heritage at Archives+ on 13 July.

Unlocking Our Sound Heritage is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Listen now at reformradio.co.uk



Watch now We Had The Magic by LYVE (More Music), and set your alarm for 6pm today as we'll have another protest song available, this time by Baybeat Streetband.

In partnership with Archives+ Brighter Sound More Music Collective Encounters National Lottery Heritage Fund BL Sound Heritage

On the countdown to the premiere of the radio edit of the Demo Tapes on Fri 30 July, we're excited to present We Had the Magic, created and performed by LYVE.

Over the summer term musicians from More Music, Brighter Sound & Collective Encounters created new protest songs inspired by North West sound Archives+

Tune in to the Demo Tapes radio edit this Fri 30 July from 1 - 3pm on Reform Radio: https://www.reformradio.co.uk/play/Demo_Tapes_30th_July_2021

As part of the Demo Tapes new protest music performances, watch again Last Chance to Dance by More Media Collective, now available at anytime here:
youtu.be/XzuYaDWv1K0

And save the link for the 2nd performance premiering today at 6pm on More Music: We Had The Magic by LYVE
https://youtu.be/SkxrF74lzjk

- In partnership with: More Music Brighter Sound Manchester Libraries Archives+ Collective Encounters National Lottery Heritage Fund & BL Sound Heritage
Over the summer term musicians from More Music, Brighter Sound & Collective Encounters created new protest songs inspired by North West sound Archives+ Manchester Libraries.

The musicians performed their songs in a livestreamed gig on 13 July. If you missed the stream, the radio edit of the Demo Tapes gig is going out this Fri 30 July from 1 - 3pm on Reform Radio: https://www.reformradio.co.uk/play/Demo_Tapes_30th_July_2021

Ahead of the radio edit, we're excited to share the songs created by More Music participants. First up - Last Chance to Dance by More Media Collective.

On Friday, from 1pm to 3pm we'll be broadcasting the recording from Demo Tapes' gig at Manchester Libraries with Archives+ More Music Collective Encounters Brighter Sound Ríoghnach Connolly National Lottery Heritage Fund & BL Sound Heritage -

Leading up to the radio show, you can discover some of the performances created by More Music participants, starting with Last Chance to Dance by More Media Collective, premiering today at 6pm:

youtu.be/XzuYaDWv1K0

It’s been a pleasure and a privilege to help today with the removal of the tributes, which will be conserved and archived. Many thanks to our students, our partners Manchester Art Gallery, Archives+, Belle Vue Productions and People's History Museum and everyone who contributed to this amazing public response!
And we're live for the Demo Tapes event at Manchester Libraries with Archives+ Brighter Sound Collective Encounters More Music

Join us online: https://www.mixcloud.com/live/reformradio/
Join young musicians from across the North West next Tue 13 Jul on 's Mixcloud Live for an evening of new protest music in response to the region’s sound archives 📣

Online. Tune in from 6-8pm 👉 northwestsoundheritage.org/demo-tapes

Archives+ Collective Encounters Brighter Sound National Lottery Heritage Fund
Join us next Tuesday 13 July on Reform Radio's Mixcloud Live for an evening of protest music in response to sound archives from the North West, created as part of Demo Tapes 📣

Demo Tapes is a music-making project hosted by Archives+ (Manchester Libraries) and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund which brings together newly-digitised sound archives and young musicians from More Music and Collective Encounters to create new tracks around the theme of protest. Tune in from 6-8pm 👉 http://ow.ly/Ahmb30rMZgJ
Happy birthday to our NHS & a huge thank youBlue heart
The NHS was launched 5 July 1948 by Health Secretary Aneurin Bevan at Park Hospital, Davyhulme (image 2 aerial view 1930).
Image 1: Child Welfare Clinic MCR 1950.
Image 3: MRI 1950.
Image 4: Wythenshawe Hospital 1972


Thank you to Archives+for the images and NHS facts!
Happy !

Archives+ at Manchester Central Library allows visitors to create, contribute and respond to events past and present in Manchester - making it a true reflection of the community it serves.

Archives+
Manchester Central Library

Read more about the project here: https://bit.ly/3w6Vu6E
x

Other Manchester museums (show all)

Manchester city center Free Trade Hall Manchester Art Gallery Manchester City Art Galleries Manchester City Art Gallery The BIG Detecting Show People's History Museum Coronation Street: The Tour Science and Industry Museum People's History Museum Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) Manchester Museum of Science, Industry and Technology Musée des Sciences et de l'Industrie Manchester Museum of Science and Industry Manchester Science Museum