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Society Meetings in Detail

Quarterly, Explore and Occasional Meetings

Belle Vue Circus Clown Artist; The Great Omi (Zebra Man), by Pamela Armstrong

23 July 2025, Manchester Central Library, 10.30am

Date: 23rd July 2025
Day: Wednesday, 10.30am
Venue: Manchester Central Library
Speaker: Pamela Armstrong
Booking: will be on Eventbrite
Cost: members - free of charge
Cost: non-members - £5

Images: hh

The Amazing Mr Bott - The Rise and Fall of a Victorian Entrepreneur, by Chris Tombs

23 July 2025, Manchester Central Library, 1.00pm

Date: 23rd July 2025
Day: Wednesday, 1.00pm
Venue: Manchester Central Library
Speaker: Chris Tombs
Booking: will be on Eventbrite
Cost: members - free of charge
Cost: non-members - £5

Images: hh

Music For The Masses: Jospeh Higham, band instrument maker of Strangeways, by Claire Moores

1st October 2025, Manchester Central Library, 10.30am

Date: 1st October 2025
Day: Wednesday, 10.30am
Venue: Manchester Central Library
Speaker: Claire Moores
Booking: will be on Eventbrite
Cost: members - free of charge
Cost: non-members - £5

Images: hh

Manchester's Radical Mayor - Abel Heywood, by Joanna Williams

1st October 2025, Manchester Central Library, 1.00pm

Date: 1st October 2025
Day: Wednesday, 1.00pm
Venue: Manchester Central Library
Speaker: Joanna Williams
Booking: will be on Eventbrite
Cost: members - free of charge
Cost: non-members - £5

Images: hh

River Irwell: Pleasure and Perils, by Keith Warrender

16 April 2025, Manchester Central Library, 1.00pm

Join us on Wednesday, 16th April 2025 at 1.00pm for this, our second quarterly tallk of the day: River Irwell: Pleasure and Perils.

An exploration of the history of the River Irwell, coloured (literally) by the industrial activities on its bank, the dividing line between Salford and Manchester, and the conduit for the detritus of tanners, millers and shopkeepers. The Irwell was also a highway, navigable to Quay Street, a place of amusement with ferries and boat trips, and a place of terrible disasters. (hh)

Date: 16th April 2025
Day: Wednesday, 1.00pm
Venue: Manchester Central Library
Speaker: Keith Warrender
Booking: Eventbrite
Cost: members - free of charge
Cost: non-members - £5

Images: hh

Meetings Archive

Future Meetings, Events and Archive

The Society and its branches offer a varied programme of meetings throughout the year, a mix of in-person, online and hybrid events which, we hope, will be of interest to our members wherever they might be.

past and future meetings

Non-members pay £5 per meeting. Some meetings, in particular a summer visit to another venue, may incur additional costs, any such additional costs are paid by all attendees.