**Rootschat Meet No 3 - 11th March 2006, Manchester

[Mobo]

Mobo ... how could you miss

The People's History Museum?   ... the national centre for the collection, conservation, interpretation and study of material relating to the history of working people in Britain.  The museum galleries are housed in the Pump House: a former Edwardian hydraulic pumping station, Bridge Street, Manchester.  Paul

 

I didn't miss it Paul - just thought I'd post a few of the many places of interest. Anyway, I hope you'll be there in one of your many caps - something like this fetching little number perhaps ?

 

[Paul E]

I say!  That's a dandy little number, Mobo!

cheers

Paul

[Lloydy]

It looks to me as if we are going to need at least a week to 'do' Manchester!!

Jill

It would be lovely to get away for a week without hubby and the kids ...............I can dream!!!!!!

I didn't realise that there were so many places of interest in Manchester.   It's going to be fun planning the itinery!!

Jan

[Headbanger Veron]

It all sounds fantastic.... after Christmas would be best for me too.

I've never visited Manchester properly and would love the opportunity.  I have some ancestors who lived there too, I could do that at the same time!

Veron 

[Mobo]

 

Yes Lloydy, Manchester has a lot to see if you have the time and energy.  For instance, there's

John Ryland's Library on Deansgate

This is probably the best Late Victorian Gothic building in the UK which happens to house one of the greatest collections of manuscripts and printed works in the world including the oldest fragment of the New Testament, Guttenberg Bibles, most of Caxton's works, first edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Audubon's birds, illuminated manuscripts etc.... .

Open weekdays from 10am - 5pm and Saturday mornings  10am - 1pm
Admission free.

 

[Mobo]

After Christmas for me  The Urbis Centre sounds really interesting.  Susan 

Hi Keziah - perhaps you could come with Graceland - I think he lives in your 'neck o'th the woods' doesn't he ??

 

[Mobo]

 

And this is the very last one .....(pant pant)

Museum of Science & Industry
It is housed in the buildings of the world's oldest passenger railway station. There are more than 12 galleries packed with colourful exhibits and hands-on interactives to help you explore the history, science and technology of the world's first industrial city.

Opening Times: Every day from 10am - 5pm

Just some of the many places available to plan an itinerary.

 

[Keziahemm]

After Christmas for me  The Urbis Centre sounds really interesting.  Susan 

Hi Keziah - perhaps you could come with Graceland - I think he lives in your 'neck o'th the woods' doesn't he ??

 

Glorious Gloucestershire   

Already been looking at train times - about 3 hours (providing there's no engineering work  )

Susan 

[Lesanne]

  Does this mean some kind person of Manchester, is going to sort an itinerary, do a wrecky of affordable hotels and post a map for us to find each other.

      Sounds like it would be a good one for the Tourist Information office to use.
          Perhaps they have one already.